Patch Management Job Trends in Scotland

Patch Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Patch Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 137 195
Rank change year-on-year +21 +58 +13
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 25 11 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.90% 0.43% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.46% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile £44,438 £36,600 £26,000
25th Percentile £49,219 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £40,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.38% -3.61% -7.78%
75th Percentile £59,844 £48,750 £52,750
90th Percentile £67,438 £49,500 £58,600
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,750 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -9.72% +13.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,206 2,381 2,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 79.84% 92.90% 93.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 1,004 1,812
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,325 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,370 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Patch Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Patch Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Patch Management in Scotland

Patch Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 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
Renfrewshire - 4 £42,500 -
North Lanarkshire - 4 - - 1
Highlands - 4 - -
Glasgow +13 3 £70,000 +60.00% 1
Edinburgh -10 2 £53,750 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Stirling - 1 - -
Ayrshire - 1 - - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 2
North Ayrshire - 1 - -
East Ayrshire - 1 - -
Patch Management
UK

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 22 (88.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (92.00%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (76.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 2 (8.00%) Azure
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 25 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (80.00%) Back Office
3 2 (8.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (80.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 20 (80.00%) Desktop Support
1 20 (80.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 20 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 16 (64.00%) Site Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.00%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.00%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (8.00%) Robotics
1 2 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (88.00%) Windows
2 20 (80.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (12.00%) Linux
4 2 (8.00%) Ubuntu
5 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) ITIL
2 22 (88.00%) Customer Service
3 21 (84.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (84.00%) Customer Experience
4 20 (80.00%) Analytics
4 20 (80.00%) Customer Acquisition
4 20 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
4 20 (80.00%) Software Deployment
4 20 (80.00%) Ticket Management
5 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
6 3 (12.00%) Change Management
7 2 (8.00%) Backlog Management
7 2 (8.00%) Conflict Resolution
7 2 (8.00%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (8.00%) ITSM
7 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery
7 2 (8.00%) Service Management
7 2 (8.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Bash
2 1 (4.00%) Perl
2 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (92.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (88.00%) Degree
2 22 (88.00%) SC Cleared
3 20 (80.00%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (8.00%) CCNA
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.00%) CISM
5 1 (4.00%) CISSP
5 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.00%) RHCE
5 1 (4.00%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (80.00%) SLA
2 3 (12.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
1 1 (4.00%) KVM
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Ansible
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.00%) Puppet
3 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) Cisco
2 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.00%) VMware