Patch Management Contracts in Scotland

Patch Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 159 179
Rank change year-on-year +33 +20 -26
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.090% 0.14% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.15% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £465 £77 -
25th Percentile £468 £101 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £155 £136
Median % change year-on-year +211.01% +14.00% -64.88%
75th Percentile £493 £221 -
90th Percentile £494 £254 -
UK median daily rate £483 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +20.63% -11.11% +1.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,967 2,651 3,271
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.60% 92.63% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 1,908 2,312
10th Percentile £229 £263 £240
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 46
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £18.35
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -55.69% -0.01%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £49.34
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Patch Management in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Patch Management in Scotland

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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 29 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
Glasgow +1 1 £490 +712.94% 2
Renfrewshire - 1 £475 -
Patch Management
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Change Manager
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) IT Change Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Server Patching
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft