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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 327 417
Rank change year-on-year -26 +90 +57
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 69 71 83
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.31% 0.57% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.60% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 57 54 76
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £48,500 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -13.73% +6.25%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £89,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,375 £95,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% +11.76% -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 18,063 11,849 21,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.07% 95.16% 89.30%
Number of salaries quoted 12,360 7,321 15,647
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,719
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 £117,500
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 5 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 5 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 -2 12 £70,000 -9.68% 5
West London -21 3 £80,000 +77.78% 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 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 31 (44.93%) Azure
2 24 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (21.74%) Microsoft Purview
4 12 (17.39%) AWS
4 12 (17.39%) Entra ID
5 10 (14.49%) Power Platform
6 9 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (7.25%) GCP
8 4 (5.80%) Mimecast
9 3 (4.35%) Cloudflare
9 3 (4.35%) Serverless
10 2 (2.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.90%) IaaS
10 2 (2.90%) PaaS
11 1 (1.45%) Amazon ELB
11 1 (1.45%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (1.45%) GitHub
11 1 (1.45%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.19%) Firewall
2 11 (15.94%) VPN
3 10 (14.49%) DNS
4 9 (13.04%) TCP/IP
5 7 (10.14%) DHCP
6 6 (8.70%) Network Security
7 5 (7.25%) WAN
8 3 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
8 3 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.90%) LAN
10 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.49%) Power BI
2 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.54%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.04%) Legal
4 6 (8.70%) Finance
5 5 (7.25%) Banking
6 3 (4.35%) Digital Health
6 3 (4.35%) Law
7 2 (2.90%) Aviation
7 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Retail
8 1 (1.45%) Advertising
8 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.45%) Local Government
8 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (36.23%) Analyst
2 22 (31.88%) Security Analyst
3 16 (23.19%) 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%) Sales Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Security Manager
8 3 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (23.19%) Security Posture
2 7 (10.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.35%) AS400
4 3 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (4.35%) Cyberattack
4 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.35%) iSeries
5 2 (2.90%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.45%) LPAR
6 1 (1.45%) NHS
6 1 (1.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 25 (36.23%) Windows
2 7 (10.14%) Windows Server
3 6 (8.70%) Linux
4 4 (5.80%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (44.93%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (40.58%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 19 (27.54%) Incident Response
4 18 (26.09%) Information Security
5 16 (23.19%) Vulnerability Management
6 14 (20.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (20.29%) Security Operations
7 13 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (18.84%) SIEM
8 12 (17.39%) Computer Science
9 10 (14.49%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (13.04%) Application Packaging
10 9 (13.04%) ITIL
11 8 (11.59%) Change Management
11 8 (11.59%) Incident Management
11 8 (11.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 7 (10.14%) Data Protection
12 7 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (10.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 6 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (34.78%) PowerShell
2 9 (13.04%) Python
3 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.90%) Bash
5 1 (1.45%) Bicep
5 1 (1.45%) COBOL
5 1 (1.45%) RPG
Qualifications
1 15 (21.74%) Degree
2 12 (17.39%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (11.59%) CompTIA CySA+
3 8 (11.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (11.59%) SSCP
4 6 (8.70%) CISSP
5 5 (7.25%) AWS Certification
5 5 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (5.80%) CEH
6 4 (5.80%) CISM
6 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (4.35%) CCNA
7 3 (4.35%) CCNP
8 2 (2.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.90%) CCSP
8 2 (2.90%) GIAC
8 2 (2.90%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.90%) SANS
9 1 (1.45%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (27.54%) GDPR
1 19 (27.54%) NIST
2 14 (20.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (13.04%) GRC
4 8 (11.59%) PCI DSS
5 5 (7.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (4.35%) HIPAA
6 3 (4.35%) SLA
7 2 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.45%) PMO
8 1 (1.45%) QA
8 1 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (24.64%) Active Directory
2 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.70%) BitLocker
3 6 (8.70%) vSphere
4 4 (5.80%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.45%) Docker
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (28.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.70%) QRadar
3 5 (7.25%) Terraform
4 3 (4.35%) SCCM
5 2 (2.90%) Ansible
6 1 (1.45%) CASB
6 1 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.45%) Nessus
6 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 46 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.49%) Qualys
2 10 (14.49%) VMware
3 9 (13.04%) ServiceNow
4 8 (11.59%) Tenable
5 6 (8.70%) Citrix
5 6 (8.70%) Sophos
6 4 (5.80%) Cisco
6 4 (5.80%) Meraki
6 4 (5.80%) Palo Alto
7 3 (4.35%) F5
8 2 (2.90%) Google
8 2 (2.90%) Rapid7
8 2 (2.90%) Splunk
8 2 (2.90%) Varonis
9 1 (1.45%) Apple
9 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.45%) IBM
9 1 (1.45%) Misys
9 1 (1.45%) Red Hat