The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WSUS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Surrey 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 72 94 93
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -1
Contract jobs citing WSUS 6 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.492% 0.249% 0.485%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.895% 3.604% 6.923%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
Average daily rate - £350 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +37.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £260 £225
% change year-on-year
+13.46% +15.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
Average hourly rate £13.00 - £32.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 - £30.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 - £34.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.19 £15.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+7.91% -37.50%
All Systems Management
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
76 111 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 6.230% 6.907% 7.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 55 49
Average daily rate £295 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.60% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £136 £235 £257
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £450 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £314
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +3.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 8
Average hourly rate £19.75 £15.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.41% -48.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £13.80 £16.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £17.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+28.57% -27.08%
WSUS
South East

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey WSUS Daily Rate Trend

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Guildford - - - -
Reigate - - - -
Woking - - - - 1
WSUS
South East

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (45.45%) Oracle
4 5 (45.45%) SharePoint
5 4 (36.36%) Baan
5 4 (36.36%) Sage
5 4 (36.36%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (36.36%) Line 50
5 4 (36.36%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (36.36%) VMware
5 4 (36.36%) AS400
6 3 (27.27%) SCCM
7 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
7 2 (18.18%) VLAN
7 2 (18.18%) Finance
7 2 (18.18%) Migration
7 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
7 2 (18.18%) Firewall
7 2 (18.18%) SAN
7 2 (18.18%) NetApp
7 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
7 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
7 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
7 2 (18.18%) MS Office
7 2 (18.18%) Performance Management

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 4 (36.36%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
4 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (9.091%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Line 50
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) VLAN
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) SAN
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) VPN
2 1 (9.091%) DNS
2 1 (9.091%) DHCP
2 1 (9.091%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Wintel Support
2 4 (36.36%) Support Specialist
2 4 (36.36%) Wintel Specialist
3 3 (27.27%) Server Engineer
3 3 (27.27%) SharePoint Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Wintel Server Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Server Support
4 1 (9.091%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Support
4 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (9.091%) Security Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) AS400 Support
4 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) AS400
2 1 (9.091%) iPad
2 1 (9.091%) PKI
2 1 (9.091%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (54.55%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
3 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Migration
1 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
2 1 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (9.091%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) VBScript
1 1 (9.091%) VB
1 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) MCP
1 1 (9.091%) MCSE
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 8 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.091%) UAG
3 1 (9.091%) ISA Server
3 1 (9.091%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCCM
2 1 (9.091%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (9.091%) NetBackup
2 1 (9.091%) Backup Exec
2 1 (9.091%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (9.091%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Oracle
3 4 (36.36%) Baan
3 4 (36.36%) Sage
3 4 (36.36%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) NetApp
5 1 (9.091%) Cisco
5 1 (9.091%) Symantec
5 1 (9.091%) McAfee
5 1 (9.091%) Lotus
5 1 (9.091%) HP
5 1 (9.091%) EMC
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix