Patch Management Jobs in the North West

Patch Management
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Patch Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Patch Management over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 279 290
Rank change year-on-year +13 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 13 13 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.16% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 14
10th Percentile £36,250 - £27,225
25th Percentile £42,500 £33,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £60,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +65.52% -9.38%
75th Percentile £54,000 £62,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £58,750 - £51,875
England median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +1.06%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,573 8,141 7,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.73% 82.81% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4,126 6,183 3,906
10th Percentile £26,943 £27,500 £30,791
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Patch Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in the North West

Patch Management
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in the North West.

Salary trend for Patch Management in the North West

Patch Management
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in the North West over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Patch Management in the North West

Patch Management
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Manchester - 9 £46,000 - 2
Lancashire - 3 £53,000 - 2
Cumbria - 1 - -
Patch Management
England

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (7.69%) IIS
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Cloudflare
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) DNS
2 5 (38.46%) DHCP
2 5 (38.46%) Firewall
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco ISE
3 3 (23.08%) Reverse Proxy
3 3 (23.08%) SAN
3 3 (23.08%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Applications Support
2 4 (30.77%) Lead
2 4 (30.77%) Team Leader
3 3 (23.08%) Application Support Team Leader
3 3 (23.08%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) IT Administrator
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Client/Server
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Replication
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.69%) Debian
3 1 (7.69%) Linux
3 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) ITSM
3 4 (30.77%) Proactive Management
3 4 (30.77%) Service Management
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (23.08%) Budget Management
4 3 (23.08%) Data Management
4 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Resource Allocation
4 3 (23.08%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
6 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security
6 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (7.69%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) CEH
2 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) MCSA
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.69%) Firmware
3 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (7.69%) Backup Exec
2 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) VMware
3 4 (30.77%) Veeam
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco
4 3 (23.08%) Meraki
4 3 (23.08%) Oracle
4 3 (23.08%) Sophos
4 3 (23.08%) Synology
5 1 (7.69%) Apple
5 1 (7.69%) Google
5 1 (7.69%) SAP
5 1 (7.69%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (7.69%) Veritas