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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 321 419
Rank change year-on-year -24 +98 +20
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 69 73 79
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.31% 0.59% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.62% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 60 57 74
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £59,938 £48,500 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £96,625 £88,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% +11.76% -15.00%

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 18,437 11,708 20,108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.27% 94.64% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,636 7,357 14,393
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,500 £38,507
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £108,375 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -13 12 £70,000 -9.68% 2
West London -18 6 £82,500 +83.33% 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 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Chatbot
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Misys Equation
1 1 (1.45%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 34 (49.28%) Azure
2 24 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Purview
4 13 (18.84%) Entra ID
5 10 (14.49%) AWS
6 9 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (13.04%) Power Platform
7 5 (7.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (7.25%) GCP
7 5 (7.25%) IaaS
7 5 (7.25%) PaaS
8 4 (5.80%) Mimecast
9 3 (4.35%) Cloudflare
9 3 (4.35%) Serverless
10 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (1.45%) Amazon S3
11 1 (1.45%) Datadog
11 1 (1.45%) SaaS
11 1 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (24.64%) Firewall
2 14 (20.29%) DNS
3 13 (18.84%) VPN
4 11 (15.94%) TCP/IP
5 8 (11.59%) WAN
6 7 (10.14%) DHCP
7 6 (8.70%) Network Security
7 6 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (7.25%) LAN
9 3 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.04%) Power BI
2 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Git
2 5 (7.25%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.64%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.04%) Legal
4 6 (8.70%) Finance
5 4 (5.80%) Banking
6 3 (4.35%) Digital Health
6 3 (4.35%) Law
7 1 (1.45%) Advertising
7 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.45%) Local Government
7 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Analyst
2 20 (28.99%) Security Analyst
3 14 (20.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Security Engineer
4 9 (13.04%) Senior
5 6 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Citrix Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Citrix Systems Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) IT Analyst
5 6 (8.70%) PowerShell Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Windows Engineer
5 6 (8.70%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Network Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (7.25%) Network Manager
6 5 (7.25%) Sales Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Security Posture
2 7 (10.14%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.70%) AS400
3 6 (8.70%) iSeries
4 5 (7.25%) Data Centre
4 5 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (4.35%) Cyberattack
6 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.45%) LPAR
8 1 (1.45%) NHS
8 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (39.13%) Windows
2 9 (13.04%) Linux
3 5 (7.25%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.80%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (40.58%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (39.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 17 (24.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (24.64%) Incident Response
4 16 (23.19%) Information Security
5 14 (20.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 13 (18.84%) Security Operations
7 12 (17.39%) SIEM
8 11 (15.94%) Change Management
9 10 (14.49%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (13.04%) Application Packaging
10 9 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (13.04%) Computer Science
10 9 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (11.59%) ITIL
11 8 (11.59%) ITSM
11 8 (11.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 7 (10.14%) Incident Management
12 7 (10.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.43%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.59%) Python
3 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.90%) Bash
4 2 (2.90%) Bicep
5 1 (1.45%) COBOL
5 1 (1.45%) RPG
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) CompTIA Security+
1 11 (15.94%) Degree
2 8 (11.59%) CompTIA CySA+
2 8 (11.59%) SSCP
3 6 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.80%) AWS Certification
5 4 (5.80%) CEH
6 3 (4.35%) CCNA
6 3 (4.35%) CCNP
6 3 (4.35%) CISM
6 3 (4.35%) CISSP
7 2 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.90%) CCSP
7 2 (2.90%) GIAC
7 2 (2.90%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.90%) SANS
8 1 (1.45%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (26.09%) GDPR
2 16 (23.19%) NIST
3 13 (18.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (11.59%) GRC
5 7 (10.14%) PCI DSS
6 6 (8.70%) SLA
7 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (4.35%) HIPAA
9 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.45%) PMO
10 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 19 (27.54%) Active Directory
2 11 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.70%) BitLocker
3 6 (8.70%) vSphere
4 5 (7.25%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.45%) Docker
6 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (28.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (10.14%) QRadar
3 5 (7.25%) Terraform
4 1 (1.45%) Ansible
4 1 (1.45%) CASB
4 1 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.45%) Nessus
4 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (1.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (68.12%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.94%) VMware
3 10 (14.49%) ServiceNow
4 9 (13.04%) Qualys
5 8 (11.59%) Tenable
6 7 (10.14%) Sophos
7 6 (8.70%) Citrix
8 4 (5.80%) Cisco
8 4 (5.80%) Palo Alto
9 3 (4.35%) F5
9 3 (4.35%) Meraki
10 2 (2.90%) Google
10 2 (2.90%) Rapid7
10 2 (2.90%) Splunk
10 2 (2.90%) Varonis
11 1 (1.45%) Apple
11 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.45%) IBM
11 1 (1.45%) Misys
11 1 (1.45%) Red Hat