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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 315 422
Rank change year-on-year -34 +107 +55
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 58 69 77
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.28% 0.57% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.60% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 45 50 73
10th Percentile £53,500 £42,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% -16.07% +16.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,438 £87,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £94,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +14.13% +8.24% -14.14%

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 17,135 11,543 21,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.58% 96.00% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,556 6,882 15,889
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 11 £72,500 -7.94%
West London -21 1 £69,119 +47.06% 2
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 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Misys Equation
1 1 (1.72%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 27 (46.55%) Azure
2 23 (39.66%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (25.86%) Microsoft Purview
4 12 (20.69%) Entra ID
5 10 (17.24%) Power Platform
6 9 (15.52%) AWS
6 9 (15.52%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (6.90%) GCP
7 4 (6.90%) Mimecast
8 3 (5.17%) Cloudflare
8 3 (5.17%) Serverless
9 2 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (1.72%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (1.72%) Amazon EMR
10 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.72%) Datadog
10 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.97%) Firewall
2 6 (10.34%) Network Security
2 6 (10.34%) VPN
3 4 (6.90%) DHCP
3 4 (6.90%) DNS
3 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.72%) SSL
5 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.24%) Power BI
2 1 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Git
2 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 19 (32.76%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.79%) Legal
4 4 (6.90%) Banking
5 3 (5.17%) Aviation
5 3 (5.17%) Finance
5 3 (5.17%) Retail
6 2 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.45%) Law
6 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Advertising
7 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.72%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.72%) Local Government
7 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (43.10%) Analyst
2 23 (39.66%) Security Analyst
3 17 (29.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) Security Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Automation Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Citrix Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Citrix Systems Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) PowerShell Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Senior
5 6 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) IT Analyst
7 4 (6.90%) Security Manager
8 3 (5.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Information Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Information Security Manager
8 3 (5.17%) IT Security Analyst
8 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Engineer
8 3 (5.17%) Wintel Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.41%) Security Posture
2 6 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.90%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (5.17%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.72%) AS400
6 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.72%) iSeries
6 1 (1.72%) LPAR
6 1 (1.72%) NHS
6 1 (1.72%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 23 (39.66%) Windows
2 8 (13.79%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.90%) Linux
3 4 (6.90%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (51.72%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (46.55%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 19 (32.76%) Incident Response
4 18 (31.03%) Information Security
5 17 (29.31%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (20.69%) Security Operations
6 12 (20.69%) SIEM
7 11 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (15.52%) Application Packaging
9 9 (15.52%) Computer Science
9 9 (15.52%) ITIL
10 8 (13.79%) Incident Management
10 8 (13.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 7 (12.07%) Project Management
11 7 (12.07%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 6 (10.34%) Agile
12 6 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (37.93%) PowerShell
2 7 (12.07%) Python
3 2 (3.45%) Bash
3 2 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.72%) COBOL
4 1 (1.72%) RPG
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) CompTIA Security+
1 12 (20.69%) Degree
2 8 (13.79%) CompTIA CySA+
2 8 (13.79%) SSCP
3 7 (12.07%) CISSP
4 6 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (6.90%) CEH
5 4 (6.90%) CISM
5 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.45%) CCSP
6 2 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.45%) GIAC
6 2 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.45%) SANS
7 1 (1.72%) CRISC
7 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.72%) PMP
7 1 (1.72%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (32.76%) GDPR
1 19 (32.76%) NIST
2 14 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (15.52%) GRC
4 8 (13.79%) PCI DSS
5 5 (8.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (5.17%) HIPAA
7 2 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.72%) PMO
8 1 (1.72%) QA
8 1 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.72%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (25.86%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.34%) BitLocker
3 6 (10.34%) vSphere
4 3 (5.17%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.72%) Docker
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (32.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.62%) QRadar
3 4 (6.90%) SCCM
3 4 (6.90%) Terraform
4 2 (3.45%) Ansible
5 1 (1.72%) CASB
5 1 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.72%) Nessus
5 1 (1.72%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 44 (75.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) Qualys
2 9 (15.52%) VMware
3 8 (13.79%) Tenable
4 7 (12.07%) ServiceNow
5 6 (10.34%) Citrix
6 5 (8.62%) Sophos
7 4 (6.90%) Cisco
7 4 (6.90%) Meraki
8 2 (3.45%) Google
8 2 (3.45%) Rapid7
8 2 (3.45%) Splunk
8 2 (3.45%) Varonis
9 1 (1.72%) Acronis
9 1 (1.72%) Apple
9 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.72%) IBM
9 1 (1.72%) Misys
9 1 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.72%) Snow