Hybrid/Remote Patch Management Job Trends

Patch Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Patch Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 357 500
Rank change year-on-year +25 +143 +30
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 85 64 83
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.43% 0.42% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.44% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 38 38 66
10th Percentile £35,500 £31,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,563 £33,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,397 £79,375 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% -10.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,250 14,485 30,759
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.82% 94.60% 89.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,711 8,403 23,769
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,848 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Patch Management and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Patch Management job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Patch Management
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Patch Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Patch Management over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Patch Management salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 43 (50.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 59 (69.41%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (51.76%) Entra ID
3 10 (11.76%) Azure
4 5 (5.88%) Mimecast
5 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (4.71%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.35%) AWS
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.18%) GCP
7 1 (1.18%) IaaS
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.18%) PaaS
7 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.94%) Firewall
2 8 (9.41%) Network Security
3 7 (8.24%) DHCP
3 7 (8.24%) DNS
4 6 (7.06%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (5.88%) Internet
5 5 (5.88%) SAN
6 4 (4.71%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.35%) LAN
7 2 (2.35%) VLAN
7 2 (2.35%) VPN
7 2 (2.35%) WAN
8 1 (1.18%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.71%) Power BI
General
1 59 (69.41%) Social Skills
2 41 (48.24%) Back Office
3 5 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.53%) Aviation
4 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.53%) Retail
5 2 (2.35%) Legal
5 2 (2.35%) Social Housing
6 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.18%) Law
6 1 (1.18%) Local Government
6 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (50.59%) Support Engineer
2 41 (48.24%) Desktop Engineer
2 41 (48.24%) Desktop Support
2 41 (48.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 40 (47.06%) Site Engineer
4 11 (12.94%) Analyst
5 8 (9.41%) Administrator
6 7 (8.24%) Security Analyst
6 7 (8.24%) Systems Administrator
7 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Manager
7 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Support
7 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Support Manager
7 6 (7.06%) Security Manager
7 6 (7.06%) Support Manager
8 5 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (4.71%) Consultant
9 4 (4.71%) IT Administrator
9 4 (4.71%) IT Systems Administrator
10 3 (3.53%) Support Consultant
10 3 (3.53%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.24%) Security Posture
2 6 (7.06%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.88%) Clustering
3 5 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.53%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.35%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.35%) Housing Association
6 1 (1.18%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.18%) NHS
6 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 61 (71.76%) Windows
2 49 (57.65%) Windows 10
3 6 (7.06%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.88%) Linux
5 3 (3.53%) Android
5 3 (3.53%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.18%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (67.06%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (58.82%) ITIL
3 48 (56.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (55.29%) Software Deployment
5 43 (50.59%) Customer Service
6 42 (49.41%) Analytics
6 42 (49.41%) Ticket Management
7 41 (48.24%) Customer Acquisition
7 41 (48.24%) Customer Experience
8 13 (15.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 12 (14.12%) Information Security
10 9 (10.59%) Vulnerability Management
11 8 (9.41%) Incident Response
11 8 (9.41%) ITSM
11 8 (9.41%) People Management
11 8 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (9.41%) Server Management
12 7 (8.24%) Security Operations
13 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Monitoring
13 6 (7.06%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.41%) PowerShell
1 8 (9.41%) SQL
2 1 (1.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (56.47%) Degree
2 45 (52.94%) Security Cleared
3 44 (51.76%) SC Cleared
4 41 (48.24%) CTC Cleared
5 6 (7.06%) CISSP
6 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (3.53%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (3.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (2.35%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.35%) CCNP
9 2 (2.35%) CEH
9 2 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.35%) CISM
9 2 (2.35%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (2.35%) SSCP
10 1 (1.18%) A+ Certification
10 1 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (50.59%) SLA
2 8 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (9.41%) NIST
3 5 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.88%) GDPR
4 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (2.35%) GRC
5 2 (2.35%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.18%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (21.18%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.41%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.71%) Firmware
4 3 (3.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (15.29%) SCCM
2 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (4.71%) Puppet
4 1 (1.18%) Ansible
4 1 (1.18%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (68.24%) Microsoft
2 45 (52.94%) Cisco
3 7 (8.24%) ServiceNow
3 7 (8.24%) SolarWinds
4 5 (5.88%) SonicWALL
4 5 (5.88%) Veeam
5 4 (4.71%) Dell
5 4 (4.71%) Red Hat
6 3 (3.53%) Apple
6 3 (3.53%) Meraki
6 3 (3.53%) VMware
7 2 (2.35%) Varonis
8 1 (1.18%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (1.18%) Qualys