Patch Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Patch Management
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 606 622
Rank change year-on-year +44 +16 -44
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 195 145 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.23% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.25% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 159 117 170
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,300 £31,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,500 £35,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% +10.43%
75th Percentile £47,250 £50,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £56,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £46,865
% change year-on-year -10.53% +1.35% +3.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,230 59,150 66,407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.47% 95.64% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,096 30,337 41,441
10th Percentile £27,234 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Patch Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in the UK excluding London

Patch Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Patch Management in the UK excluding London

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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
South East +64 58 £42,500 -19.05% 15
Midlands +28 49 £40,000 +14.29% 9
North of England +41 37 £42,500 +6.25% 10
East Midlands -4 25 £40,000 +14.29% 2
West Midlands +35 24 £34,750 -18.24% 7
Yorkshire +95 19 £57,500 +43.75% 4
East of England +31 19 £42,500 +3.03% 11
South West -32 15 £42,500 - 3
North West +5 13 £60,000 +60.00% 5
Scotland -62 9 £48,000 +17.07% 2
Wales +12 5 £39,250 - 1
North East 0 5 £41,500 +3.75% 1
Northern Ireland +27 3 £90,000 - 2
Patch Management
UK

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 28 (14.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (8.72%) SharePoint
3 10 (5.13%) IIS
4 6 (3.08%) Confluence
5 4 (2.05%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.08%) Trello
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 94 (48.21%) Azure
2 62 (31.79%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (18.97%) Entra ID
4 21 (10.77%) AWS
5 11 (5.64%) OneDrive
6 8 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.10%) WhatsApp
7 6 (3.08%) IaaS
7 6 (3.08%) Slack
8 4 (2.05%) Dropbox
8 4 (2.05%) Google Drive
8 4 (2.05%) Google Sheets
8 4 (2.05%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.51%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.51%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 90 (46.15%) Firewall
2 54 (27.69%) LAN
3 53 (27.18%) WAN
4 49 (25.13%) DNS
5 44 (22.56%) VPN
6 30 (15.38%) DHCP
7 29 (14.87%) SAN
8 23 (11.79%) VLAN
9 22 (11.28%) TCP/IP
10 17 (8.72%) Network Security
11 16 (8.21%) Cisco IOS
11 16 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
13 10 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (5.13%) NAS
14 9 (4.62%) VoIP
14 9 (4.62%) Wireless
15 8 (4.10%) 802.11
15 8 (4.10%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (4.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (3.08%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.05%) Power BI
4 3 (1.54%) MariaDB
4 3 (1.54%) MySQL
5 2 (1.03%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (3.59%) JIRA
2 3 (1.54%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (5.64%) Finance
4 10 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 6 (3.08%) Automotive
5 6 (3.08%) Law
5 6 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.56%) Retail
7 4 (2.05%) Games
7 4 (2.05%) Military
8 3 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.51%) Legal
9 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 44 (22.56%) Administrator
2 39 (20.00%) Analyst
3 32 (16.41%) Systems Administrator
4 29 (14.87%) IT Engineer
5 24 (12.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (11.79%) Senior
6 23 (11.79%) Support Engineer
7 15 (7.69%) IT Administrator
7 15 (7.69%) IT Systems Administrator
8 14 (7.18%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 13 (6.67%) IT Manager
9 13 (6.67%) IT Support
10 12 (6.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 11 (5.64%) Network Engineer
12 10 (5.13%) Vulnerability Manager
13 8 (4.10%) 3rd Line Support
13 8 (4.10%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 8 (4.10%) ERP Analyst
13 8 (4.10%) Security Analyst
13 8 (4.10%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.10%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.54%) Web Services
3 2 (1.03%) .NET
4 1 (0.51%) OAuth
4 1 (0.51%) OpenID
4 1 (0.51%) SAML
4 1 (0.51%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.74%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.18%) Clustering
3 11 (5.64%) Wiki
4 10 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.13%) Driving Licence
5 9 (4.62%) Fat Client
5 9 (4.62%) Thin Client
6 8 (4.10%) PKI
7 7 (3.59%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.08%) Cyberattack
9 5 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.56%) IoT
10 4 (2.05%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (2.05%) Security Posture
10 4 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
12 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Cloud
13 1 (0.51%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 123 (63.08%) Windows
2 77 (39.49%) Windows Server
3 38 (19.49%) Linux
4 23 (11.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (9.23%) Windows 10
5 18 (9.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (7.69%) Android
7 13 (6.67%) Mac OS
8 12 (6.15%) Apple iOS
9 11 (5.64%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (3.08%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (2.56%) CentOS
11 5 (2.56%) Windows 2000
11 5 (2.56%) Windows NT
11 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (2.56%) Windows XP
12 4 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (2.05%) Ubuntu
13 3 (1.54%) Unix
13 3 (1.54%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.79%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 45 (23.08%) ITIL
4 41 (21.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 35 (17.95%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 31 (15.90%) Customer Service
7 28 (14.36%) Disaster Recovery
8 27 (13.85%) Penetration Testing
9 16 (8.21%) Service Management
10 15 (7.69%) Incident Management
11 14 (7.18%) Line Management
12 13 (6.67%) Migration
12 13 (6.67%) Project Management
12 13 (6.67%) Server Management
12 13 (6.67%) Service Delivery
12 13 (6.67%) Threat Detection
13 12 (6.15%) Change Control
14 11 (5.64%) ERP
14 11 (5.64%) SIEM
14 11 (5.64%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (26.15%) PowerShell
2 27 (13.85%) SQL
3 19 (9.74%) Python
4 11 (5.64%) Perl
5 6 (3.08%) Bash
6 2 (1.03%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 29 (14.87%) Degree
2 23 (11.79%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (10.77%) Security Cleared
4 18 (9.23%) CCNP
5 13 (6.67%) CCNA
5 13 (6.67%) CISSP
6 11 (5.64%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (5.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (5.13%) CCIE
7 10 (5.13%) DV Cleared
7 10 (5.13%) SC Cleared
8 9 (4.62%) Azure Certification
8 9 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (4.10%) Network+ Certification
10 6 (3.08%) MCP
10 6 (3.08%) OCP
10 6 (3.08%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (2.05%) CTC Cleared
11 4 (2.05%) MCSE
11 4 (2.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (8.72%) GDPR
3 11 (5.64%) SLA
4 10 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.05%) COSHH
6 3 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (1.54%) NIST
6 3 (1.54%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.03%) QA
7 2 (1.03%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.51%) GxP
System Software
1 79 (40.51%) Active Directory
2 44 (22.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (11.28%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.64%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (5.13%) vSphere
6 8 (4.10%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (4.10%) VMware NSX
7 6 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (2.05%) VMware Server
9 2 (1.03%) Docker
9 2 (1.03%) Firmware
10 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (13.33%) WSUS
2 25 (12.82%) SCCM
3 14 (7.18%) Microsoft Clustering
4 13 (6.67%) vCenter Server
5 10 (5.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 8 (4.10%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (3.08%) SCDPM
8 5 (2.56%) SCOM
9 4 (2.05%) FortiGate
9 4 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.54%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.54%) Suricata
10 3 (1.54%) Terraform
11 2 (1.03%) Backup Exec
11 2 (1.03%) Kubernetes
11 2 (1.03%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.51%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 94 (48.21%) Microsoft
2 47 (24.10%) VMware
3 34 (17.44%) Cisco
4 13 (6.67%) Apple
4 13 (6.67%) Palo Alto
5 11 (5.64%) Veeam
6 10 (5.13%) IFS
6 10 (5.13%) Meraki
7 9 (4.62%) Sophos
8 7 (3.59%) HP
8 7 (3.59%) Oracle
9 6 (3.08%) Dell
9 6 (3.08%) Dell Compellent
9 6 (3.08%) Google
10 4 (2.05%) ConnectWise
10 4 (2.05%) Darktrace
10 4 (2.05%) Draytek
10 4 (2.05%) Mitel
10 4 (2.05%) Ribbon
10 4 (2.05%) Webroot