Patch Management Jobs in England

Patch Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Patch Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Patch Management over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 678 804
Rank change year-on-year +108 +126 -123
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 252 255 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.28% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.29% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 223 216 282
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,625 £38,414
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £46,865
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +1.35% -6.27%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £72,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £46,865
% change year-on-year -10.53% +1.35% +1.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Patch Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in England

Patch Management
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in England.

Salary trend for Patch Management in England

Patch Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Patch Management in England

Patch Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
London +79 73 £65,525 +13.96% 25
South East +55 58 £42,500 -17.07% 15
Midlands +21 49 £40,000 +14.29% 10
North of England +33 37 £42,500 +6.25% 10
East Midlands +1 25 £40,000 +14.29% 2
West Midlands +35 24 £34,750 -18.24% 8
Yorkshire +92 19 £57,500 +43.75% 4
East of England +20 19 £42,500 +3.03% 10
South West -26 15 £42,500 -2.07% 3
North West +14 13 £60,000 +60.00% 5
North East -4 5 £41,500 +3.75% 1
Patch Management
UK

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 35 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (6.75%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.97%) IIS
4 6 (2.38%) Confluence
5 4 (1.59%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 18 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.38%) Trello
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 111 (44.05%) Azure
2 90 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (15.08%) Entra ID
4 30 (11.90%) AWS
5 11 (4.37%) OneDrive
6 8 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (3.17%) WhatsApp
7 6 (2.38%) IaaS
7 6 (2.38%) Slack
8 5 (1.98%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.59%) Dropbox
9 4 (1.59%) Google Drive
9 4 (1.59%) Google Sheets
10 3 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.40%) AWS CloudTrail
11 1 (0.40%) AWS Control Tower
11 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 111 (44.05%) Firewall
2 68 (26.98%) DNS
3 52 (20.63%) LAN
4 49 (19.44%) WAN
5 48 (19.05%) VPN
6 39 (15.48%) DHCP
7 36 (14.29%) TCP/IP
8 34 (13.49%) SAN
9 22 (8.73%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (7.94%) Network Security
11 17 (6.75%) VLAN
12 15 (5.95%) Intrusion Detection
13 14 (5.56%) Wireshark
14 11 (4.37%) VoIP
14 11 (4.37%) Wireless
15 10 (3.97%) Cisco IOS
15 10 (3.97%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (3.97%) NAS
15 10 (3.97%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (3.17%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.38%) Oracle Database
3 5 (1.98%) Power BI
4 3 (1.19%) MariaDB
4 3 (1.19%) MySQL
5 1 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (2.78%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 70 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 36 (14.29%) Finance
3 26 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.35%) Banking
5 13 (5.16%) Law
6 9 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.78%) Legal
7 7 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.38%) Automotive
9 5 (1.98%) Retail
10 4 (1.59%) Games
10 4 (1.59%) Military
11 3 (1.19%) Aviation
11 3 (1.19%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Billing
13 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (20.63%) Analyst
2 43 (17.06%) Administrator
3 32 (12.70%) Systems Administrator
4 29 (11.51%) IT Engineer
5 28 (11.11%) Senior
6 27 (10.71%) Support Engineer
7 25 (9.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (8.33%) Security Analyst
9 20 (7.94%) Vulnerability Analyst
10 18 (7.14%) IT Manager
11 15 (5.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 15 (5.95%) IT Administrator
11 15 (5.95%) IT Systems Administrator
11 15 (5.95%) Network Engineer
12 13 (5.16%) IT Analyst
13 12 (4.76%) IT Support
14 11 (4.37%) 3rd Line Support
14 11 (4.37%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (4.37%) Security Engineer
15 10 (3.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.17%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.19%) Web Services
3 2 (0.79%) .NET
4 1 (0.40%) OAuth
4 1 (0.40%) OLE
4 1 (0.40%) OpenID
4 1 (0.40%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.68%) Management Information System
2 17 (6.75%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.95%) Clustering
4 11 (4.37%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (4.37%) Wiki
5 10 (3.97%) Driving Licence
6 9 (3.57%) Fat Client
6 9 (3.57%) Thin Client
7 8 (3.17%) PKI
8 7 (2.78%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.38%) Cyberattack
10 5 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.98%) IoT
11 4 (1.59%) ARM Cortex
11 4 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.59%) Security Posture
12 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
12 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 140 (55.56%) Windows
2 75 (29.76%) Windows Server
3 51 (20.24%) Linux
4 30 (11.90%) Windows 10
5 24 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (5.16%) Apple iOS
8 12 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (4.37%) Mac OS
10 9 (3.57%) Android
10 9 (3.57%) Unix
11 6 (2.38%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (1.98%) CentOS
12 5 (1.98%) Windows 2000
12 5 (1.98%) Windows NT
12 5 (1.98%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.98%) Windows XP
13 4 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (1.59%) Ubuntu
14 3 (1.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (34.52%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (27.78%) ITIL
3 55 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 35 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 34 (13.49%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 33 (13.10%) SIEM
8 29 (11.51%) Customer Service
9 21 (8.33%) Incident Response
10 19 (7.54%) Security Operations
11 18 (7.14%) CI/CD
11 18 (7.14%) Project Management
12 17 (6.75%) Incident Management
12 17 (6.75%) Service Delivery
13 16 (6.35%) Line Management
14 15 (5.95%) Computer Science
14 15 (5.95%) Data Protection
14 15 (5.95%) Service Management
14 15 (5.95%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (26.19%) PowerShell
2 31 (12.30%) SQL
3 28 (11.11%) Python
4 12 (4.76%) Bash
5 11 (4.37%) Perl
6 2 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.79%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 43 (17.06%) Degree
2 33 (13.10%) CISSP
3 26 (10.32%) Security Cleared
4 23 (9.13%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.14%) CCNP
6 13 (5.16%) CCNA
6 13 (5.16%) ITIL Certification
7 12 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (4.76%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.97%) CCIE
9 9 (3.57%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.57%) CISA
9 9 (3.57%) CISM
9 9 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 6 (2.38%) MCP
12 6 (2.38%) OCP
12 6 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (9.92%) GDPR
3 15 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (4.37%) SLA
5 10 (3.97%) GRC
6 9 (3.57%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.78%) NCSC
7 7 (2.78%) NIST
8 4 (1.59%) COSHH
9 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.79%) QA
11 1 (0.40%) GxP
11 1 (0.40%) SOC 2
System Software
1 90 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 61 (24.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (9.52%) Hyper-V
4 16 (6.35%) vSphere
5 14 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (5.56%) Virtual Servers
6 13 (5.16%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (4.37%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (3.17%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.98%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.79%) Docker
10 2 (0.79%) Firmware
10 2 (0.79%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (13.49%) SCCM
2 26 (10.32%) WSUS
3 16 (6.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 15 (5.95%) Microsoft Clustering
5 13 (5.16%) vCenter Server
6 10 (3.97%) Ansible
6 10 (3.97%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 7 (2.78%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (2.38%) CSIRT
8 6 (2.38%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (2.38%) SCDPM
9 5 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.98%) SCOM
10 4 (1.59%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.19%) Suricata
12 2 (0.79%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
12 2 (0.79%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 118 (46.83%) Microsoft
2 65 (25.79%) VMware
3 34 (13.49%) Cisco
4 21 (8.33%) Citrix
5 19 (7.54%) Qualys
6 14 (5.56%) Veeam
7 13 (5.16%) Apple
7 13 (5.16%) Palo Alto
8 12 (4.76%) HP
9 11 (4.37%) Atlassian
9 11 (4.37%) Sophos
10 10 (3.97%) Meraki
11 9 (3.57%) ArcSight
11 9 (3.57%) Carbon Black
11 9 (3.57%) CyberArk
11 9 (3.57%) IFS
11 9 (3.57%) McAfee
12 7 (2.78%) Dell
12 7 (2.78%) Juniper
12 7 (2.78%) Oracle