Patch Management Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Patch Management
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Patch Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.69% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £188 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £195 - -
75th Percentile £203 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £195 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 187 151 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 83.86% 90.96% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 77 113
10th Percentile £200 £325 £330
25th Percentile £400 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £566 £550 £644
90th Percentile £625 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £475 £450 £473
% change year-on-year +5.56% -4.76% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 6
10th Percentile £13.71 £14.85 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.13 £15.50 £18.19
Median hourly rate £18.28 £19.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -6.28% -1.27% +22.06%
75th Percentile £20.63 £70.00 £29.06
90th Percentile £37.60 - £32.88
North East median hourly rate £17.30 £46.18 £26.00
% change year-on-year -62.54% +77.62% +48.57%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Patch Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in Tyne and Wear

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Patch Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Patch Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 30 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sunderland - 4 £195 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 - - 1
Patch Management
North East

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Desktop Support
2 4 (66.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 4 (66.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (66.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Mobile Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Desktop Specialist
3 2 (33.33%) Desktop Support Specialist
3 2 (33.33%) Support Specialist
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Inventory Management
3 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft