Patch Management Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Patch Management
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Patch Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 79 99
Rank change year-on-year +4 +20 +19
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 1 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.10% 0.86% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 1.09% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
South East median daily rate £331 £438 £300
% change year-on-year -24.29% +45.83% -31.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 833 1,104 1,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 86.14% 79.14% 87.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 582 683 647
10th Percentile £313 £363 £263
25th Percentile £459 £455 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +9.52% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £621
90th Percentile £656 £725 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £514 £518
% change year-on-year -2.72% -0.85% +2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 114 112
10th Percentile - £23.45 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £53.40 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +4.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £50.00 £74.69 £65.25
90th Percentile £64.63 £78.18 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.77% +9.24% +61.54%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in Hampshire

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Patch Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Patch Management
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Basingstoke +5 1 £550 - 1
Patch Management
South East

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds