Patch Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Patch Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Patch Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% - 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.15%
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £477 £425
% change year-on-year -0.42% +12.24% +3.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,316 1,466 2,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.56% 90.10% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 864 1,320
10th Percentile £246 £239 £250
25th Percentile £388 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 44 52
10th Percentile £13.71 £16.75 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.13 £16.19
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +26.90% -0.19%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.35
90th Percentile £56.25 £43.58 £72.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.79
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.79% +25.12%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Patch Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Patch Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Dundee - 1 £325 -
Edinburgh - 1 - - 1
Patch Management
UK

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) HND
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (50.00%) RHCE
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 1 (50.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam