WSUS Contracts in Scotland

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for WSUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WSUS over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 164 175
Rank change year-on-year +40 +11 -34
Contract jobs citing WSUS 5 3 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.23% 0.11% 0.14%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.80% 0.52% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile - £255 -
25th Percentile £340 £319 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +5.88% +3.66%
75th Percentile £412 £506 £463
90th Percentile £487 £525 £485
UK median daily rate £575 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +21.05% +11.76% +6.25%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

WSUS is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 278 575 450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.62% 20.26% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 404 322
10th Percentile £230 £260 £200
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £588
90th Percentile £653 £650 £680
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
10th Percentile £19.59 £21.47 £34.00
25th Percentile £26.32 £30.00 £41.31
Median hourly rate £37.99 £56.25 £44.82
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% +25.50% -32.09%
75th Percentile £49.21 £58.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £55.68 £59.65 £49.36
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £57.50 £22.28
% change year-on-year -50.00% +158.08% -44.30%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WSUS in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for WSUS in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WSUS in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WSUS in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for WSUS in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +45 4 £340 +0.74% 6
Glasgow - 1 £525 -
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Network Management
2 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) MCP
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) EMC
3 1 (20.00%) NetApp
3 1 (20.00%) VMware