Patch Management Job Trends in the South East
Patch Management
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East citing Patch Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 335 | 258 | 291 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -77 | +33 | -49 |
| Permanent jobs citing Patch Management | 10 | 13 | 19 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the South East | 0.047% | 0.15% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.066% | 0.17% | 0.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £46,300 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £49,375 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £58,000 | £28,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.03% | +107.14% | -39.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £51,250 | £76,563 | £55,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £62,500 | £77,500 | £59,500 |
| England median annual salary | £50,000 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -10.00% | -7.41% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
South East
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 citing process or methodology skills in the South East.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 15,189 | 7,516 | 9,162 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East | 72.00% | 85.99% | 81.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,347 | 4,583 | 4,795 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,000 | £32,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,750 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -13.64% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £80,000 | £85,000 |
| England median annual salary | £59,999 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | - |
Patch Management Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Patch Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Patch Management Salary Trend in the South East
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Patch Management.
Patch Management Salary Histogram in the South East
Salary distribution for jobs citing Patch Management in the South East over the 6 months to 8 November 2026.
Patch Management Job Locations in the South East
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Patch Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey | -44 | 7 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 1 |
| Hampshire | -49 | 3 | £37,500 | -50.00% | 2 |
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Patch Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Continuity | 70.0% | 7 |
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 70.0% | 7 |
| 1 | Disaster Recovery | 70.0% | 7 |
| 1 | Project Delivery | 70.0% | 7 |
| 5 | Continuous Improvement | 60.0% | 6 |
| 6 | Cloud Security | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | DevSecOps | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | Identity Access Management | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | Incident Response | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | Infrastructure as Code | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | Infrastructure Engineering | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | SIEM | 50.0% | 5 |
| 6 | Vulnerability Management | 50.0% | 5 |
| 14 | Identity Management | 30.0% | 3 |
| 14 | Infrastructure Management | 30.0% | 3 |
| 14 | ITIL | 30.0% | 3 |
| 14 | Process Improvement | 30.0% | 3 |
| 14 | Service Delivery | 30.0% | 3 |
| 19 | Budget Management | 20.0% | 2 |
| 19 | Collaborative Working | 20.0% | 2 |