Security Patching Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Patching
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Security Patching skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Patching over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 149 163
Rank change year-on-year +21 +14 -15
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 4 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.23% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £200 £245 £134
25th Percentile £238 £246 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £400 £245
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +63.27% -
75th Percentile - - £253
90th Percentile - £423 -
South East median daily rate £400 £413 £335
% change year-on-year -3.03% +23.13% +91.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Security Patching is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,263 2,615 3,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.82% 90.80% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,775 2,203
10th Percentile £213 £313 £238
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.59% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 90
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.21
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +203.89% -18.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.25
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £62.76
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.97
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.96% -15.50%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Patching as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Patching in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Patching in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Security Patching in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Patching in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Patching in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Patching in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Security Patching in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Patching within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -8 2 £300 -25.00% 5
Buckinghamshire +28 1 £175 -28.57% 1
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
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South East

Security Patching
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Functional Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
2 2 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
2 2 (50.00%) Cash Management
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Process Management
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) McAfee
2 1 (25.00%) MobileIron