Patch Management Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Patch Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Patch Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Patch Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 514 606
Rank change year-on-year +161 +92 +73
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 44 78 67
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.25% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 39 66 61
10th Percentile £32,000 £38,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% +1.43% +14.13%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £55,554
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% +1.06%

All Process and 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 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Patch Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Patch Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Patch Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Patch Management
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Patch Management.

Patch Management salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Patch Management
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Patch Management over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Patch Management salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (20.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.27%) CMS
3 1 (2.27%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (61.36%) Azure
2 16 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (15.91%) AWS
5 4 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (9.09%) SaaS
6 3 (6.82%) GCP
7 2 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.55%) Google Workspace
7 2 (4.55%) IaaS
7 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (4.55%) PaaS
7 2 (4.55%) Slack
8 1 (2.27%) Azure Stack
8 1 (2.27%) Cloudflare
8 1 (2.27%) GitHub
8 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (45.45%) Firewall
2 16 (36.36%) DNS
3 13 (29.55%) DHCP
4 7 (15.91%) WAN
5 6 (13.64%) VPN
6 4 (9.09%) LAN
6 4 (9.09%) Network Security
6 4 (9.09%) SD-WAN
6 4 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
8 2 (4.55%) OpenVPN
8 2 (4.55%) VSAN
9 1 (2.27%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (2.27%) Modbus
9 1 (2.27%) NetScaler
9 1 (2.27%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.27%) Wireless
9 1 (2.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Git
2 3 (6.82%) JIRA
3 1 (2.27%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.27%) GitLab
3 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Finance
3 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Law
5 2 (4.55%) Banking
5 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (2.27%) Advertising
6 1 (2.27%) Aviation
6 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (20.45%) Security Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (11.36%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) IT Security Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Lead
5 3 (6.82%) Senior
6 2 (4.55%) Administrator
6 2 (4.55%) Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
6 2 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (2.27%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (2.27%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) GraphQL
1 5 (11.36%) Middleware
1 5 (11.36%) REST
2 3 (6.82%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (2.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Security Posture
2 9 (20.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (20.45%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (6.82%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.27%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.27%) PKI
6 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.27%) Replication
6 1 (2.27%) SCADA
6 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.27%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 32 (72.73%) Windows
2 26 (59.09%) Windows Server
3 22 (50.00%) Linux
4 10 (22.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (11.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (6.82%) Mac OS
7 2 (4.55%) Debian
7 2 (4.55%) VMS
8 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (34.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (27.27%) SIEM
3 11 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (15.91%) High Availability
5 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (13.64%) Cloud Security
6 6 (13.64%) Configuration Management
6 6 (13.64%) ITIL
6 6 (13.64%) Mentoring
6 6 (13.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 6 (13.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 5 (11.36%) Customer Service
7 5 (11.36%) Information Security
7 5 (11.36%) Performance Tuning
7 5 (11.36%) Problem Management
7 5 (11.36%) Process Improvement
7 5 (11.36%) Task Automation
7 5 (11.36%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 19 (43.18%) PowerShell
2 10 (22.73%) Bash
3 8 (18.18%) Python
4 5 (11.36%) SQL
5 3 (6.82%) Perl
6 2 (4.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (13.64%) MCSA
3 4 (9.09%) Degree
3 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.82%) CCNA
4 3 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (4.55%) CASP
5 2 (4.55%) CCNP
5 2 (4.55%) CISM
5 2 (4.55%) CISSP
5 2 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.55%) MCP
5 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.27%) CEH
6 1 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.82%) NIST
3 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 19 (43.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (20.45%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (18.18%) Hyper-V
6 5 (11.36%) Firmware
6 5 (11.36%) vSphere
7 2 (4.55%) Docker
7 2 (4.55%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (4.55%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (4.55%) VMware NSX
8 1 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (2.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (25.00%) Ansible
2 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (9.09%) ZENworks
4 3 (6.82%) Progress Chef
5 2 (4.55%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (4.55%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (4.55%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (4.55%) Puppet
5 2 (4.55%) SCCM
5 2 (4.55%) SCOM
5 2 (4.55%) vCenter Server
5 2 (4.55%) vRealize
5 2 (4.55%) VxRail
5 2 (4.55%) WSUS
6 1 (2.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (2.27%) Backup Exec
6 1 (2.27%) Nagios
6 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (70.45%) Microsoft
2 24 (54.55%) VMware
3 6 (13.64%) Meraki
4 5 (11.36%) Red Hat
5 4 (9.09%) Google
5 4 (9.09%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.82%) Cisco
6 3 (6.82%) Dell
6 3 (6.82%) Splunk
7 2 (4.55%) ArcSight
7 2 (4.55%) Citrix
7 2 (4.55%) EMC
7 2 (4.55%) Isilon
7 2 (4.55%) McAfee
7 2 (4.55%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.27%) EqualLogic
8 1 (2.27%) iManage
8 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.27%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (2.27%) Veeam