Patch Management Jobs

Patch Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 631 675 816
Rank change year-on-year +44 +141 -106
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 290 279 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.29% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.31% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 244 228 342
10th Percentile £31,373 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,795
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £46,933
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +1.21% -1.19%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,125 £78,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Patch Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in the UK

Patch Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Patch Management.

Salary trend for Patch Management in the UK

Patch Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Patch Management over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Patch Management in the UK

Patch Management
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
England +52 269 £42,500 -12.37% 65
UK excluding London +21 209 £42,500 +6.25% 48
Work from Home +50 79 £51,250 +2.50% 15
London +70 77 £70,000 +16.67% 15
South East +26 61 £42,500 -5.56% 11
Midlands +20 57 £40,000 +14.29% 15
North of England +25 34 £41,500 +3.75% 6
East Midlands -1 30 £40,000 +14.29% 4
East of England +16 27 £43,750 +6.06% 8
West Midlands +2 27 £39,750 +13.57% 11
Yorkshire +60 15 £35,000 -12.50% 3
North West -11 13 £60,000 +65.52% 3
South West -36 12 £37,500 -9.64% 6
Scotland -74 10 £51,250 +47.44% 5
North East -8 6 £41,500 -7.78%
Wales +13 5 £39,250 -
Northern Ireland +22 3 £90,000 -

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 39 (13.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 15 (5.17%) IIS
4 5 (1.72%) Confluence
5 4 (1.38%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 18 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.72%) Trello
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Sage 300 ERP
Cloud Services
1 130 (44.83%) Azure
2 91 (31.38%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (14.83%) AWS
4 38 (13.10%) Entra ID
5 12 (4.14%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (2.41%) WhatsApp
8 6 (2.07%) IaaS
8 6 (2.07%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.72%) Slack
10 4 (1.38%) Dropbox
10 4 (1.38%) Google Drive
10 4 (1.38%) Google Sheets
11 2 (0.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (0.69%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (0.69%) AWS Control Tower
12 1 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.34%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.34%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 120 (41.38%) Firewall
2 68 (23.45%) DNS
3 56 (19.31%) LAN
4 54 (18.62%) WAN
5 53 (18.28%) VPN
6 41 (14.14%) DHCP
7 36 (12.41%) TCP/IP
8 33 (11.38%) SAN
9 25 (8.62%) Network Security
10 24 (8.28%) VLAN
11 21 (7.24%) Wi-Fi
11 21 (7.24%) Wireless
12 16 (5.52%) Cisco IOS
12 16 (5.52%) Intrusion Detection
13 14 (4.83%) Wireshark
14 11 (3.79%) Internet
15 10 (3.45%) Cisco Nexus
15 10 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (3.45%) VoIP
16 8 (2.76%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (2.07%) Oracle Database
2 6 (2.07%) Power BI
3 3 (1.03%) MariaDB
3 3 (1.03%) MySQL
4 2 (0.69%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (0.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (3.45%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.07%) JIRA
General
1 79 (27.24%) Social Skills
2 46 (15.86%) Finance
3 30 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.59%) Banking
5 20 (6.90%) Law
6 11 (3.79%) Automotive
6 11 (3.79%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.76%) Legal
8 7 (2.41%) Retail
8 7 (2.41%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.38%) Games
9 4 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.03%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.03%) Aviation
10 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.34%) Billing
11 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Military
11 1 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (20.69%) Analyst
2 42 (14.48%) Administrator
3 36 (12.41%) Senior
4 32 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (10.34%) Systems Administrator
6 29 (10.00%) IT Engineer
7 28 (9.66%) Support Engineer
8 21 (7.24%) Security Engineer
8 21 (7.24%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 20 (6.90%) IT Analyst
9 20 (6.90%) Security Analyst
10 19 (6.55%) Network Engineer
11 18 (6.21%) IT Support
12 16 (5.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 16 (5.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 15 (5.17%) IT Manager
14 13 (4.48%) IT Administrator
14 13 (4.48%) IT Systems Administrator
15 12 (4.14%) 3rd Line Support
15 12 (4.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.76%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.72%) Web Services
3 2 (0.69%) .NET
3 2 (0.69%) OAuth
3 2 (0.69%) OpenID
3 2 (0.69%) SAML
4 1 (0.34%) LDAP
4 1 (0.34%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 40 (13.79%) Management Information System
2 19 (6.55%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.52%) Clustering
4 13 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (4.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.79%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.45%) Cloud Native
7 10 (3.45%) Driving Licence
7 10 (3.45%) IoT
7 10 (3.45%) Wiki
8 9 (3.10%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.41%) PKI
10 6 (2.07%) Cyberattack
10 6 (2.07%) Fat Client
10 6 (2.07%) Thin Client
11 5 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.72%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.38%) ARM Cortex
12 4 (1.38%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 156 (53.79%) Windows
2 86 (29.66%) Windows Server
3 56 (19.31%) Linux
4 34 (11.72%) Windows 10
5 24 (8.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 20 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (4.48%) Android
8 12 (4.14%) Apple iOS
8 12 (4.14%) Mac OS
8 12 (4.14%) Unix
9 8 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.07%) Ubuntu
10 6 (2.07%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (1.72%) CentOS
11 5 (1.72%) Kali Linux
11 5 (1.72%) Windows 2000
11 5 (1.72%) Windows NT
11 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (1.72%) Windows XP
12 4 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (33.45%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (26.90%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (22.07%) ITIL
4 47 (16.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 46 (15.86%) Penetration Testing
6 44 (15.17%) SIEM
7 41 (14.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 37 (12.76%) Customer Service
8 37 (12.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 26 (8.97%) Incident Response
10 23 (7.93%) CI/CD
10 23 (7.93%) Security Operations
11 21 (7.24%) Computer Science
12 20 (6.90%) Incident Management
12 20 (6.90%) Service Delivery
12 20 (6.90%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 19 (6.55%) Vulnerability Management
14 18 (6.21%) DevOps
15 17 (5.86%) Data Protection
16 16 (5.52%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 75 (25.86%) PowerShell
2 37 (12.76%) Python
3 31 (10.69%) SQL
4 12 (4.14%) Bash
5 10 (3.45%) Perl
6 2 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 53 (18.28%) Degree
2 38 (13.10%) CISSP
3 26 (8.97%) Security Cleared
4 22 (7.59%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (6.21%) CCNP
7 12 (4.14%) CCNA
7 12 (4.14%) DV Cleared
7 12 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (3.79%) Azure Certification
8 11 (3.79%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (3.45%) CCIE
9 10 (3.45%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.10%) CISA
10 9 (3.10%) CISM
11 7 (2.41%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (2.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.07%) MCP
12 6 (2.07%) OCP
12 6 (2.07%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (14.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.93%) GDPR
3 13 (4.48%) SLA
4 11 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (3.79%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.45%) GRC
6 9 (3.10%) NIST
7 8 (2.76%) NCSC
8 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (1.38%) COSHH
9 4 (1.38%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.69%) QA
11 1 (0.34%) GxP
System Software
1 98 (33.79%) Active Directory
2 66 (22.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.93%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.52%) Virtual Servers
5 14 (4.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (4.83%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (4.14%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (3.79%) vSphere
8 5 (1.72%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.38%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.69%) Docker
10 2 (0.69%) Firmware
10 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.34%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.34%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 38 (13.10%) SCCM
2 26 (8.97%) WSUS
3 22 (7.59%) Ansible
4 18 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (5.52%) Microsoft Clustering
6 13 (4.48%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (2.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (2.07%) CSIRT
8 6 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (2.07%) SCDPM
8 6 (2.07%) Terraform
9 5 (1.72%) Failover Clustering
9 5 (1.72%) SCOM
9 5 (1.72%) Suricata
10 4 (1.38%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.38%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.69%) Kubernetes
12 2 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 125 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 69 (23.79%) VMware
3 41 (14.14%) Cisco
4 22 (7.59%) Qualys
5 19 (6.55%) Citrix
6 16 (5.52%) Atlassian
7 15 (5.17%) Palo Alto
8 13 (4.48%) ArcSight
8 13 (4.48%) Carbon Black
8 13 (4.48%) CyberArk
8 13 (4.48%) McAfee
8 13 (4.48%) Veeam
9 11 (3.79%) Apple
9 11 (3.79%) HP
9 11 (3.79%) Meraki
9 11 (3.79%) Sophos
10 10 (3.45%) IFS
11 9 (3.10%) Juniper
12 8 (2.76%) Google
13 7 (2.41%) Dell