Security Patching Contracts in the Midlands

Security Patching
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Security Patching skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Patching over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 154 198
Rank change year-on-year +18 +44 -33
Contract jobs citing Security Patching 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.034% 0.031% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.036% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £400 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £300
Median % change year-on-year - +41.67% -20.00%
75th Percentile £450 £438 £375
90th Percentile - - £383
England median daily rate £475 £438 £438
% change year-on-year +8.57% - +9.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Security Patching falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,375 2,808 4,503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.26% 87.26% 87.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 1,984 3,303
10th Percentile £246 £257 £250
25th Percentile £360 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.17% +12.94%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 97 134
10th Percentile £11.27 £12.50 £12.15
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £14.61
Median hourly rate £18.99 £25.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.81% +29.49% +30.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £47.50 £26.02
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £38.12 £37.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +1.65% +44.23% +15.75%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Patching in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Patching in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Patching in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
West Midlands - 1 £425 -
Security Patching
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7