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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	351	288	288
Rank change year-on-year	-63	0	+4
Permanent jobs citing Security Patching	7	4	22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	0.029%	0.044%	0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.041%	0.050%	0.21%
Number of salaries quoted	4	2	7
10^th Percentile	-	£30,850	£39,050
25^th Percentile	£26,250	£33,625	£40,375
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£35,500	£40,000	£45,445
Median % change year-on-year	-11.25%	-11.98%	-10.89%
75^th Percentile	£46,625	£47,125	£60,879
90^th Percentile	£50,900	£50,350	£75,000
England median annual salary	£53,750	£43,000	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	-14.00%	+5.26%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	17,127	7,968	10,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	71.24%	87.34%	80.21%
Number of salaries quoted	12,705	4,097	5,008
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£30,750
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£32,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£48,720	£51,000
Median % change year-on-year	+12.89%	-4.47%	-7.27%
75^th Percentile	£74,985	£65,000	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-1.32%

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 Salary Trend in the North of England

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 16 October 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 16 October 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
North West	-27	5	£35,500	-29.00%	8
Yorkshire	-35	2	£40,000	+33.33%	1
Security Patching England

Security Patching Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing Security Patching also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region with a requirement for Security Patching.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	85.7%	6
1	Windows	85.7%	6
3	Azure	42.9%	3
3	Google	42.9%	3
3	Problem-Solving	42.9%	3
3	Windows Server	42.9%	3
7	Actionable Insight	28.6%	2
7	Active Directory	28.6%	2
7	AI	28.6%	2
7	Azure Certification	28.6%	2
7	Business Intelligence	28.6%	2
7	Continuous Improvement	28.6%	2
7	Data Analysis	28.6%	2
7	Data Cleansing	28.6%	2
7	Data Collection	28.6%	2
7	Data Lake	28.6%	2
7	Data Strategy	28.6%	2
7	Data Visualisation	28.6%	2
7	DHCP	28.6%	2
7	DNS	28.6%	2
7	IIS	28.6%	2
7	Infrastructure Maintenance	28.6%	2
7	ITIL	28.6%	2
7	LAN	28.6%	2
7	Looker	28.6%	2
7	Microsoft Certification	28.6%	2
7	Microsoft Clustering	28.6%	2
7	Power BI	28.6%	2
7	Power Platform	28.6%	2
7	Practice Management	28.6%	2

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Problem-Solving	42.9%	3
2	Actionable Insight	28.6%	2
2	AI	28.6%	2
2	Business Intelligence	28.6%	2
2	Continuous Improvement	28.6%	2
2	Data Analysis	28.6%	2
2	Data Cleansing	28.6%	2
2	Data Collection	28.6%	2
2	Data Strategy	28.6%	2
2	Data Visualisation	28.6%	2
2	Infrastructure Maintenance	28.6%	2
2	ITIL	28.6%	2
2	Practice Management	28.6%	2
2	Project Delivery	28.6%	2
2	RBAC	28.6%	2
2	Release Management	28.6%	2
2	Strategic Planning	28.6%	2
2	Visualisation	28.6%	2
19	Change Management	14.3%	1
19	Collaborative Culture	14.3%	1