Patch Management Contracts in London

Patch Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 364 416
Rank change year-on-year +59 +52 +74
Contract jobs citing Patch Management 46 28 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.38% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.18% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 23 36
10th Percentile £250 £249 £208
25th Percentile £363 £393 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £554 £694 £541
90th Percentile £625 £700 £584
England median daily rate £400 £444 £400
% change year-on-year -9.86% +10.94% -5.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £29.00 £23.80 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% - -
England median hourly rate £57.00 £23.80 -
% change year-on-year +139.50% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,283 15,444 23,416
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.19% 88.57% 90.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,604 11,074 16,916
10th Percentile £350 £345 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £595
Median % change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 305 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.68 £18.20
25th Percentile £23.80 £20.00 £22.41
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £37.34
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -25.52% +2.55%
75th Percentile £50.50 £48.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.90 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -21.23% -0.73% +47.08%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management in London

Patch Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Patch Management in London

Patch Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Patch Management in London

Patch Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Patch Management in London

Patch Management
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 22 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
Central London +10 9 £531 +17.89% 2
West London +11 5 £400 -5.88% 1
North London - 1 £463 -
Patch Management
England

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.70%) CMS
3 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (2.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (50.00%) Azure
2 12 (26.09%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (23.91%) AWS
4 10 (21.74%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.52%) GitHub
6 2 (4.35%) GCP
6 2 (4.35%) IaaS
6 2 (4.35%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.17%) Datadog
7 1 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.17%) Mimecast
7 1 (2.17%) PaaS
7 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (39.13%) Firewall
2 10 (21.74%) VPN
3 6 (13.04%) SD-WAN
3 6 (13.04%) WAN
4 5 (10.87%) DHCP
4 5 (10.87%) DNS
4 5 (10.87%) Network Security
5 3 (6.52%) BGP
5 3 (6.52%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (6.52%) Cisco Wireless
5 3 (6.52%) DMVPN
5 3 (6.52%) EIGRP
5 3 (6.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (6.52%) LAN
5 3 (6.52%) OSPF
5 3 (6.52%) SSL
5 3 (6.52%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.52%) VLAN
5 3 (6.52%) Wireless
5 3 (6.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Git
2 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.35%) JIRA
3 1 (2.17%) GitLab
3 1 (2.17%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Finance
3 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Banking
4 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Back Office
6 1 (2.17%) Local Government
6 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (10.87%) Architect
2 4 (8.70%) Campaign Manager
2 4 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (8.70%) IT Manager
2 4 (8.70%) Security Engineer
3 3 (6.52%) Active Directory Support
3 3 (6.52%) Administrator
3 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (6.52%) Platform Engineer
3 3 (6.52%) Security Architect
3 3 (6.52%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (4.35%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (4.35%) Security Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.35%) Security Technical Architect
4 2 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
4 2 (4.35%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (2.17%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (2.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
1 5 (10.87%) Security Posture
2 4 (8.70%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (6.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (4.35%) Clustering
4 2 (4.35%) CMDB
4 2 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.17%) iPhone
5 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (39.13%) Windows
2 12 (26.09%) Linux
3 8 (17.39%) Windows Server
4 5 (10.87%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.17%) Android
6 1 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.26%) Vulnerability Management
2 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (19.57%) Security Patching
5 8 (17.39%) Incident Response
5 8 (17.39%) ITIL
5 8 (17.39%) Project Management
5 8 (17.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 7 (15.22%) Computer Science
6 7 (15.22%) Information Security
6 7 (15.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (13.04%) Configuration Management
8 5 (10.87%) Data Protection
8 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (10.87%) Migration
8 5 (10.87%) Task Automation
9 4 (8.70%) Mobile Device Management
9 4 (8.70%) Network Monitoring
9 4 (8.70%) Security Architecture
9 4 (8.70%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.04%) Python
3 4 (8.70%) SQL
4 3 (6.52%) Bash
5 2 (4.35%) C
6 1 (2.17%) Perl
6 1 (2.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) Degree
2 7 (15.22%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.87%) CCNP
3 5 (10.87%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.52%) CCSA
4 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.17%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.17%) CCIE
6 1 (2.17%) CCNA
6 1 (2.17%) MCP
6 1 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.17%) PMP
6 1 (2.17%) RHCE
6 1 (2.17%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.52%) SLA
2 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.35%) NIST
2 2 (4.35%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) GDPR
3 1 (2.17%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (23.91%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.87%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.52%) BitLocker
3 3 (6.52%) Firmware
3 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.17%) Ceph
5 1 (2.17%) Docker
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (2.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.17%) vSphere
5 1 (2.17%) XenApp
5 1 (2.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (30.43%) SCCM
2 12 (26.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (17.39%) Ansible
4 4 (8.70%) WSUS
5 3 (6.52%) CA Spectrum
5 3 (6.52%) Progress Chef
5 3 (6.52%) Terraform
6 2 (4.35%) Prometheus
6 2 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (4.35%) ZABBIX
7 1 (2.17%) Grafana
7 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
7 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (2.17%) Nagios
7 1 (2.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.57%) Cisco
3 7 (15.22%) VMware
4 5 (10.87%) Palo Alto
4 5 (10.87%) SolarWinds
5 4 (8.70%) F5
5 4 (8.70%) Juniper
5 4 (8.70%) Meraki
5 4 (8.70%) Qualys
5 4 (8.70%) ServiceNow
6 3 (6.52%) CheckPoint
6 3 (6.52%) Citrix
6 3 (6.52%) Sophos
7 2 (4.35%) Apple
7 2 (4.35%) Dell
7 2 (4.35%) Rapid7
7 2 (4.35%) Red Hat
7 2 (4.35%) Tenable
8 1 (2.17%) Snow
8 1 (2.17%) Splunk