Patch Management Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Patch Management
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Patch Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 43 44
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +21
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.90% 0.24% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.30% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £235 - -
25th Percentile £269 - £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £298
Median % change year-on-year - - +65.28%
75th Percentile £375 - £570
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £350 £375 £298
% change year-on-year -6.67% +26.05% +5.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 295 333 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 88.06% 80.43% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 107 207
10th Percentile £250 £220 £225
25th Percentile £395 £323 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £442 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.78% -1.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £544
90th Percentile £700 £638 £591
East of England median daily rate £500 £438 £500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 138 185
10th Percentile £14.38 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.84 £15.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.12 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £21.50 £17.71 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £42.45 £25.30
East of England median hourly rate £30.76 £39.75 £19.81
% change year-on-year -22.62% +100.66% -3.37%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in Cambridgeshire

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Patch Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Patch Management in Cambridgeshire

Patch Management
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough - 2 £288 - 4
Cambridge -3 1 £350 -
Patch Management
East of England

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 802.11
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Multicast
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless Security
1 1 (33.33%) WLAN
1 1 (33.33%) WPA2
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCTS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) AirMagnet
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Ekahau
1 1 (33.33%) Kaspersky
1 1 (33.33%) Sophos