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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 345 420
Rank change year-on-year -8 +75 +75
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 47 61 72
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.24% 0.47% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.49% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 37 47 69
10th Percentile £45,600 £48,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,050
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.66% +9.89%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,375 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +24.71% -10.53%

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 16,098 12,402 21,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.39% 96.08% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,521 7,547 16,086
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,042
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 April 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 April 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 -2 10 £75,000 -6.25% 1
West London -30 1 £69,119 +47.06%
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 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Chatbot
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Misys Equation
1 1 (2.13%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 24 (51.06%) Azure
2 23 (48.94%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (27.66%) AWS
4 11 (23.40%) Entra ID
5 9 (19.15%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (14.89%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (14.89%) Power Platform
7 4 (8.51%) GCP
7 4 (8.51%) Mimecast
8 3 (6.38%) Cloudflare
9 1 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (2.13%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (2.13%) Datadog
9 1 (2.13%) GitHub
9 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
9 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
9 1 (2.13%) Serverless
9 1 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.66%) Firewall
2 9 (19.15%) DNS
3 8 (17.02%) Network Security
3 8 (17.02%) TCP/IP
3 8 (17.02%) VPN
4 7 (14.89%) DHCP
5 4 (8.51%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (4.26%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.13%) LAN
7 1 (2.13%) SSL
7 1 (2.13%) VLAN
7 1 (2.13%) WAN
7 1 (2.13%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.89%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.13%) MSI
General
1 20 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.79%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.64%) Legal
4 3 (6.38%) Aviation
4 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Retail
5 2 (4.26%) Banking
5 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Advertising
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Local Government
6 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Analyst
1 16 (34.04%) Security Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 7 (14.89%) Security Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Systems Engineer
5 4 (8.51%) Senior
6 3 (6.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Automation Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Citrix Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Citrix Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) IT Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) IT Security Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Network Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) PowerShell Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.38%) Wintel Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Network Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.40%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.38%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (6.38%) Cyberattack
2 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.26%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (4.26%) Replication
3 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.13%) AS400
4 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.13%) IoT
4 1 (2.13%) iSeries
4 1 (2.13%) LPAR
4 1 (2.13%) NHS
4 1 (2.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (53.19%) Windows
2 12 (25.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (10.64%) Linux
4 4 (8.51%) Windows 10
5 2 (4.26%) CentOS
5 2 (4.26%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.13%) Android
6 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (42.55%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (36.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 16 (34.04%) Incident Response
4 12 (25.53%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (25.53%) SIEM
5 11 (23.40%) Information Security
6 10 (21.28%) ITIL
6 10 (21.28%) Security Operations
6 10 (21.28%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (19.15%) Incident Management
8 8 (17.02%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (17.02%) Project Management
9 7 (14.89%) Application Packaging
9 7 (14.89%) Business Continuity
9 7 (14.89%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (14.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 7 (14.89%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 6 (12.77%) Cloud Security
10 6 (12.77%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (10.64%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (38.30%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.64%) Bash
3 4 (8.51%) Python
4 2 (4.26%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.13%) COBOL
5 1 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (2.13%) RPG
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) CompTIA Security+
2 10 (21.28%) Degree
3 6 (12.77%) CompTIA CySA+
3 6 (12.77%) SSCP
4 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (8.51%) CISSP
5 4 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
6 3 (6.38%) Azure Certification
7 2 (4.26%) AWS Certification
7 2 (4.26%) CEH
7 2 (4.26%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.26%) GIAC
7 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.13%) CCNP
8 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.13%) PMI Certification
8 1 (2.13%) PMP
8 1 (2.13%) RHCE
8 1 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (34.04%) GDPR
2 13 (27.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (25.53%) NIST
4 6 (12.77%) GRC
5 5 (10.64%) PCI DSS
6 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (6.38%) HIPAA
7 2 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (2.13%) PMO
8 1 (2.13%) QA
8 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (34.04%) Active Directory
2 10 (21.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.64%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.38%) BitLocker
4 3 (6.38%) vSphere
5 2 (4.26%) KVM
6 1 (2.13%) Docker
6 1 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (34.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (12.77%) SCCM
3 4 (8.51%) Ansible
3 4 (8.51%) QRadar
3 4 (8.51%) Terraform
4 2 (4.26%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.13%) Grafana
5 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 39 (82.98%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.40%) VMware
3 8 (17.02%) Qualys
4 6 (12.77%) Cisco
5 5 (10.64%) ServiceNow
6 4 (8.51%) Meraki
6 4 (8.51%) Sophos
7 3 (6.38%) Citrix
7 3 (6.38%) Red Hat
7 3 (6.38%) Tenable
8 2 (4.26%) Splunk
9 1 (2.13%) Acronis
9 1 (2.13%) Apple
9 1 (2.13%) IBM
9 1 (2.13%) iManage
9 1 (2.13%) Misys
9 1 (2.13%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.13%) Snow
9 1 (2.13%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.13%) Varonis