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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 373 406
Rank change year-on-year +40 +33 +150
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 46 69 58
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.35% 0.41% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.44% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 41 55 55
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £38,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - +29.63%
75th Percentile £78,750 £88,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £88,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +13.68%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,980 15,700 17,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.37% 92.43% 93.53%
Number of salaries quoted 7,679 9,167 13,976
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,865 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +49 20 £77,500 -3.13% 1
East London - 3 - - 1
West London - 1 £45,000 - 1
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 16 (34.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) CINEMA 4D
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (43.48%) Entra ID
3 17 (36.96%) Azure
4 7 (15.22%) AWS
5 3 (6.52%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (6.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 2 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.35%) GCP
6 2 (4.35%) PaaS
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (2.17%) Azure Stack
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.17%) Cohesity
7 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 22 (47.83%) DNS
2 19 (41.30%) TCP/IP
3 18 (39.13%) DHCP
4 16 (34.78%) LAN
5 15 (32.61%) WAN
6 9 (19.57%) Firewall
7 8 (17.39%) Network Security
8 4 (8.70%) VLAN
9 3 (6.52%) NAS
9 3 (6.52%) SAN
9 3 (6.52%) VPN
9 3 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (4.35%) Junos
10 2 (4.35%) NetScaler
10 2 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (4.35%) Wireless
11 1 (2.17%) DMARC
11 1 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (2.17%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) GitLab
2 1 (2.17%) MSI
General
1 28 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 21 (45.65%) Finance
3 12 (26.09%) Legal
4 5 (10.87%) Banking
5 4 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Advertising
7 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (4.35%) Law
8 1 (2.17%) Automotive
8 1 (2.17%) Dutch Language
8 1 (2.17%) French Language
8 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (28.26%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (26.09%) Windows Engineer
3 10 (21.74%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (15.22%) Administrator
5 7 (15.22%) Linux Administrator
6 5 (10.87%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 5 (10.87%) Network Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Security Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (8.70%) Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) IT Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Systems Manager
8 3 (6.52%) Support Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Desktop Support
9 2 (4.35%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Help Desk Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Help Desk Support
9 2 (4.35%) Operations Manager
9 2 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) .NET
2 1 (2.17%) EDI
2 1 (2.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (26.09%) Hedge funds
3 7 (15.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (10.87%) Onboarding
4 5 (10.87%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.52%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (4.35%) CCTV
6 2 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 2 (4.35%) iPhone
6 2 (4.35%) Replication
6 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.17%) IoT
7 1 (2.17%) Mainframe
7 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.17%) Tandem
7 1 (2.17%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 30 (65.22%) Windows
2 21 (45.65%) Windows Server
3 12 (26.09%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (23.91%) Linux
5 5 (10.87%) Android
5 5 (10.87%) Mac OS
5 5 (10.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (6.52%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.35%) CentOS
7 2 (4.35%) Ubuntu
7 2 (4.35%) VMS
7 2 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (30.43%) Systems Engineering
2 14 (30.43%) Task Automation
3 13 (28.26%) Collaborative Working
4 12 (26.09%) Batch Scripting
4 12 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (21.74%) Incident Response
5 10 (21.74%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (17.39%) Performance Tuning
7 8 (17.39%) Problem Management
8 7 (15.22%) Incident Management
8 7 (15.22%) ITIL
8 7 (15.22%) Security Hardening
8 7 (15.22%) SIEM
9 6 (13.04%) Change Management
9 6 (13.04%) DevOps
10 5 (10.87%) Change Control
10 5 (10.87%) Resource Allocation
10 5 (10.87%) Virtual Team Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.87%) Python
2 5 (10.87%) SQL
3 4 (8.70%) Bash
4 2 (4.35%) C#
4 2 (4.35%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.17%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (2.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) Degree
1 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.70%) DV Cleared
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.17%) CCNA
5 1 (2.17%) CCNP
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.17%) MCSA
5 1 (2.17%) MCSE
5 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.87%) GDPR
2 5 (10.87%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (4.35%) NIST
3 2 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (58.70%) Active Directory
2 13 (28.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.70%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.35%) KVM
5 1 (2.17%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.17%) Firmware
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (28.26%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (26.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (8.70%) Ansible
4 4 (8.70%) SCCM
5 2 (4.35%) Terraform
6 1 (2.17%) CASB
6 1 (2.17%) Grafana
6 1 (2.17%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (2.17%) QRadar
6 1 (2.17%) vCenter Server
6 1 (2.17%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 34 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 15 (32.61%) VMware
3 12 (26.09%) Bloomberg
3 12 (26.09%) Reuters
4 6 (13.04%) Citrix
5 4 (8.70%) Cisco
5 4 (8.70%) SolarWinds
6 3 (6.52%) Qualys
6 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (4.35%) Adobe
7 2 (4.35%) Commvault
7 2 (4.35%) CyberArk
7 2 (4.35%) Juniper
7 2 (4.35%) Palo Alto
7 2 (4.35%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.17%) Forcepoint
8 1 (2.17%) HP
8 1 (2.17%) NetApp
8 1 (2.17%) Oracle
8 1 (2.17%) SAP