Patch Management Job Trends in Cheshire

Patch Management
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Patch Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 65 56
Rank change year-on-year -22 -9 +57
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 2 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.26% 0.53% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.72% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +92.31% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £33,750 £40,000
90th Percentile - £37,500 £43,000
North West median annual salary £38,000 £32,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year +16.92% -15.58% -9.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 670 699 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 87.35% 74.76% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 356 384 337
10th Percentile £27,625 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £47,500 £48,293
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -1.64% +7.32%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,588 £67,070
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,484 £78,300
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +4.76%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Patch Management
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Patch Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 1 £62,500 - 1
Patch Management
North West

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Help Desk Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (100.00%) IT Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Server Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) VMware