Security Patching Job Trends in the North of England

Security Patching
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Security Patching skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 246 309
Rank change year-on-year -4 +63 +43
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 10 27 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.087% 0.31% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.33% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £41,875 £43,313 £42,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £44,250 £55,600
England median annual salary £34,000 £53,250 £41,617
% change year-on-year -36.15% +27.95% -7.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,042 8,105 9,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 78.47% 91.70% 86.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,941 3,587 7,742
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,728 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -8.00%

Security Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Patching relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Security Patching job vacancy trend in the North of England

Security Patching
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Security Patching.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Security Patching

Security Patching
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Patching in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Patching in the North of England

Security Patching
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Patching within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire -35 10 £27,500 -26.67% 3
Security Patching
England

Security Patching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) Drupal
1 5 (50.00%) nginx
1 5 (50.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Asterisk PBX
1 2 (20.00%) BGP
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
1 2 (20.00%) MPLS
1 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (20.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VoIP
1 2 (20.00%) VPLS
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (50.00%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Local Government
2 5 (50.00%) Police
2 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
1 5 (50.00%) Security Specialist
1 5 (50.00%) Support Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) IT Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support
3 2 (20.00%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security
3 3 (30.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (30.00%) Supplier Management
3 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Observability
4 2 (20.00%) Proactive Maintenance
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CCNA
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Docker
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (20.00%) VMware NSX
2 2 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (20.00%) Ansible
1 2 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Splunk
1 2 (20.00%) VMware