Patch Management Job Trends in London

Patch Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Patch Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 321 392
Rank change year-on-year -37 +71 +25
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 75 62 74
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.31% 0.52% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.55% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 65 51 65
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £98,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -3.23% -6.06%

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19,600 11,305 17,284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.30% 94.08% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 13,295 7,169 11,114
10th Percentile £40,808 £38,810 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £53,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Patch Management job vacancy trend in London

Patch Management
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Patch Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Patch Management

Patch Management
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in London over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Patch Management in London

Patch Management
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the London region over the 6 months to 1 September 2026. 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
Central London -4 10 £55,000 -29.03% 3
West London -20 6 £82,500 +83.33%
Patch Management
England

Patch Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (9.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Eikon
1 1 (1.33%) Misys Equation
1 1 (1.33%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 32 (42.67%) Azure
2 24 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (18.67%) AWS
4 12 (16.00%) Entra ID
4 12 (16.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 10 (13.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (9.33%) Power Platform
7 5 (6.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (6.67%) GCP
7 5 (6.67%) IaaS
7 5 (6.67%) PaaS
8 4 (5.33%) OneDrive
9 3 (4.00%) Cloudflare
9 3 (4.00%) Mimecast
9 3 (4.00%) Serverless
10 2 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (1.33%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (1.33%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (1.33%) Amazon S3
11 1 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 23 (30.67%) Firewall
2 17 (22.67%) DNS
3 16 (21.33%) VPN
4 13 (17.33%) TCP/IP
4 13 (17.33%) WAN
5 10 (13.33%) DHCP
6 7 (9.33%) LAN
7 6 (8.00%) Network Security
7 6 (8.00%) SD-WAN
7 6 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (2.67%) SSL
10 1 (1.33%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.33%) Kerberos
10 1 (1.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.33%) Power BI
2 2 (2.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (8.00%) Git
1 6 (8.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.33%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.67%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.00%) Finance
3 9 (12.00%) Legal
4 6 (8.00%) Banking
4 6 (8.00%) Digital Health
5 4 (5.33%) Law
6 3 (4.00%) Retail
7 1 (1.33%) Advertising
7 1 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.33%) Local Government
7 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (29.33%) Analyst
2 18 (24.00%) Security Analyst
3 12 (16.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 12 (16.00%) Security Engineer
4 7 (9.33%) IT Analyst
4 7 (9.33%) Senior
4 7 (9.33%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) Automation Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) Citrix Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) Citrix Systems Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) Network Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) PowerShell Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (8.00%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (6.67%) Network Manager
6 5 (6.67%) Sales Manager
7 4 (5.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) Terraform
2 1 (1.33%) LDAP
2 1 (1.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (28.00%) Security Posture
2 10 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.00%) AS400
3 6 (8.00%) iSeries
4 5 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (5.33%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (4.00%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.67%) Replication
7 2 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (1.33%) CCTV
8 1 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.33%) LPAR
8 1 (1.33%) NHS
8 1 (1.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 29 (38.67%) Windows
2 12 (16.00%) Linux
3 6 (8.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.67%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.00%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (37.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 21 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (24.00%) Incident Response
5 17 (22.67%) Security Operations
6 16 (21.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 15 (20.00%) Information Security
7 15 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (17.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (17.33%) SIEM
9 11 (14.67%) Root Cause Analysis
10 10 (13.33%) ITIL
10 10 (13.33%) ITSM
11 9 (12.00%) Change Management
11 9 (12.00%) Data Protection
11 9 (12.00%) Runbook
12 8 (10.67%) High Availability
12 8 (10.67%) Security Monitoring
12 8 (10.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 25 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 10 (13.33%) Python
3 3 (4.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.67%) Bash
4 2 (2.67%) Bicep
5 1 (1.33%) COBOL
5 1 (1.33%) Java
5 1 (1.33%) RPG
Qualifications
1 17 (22.67%) Degree
2 10 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (12.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (9.33%) AWS Certification
4 7 (9.33%) CCNA
5 6 (8.00%) CCNP
5 6 (8.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (8.00%) SSCP
6 5 (6.67%) CISSP
7 4 (5.33%) CEH
7 4 (5.33%) CISM
8 3 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (4.00%) CCSP
8 3 (4.00%) Master's Degree
8 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.67%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.67%) PMP
9 2 (2.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (25.33%) GDPR
2 15 (20.00%) NIST
3 12 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (13.33%) PCI DSS
5 6 (8.00%) GRC
5 6 (8.00%) SLA
6 4 (5.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (4.00%) HIPAA
8 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.33%) PMO
9 1 (1.33%) QA
9 1 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 14 (18.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (12.00%) vSphere
4 7 (9.33%) Hyper-V
5 6 (8.00%) BitLocker
6 4 (5.33%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.33%) Docker
7 1 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (22.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.33%) QRadar
3 3 (4.00%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.00%) SCCM
4 2 (2.67%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.33%) Ansible
5 1 (1.33%) CASB
5 1 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.33%) Nessus
5 1 (1.33%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 48 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.00%) VMware
3 12 (16.00%) ServiceNow
4 10 (13.33%) Qualys
4 10 (13.33%) Tenable
5 8 (10.67%) Sophos
6 7 (9.33%) Palo Alto
7 6 (8.00%) Cisco
7 6 (8.00%) Citrix
7 6 (8.00%) F5
7 6 (8.00%) Meraki
8 4 (5.33%) Splunk
9 3 (4.00%) Rapid7
9 3 (4.00%) Veeam
10 2 (2.67%) Bloomberg
10 2 (2.67%) Google
10 2 (2.67%) Murex
10 2 (2.67%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.67%) Refinitiv
10 2 (2.67%) Varonis