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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 371 409
Rank change year-on-year +32 +38 +123
Permanent jobs citing Patch Management 35 56 58
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.25% 0.36% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.38% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 27 41 55
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% +12.90% +11.60%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £103,750 £90,000 £85,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +13.68%

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 12,430 14,629 17,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.36% 94.69% 92.19%
Number of salaries quoted 7,910 7,999 14,056
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,245 £40,726
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,357 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £121,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.75% -4.71%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +36 12 £77,500 -3.13% 1
East London - 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 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (48.57%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (40.00%) Azure
2 14 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 7 (20.00%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (5.71%) GCP
5 1 (2.86%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.86%) Cohesity
5 1 (2.86%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.86%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 15 (42.86%) DNS
2 13 (37.14%) DHCP
2 13 (37.14%) TCP/IP
3 10 (28.57%) LAN
3 10 (28.57%) WAN
4 7 (20.00%) Firewall
5 5 (14.29%) Network Security
6 4 (11.43%) VPN
7 3 (8.57%) VLAN
8 2 (5.71%) NAS
8 2 (5.71%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (5.71%) SAN
8 2 (5.71%) Wireless
9 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (2.86%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) GitLab
2 1 (2.86%) MSI
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Finance
3 8 (22.86%) Legal
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Banking
5 3 (8.57%) Aviation
5 3 (8.57%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Advertising
6 1 (2.86%) Dutch Language
6 1 (2.86%) French Language
6 1 (2.86%) Law
6 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (22.86%) Windows Engineer
3 7 (20.00%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 6 (17.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (14.29%) Administrator
5 5 (14.29%) Linux Administrator
6 3 (8.57%) Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) IT Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Lead
6 3 (8.57%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 3 (8.57%) Network Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Security Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) Security Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (8.57%) Team Leader
6 3 (8.57%) Wintel Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Network Systems Engineer
7 2 (5.71%) Systems Administration Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) .NET
2 1 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (22.86%) Hedge funds
3 5 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (11.43%) Security Posture
5 3 (8.57%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (8.57%) Onboarding
5 3 (8.57%) Virtual Team
6 2 (5.71%) CCTV
6 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
6 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
6 2 (5.71%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (5.71%) Replication
6 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.86%) IoT
7 1 (2.86%) Mainframe
7 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.86%) Tandem
7 1 (2.86%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 24 (68.57%) Windows
2 20 (57.14%) Windows Server
3 8 (22.86%) Linux
3 8 (22.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (8.57%) Android
4 3 (8.57%) Apple iOS
4 3 (8.57%) Mac OS
4 3 (8.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (5.71%) CentOS
5 2 (5.71%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (31.43%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (28.57%) Task Automation
4 9 (25.71%) Incident Response
5 8 (22.86%) Batch Scripting
5 8 (22.86%) Collaborative Working
5 8 (22.86%) Systems Engineering
6 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (17.14%) Performance Tuning
8 5 (14.29%) Agile
8 5 (14.29%) Incident Management
8 5 (14.29%) ITIL
8 5 (14.29%) Problem Management
8 5 (14.29%) Project Management
8 5 (14.29%) Security Hardening
8 5 (14.29%) Service Management
8 5 (14.29%) SIEM
8 5 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 19 (54.29%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.43%) Bash
2 4 (11.43%) Python
3 2 (5.71%) C#
3 2 (5.71%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Degree
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (11.43%) CISSP
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Certification
4 3 (8.57%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.86%) CCNA
6 1 (2.86%) CCNP
6 1 (2.86%) CISA
6 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.86%) CISM
6 1 (2.86%) CRISC
6 1 (2.86%) FFIEC
6 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (11.43%) GDPR
2 4 (11.43%) NIST
3 3 (8.57%) QA
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.86%) GRC
4 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (54.29%) Active Directory
2 11 (31.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.71%) KVM
5 1 (2.86%) BitLocker
5 1 (2.86%) Firmware
5 1 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (22.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 8 (22.86%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (17.14%) SCCM
3 5 (14.29%) Ansible
4 2 (5.71%) Terraform
5 1 (2.86%) Grafana
5 1 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 28 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (37.14%) VMware
3 8 (22.86%) Bloomberg
3 8 (22.86%) Reuters
4 4 (11.43%) Qualys
5 3 (8.57%) Cisco
6 2 (5.71%) Adobe
6 2 (5.71%) Red Hat
6 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow
6 2 (5.71%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.86%) Acronis
7 1 (2.86%) Citrix
7 1 (2.86%) Commvault
7 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.86%) HP
7 1 (2.86%) Meraki
7 1 (2.86%) N-able
7 1 (2.86%) NetApp
7 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto