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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 245 258 254
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +122
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching 8 23 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.074% 0.24% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.090% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £42,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.67% +22.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £28,750 £44,877 £42,000
90th Percentile £29,875 £46,757 £55,600
England median annual salary £28,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -44.00% +17.65% -5.56%

All Process and 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 8,847 8,581 6,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.35% 89.60% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,690 3,909 5,253
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,100 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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
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 26 December 2025. 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 -25 8 £27,500 -35.67% 4
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 (62.50%) Drupal
1 5 (62.50%) nginx
1 5 (62.50%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) MariaDB
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Local Government
2 5 (62.50%) Police
2 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Support
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
1 5 (62.50%) Security Specialist
1 5 (62.50%) Support Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) IT Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
3 3 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) IT Audit
5 1 (12.50%) Server Management
5 1 (12.50%) Server Virtualisation
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (62.50%) ISO 9001
2 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft