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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 439 487
Rank change year-on-year +67 +48 +45
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 108 99 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.27% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.32% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 62 103
10th Percentile £208 £236 £201
25th Percentile £289 £322 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £444 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +4.41% -
75th Percentile £550 £547 £520
90th Percentile £598 £687 £588
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -11.11% +9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £33.85 - -
25th Percentile £41.13 - -
Median hourly rate £57.00 £23.80 -
Median % change year-on-year +139.50% - -
75th Percentile £76.63 £51.90 -
90th Percentile £86.15 £68.76 -
UK median hourly rate £57.00 £23.80 -
% change year-on-year +139.50% - -

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 21,762 31,336 43,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.24% 90.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,222 20,550 30,257
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 2,253 1,528
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.88 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.95 £16.13
Median hourly rate £28.08 £36.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -2.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +76 48 £463 -2.63% 89
South East +40 18 £425 -15.00% 90
North of England +24 18 £325 +66.67% 62
North West +21 14 £350 -9.68% 24
Midlands +12 10 £220 -30.98% 67
West Midlands +7 10 £220 -30.98% 39
South West +37 7 £340 +8.80% 38
North East +1 3 £195 - 12
East of England +24 2 £350 +2.94% 64
Yorkshire +10 1 £340 +74.36% 26
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 15 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 6 (5.56%) IIS
4 5 (4.63%) CMS
5 2 (1.85%) Confluence
6 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (36.11%) Azure
2 25 (23.15%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (21.30%) AWS
4 19 (17.59%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.63%) OneDrive
6 3 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.78%) GitHub
6 3 (2.78%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.85%) GCP
7 2 (1.85%) IaaS
7 2 (1.85%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.85%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.85%) Route 53
8 1 (0.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.93%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.93%) Datadog
8 1 (0.93%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 29 (26.85%) Firewall
2 22 (20.37%) DHCP
2 22 (20.37%) DNS
3 17 (15.74%) VPN
4 11 (10.19%) WAN
5 8 (7.41%) LAN
5 8 (7.41%) Network Security
6 7 (6.48%) SD-WAN
7 6 (5.56%) VLAN
7 6 (5.56%) Wireless
7 6 (5.56%) WLAN
8 5 (4.63%) BGP
8 5 (4.63%) EIGRP
8 5 (4.63%) OSPF
8 5 (4.63%) SAN
8 5 (4.63%) SSL
9 4 (3.70%) Cisco ISE
9 4 (3.70%) Cisco Wireless
9 4 (3.70%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.78%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.78%) SQL Server
1 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.85%) Power BI
3 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Git
2 4 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.70%) JIRA
3 3 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.85%) Maven
4 2 (1.85%) Subversion
5 1 (0.93%) GitLab
General
1 26 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 15 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.19%) Finance
4 9 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.78%) Banking
7 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.85%) Automotive
9 1 (0.93%) Back Office
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
9 1 (0.93%) Local Government
9 1 (0.93%) Military
9 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (13.89%) Administrator
2 14 (12.96%) Support Engineer
3 10 (9.26%) Desktop Support
4 9 (8.33%) Architect
5 8 (7.41%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 8 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
5 8 (7.41%) VMWare Administrator
5 8 (7.41%) Wintel Administrator
6 7 (6.48%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) Desktop Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 7 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Mobile Engineer
7 6 (5.56%) Security Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 5 (4.63%) Campaign Manager
8 5 (4.63%) IT Manager
8 5 (4.63%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.70%) Software Packaging
2 2 (1.85%) LDAP
2 2 (1.85%) YAML
3 1 (0.93%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.48%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.63%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (4.63%) Security Posture
4 4 (3.70%) Replication
5 3 (2.78%) Clustering
5 3 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.85%) CMDB
6 2 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.85%) PKI
6 2 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.93%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.93%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (52.78%) Windows
2 30 (27.78%) Windows Server
3 25 (23.15%) Linux
4 9 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (7.41%) Windows 10
5 8 (7.41%) Windows Server 2012
5 8 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (4.63%) CentOS
6 5 (4.63%) Solaris
7 4 (3.70%) Mac OS
7 4 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (3.70%) Ubuntu
7 4 (3.70%) Unix
8 2 (1.85%) AIX
8 2 (1.85%) Android
8 2 (1.85%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.85%) Debian
8 2 (1.85%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.15%) ITIL
2 21 (19.44%) Vulnerability Management
3 20 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (15.74%) High Availability
5 15 (13.89%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 13 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (11.11%) Incident Response
7 12 (11.11%) Service Management
8 11 (10.19%) Data Protection
8 11 (10.19%) Migration
8 11 (10.19%) Root Cause Analysis
8 11 (10.19%) Security Patching
9 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 10 (9.26%) Project Management
10 9 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 8 (7.41%) Computer Science
11 8 (7.41%) Configuration Management
11 8 (7.41%) Information Security
11 8 (7.41%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 21 (19.44%) PowerShell
2 14 (12.96%) Python
3 9 (8.33%) SQL
4 7 (6.48%) Bash
5 5 (4.63%) Perl
6 4 (3.70%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.78%) VBScript
8 2 (1.85%) C
Qualifications
1 26 (24.07%) Security Cleared
2 18 (16.67%) Degree
3 16 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (5.56%) CCNP
5 6 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.63%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.78%) CCSA
8 2 (1.85%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.85%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.93%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.93%) CCNA
9 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.93%) PMP
9 1 (0.93%) RHCE
9 1 (0.93%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.04%) SLA
2 6 (5.56%) NIST
3 5 (4.63%) GDPR
4 3 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.85%) NCSC
5 2 (1.85%) PMO
5 2 (1.85%) QA
6 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.93%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.93%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 21 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (12.04%) VMware ESXi
4 12 (11.11%) Hyper-V
5 10 (9.26%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (5.56%) Firmware
7 4 (3.70%) vSphere
8 3 (2.78%) BitLocker
8 3 (2.78%) Docker
9 2 (1.85%) KVM
9 2 (1.85%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (1.85%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.93%) Ceph
10 1 (0.93%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.93%) XenApp
10 1 (0.93%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (21.30%) SCCM
2 18 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (12.96%) Ansible
4 12 (11.11%) WSUS
5 10 (9.26%) vCenter Server
6 6 (5.56%) Microsoft Clustering
6 6 (5.56%) Puppet
7 5 (4.63%) NetApp OnCommand
7 5 (4.63%) Progress Chef
7 5 (4.63%) vMotion
8 4 (3.70%) Nessus
8 4 (3.70%) Terraform
9 3 (2.78%) CA Spectrum
9 3 (2.78%) Cisco Prime
9 3 (2.78%) Prometheus
9 3 (2.78%) ZABBIX
10 2 (1.85%) Nagios
10 2 (1.85%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (1.85%) SELinux
10 2 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 25 (23.15%) VMware
3 13 (12.04%) Cisco
4 12 (11.11%) SolarWinds
5 11 (10.19%) Qualys
6 7 (6.48%) Red Hat
7 5 (4.63%) Palo Alto
7 5 (4.63%) Sophos
8 4 (3.70%) F5
8 4 (3.70%) Juniper
8 4 (3.70%) Meraki
8 4 (3.70%) ServiceNow
9 3 (2.78%) Apple
9 3 (2.78%) CheckPoint
9 3 (2.78%) Citrix
9 3 (2.78%) Dell
9 3 (2.78%) Symantec
9 3 (2.78%) Veritas
10 2 (1.85%) HP
10 2 (1.85%) McAfee