Patch Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Patch Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Patch Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 627 697 844
Rank change year-on-year +70 +147 -143
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 272 280 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.27% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.28% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 232 233 324
10th Percentile £31,260 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £36,709
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £46,865
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +1.35% +1.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,125 £71,500 £70,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +4.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Patch Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Patch Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in the UK

Patch Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Patch Management.

Salary trend for Patch Management in the UK

Patch Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Patch Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Patch Management in the UK

Patch Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +103 252 £42,500 -10.53% 73
UK excluding London +62 195 £42,500 +6.25% 51
Work from Home +104 78 £51,250 -2.38% 24
London +76 73 £65,525 +13.96% 25
South East +65 58 £42,500 -17.07% 15
Midlands +29 49 £40,000 +14.29% 9
North of England +48 37 £42,500 +6.25% 10
East Midlands -1 25 £40,000 +14.29% 2
West Midlands +34 24 £34,750 -18.24% 7
Yorkshire +92 19 £57,500 +43.75% 4
East of England +20 19 £42,500 +3.03% 11
South West -10 15 £42,500 - 3
North West +10 13 £60,000 +60.00% 5
Scotland -65 9 £48,000 +17.07% 2
Wales +17 5 £39,250 - 1
North East -2 5 £41,500 +3.75% 1
Northern Ireland +32 3 £90,000 - 1

