Patch Management Job Trends in Wales

Patch Management
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Patch Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - 81
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.37% - 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% - 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
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 - £49,235
90th Percentile - - £57,194
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £51,934
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.72% +9.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 840 762 793
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 76.92% 82.65% 92.42%
Number of salaries quoted 581 384 599
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £30,200
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -1.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,445
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in Wales

Patch Management
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Patch Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
South Wales - 4 £38,500 - 3
Patch Management
UK

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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