Patch Management Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Patch Management
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Patch Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 136 176
Rank change year-on-year -56 +40 +16
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 19 26 10
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.40% 0.72% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.83% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 8
10th Percentile £303 £200 £240
25th Percentile £357 £341 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% - -
75th Percentile £488 £500 £426
90th Percentile £522 £501 £471
England median daily rate £475 £460 £415
% change year-on-year +3.26% +10.84% -2.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,189 3,114 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.62% 86.69% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,790 1,775 2,737
10th Percentile £215 £263 £290
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £671 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 157 191
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.36 £17.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £28.96 £27.50 £28.44
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -3.31% +27.82%
75th Percentile £51.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £66.45 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Patch Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Patch Management in the North of England

Patch Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Patch Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
North East - 11 £413 - 4
North West -39 8 £450 - 6
Patch Management
England

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (36.84%) OneDrive
3 6 (31.58%) Azure
4 2 (10.53%) Boomi
4 2 (10.53%) SaaS
5 1 (5.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) LAN
1 1 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 10 (52.63%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Desktop Support
2 6 (31.58%) Desktop Specialist
2 6 (31.58%) Desktop Support Specialist
2 6 (31.58%) Support Specialist
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Environment And Release Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Release Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Service Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Service Transition Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Transition Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) ICT Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) ICT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) ICT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Mobile Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Windows 10
3 5 (26.32%) Linux
4 4 (21.05%) Unix
5 1 (5.26%) Android
5 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Service Management
2 6 (31.58%) Inventory Management
2 6 (31.58%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (26.32%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (21.05%) Containerisation
4 4 (21.05%) Dashboard Development
4 4 (21.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (21.05%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (21.05%) Mathematics
4 4 (21.05%) Statistics
4 4 (21.05%) Visualisation
4 4 (21.05%) Web Development
5 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (10.53%) ERP
5 2 (10.53%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (10.53%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) RBAC
5 2 (10.53%) Release Management
5 2 (10.53%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) PowerShell
2 4 (21.05%) PHP
2 4 (21.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 7 (36.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (21.05%) Docker
4 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Grafana
1 4 (21.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) Citrix
3 1 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.26%) VMware