Patch Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Patch Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Patch Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.34% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £65 - -
75th Percentile £69 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £438 £338 £388
% change year-on-year +29.63% -12.90% -13.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 229 160 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 78.42% 88.89% 74.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 82 74
10th Percentile £251 £363 £248
25th Percentile £350 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +5.00% +4.60%
75th Percentile £688 £614 £611
90th Percentile £813 £661 £656
North West median daily rate £475 £461 £495
% change year-on-year +2.98% -6.82% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 23 65
10th Percentile £21.14 £15.69 -
25th Percentile £37.82 £22.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £64.09 £28.75 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +122.92% -18.69% -14.53%
75th Percentile £71.91 £63.20 £45.88
90th Percentile £72.14 £68.81 £48.00
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £32.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +56.25% +6.67% -

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Patch Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Patch Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
1 1 (100.00%) IT Administrator
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared