Patch Management Contracts in England

Patch Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Patch Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Patch Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 452 483
Rank change year-on-year +68 +31 +49
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 101 90 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.24% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.28% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 52 116
10th Percentile £203 £277 £200
25th Percentile £293 £363 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +21.88% -7.62%
75th Percentile £550 £606 £519
90th Percentile £625 £699 £588
UK median daily rate £425 £483 £400
% change year-on-year -11.92% +20.63% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £33.85 £22.72 -
25th Percentile £41.13 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.00 £23.80 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +139.50% -54.67% -27.59%
75th Percentile £76.63 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £86.15 £69.50 -
UK median hourly rate £57.00 £23.80 £52.50
% change year-on-year +139.50% -54.67% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in England

Patch Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Patch Management in England

Patch Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Patch Management in England

Patch Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Patch Management in England

Patch Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Patch Management in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Patch Management in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +57 41 £525 -16.00% 48
North of England +31 21 £325 +66.67% 9
North West +31 15 £350 -9.68% 4
South East +31 13 £425 -15.00% 22
Midlands +19 10 £210 -40.00% 13
West Midlands +11 10 £210 -40.00% 12
South West +46 7 £313 -3.85% 18
North East +1 3 £195 - 1
East of England +22 2 £350 +2.94% 13
Yorkshire +4 2 £268 +37.18% 4
Patch Management
UK

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (15.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (10.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.95%) IIS
4 2 (1.98%) Confluence
5 1 (0.99%) CMS
5 1 (0.99%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (35.64%) Azure
2 25 (24.75%) AWS
2 25 (24.75%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (17.82%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.94%) OneDrive
5 5 (4.95%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.96%) Power Automate
6 4 (3.96%) Route 53
7 3 (2.97%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.97%) GitHub
7 3 (2.97%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.97%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.98%) GCP
8 2 (1.98%) IaaS
9 1 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.99%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.99%) Datadog
9 1 (0.99%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (26.73%) DNS
2 26 (25.74%) Firewall
3 25 (24.75%) DHCP
4 18 (17.82%) VPN
5 11 (10.89%) WAN
6 9 (8.91%) LAN
7 8 (7.92%) Network Security
8 7 (6.93%) SSL
8 7 (6.93%) TCP/IP
8 7 (6.93%) VLAN
9 6 (5.94%) SD-WAN
9 6 (5.94%) Wireless
10 5 (4.95%) SAN
10 5 (4.95%) WLAN
11 4 (3.96%) BGP
11 4 (3.96%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (3.96%) Cisco Wireless
11 4 (3.96%) EIGRP
11 4 (3.96%) OSPF
12 3 (2.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) Power BI
2 1 (0.99%) DTS
2 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.93%) Git
2 4 (3.96%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.96%) JIRA
3 3 (2.97%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.98%) Maven
4 2 (1.98%) Subversion
5 1 (0.99%) GitLab
General
1 26 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.83%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.90%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.91%) Finance
5 3 (2.97%) Banking
5 3 (2.97%) Legal
6 2 (1.98%) Military
6 2 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Back Office
7 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.99%) Law
7 1 (0.99%) Local Government
7 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (13.86%) Administrator
2 9 (8.91%) 2nd Line Support
2 9 (8.91%) Architect
2 9 (8.91%) Support Engineer
3 8 (7.92%) Desktop Support
3 8 (7.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (6.93%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 7 (6.93%) Security Engineer
4 7 (6.93%) VMWare Administrator
4 7 (6.93%) Wintel Administrator
5 6 (5.94%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 6 (5.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 6 (5.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 6 (5.94%) Desktop Engineer
5 6 (5.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 6 (5.94%) Mobile Engineer
6 5 (4.95%) Operations Engineer
7 4 (3.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (3.96%) Linux Engineer
7 4 (3.96%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.98%) LDAP
1 2 (1.98%) Software Packaging
1 2 (1.98%) YAML
2 1 (0.99%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.93%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (4.95%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.96%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.96%) PKI
4 3 (2.97%) Clustering
5 2 (1.98%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.98%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.98%) Replication
5 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.98%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.99%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.99%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (0.99%) IoT
6 1 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.99%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (56.44%) Windows
2 32 (31.68%) Windows Server
3 20 (19.80%) Linux
4 9 (8.91%) Windows 10
4 9 (8.91%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (7.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (6.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (4.95%) CentOS
7 5 (4.95%) Mac OS
7 5 (4.95%) Solaris
8 4 (3.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (3.96%) Ubuntu
8 4 (3.96%) Unix
9 2 (1.98%) AIX
9 2 (1.98%) Debian
9 2 (1.98%) HPUX
10 1 (0.99%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.76%) ITIL
2 21 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (13.86%) Migration
4 13 (12.87%) High Availability
5 12 (11.88%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (11.88%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 11 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (10.89%) Incident Response
6 11 (10.89%) Service Management
7 10 (9.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (9.90%) Security Patching
8 9 (8.91%) Configuration Management
8 9 (8.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (7.92%) ITSM
9 8 (7.92%) RBAC
9 8 (7.92%) Root Cause Analysis
10 7 (6.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (6.93%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (6.93%) Task Automation
10 7 (6.93%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.78%) PowerShell
2 14 (13.86%) Python
3 7 (6.93%) Bash
4 5 (4.95%) Perl
4 5 (4.95%) SQL
5 4 (3.96%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.98%) C
7 1 (0.99%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (29.70%) Security Cleared
2 20 (19.80%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.86%) Degree
4 6 (5.94%) CCNP
4 6 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.96%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.96%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.97%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.97%) CCSA
6 3 (2.97%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.99%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.99%) CCNA
8 1 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.99%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.99%) PMP
8 1 (0.99%) RHCE
8 1 (0.99%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.92%) SLA
2 5 (4.95%) GDPR
2 5 (4.95%) NIST
3 2 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.98%) NCSC
3 2 (1.98%) PMO
3 2 (1.98%) QA
4 1 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.99%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.99%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.99%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 45 (44.55%) Active Directory
2 20 (19.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (12.87%) Hyper-V
4 12 (11.88%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (9.90%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (5.94%) Firmware
7 4 (3.96%) vSphere
8 3 (2.97%) Docker
9 2 (1.98%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.98%) KVM
9 2 (1.98%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (1.98%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.99%) Ceph
10 1 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.99%) XenApp
10 1 (0.99%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (21.78%) SCCM
2 15 (14.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (13.86%) Ansible
4 10 (9.90%) WSUS
5 9 (8.91%) vCenter Server
6 6 (5.94%) Puppet
7 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (4.95%) Progress Chef
8 4 (3.96%) NetApp OnCommand
8 4 (3.96%) vMotion
9 3 (2.97%) CA Spectrum
9 3 (2.97%) Nessus
9 3 (2.97%) Prometheus
9 3 (2.97%) Terraform
9 3 (2.97%) ZABBIX
10 2 (1.98%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (1.98%) Nagios
10 2 (1.98%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.98%) SCOM
10 2 (1.98%) SELinux
Vendors
1 38 (37.62%) Microsoft
2 24 (23.76%) VMware
3 11 (10.89%) Cisco
3 11 (10.89%) SolarWinds
4 7 (6.93%) Qualys
4 7 (6.93%) Red Hat
5 6 (5.94%) Sophos
6 4 (3.96%) F5
6 4 (3.96%) HP
6 4 (3.96%) Juniper
6 4 (3.96%) Meraki
6 4 (3.96%) Palo Alto
6 4 (3.96%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.97%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.97%) Citrix
7 3 (2.97%) Dell
7 3 (2.97%) Rapid7
7 3 (2.97%) Symantec
7 3 (2.97%) Veritas
8 2 (1.98%) Apple