The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WSUS over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 336 379 406
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +27
Contract jobs citing WSUS 53 26 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.241% 0.096% 0.078%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.055% 1.717% 1.622%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 19 13
Average daily rate £438 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+59.09% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £184 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £380 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £288 £225
% change year-on-year
-6.08% +27.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.19 £15.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+21.25% -36.17%
All Systems Management
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
1307 1514 1480
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 5.933% 5.611% 4.825%
Number of daily rates quoted 877 854 843
Average daily rate £413 £375 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -7.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 38 61
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +9.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.65 £15.40 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £33.80 £38.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
WSUS
England

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WSUS across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

London WSUS Jobs Demand Trend

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WSUS across the London region.

London WSUS Daily Rate Trend

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WSUS across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London WSUS Daily Rate Histogram

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WSUS across the London region.

London WSUS Hourly Rate Trend

WSUS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London - 11 £450 -
Wembley - 1 £375 -
WSUS
England

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WSUS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WSUS.

1 85 (97.70%) Windows
2 71 (81.61%) Active Directory
3 64 (73.56%) Microsoft
4 57 (65.52%) SCCM
5 42 (48.28%) Windows Server 2008
5 42 (48.28%) Windows Server 2003
6 32 (36.78%) PowerShell
7 30 (34.48%) DNS
8 28 (32.18%) Windows 7
9 25 (28.74%) ITIL
10 23 (26.44%) SCOM
10 23 (26.44%) VMware
11 22 (25.29%) MS Exchange
11 22 (25.29%) DHCP
11 22 (25.29%) Symantec
12 20 (22.99%) SAN
12 20 (22.99%) Windows 8
13 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
13 18 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
13 18 (20.69%) SQL
14 17 (19.54%) MS Excel
14 17 (19.54%) DV Cleared
14 17 (19.54%) Hyper-V
14 17 (19.54%) Change Control
15 16 (18.39%) Banking
15 16 (18.39%) Windows XP
16 15 (17.24%) MSI
16 15 (17.24%) IIS
16 15 (17.24%) Citrix
17 14 (16.09%) LAN

