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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 325 369
Rank change year-on-year -50 +44 +24
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 69 59 73
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.26% 0.50% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.54% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 59 48 60
10th Percentile £37,800 £31,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,063 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £91,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -13.64%

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 21,076 10,987 16,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.63% 93.82% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13,780 6,979 9,678
10th Percentile £40,825 £37,500 £41,370
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -1 8 £55,000 -29.03% 7
East London -3 6 £36,000 -
West London -14 5 £85,000 +88.89%
South London - 1 £50,625 - 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 8 (11.59%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Eikon
1 1 (1.45%) Misys Equation
1 1 (1.45%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 29 (42.03%) Azure
2 23 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (24.64%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.59%) AWS
5 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (7.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 5 (7.25%) IaaS
6 5 (7.25%) PaaS
7 4 (5.80%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (4.35%) GCP
8 3 (4.35%) OneDrive
8 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.90%) Serverless
10 1 (1.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 22 (31.88%) DNS
2 19 (27.54%) TCP/IP
3 17 (24.64%) Firewall
4 15 (21.74%) DHCP
5 13 (18.84%) WAN
6 12 (17.39%) VPN
7 7 (10.14%) LAN
7 7 (10.14%) VLAN
8 6 (8.70%) SD-WAN
9 5 (7.25%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (4.35%) Network Security
11 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (1.45%) Kerberos
11 1 (1.45%) SAN
11 1 (1.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (4.35%) MySQL
1 3 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (4.35%) Power BI
1 3 (4.35%) Redis
2 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Git
1 6 (8.70%) JIRA
General
1 24 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.64%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (17.39%) Finance
4 6 (8.70%) Banking
4 6 (8.70%) Digital Health
5 5 (7.25%) Legal
5 5 (7.25%) Retail
6 4 (5.80%) Law
7 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (27.54%) Analyst
2 12 (17.39%) Senior
3 11 (15.94%) Security Engineer
4 9 (13.04%) Security Analyst
5 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (8.70%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 6 (8.70%) Network Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 5 (7.25%) Network Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Network Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Sales Manager
9 4 (5.80%) Administrator
9 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) IT Analyst
9 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
2 1 (1.45%) LDAP
2 1 (1.45%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (24.64%) Security Posture
2 8 (11.59%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (11.59%) Management Information System
3 6 (8.70%) AS400
3 6 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.70%) Driving Licence
3 6 (8.70%) iSeries
4 5 (7.25%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.90%) Replication
6 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (1.45%) CCTV
7 1 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (1.45%) LPAR
7 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 27 (39.13%) Windows
2 14 (20.29%) Windows Server
3 13 (18.84%) Linux
4 7 (10.14%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (36.23%) Continuous Improvement
1 25 (36.23%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (28.99%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 17 (24.64%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (21.74%) Computer Science
5 14 (20.29%) Security Operations
6 12 (17.39%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (15.94%) High Availability
7 11 (15.94%) Information Security
8 10 (14.49%) ITSM
8 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (14.49%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (13.04%) Change Management
9 9 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (13.04%) Incident Response
9 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (11.59%) Runbook
10 8 (11.59%) Security Monitoring
10 8 (11.59%) Service Management
11 7 (10.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 24 (34.78%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.59%) Python
3 3 (4.35%) Bicep
3 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.35%) SQL
4 1 (1.45%) COBOL
4 1 (1.45%) Java
4 1 (1.45%) RPG
Qualifications
1 15 (21.74%) Degree
2 10 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (10.14%) CCNA
5 6 (8.70%) AWS Certification
5 6 (8.70%) CCNP
6 5 (7.25%) CISSP
7 4 (5.80%) CISM
7 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (4.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (4.35%) CCSP
8 3 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (4.35%) Master's Degree
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.90%) CEH
9 2 (2.90%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (2.90%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.90%) PMP
9 2 (2.90%) SANS
9 2 (2.90%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) GDPR
1 9 (13.04%) NIST
2 8 (11.59%) PCI DSS
3 6 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (7.25%) SLA
5 3 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (4.35%) GRC
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.45%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.45%) PMO
6 1 (1.45%) QA
6 1 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 18 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (18.84%) Hyper-V
4 7 (10.14%) vSphere
5 6 (8.70%) Firmware
6 4 (5.80%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (4.35%) BitLocker
8 2 (2.90%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.80%) QRadar
3 3 (4.35%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.35%) Grafana
4 2 (2.90%) SCCM
4 2 (2.90%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.45%) CASB
5 1 (1.45%) Nessus
5 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 41 (59.42%) Microsoft
2 19 (27.54%) VMware
3 9 (13.04%) Cisco
3 9 (13.04%) ServiceNow
4 7 (10.14%) Palo Alto
4 7 (10.14%) Qualys
4 7 (10.14%) Tenable
5 6 (8.70%) F5
6 5 (7.25%) Meraki
6 5 (7.25%) Sophos
7 3 (4.35%) Citrix
7 3 (4.35%) Rapid7
7 3 (4.35%) Veeam
8 2 (2.90%) Bloomberg
8 2 (2.90%) Murex
8 2 (2.90%) Refinitiv
8 2 (2.90%) Splunk
9 1 (1.45%) Logitech
9 1 (1.45%) Misys
9 1 (1.45%) Symantec