Server Patching Contract Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Server Patching
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring Server Patching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Server Patching 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 5.56% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £183 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £185 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

Server Patching 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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22 13 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 61.11% 81.25% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 20
10th Percentile £183 £323 £300
25th Percentile £236 £394 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £400 £350
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +14.29% -33.01%
75th Percentile £394 £426 £421
90th Percentile £419 £488 £541
Staffordshire median daily rate £381 £388 £375
% change year-on-year -1.61% +3.33% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £12.25 -
Median hourly rate £13.10 £13.14 £10.93
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% +20.22% -
75th Percentile £20.93 £16.39 -
90th Percentile £25.62 £21.09 -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £27.50 £18.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +52.78% -55.00% +78.49%

Server Patching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Aruba