Patch Management Contracts in England

Patch Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Patch Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Patch Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 483 518
Rank change year-on-year +26 +35 -4
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 88 176 254
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.35% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.38% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 120 195
10th Percentile £275 £200 £188
25th Percentile £363 £270 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £440
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.09% +3.53%
75th Percentile £613 £505 £538
90th Percentile £700 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £490 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +22.50% -11.11% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £22.72 - -
25th Percentile - £51.25 £66.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £52.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.67% -27.59% -
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £69.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £52.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -54.67% -12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +34 27 £500 +37.93% 15
London +56 21 £650 +44.44% 25
West Midlands +37 13 £350 -19.08% 7
Midlands +34 13 £350 -19.08% 9
East of England +7 10 £340 +14.29% 11
North of England +16 9 £195 -51.25% 10
South West +1 7 £325 +18.18% 3
Yorkshire +24 6 £195 -59.59% 4
North East - 2 £195 - 1
North West +3 1 £388 +3.33% 5
Patch Management
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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 14 (15.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.95%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.41%) Apache
3 3 (3.41%) IIS
3 3 (3.41%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (29.55%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (23.86%) Azure
3 9 (10.23%) AWS
4 8 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (5.68%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.41%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.27%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (2.27%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.27%) Nutanix
7 2 (2.27%) Rubrik
8 1 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.14%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.14%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 31 (35.23%) DNS
2 10 (11.36%) DHCP
2 10 (11.36%) Firewall
3 9 (10.23%) NetScaler
3 9 (10.23%) SAN
3 9 (10.23%) VPN
4 7 (7.95%) TCP/IP
5 6 (6.82%) NAS
6 3 (3.41%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (3.41%) Internet
6 3 (3.41%) Kerberos
6 3 (3.41%) LAN
6 3 (3.41%) Wireless
7 2 (2.27%) Extranet
7 2 (2.27%) MPLS
7 2 (2.27%) SSL
7 2 (2.27%) VLAN
7 2 (2.27%) VoIP
7 2 (2.27%) WAN
7 2 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.14%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.14%) MySQL
2 1 (1.14%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.14%) Git
2 1 (1.14%) Subversion
General
1 18 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.68%) Finance
2 5 (5.68%) Public Sector
3 3 (3.41%) Front Office
4 2 (2.27%) Banking
5 1 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.14%) Legal
5 1 (1.14%) Local Government
5 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.14%) Military
5 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.14%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 12 (13.64%) Desktop Engineer
1 12 (13.64%) Integration Engineer
2 10 (11.36%) Support Engineer
3 9 (10.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 8 (9.09%) Desktop Support
4 8 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (7.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 6 (6.82%) Administrator
6 6 (6.82%) Citrix Engineer
6 6 (6.82%) Senior
7 5 (5.68%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (5.68%) Architect
7 5 (5.68%) Deployment Engineer
7 5 (5.68%) IT Support
7 5 (5.68%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (4.55%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Analyst
8 4 (4.55%) Security Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.82%) LDAP
2 4 (4.55%) Software Packaging
3 3 (3.41%) .NET
3 3 (3.41%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.41%) CSS
3 3 (3.41%) HTML
4 2 (2.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.95%) CMDB
2 7 (7.95%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.82%) Fat Client
3 6 (6.82%) Thin Client
4 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.55%) PKI
5 2 (2.27%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.14%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.14%) Clustering
6 1 (1.14%) CSOC
6 1 (1.14%) Life Science
6 1 (1.14%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 59 (67.05%) Windows
2 31 (35.23%) Windows Server
3 17 (19.32%) Linux
3 17 (19.32%) Windows 10
4 12 (13.64%) Unix
5 11 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (6.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (6.82%) Ubuntu
7 4 (4.55%) Windows 7
8 3 (3.41%) Solaris
8 3 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (2.27%) AIX
9 2 (2.27%) CentOS
9 2 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.86%) ITIL
2 20 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
3 16 (18.18%) Change Management
4 14 (15.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (14.77%) Information Security
6 12 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (11.36%) Application Packaging
7 10 (11.36%) Security Hardening
7 10 (11.36%) Security Operations
7 10 (11.36%) Software Deployment
8 9 (10.23%) Computer Science
8 9 (10.23%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (10.23%) Project Delivery
9 8 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
9 8 (9.09%) Incident Management
9 8 (9.09%) Line Management
9 8 (9.09%) Risk Management
9 8 (9.09%) Security Patching
9 8 (9.09%) Test Automation
10 7 (7.95%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (30.68%) PowerShell
2 8 (9.09%) Python
3 3 (3.41%) Bash
3 3 (3.41%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.41%) VB.NET
4 2 (2.27%) C++
5 1 (1.14%) Korn
5 1 (1.14%) Perl
5 1 (1.14%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.14%) SQL
5 1 (1.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (32.95%) Security Cleared
2 17 (19.32%) Degree
3 14 (15.91%) SC Cleared
4 9 (10.23%) DV Cleared
5 7 (7.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (6.82%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.41%) MCSE
8 2 (2.27%) CCNA
8 2 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.14%) CISSP
9 1 (1.14%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (1.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.14%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (1.14%) LPIC
9 1 (1.14%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.82%) SLA
2 3 (3.41%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.41%) ISO 9001
2 3 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 3 (3.41%) QA
3 1 (1.14%) GDPR
3 1 (1.14%) GRC
3 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.14%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.14%) NCSC
3 1 (1.14%) NIST
3 1 (1.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 43 (48.86%) Active Directory
2 27 (30.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (10.23%) Hyper-V
4 8 (9.09%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 8 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (9.09%) vSphere
4 8 (9.09%) XenApp
4 8 (9.09%) XenDesktop
5 4 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (3.41%) Firmware
7 2 (2.27%) BitLocker
7 2 (2.27%) Docker
7 2 (2.27%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.14%) KVM
8 1 (1.14%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.14%) VMware NSX
8 1 (1.14%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 21 (23.86%) WSUS
2 16 (18.18%) SCCM
3 7 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (5.68%) Ansible
5 4 (4.55%) SCOM
5 4 (4.55%) SCVMM
6 3 (3.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (3.41%) NetBackup
6 3 (3.41%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (3.41%) vCenter Server
7 2 (2.27%) Kubernetes
7 2 (2.27%) Nessus
7 2 (2.27%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (2.27%) VxRail
8 1 (1.14%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.14%) Puppet
8 1 (1.14%) SCOrch
8 1 (1.14%) SELinux
8 1 (1.14%) WMI
8 1 (1.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 53 (60.23%) Microsoft
2 30 (34.09%) VMware
3 10 (11.36%) Citrix
4 8 (9.09%) NetApp
5 6 (6.82%) Qualys
6 5 (5.68%) Red Hat
7 4 (4.55%) Cisco
7 4 (4.55%) Dell
7 4 (4.55%) HP
7 4 (4.55%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.41%) Commvault
8 3 (3.41%) Dell Compellent
8 3 (3.41%) EMC
8 3 (3.41%) Juniper
8 3 (3.41%) MobileIron
8 3 (3.41%) Proofpoint
8 3 (3.41%) Rapid7
8 3 (3.41%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.41%) Sophos
9 2 (2.27%) Avaya