Patch Management Contracts in Suffolk

Patch Management
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk requiring Patch Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Patch Management over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Patch Management 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 1.52% - 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% - 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £288 £375 £298
% change year-on-year -23.33% +26.05% -10.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53 51 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 80.30% 65.38% 84.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 32 95
10th Percentile £200 £105 £330
25th Percentile £250 £185 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £341 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% -43.25% +2.13%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £700
90th Percentile £542 £575 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 2
10th Percentile £20.17 - £14.66
25th Percentile £22.04 £14.05 £15.64
Median hourly rate £25.15 £14.60 £17.78
Median % change year-on-year +72.26% -17.89% -28.88%
75th Percentile £35.67 £51.91 £19.42
90th Percentile £41.97 £53.75 £20.10
East of England median hourly rate £31.57 £42.50 £19.81
% change year-on-year -25.73% +114.54% -2.17%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in Suffolk

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Patch Management
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Ipswich - 1 £450 - 1
Patch Management
East of England

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys