Patch Management Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Patch Management
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Patch Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.69% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £38,750 £34,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +13.97% -33.33% +10.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Patch Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 215 369 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 74.39% 91.34% 83.51%
Number of salaries quoted 133 153 127
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,199 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £43,750 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £97,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Patch Management
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Patch Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Luton - 2 £45,000 -
Patch Management
East of England

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Electronics
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) VMware