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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 321 395 406
Rank change year-on-year +74 +11 +274
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 63 75 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.53% 0.39% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.44% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 51 63 92
10th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £38,875
25th Percentile £49,375 £46,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +26.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £91,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £89,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £49,750
% change year-on-year -4.26% -5.53% +4.74%

All Process and 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 11,148 16,969 21,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 94.12% 89.28% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,039 10,479 17,306
10th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%

Patch Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Patch Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Patch Management 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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 +56 20 £77,500 +3.33% 4
East London - 3 - - 1
South London +18 1 - -
West London - 1 £45,000 -
North London - 1 £70,000 -
Patch Management
England

Patch Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (3.17%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (1.59%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Cloud Services
1 28 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (42.86%) Azure
3 23 (36.51%) Entra ID
4 15 (23.81%) AWS
5 4 (6.35%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
6 3 (4.76%) Nutanix
7 2 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (3.17%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.17%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.17%) PaaS
7 2 (3.17%) Serverless
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.59%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.59%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (52.38%) DNS
2 31 (49.21%) WAN
3 30 (47.62%) DHCP
3 30 (47.62%) LAN
3 30 (47.62%) TCP/IP
4 9 (14.29%) Firewall
5 5 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.76%) NAS
6 3 (4.76%) Network Security
6 3 (4.76%) SAN
6 3 (4.76%) VLAN
7 2 (3.17%) Junos
7 2 (3.17%) NetScaler
7 2 (3.17%) SD-WAN
7 2 (3.17%) Softphone
7 2 (3.17%) Wireless
8 1 (1.59%) DMARC
8 1 (1.59%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.59%) Power BI
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.94%) GitLab
2 2 (3.17%) Git
2 2 (3.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.59%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.59%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 36 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 35 (55.56%) Finance
3 16 (25.40%) Legal
4 14 (22.22%) Banking
5 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Advertising
7 1 (1.59%) Automotive
7 1 (1.59%) Avionics
7 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Windows Engineer
2 12 (19.05%) Systems Engineer
3 11 (17.46%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 10 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (12.70%) Wintel Engineer
6 7 (11.11%) IT Support
7 6 (9.52%) Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) Administrator
8 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (7.94%) Linux Administrator
8 5 (7.94%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 5 (7.94%) Security Engineer
8 5 (7.94%) Support Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) Systems Administrator
9 4 (6.35%) Desktop Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 4 (6.35%) Service Manager
9 4 (6.35%) ServiceNow Manager
9 4 (6.35%) Systems Manager
9 4 (6.35%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) SOAP
2 2 (3.17%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) EDI
3 1 (1.59%) REST
3 1 (1.59%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.81%) Hedge funds
2 13 (20.63%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (11.11%) Onboarding
4 6 (9.52%) Management Information System
4 6 (9.52%) Virtual Team
5 5 (7.94%) Data Centre
5 5 (7.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (6.35%) CMDB
6 4 (6.35%) Security Posture
7 2 (3.17%) CCTV
7 2 (3.17%) Handset
7 2 (3.17%) iPhone
7 2 (3.17%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.59%) AS400
8 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.59%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 44 (69.84%) Windows
2 30 (47.62%) Windows Server
3 23 (36.51%) Windows Server 2012
4 15 (23.81%) Linux
5 10 (15.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (12.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (7.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (6.35%) Android
8 4 (6.35%) Apple iOS
8 4 (6.35%) Mac OS
8 4 (6.35%) Windows 10
9 2 (3.17%) VMS
10 1 (1.59%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Collaborative Working
2 23 (36.51%) Batch Scripting
3 21 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (30.16%) ITIL
5 17 (26.98%) Systems Engineering
6 16 (25.40%) Task Automation
7 15 (23.81%) Incident Management
8 14 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
9 12 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (15.87%) Artificial Intelligence
10 10 (15.87%) Process Improvement
11 9 (14.29%) Incident Response
12 8 (12.70%) Cost Optimisation
12 8 (12.70%) ITSM
12 8 (12.70%) Service Management
13 7 (11.11%) Change Management
13 7 (11.11%) SIEM
14 6 (9.52%) Problem Management
14 6 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (47.62%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.52%) Python
3 5 (7.94%) SQL
4 2 (3.17%) C#
5 1 (1.59%) Bash
5 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.59%) Perl
5 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 7 (11.11%) MCSE
2 7 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (7.94%) Degree
3 5 (7.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.17%) MCSA
5 2 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.59%) CISA
6 1 (1.59%) CISM
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.59%) CRISC
6 1 (1.59%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.59%) PMP
6 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.87%) SLA
2 5 (7.94%) QA
3 4 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.76%) GDPR
4 3 (4.76%) NIST
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.59%) GRC
5 1 (1.59%) SOC 1
5 1 (1.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 41 (65.08%) Active Directory
2 21 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (3.17%) Docker
5 2 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.59%) KVM
6 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.59%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.59%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (26.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (25.40%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (23.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 14 (22.22%) SCCM
5 8 (12.70%) NetBackup
5 8 (12.70%) SCOM
6 4 (6.35%) WSUS
7 3 (4.76%) Ansible
7 3 (4.76%) ZENworks
8 1 (1.59%) CASB
8 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (1.59%) Nessus
8 1 (1.59%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.59%) Proxmox
8 1 (1.59%) Puppet
8 1 (1.59%) QRadar
8 1 (1.59%) RSA Archer
8 1 (1.59%) Terraform
8 1 (1.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 43 (68.25%) Microsoft
2 23 (36.51%) VMware
3 14 (22.22%) ServiceNow
4 13 (20.63%) Bloomberg
4 13 (20.63%) Reuters
5 10 (15.87%) SolarWinds
6 9 (14.29%) Veeam
7 8 (12.70%) Citrix
8 4 (6.35%) Juniper
9 3 (4.76%) Cisco
9 3 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (4.76%) Meraki
9 3 (4.76%) Qualys
10 2 (3.17%) Adobe
11 1 (1.59%) Commvault
11 1 (1.59%) Dell
11 1 (1.59%) HP
11 1 (1.59%) NetApp
11 1 (1.59%) Oracle
11 1 (1.59%) SAP