Patch Management Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Patch Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 365 459 459
Rank change year-on-year +94 0 +153
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 144 107 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.30% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.33% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 84 75 98
10th Percentile - £21,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,250 £39,473
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,355 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% -10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £58,438
90th Percentile £63,750 £58,250 £68,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £48,750 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -9.72% +13.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Patch Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Patch Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Patch Management in the UK excluding London

Patch Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +42 33 £29,500 -37.89% 3
South West +11 30 £42,500 - 5
North of England +14 29 £38,000 -19.58% 8
Scotland +21 25 £53,750 +34.38% 7
East Midlands +10 22 £29,500 -26.25% 2
South East +40 15 £52,500 +7.69% 18
North West +23 15 £40,250 -7.47% 2
Yorkshire -10 13 £34,000 -40.87% 5
West Midlands +24 11 £72,500 +31.82% 1
East of England +14 7 £32,500 +15.04% 6
Wales - 4 £38,500 - 1
Northern Ireland -12 1 - -
North East - 1 - - 2
Patch Management
UK

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (13.19%) SharePoint
2 13 (9.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (5.56%) Confluence
4 5 (3.47%) WordPress
5 4 (2.78%) nginx
6 1 (0.69%) IIS
Applications
1 52 (36.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.78%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 91 (63.19%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (27.08%) Entra ID
3 31 (21.53%) Azure
4 14 (9.72%) AWS
5 7 (4.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 7 (4.86%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (4.86%) Amazon ELB
5 7 (4.86%) Amazon S3
5 7 (4.86%) AWS KMS
5 7 (4.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (4.17%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (3.47%) Power Automate
7 5 (3.47%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.47%) SaaS
8 4 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (2.78%) Route 53
9 3 (2.08%) Amazon Glacier
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 24 (16.67%) Firewall
2 22 (15.28%) DNS
3 15 (10.42%) DHCP
3 15 (10.42%) VPN
4 10 (6.94%) VoIP
5 8 (5.56%) HTTP
5 8 (5.56%) VLAN
6 7 (4.86%) FTP
6 7 (4.86%) SMTP
6 7 (4.86%) SSH
7 5 (3.47%) SAN
8 4 (2.78%) IMAP
8 4 (2.78%) Network Security
8 4 (2.78%) OpenLDAP
8 4 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.08%) DMZ
9 3 (2.08%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.39%) 4G
10 2 (1.39%) LAN
10 2 (1.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.86%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.47%) Power BI
3 5 (3.47%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.78%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (1.39%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) Git
1 8 (5.56%) Jenkins
1 8 (5.56%) JIRA
2 7 (4.86%) Vagrant
3 1 (0.69%) MSI
3 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 89 (61.81%) Social Skills
2 45 (31.25%) Back Office
3 25 (17.36%) Marketing
4 21 (14.58%) Organisational Skills
5 20 (13.89%) Law
6 18 (12.50%) Finance
7 12 (8.33%) Public Sector
8 11 (7.64%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.47%) Police
10 4 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.08%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.08%) Electronics
11 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (2.08%) Retail
11 3 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (1.39%) Local Government
13 1 (0.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 50 (34.72%) Support Engineer
2 46 (31.94%) Desktop Engineer
2 46 (31.94%) Desktop Support
2 46 (31.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 40 (27.78%) Site Engineer
4 27 (18.75%) Analyst
5 24 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 22 (15.28%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 22 (15.28%) Support Analyst
7 15 (10.42%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (10.42%) IT Support
8 11 (7.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support Manager
9 9 (6.25%) Support Manager
10 7 (4.86%) 1st Line Support
10 7 (4.86%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (4.86%) IT Manager
11 6 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Manager
12 5 (3.47%) Help Desk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.86%) .NET
2 5 (3.47%) HTML
3 4 (2.78%) LDAP
3 4 (2.78%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.39%) SAML
5 1 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.42%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.86%) iPad
3 7 (4.86%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (2.78%) Replication
5 3 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.39%) Clustering
6 2 (1.39%) FMCG
6 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.39%) NHS
6 2 (1.39%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.39%) Robotics
6 2 (1.39%) Smartphone
6 2 (1.39%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.69%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.69%) Life Science
7 1 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 103 (71.53%) Windows
2 69 (47.92%) Windows 10
3 29 (20.14%) Windows Server
4 27 (18.75%) Linux
5 7 (4.86%) Amazon Linux
5 7 (4.86%) Mac OS
5 7 (4.86%) Ubuntu
5 7 (4.86%) VMS
6 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.39%) Android
7 2 (1.39%) Unix
8 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (40.28%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (38.89%) Software Deployment
3 55 (38.19%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (37.50%) ITIL
5 46 (31.94%) Customer Service
5 46 (31.94%) Ticket Management
6 45 (31.25%) Analytics
6 45 (31.25%) Customer Experience
7 44 (30.56%) Customer Acquisition
8 31 (21.53%) People Management
9 22 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (13.89%) Incident Management
10 20 (13.89%) ITSM
11 19 (13.19%) Batch Management
12 14 (9.72%) Change Management
12 14 (9.72%) Security Operations
12 14 (9.72%) Service Delivery
13 12 (8.33%) Migration
14 11 (7.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 11 (7.64%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (24.31%) SQL
2 21 (14.58%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.94%) Python
4 7 (4.86%) Groovy
5 4 (2.78%) Perl
6 3 (2.08%) Bash
6 3 (2.08%) Java
7 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 81 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 76 (52.78%) SC Cleared
3 58 (40.28%) Degree
4 44 (30.56%) CTC Cleared
5 5 (3.47%) A+ Certification
5 5 (3.47%) AWS Certification
5 5 (3.47%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.78%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.08%) HND
8 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.39%) CCNA
8 2 (1.39%) CISSP
8 2 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.69%) CCSP
9 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.69%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (44.44%) SLA
2 8 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (5.56%) GDPR
3 6 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.69%) NCSC
6 1 (0.69%) NIST
System Software
1 37 (25.69%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.25%) Docker
4 6 (4.17%) Firmware
5 5 (3.47%) Hyper-V
6 4 (2.78%) DFS Replication
6 4 (2.78%) Dovecot
6 4 (2.78%) Postfix
6 4 (2.78%) Squid
7 3 (2.08%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.69%) KVM
Systems Management
1 24 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (9.72%) SCCM
3 7 (4.86%) Grafana
3 7 (4.86%) Prometheus
3 7 (4.86%) Terraform
4 5 (3.47%) Nessus
5 4 (2.78%) Ansible
5 4 (2.78%) Proxmox
6 2 (1.39%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.39%) Puppet
6 2 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.39%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.39%) VxRail
7 1 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.69%) WMI
Vendors
1 57 (39.58%) Cisco
1 57 (39.58%) Microsoft
2 20 (13.89%) VMware
3 16 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.25%) Apple
4 9 (6.25%) SolarWinds
5 7 (4.86%) Citrix
5 7 (4.86%) Datto
5 7 (4.86%) Freshdesk
6 4 (2.78%) Jaspersoft
6 4 (2.78%) Veeam
7 3 (2.08%) HP
7 3 (2.08%) Oracle
7 3 (2.08%) SAP
8 2 (1.39%) Computacenter
8 2 (1.39%) Dell
8 2 (1.39%) Intel
8 2 (1.39%) NetApp
8 2 (1.39%) Sophos
8 2 (1.39%) Wyse