Patch Management Contracts in the City of London

Patch Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 111 125 166
Rank change year-on-year +14 +41 -1
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 8 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.46% 0.091% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.10% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 4
10th Percentile £325 £669 £223
25th Percentile £447 £678 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £700 £413
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% +69.70% -17.50%
75th Percentile £554 £716 £545
90th Percentile £615 £721 £559
Central London median daily rate £525 £700 £413
% change year-on-year -25.00% +69.70% -17.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,636 1,988 3,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,406 2,259
10th Percentile £363 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Patch Management in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Patch Management in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Patch Management in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Patch Management in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (12.50%) HTTP
3 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) DTS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory Support
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) SCCM Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Network Management
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) ITSM
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
3 1 (12.50%) Security Management
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) Bash
2 2 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (12.50%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (12.50%) XenApp
3 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Ansible
2 2 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (12.50%) Progress Chef
3 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) F5
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) NetScout
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat