Patch Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Patch Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Patch Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 115 125
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +51
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 6 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.32% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.24% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £443 -
25th Percentile £463 £469 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -22.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £513 £606 £688
90th Percentile £528 £648 -
Central London median daily rate £475 £525 £675
% change year-on-year -9.52% -22.22% +28.57%

All Process & 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 1,673 1,697 2,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.85% 91.48% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,162 1,014 1,533
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £429 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +0.88% -4.20%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £779 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.06 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £52.64 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -4.10%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Patch Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Patch Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

Patch Management
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Patch Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Patch Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (33.33%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL DBA
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared DBA
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Insider Threat
3 2 (33.33%) Life Science
3 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (33.33%) SCADA
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (33.33%) Antivirus Management
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Data Flow Diagram
4 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
4 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Network Design
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Security Management
4 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (33.33%) CCNA
2 2 (33.33%) CCNP
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) CISM
2 2 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 2 (33.33%) Rockwell
2 1 (16.67%) Tenable