Patch Management Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Patch Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Patch Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 - 74
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 9 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.16% - 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% - 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £164 - £350
25th Percentile £229 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £456 - £600
90th Percentile £513 - £630
South West median daily rate £350 £388 £463
% change year-on-year -9.68% -16.22% +42.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £119.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £119.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Patch Management 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 715 687 918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.02% 82.37% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 356 357 597
10th Percentile £250 £227 £305
25th Percentile £379 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £590 £645
90th Percentile £735 £721 £712
South West median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 116 123
10th Percentile £13.69 £44.00 £27.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £61.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £78.13
90th Percentile £72.25 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.60% +9.17% -4.76%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Patch Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Patch Management job vacancy trend in Bristol

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Patch Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Patch Management in Bristol

Patch Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Patch Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) BGP
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (22.22%) EIGRP
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) HSRP
1 2 (22.22%) LAN
1 2 (22.22%) OSPF
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
1 2 (22.22%) VRRP
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
1 2 (22.22%) WLAN
2 1 (11.11%) Skype
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (22.22%) System Design Authority
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Ubuntu
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) API Design
1 4 (44.44%) API Integration
1 4 (44.44%) Architectural Patterns
1 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
1 4 (44.44%) Containerisation
1 4 (44.44%) DevSecOps
1 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
1 4 (44.44%) OCR
1 4 (44.44%) Software Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Target Operating Model
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
4 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (11.11%) Security Hardening
4 1 (11.11%) Server Hardening
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCOM
2 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (11.11%) Cilium
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (11.11%) Nessus
4 1 (11.11%) Podman
4 1 (11.11%) SCCM
4 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 2 (22.22%) NVIDIA
1 2 (22.22%) Qualys
1 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow