Patch Management Contracts in Central London

Patch Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Patch Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 120 131 160
Rank change year-on-year +11 +29 +10
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 9 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.45% 0.082% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.090% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £240 £669 £223
25th Percentile £338 £678 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £700 £413
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +69.70% -17.50%
75th Percentile £554 £716 £545
90th Percentile £602 £721 £559
London median daily rate £525 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -16.00% +38.89% -8.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Patch Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Patch Management in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Patch Management in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Patch Management in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +14 8 £531 -24.21%
Patch Management
London

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) AWS
4 1 (11.11%) GitHub
4 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (11.11%) HTTP
3 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Military
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory Support
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Build Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Network Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Build Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Team
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Security Patching
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Network Management
4 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) ITSM
4 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
4 1 (11.11%) Network Design
4 1 (11.11%) Security Management
4 1 (11.11%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
4 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 2 (22.22%) Bash
2 2 (22.22%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) CCNP
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (11.11%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) BitLocker
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (11.11%) XenApp
3 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Ansible
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Progress Chef
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) F5
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) NetScout
3 1 (11.11%) Red Hat