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing WSUS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WSUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (8.046%) Software Packaging
2 5 (5.747%) .NET
3 3 (3.448%) Application Packaging
4 2 (2.299%) Web Services
4 2 (2.299%) Flash
5 1 (1.149%) COM
Application Platforms
1 22 (25.29%) MS Exchange
2 15 (17.24%) IIS
3 13 (14.94%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (12.64%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (11.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (6.897%) SharePoint
7 5 (5.747%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (2.299%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (1.149%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 17 (19.54%) MS Excel
2 10 (11.49%) MS Office
3 2 (2.299%) Acrobat
3 2 (2.299%) Shockwave
4 1 (1.149%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (5.747%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 30 (34.48%) DNS
2 22 (25.29%) DHCP
3 20 (22.99%) SAN
4 14 (16.09%) LAN
5 11 (12.64%) VLAN
6 10 (11.49%) Firewall
7 9 (10.34%) Kerberos
7 9 (10.34%) WAN
7 9 (10.34%) SMTP
8 8 (9.195%) TCP/IP
9 6 (6.897%) VPN
10 3 (3.448%) ADSL
10 3 (3.448%) Wireless
11 2 (2.299%) SSL
12 1 (1.149%) LDAP
12 1 (1.149%) SMS
12 1 (1.149%) SNMP
12 1 (1.149%) MPLS
12 1 (1.149%) DMZ
12 1 (1.149%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.598%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.149%) MS Access
2 1 (1.149%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 15 (17.24%) MSI
2 12 (13.79%) InstallShield
General
1 16 (18.39%) Banking
2 10 (11.49%) French Language
3 8 (9.195%) Investment Banking
4 6 (6.897%) Finance
4 6 (6.897%) Law
5 2 (2.299%) Games
5 2 (2.299%) Legal
6 1 (1.149%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.149%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (19.54%) SCCM Engineer
2 16 (18.39%) Analyst
3 11 (12.64%) Support Engineer
4 8 (9.195%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (8.046%) Consultant
6 6 (6.897%) Desktop Engineer
6 6 (6.897%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (6.897%) Release Analyst
6 6 (6.897%) Administrator
6 6 (6.897%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (5.747%) Windows Administrator
7 5 (5.747%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 5 (5.747%) Senior Windows Administrator
7 5 (5.747%) Windows Systems Administrator
8 4 (4.598%) Windows Server Engineer
8 4 (4.598%) Wintel Engineer
8 4 (4.598%) Security Analyst
8 4 (4.598%) Server Engineer
9 3 (3.448%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.448%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.79%) Clustering
2 9 (10.34%) Blackberry
2 9 (10.34%) EqualLogic
3 4 (4.598%) Fat Client
3 4 (4.598%) Thin Client
4 3 (3.448%) iPhone
5 2 (2.299%) iPad
6 1 (1.149%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.149%) Firmware
6 1 (1.149%) PKI
6 1 (1.149%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.149%) Online Games
6 1 (1.149%) Xserve
Operating Systems
1 85 (97.70%) Windows
2 42 (48.28%) Windows Server 2008
2 42 (48.28%) Windows Server 2003
3 28 (32.18%) Windows 7
4 20 (22.99%) Windows 8
5 16 (18.39%) Windows XP
6 14 (16.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (6.897%) UNIX
7 6 (6.897%) Linux
8 4 (4.598%) Windows Vista
9 3 (3.448%) Windows 2000
9 3 (3.448%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.149%) AIX
10 1 (1.149%) Solaris
10 1 (1.149%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (1.149%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.74%) ITIL
2 17 (19.54%) Change Control
3 10 (11.49%) Network Load Balancing
3 10 (11.49%) Workflow
4 9 (10.34%) Service Management
5 8 (9.195%) Service Delivery
5 8 (9.195%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (9.195%) ITSM
6 6 (6.897%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (4.598%) Business Continuity
7 4 (4.598%) Validation
7 4 (4.598%) Configuration Management
8 3 (3.448%) Performance Management
8 3 (3.448%) E-Discovery
8 3 (3.448%) Software Distribution
9 2 (2.299%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (2.299%) Problem Management
9 2 (2.299%) Release Management
9 2 (2.299%) Incident Management
9 2 (2.299%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 32 (36.78%) PowerShell
2 18 (20.69%) SQL
3 14 (16.09%) C#
4 8 (9.195%) VBScript
5 6 (6.897%) VB
6 5 (5.747%) C
7 4 (4.598%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.149%) Java
8 1 (1.149%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 17 (19.54%) DV Cleared
3 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (6.897%) SC Cleared
5 5 (5.747%) CISSP
5 5 (5.747%) CISM
6 4 (4.598%) MCSE
7 2 (2.299%) Degree
7 2 (2.299%) MCITP
7 2 (2.299%) MCSA
7 2 (2.299%) MCP
8 1 (1.149%) HNC
8 1 (1.149%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (1.149%) CCNA
8 1 (1.149%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.149%) MCDST
8 1 (1.149%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.195%) QA
2 3 (3.448%) SLA
3 1 (1.149%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.149%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 71 (81.61%) Active Directory
2 18 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (19.54%) Hyper-V
4 10 (11.49%) vSphere
5 7 (8.046%) Terminal Services
6 5 (5.747%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (4.598%) DFS Replication
8 3 (3.448%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (2.299%) XenDesktop
9 2 (2.299%) Xen
9 2 (2.299%) VMware ESX
10 1 (1.149%) NLBS
10 1 (1.149%) Tivoli Directory Server
10 1 (1.149%) UAG
Systems Management
1 57 (65.52%) SCCM
2 23 (26.44%) SCOM
3 11 (12.64%) SCVMM
3 11 (12.64%) Backup Exec
4 7 (8.046%) McAfee ePO
5 6 (6.897%) Norton AntiVirus
6 5 (5.747%) HP SIM
7 4 (4.598%) HP Data Protector
8 3 (3.448%) Tivoli
9 2 (2.299%) WMI
9 2 (2.299%) Nessus
9 2 (2.299%) NetBackup
10 1 (1.149%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (1.149%) Legato
10 1 (1.149%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (1.149%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
Vendors
1 64 (73.56%) Microsoft
2 23 (26.44%) VMware
3 22 (25.29%) Symantec
4 15 (17.24%) Citrix
5 12 (13.79%) Dell
6 11 (12.64%) McAfee
7 10 (11.49%) Broadcom
7 10 (11.49%) HP
8 7 (8.046%) Remedy
9 6 (6.897%) Cisco
10 5 (5.747%) Wyse
11 4 (4.598%) Veeam
11 4 (4.598%) Websense
12 3 (3.448%) Juniper
12 3 (3.448%) NetApp
12 3 (3.448%) Adobe
12 3 (3.448%) CheckPoint
12 3 (3.448%) Apple
12 3 (3.448%) LANDesk
13 2 (2.299%) Lumension
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