Patch Management Job Trends in South Wales

Patch Management
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Patch Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.47% - 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% - 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,750 - £41,566
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 - £43,190
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.62%
75th Percentile £40,250 - £44,813
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £38,500 - £43,190
% change year-on-year - - -13.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 664 544 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 77.66% 81.07% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 473 295 391
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,750 £32,816
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £41,566
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £51,104
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -4.12% +2.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,500 £73,000
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,052 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +3.27% -1.04%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in South Wales

Patch Management
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Patch Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Newport - 3 - - 1
Cardiff - 1 £38,500 - 1
Patch Management
Wales

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Back Office
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (75.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Site Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Acquisition
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Experience
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) People Management
2 3 (75.00%) Software Deployment
2 3 (75.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Log Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Security Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) SOAR
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CTC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) VMware