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 35 (12.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.68%) IIS
4 6 (2.21%) Confluence
5 4 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 18 (6.62%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.21%) Trello
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 123 (45.22%) Azure
2 91 (33.46%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (13.97%) Entra ID
4 34 (12.50%) AWS
5 11 (4.04%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (2.94%) WhatsApp
7 6 (2.21%) IaaS
7 6 (2.21%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.21%) Slack
8 4 (1.47%) Dropbox
8 4 (1.47%) Google Drive
8 4 (1.47%) Google Sheets
9 3 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.37%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.37%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.37%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.37%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 118 (43.38%) Firewall
2 69 (25.37%) DNS
3 59 (21.69%) LAN
4 56 (20.59%) WAN
5 49 (18.01%) VPN
6 40 (14.71%) DHCP
7 36 (13.24%) TCP/IP
8 35 (12.87%) SAN
9 23 (8.46%) VLAN
10 22 (8.09%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (7.35%) Network Security
12 16 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
13 15 (5.51%) Intrusion Detection
14 14 (5.15%) Wireshark
15 12 (4.41%) Wireless
16 11 (4.04%) VoIP
17 10 (3.68%) Cisco Nexus
17 10 (3.68%) NAS
17 10 (3.68%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (2.94%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.21%) Oracle Database
2 6 (2.21%) Power BI
3 3 (1.10%) MariaDB
3 3 (1.10%) MySQL
4 2 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (3.68%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.57%) JIRA
General
1 70 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.34%) Finance
3 26 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.88%) Banking
5 13 (4.78%) Law
6 10 (3.68%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.57%) Legal
7 7 (2.57%) Retail
7 7 (2.57%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.21%) Automotive
9 4 (1.47%) Games
9 4 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Military
10 3 (1.10%) Aviation
10 3 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.10%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.74%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Billing
12 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (22.06%) Analyst
2 44 (16.18%) Administrator
3 32 (11.76%) Senior
3 32 (11.76%) Systems Administrator
4 30 (11.03%) IT Engineer
5 29 (10.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 27 (9.93%) Support Engineer
7 21 (7.72%) Security Analyst
7 21 (7.72%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 19 (6.99%) IT Analyst
9 18 (6.62%) IT Manager
9 18 (6.62%) IT Support
10 15 (5.51%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 15 (5.51%) IT Administrator
10 15 (5.51%) IT Systems Administrator
10 15 (5.51%) Network Engineer
10 15 (5.51%) Security Engineer
11 11 (4.04%) 3rd Line Support
11 11 (4.04%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 11 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.94%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.10%) Web Services
3 2 (0.74%) .NET
4 1 (0.37%) OAuth
4 1 (0.37%) OLE
4 1 (0.37%) OpenID
4 1 (0.37%) SAML
4 1 (0.37%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.60%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.51%) Clustering
4 11 (4.04%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.04%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (4.04%) Wiki
5 10 (3.68%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.31%) Fat Client
6 9 (3.31%) Thin Client
7 8 (2.94%) PKI
8 6 (2.21%) Cyberattack
9 5 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.84%) IoT
9 5 (1.84%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.47%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.47%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.47%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 150 (55.15%) Windows
2 83 (30.51%) Windows Server
3 54 (19.85%) Linux
4 31 (11.40%) Windows 10
5 25 (9.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (6.62%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (6.25%) Android
8 16 (5.88%) Apple iOS
9 14 (5.15%) Mac OS
10 12 (4.41%) Unix
10 12 (4.41%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (2.21%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (1.84%) CentOS
12 5 (1.84%) Windows 2000
12 5 (1.84%) Windows NT
12 5 (1.84%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.84%) Windows XP
13 4 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (1.47%) Ubuntu
14 3 (1.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (34.93%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (26.47%) ITIL
3 60 (22.06%) Problem-Solving
4 46 (16.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 44 (16.18%) Penetration Testing
6 38 (13.97%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 37 (13.60%) SIEM
8 36 (13.24%) Disaster Recovery
9 31 (11.40%) Customer Service
10 21 (7.72%) Incident Response
11 19 (6.99%) Security Operations
11 19 (6.99%) Service Management
11 19 (6.99%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 18 (6.62%) CI/CD
12 18 (6.62%) Project Management
12 18 (6.62%) Service Delivery
13 17 (6.25%) Incident Management
13 17 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
14 16 (5.88%) Data Protection
14 16 (5.88%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 67 (24.63%) PowerShell
2 33 (12.13%) SQL
3 31 (11.40%) Python
4 12 (4.41%) Bash
5 11 (4.04%) Perl
6 2 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.74%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 50 (18.38%) Degree
2 33 (12.13%) CISSP
3 28 (10.29%) Security Cleared
4 23 (8.46%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (6.62%) CCNP
6 15 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (5.15%) DV Cleared
8 13 (4.78%) CCNA
8 13 (4.78%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (4.41%) SC Cleared
10 10 (3.68%) CCIE
11 9 (3.31%) Azure Certification
11 9 (3.31%) CISA
11 9 (3.31%) CISM
12 8 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (2.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (2.21%) MCP
14 6 (2.21%) OCP
14 6 (2.21%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.19%) GDPR
3 15 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (4.41%) SLA
5 10 (3.68%) GRC
6 9 (3.31%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.94%) NCSC
8 7 (2.57%) NIST
9 4 (1.47%) COSHH
10 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.74%) QA
11 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.37%) GxP
System Software
1 98 (36.03%) Active Directory
2 68 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (8.82%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.88%) vSphere
5 14 (5.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (5.15%) Virtual Servers
6 13 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (4.04%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (2.94%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.84%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.74%) Docker
10 2 (0.74%) Firmware
10 2 (0.74%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (12.87%) SCCM
2 26 (9.56%) WSUS
3 17 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (5.51%) Microsoft Clustering
5 13 (4.78%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.68%) Ansible
6 10 (3.68%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 8 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (2.57%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (2.21%) CSIRT
9 6 (2.21%) SCDPM
10 5 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (1.84%) SCOM
11 4 (1.47%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.47%) Progress Chef
11 4 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (1.47%) Terraform
12 3 (1.10%) Suricata
13 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
13 2 (0.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 123 (45.22%) Microsoft
2 72 (26.47%) VMware
3 40 (14.71%) Cisco
4 22 (8.09%) Citrix
5 19 (6.99%) Qualys
6 14 (5.15%) Veeam
7 13 (4.78%) Apple
7 13 (4.78%) Palo Alto
8 12 (4.41%) Atlassian
8 12 (4.41%) HP
9 11 (4.04%) Meraki
9 11 (4.04%) Sophos
10 10 (3.68%) IFS
11 9 (3.31%) ArcSight
11 9 (3.31%) Carbon Black
11 9 (3.31%) CyberArk
11 9 (3.31%) McAfee
12 8 (2.94%) Google
13 7 (2.57%) Dell
13 7 (2.57%) Juniper