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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 581 615
Rank change year-on-year +26 +34 -39
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 209 154 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.27% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.29% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 168 120 191
10th Percentile £31,175 £30,450 £31,000
25th Percentile £34,688 £33,375 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £47,813 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £47,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +1.06% -1.05%

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 62,403 53,845 70,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.68% 95.47% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 42,667 28,673 41,516
10th Percentile £27,300 £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 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +48 61 £42,500 -5.56% 11
Midlands +13 57 £40,000 +14.29% 15
North of England +18 34 £41,500 +3.75% 5
East Midlands +4 30 £40,000 +14.29% 4
West Midlands +11 27 £39,750 +13.57% 11
East of England +9 27 £43,750 +6.06% 9
Yorkshire +60 15 £35,000 -12.50% 2
North West -19 13 £60,000 +65.52% 3
South West -35 12 £37,500 -9.64% 6
Scotland -83 10 £51,250 +47.44% 5
North East -11 6 £41,500 -7.78%
Wales +13 5 £39,250 -
Northern Ireland +20 3 £90,000 -
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 29 (13.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (8.13%) SharePoint
3 14 (6.70%) IIS
4 5 (2.39%) Confluence
5 4 (1.91%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (5.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.39%) Trello
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 101 (48.33%) Azure
2 64 (30.62%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (16.75%) Entra ID
4 30 (14.35%) AWS
5 12 (5.74%) OneDrive
6 8 (3.83%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (3.35%) WhatsApp
8 6 (2.87%) IaaS
9 5 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (2.39%) Slack
10 4 (1.91%) Dropbox
10 4 (1.91%) Google Drive
10 4 (1.91%) Google Sheets
10 4 (1.91%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.96%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (0.96%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (0.96%) AWS Control Tower
12 1 (0.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.48%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.48%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 94 (44.98%) Firewall
2 53 (25.36%) LAN
3 51 (24.40%) WAN
4 49 (23.44%) DNS
5 48 (22.97%) VPN
6 32 (15.31%) DHCP
7 31 (14.83%) SAN
8 23 (11.00%) Network Security
8 23 (11.00%) TCP/IP
9 22 (10.53%) VLAN
10 19 (9.09%) Wireless
11 16 (7.66%) Cisco IOS
11 16 (7.66%) Intrusion Detection
12 15 (7.18%) Wi-Fi
13 11 (5.26%) Internet
14 10 (4.78%) Cisco Nexus
15 8 (3.83%) 802.11
15 8 (3.83%) Remote Desktop
15 8 (3.83%) VoIP
15 8 (3.83%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.87%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.91%) Power BI
4 3 (1.44%) MariaDB
4 3 (1.44%) MySQL
5 2 (0.96%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.87%) JIRA
2 3 (1.44%) Jenkins
General
1 70 (33.49%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.22%) Law
4 12 (5.74%) Finance
5 11 (5.26%) Automotive
5 11 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.87%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.39%) Retail
8 4 (1.91%) Games
9 3 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Legal
11 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.48%) Banking
11 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.48%) Military
11 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (20.10%) Administrator
2 40 (19.14%) Analyst
3 30 (14.35%) Systems Administrator
4 29 (13.88%) IT Engineer
5 25 (11.96%) Support Engineer
6 24 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (10.05%) Senior
8 15 (7.18%) Network Engineer
9 14 (6.70%) IT Support
9 14 (6.70%) Vulnerability Analyst
10 13 (6.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (6.22%) IT Administrator
10 13 (6.22%) IT Systems Administrator
11 11 (5.26%) IT Manager
11 11 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
12 10 (4.78%) Vulnerability Manager
13 9 (4.31%) 3rd Line Support
13 9 (4.31%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
14 8 (3.83%) Network Administrator
14 8 (3.83%) Project Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.83%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.39%) Web Services
3 2 (0.96%) .NET
3 2 (0.96%) OAuth
3 2 (0.96%) OpenID
3 2 (0.96%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.00%) Management Information System
2 15 (7.18%) Clustering
3 12 (5.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.78%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.78%) IoT
4 10 (4.78%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.78%) Wiki
5 9 (4.31%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.83%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.35%) PKI
8 6 (2.87%) Cyberattack
8 6 (2.87%) Fat Client
8 6 (2.87%) Thin Client
9 5 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.91%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (1.91%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.44%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 125 (59.81%) Windows
2 79 (37.80%) Windows Server
3 40 (19.14%) Linux
4 20 (9.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (8.61%) Windows 10
7 13 (6.22%) Android
8 11 (5.26%) Mac OS
9 10 (4.78%) Apple iOS
10 7 (3.35%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (2.87%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (2.39%) CentOS
12 5 (2.39%) Kali Linux
12 5 (2.39%) Windows 2000
12 5 (2.39%) Windows NT
12 5 (2.39%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (2.39%) Windows XP
13 4 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 4 (1.91%) Ubuntu
14 3 (1.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (31.10%) Cybersecurity
1 65 (31.10%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (20.10%) ITIL
3 39 (18.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 37 (17.70%) Customer Service
5 34 (16.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 32 (15.31%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (14.35%) Penetration Testing
8 17 (8.13%) Incident Management
9 16 (7.66%) High Availability
9 16 (7.66%) Service Delivery
9 16 (7.66%) SIEM
10 15 (7.18%) Security Operations
11 14 (6.70%) Line Management
11 14 (6.70%) Threat Detection
12 13 (6.22%) Computer Science
12 13 (6.22%) Migration
13 12 (5.74%) Change Management
13 12 (5.74%) Server Management
13 12 (5.74%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.88%) PowerShell
2 24 (11.48%) SQL
3 21 (10.05%) Python
4 10 (4.78%) Perl
5 6 (2.87%) Bash
6 2 (0.96%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (16.27%) Degree
2 22 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 19 (9.09%) Security Cleared
4 18 (8.61%) CCNP
5 15 (7.18%) CISSP
6 12 (5.74%) CCNA
6 12 (5.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 11 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
7 11 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (4.78%) CCIE
9 8 (3.83%) DV Cleared
9 8 (3.83%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.35%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.87%) MCP
11 6 (2.87%) OCP
11 6 (2.87%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (2.39%) AWS Certification
13 4 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.91%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (12.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (8.13%) GDPR
3 12 (5.74%) SLA
4 8 (3.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (2.39%) NIST
5 5 (2.39%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.91%) COSHH
7 3 (1.44%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.48%) GxP
8 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 79 (37.80%) Active Directory
2 43 (20.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (9.09%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (4.78%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (4.31%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (3.83%) vSphere
8 5 (2.39%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.91%) VMware Server
10 3 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.96%) Docker
11 2 (0.96%) Firmware
11 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 26 (12.44%) WSUS
2 25 (11.96%) SCCM
3 15 (7.18%) Microsoft Clustering
4 13 (6.22%) vCenter Server
5 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (3.35%) Ansible
6 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (2.87%) SCDPM
8 5 (2.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (2.39%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (2.39%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (2.39%) SCOM
8 5 (2.39%) Suricata
9 4 (1.91%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.44%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.44%) Terraform
11 2 (0.96%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.96%) Kubernetes
11 2 (0.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 99 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 45 (21.53%) VMware
3 37 (17.70%) Cisco
4 15 (7.18%) Palo Alto
5 11 (5.26%) Apple
5 11 (5.26%) Veeam
6 10 (4.78%) IFS
6 10 (4.78%) Meraki
7 9 (4.31%) Sophos
8 7 (3.35%) Oracle
9 6 (2.87%) Dell
9 6 (2.87%) Dell Compellent
9 6 (2.87%) Google
9 6 (2.87%) HP
9 6 (2.87%) Juniper
9 6 (2.87%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.39%) Splunk
11 4 (1.91%) ConnectWise
11 4 (1.91%) Darktrace
11 4 (1.91%) Ribbon