Patch Management Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Patch Management
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Patch Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 - 99
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.14% - 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £366 - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - £195
Median % change year-on-year - - -58.06%
75th Percentile £416 - £203
90th Percentile £421 - -
England median daily rate £525 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +16.67% - +5.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,434 1,420 1,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.41% 90.27% 84.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,447 919 738
10th Percentile £337 £248 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £556 £577
90th Percentile £669 £650 £655
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 53 41
10th Percentile £13.45 £17.27 -
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.51 £12.55
Median hourly rate £19.34 £22.58 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.35% +29.00% -13.58%
75th Percentile £26.50 £25.15 £33.75
90th Percentile £43.96 £75.50 £48.75
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Patch Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Patch Management
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
South Yorkshire - 3 £400 - 4
West Yorkshire - 1 £375 - 2
Patch Management
England

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (25.00%) CMS
2 1 (25.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) PHP Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) CSS3
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Market Risk
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) API Integration
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Control-M
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) BMC
2 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (25.00%) Tanium