WSUS Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WSUS over the 3 months to 23 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.

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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 428 499 495
Rank change year-on-year
+71 -4
Contract jobs citing WSUS 113 66 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.244% 0.113% 0.147%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.557% 1.844% 2.479%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 39 48
Average daily rate £400 £288 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.13% +12.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £352 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £270 £313 £225
% change year-on-year
-13.60% +38.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 21
Average hourly rate £18.19 £15.00 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.25% -30.23%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £14.32 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.35 £28.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.19 £15.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
+21.25% -36.17%
All Systems Management
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category		 3177 3579 3671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 6.856% 6.131% 5.915%
Number of daily rates quoted 1787 1824 1748
Average daily rate £375 £350 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 170 238
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.63 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.91% -14.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

WSUS Daily Rate Trend

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WSUS within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

WSUS Hourly Rate Trend

WSUS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WSUS within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

WSUS Hourly Rate Histogram

WSUS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +90 105 £419 +52.27%
London +59 53 £438 +59.09%
South East +32 25 £270 -18.79%
City of London - 11 £450 -
Berkshire +26 10 £270 -
East of England +26 9 £190 -5.00%
Cheshire +10 7 £275 -
North West +10 7 £275 -
Scotland -11 6 £275 -15.38%
Cambridgeshire +16 5 - -
Cambridge +14 5 - -
Surrey +19 4 £190 -46.47%
Edinburgh +9 4 - -
Crewe - 4 £275 -
South West +28 3 £288 +5.50%
West Midlands +9 3 £250 +37.55%
East Midlands +3 3 £315 -
Hampshire 0 3 £347 -
Milton Keynes - 3 £238 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £238 -
West Sussex +13 2 £335 +3.07%
Worthing +1 2 £335 +2.68%
Derbyshire - 2 £315 -
Bedfordshire - 2 £188 -
Southampton - 2 £220 -
Hereford - 2 £225 -
Leatherhead - 2 - -
Maidenhead - 2 - -
Derby - 2 £315 -
Colchester - 2 £190 -

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 178 (89.45%) Windows
2 140 (70.35%) Active Directory
3 116 (58.29%) Microsoft
4 97 (48.74%) Windows Server 2008
5 87 (43.72%) Windows Server 2003
6 84 (42.21%) SCCM
7 78 (39.20%) DNS
8 72 (36.18%) VMware
9 63 (31.66%) MS Exchange
10 62 (31.16%) ITIL
11 59 (29.65%) DHCP
12 55 (27.64%) Windows 7
13 47 (23.62%) SAN
14 46 (23.12%) HP
15 45 (22.61%) SCOM
16 43 (21.61%) VMware Infrastructure
17 42 (21.11%) Exchange Server 2010
18 40 (20.10%) Clustering
18 40 (20.10%) Backup Exec
19 39 (19.60%) SQL
20 37 (18.59%) PowerShell
21 36 (18.09%) Symantec
21 36 (18.09%) Blackberry
22 35 (17.59%) Firewall
23 33 (16.58%) Microsoft Certification
23 33 (16.58%) MS Excel
24 31 (15.58%) TCP/IP
24 31 (15.58%) Citrix
25 30 (15.08%) SQL Server
25 30 (15.08%) Hyper-V

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 8 (4.020%) WebSphere
2 7 (3.518%) Software Packaging
3 6 (3.015%) Application Packaging
4 5 (2.513%) .NET
5 3 (1.508%) Web Services
6 2 (1.005%) Flash
7 1 (0.503%) J2EE
7 1 (0.503%) COM
7 1 (0.503%) WAP
7 1 (0.503%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 63 (31.66%) MS Exchange
2 42 (21.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 25 (12.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 25 (12.56%) IIS
4 22 (11.06%) Exchange Server 2003
5 20 (10.05%) SharePoint
6 19 (9.548%) Exchange Server 2007
7 11 (5.528%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (2.010%) Lync
9 3 (1.508%) Office Communications Server
9 3 (1.508%) Apache
10 2 (1.005%) SharePoint Server
10 2 (1.005%) Tomcat
10 2 (1.005%) Lotus Domino
11 1 (0.503%) Lotus Notes
11 1 (0.503%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 33 (16.58%) MS Excel
2 17 (8.543%) MS Office
3 3 (1.508%) Office 365
4 2 (1.005%) Acrobat
4 2 (1.005%) Shockwave
5 1 (0.503%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.513%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.005%) Line 50
2 2 (1.005%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.503%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 78 (39.20%) DNS
2 59 (29.65%) DHCP
3 47 (23.62%) SAN
4 35 (17.59%) Firewall
5 31 (15.58%) TCP/IP
6 22 (11.06%) LAN
7 15 (7.538%) VLAN
8 14 (7.035%) WAN
9 13 (6.533%) VPN
10 9 (4.523%) Kerberos
10 9 (4.523%) SMTP
11 6 (3.015%) Wireless
12 5 (2.513%) Network Security
13 3 (1.508%) NetScaler
13 3 (1.508%) iSCSI
13 3 (1.508%) ADSL
13 3 (1.508%) LDAP
13 3 (1.508%) Intranet
14 2 (1.005%) IPsec
14 2 (1.005%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.08%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.513%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (2.010%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.503%) MySQL
4 1 (0.503%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.503%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (9.548%) MSI
2 12 (6.030%) InstallShield
3 8 (4.020%) JIRA
4 7 (3.518%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.503%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.503%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.503%) ClearQuest
General
1 17 (8.543%) Finance
2 16 (8.040%) Banking
3 10 (5.025%) French Language
4 8 (4.020%) Investment Banking
5 7 (3.518%) Retail
6 6 (3.015%) Law
7 5 (2.513%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.010%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.010%) Publishing
9 3 (1.508%) Advertising
9 3 (1.508%) Legal
10 2 (1.005%) Games
11 1 (0.503%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (15.58%) Support Engineer
2 27 (13.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 26 (13.07%) 3rd Line Support
3 26 (13.07%) Administrator
3 26 (13.07%) Analyst
4 23 (11.56%) Systems Administrator
5 17 (8.543%) SCCM Engineer
6 12 (6.030%) Wintel Engineer
7 11 (5.528%) Consultant
7 11 (5.528%) Desktop Engineer
8 10 (5.025%) Server Engineer
8 10 (5.025%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 8 (4.020%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 8 (4.020%) Applications Support
10 7 (3.518%) Support Analyst
10 7 (3.518%) Technical Support
11 6 (3.015%) Wintel Support
11 6 (3.015%) Windows Administrator
11 6 (3.015%) Senior Systems Administrator
11 6 (3.015%) Release Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 40 (20.10%) Clustering
2 36 (18.09%) Blackberry
3 13 (6.533%) PKI
4 9 (4.523%) EqualLogic
5 7 (3.518%) iPhone
6 6 (3.015%) iPad
7 3 (1.508%) Smartcard
7 3 (1.508%) EPoS
8 2 (1.005%) AS400
8 2 (1.005%) Handset
8 2 (1.005%) Replication
8 2 (1.005%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.005%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.503%) Xserve
9 1 (0.503%) Online Games
9 1 (0.503%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.503%) Firmware
9 1 (0.503%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.503%) SecurID
9 1 (0.503%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 178 (89.45%) Windows
2 97 (48.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 87 (43.72%) Windows Server 2003
4 55 (27.64%) Windows 7
5 28 (14.07%) Windows XP
6 24 (12.06%) Linux
7 20 (10.05%) Windows 8
8 16 (8.040%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (5.528%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (5.528%) Windows Vista
10 8 (4.020%) UNIX
11 7 (3.518%) Windows 2000 Server
11 7 (3.518%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.508%) Mac OS X
13 2 (1.005%) Solaris
14 1 (0.503%) CentOS
14 1 (0.503%) AIX
14 1 (0.503%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.16%) ITIL
2 17 (8.543%) Change Control
3 12 (6.030%) Disaster Recovery
4 11 (5.528%) Configuration Management
4 11 (5.528%) Network Load Balancing
5 10 (5.025%) Workflow
5 10 (5.025%) Service Delivery
6 9 (4.523%) Asset Management
7 8 (4.020%) Business Continuity
8 7 (3.518%) Service Management
8 7 (3.518%) Migration
9 6 (3.015%) Problem Management
9 6 (3.015%) ITSM
9 6 (3.015%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (3.015%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (2.010%) Validation
11 3 (1.508%) E-Discovery
11 3 (1.508%) ITIL V3
11 3 (1.508%) Software Distribution
11 3 (1.508%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.60%) SQL
2 37 (18.59%) PowerShell
3 14 (7.035%) C#
4 13 (6.533%) VBScript
5 10 (5.025%) VB
6 8 (4.020%) C
7 4 (2.010%) VB.NET
8 2 (1.005%) Java
9 1 (0.503%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.503%) Perl
9 1 (0.503%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 33 (16.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (14.57%) Security Cleared
3 23 (11.56%) DV Cleared
4 20 (10.05%) MCSE
5 10 (5.025%) SC Cleared
6 9 (4.523%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (4.020%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (3.518%) CCNP
8 7 (3.518%) MCITP
9 6 (3.015%) MCSA
10 5 (2.513%) MCP
10 5 (2.513%) CISSP
10 5 (2.513%) CISM
10 5 (2.513%) Degree
11 2 (1.005%) CCNA
11 2 (1.005%) VCP4
12 1 (0.503%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.503%) HNC
12 1 (0.503%) MCDST
12 1 (0.503%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.523%) SLA
2 8 (4.020%) QA
3 2 (1.005%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.503%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 140 (70.35%) Active Directory
2 43 (21.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (15.08%) Hyper-V
4 24 (12.06%) vSphere
5 10 (5.025%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (4.523%) VMware ESX
7 8 (4.020%) XenApp
8 7 (3.518%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (3.518%) Terminal Services
9 6 (3.015%) ISA Server
10 5 (2.513%) XenDesktop
11 4 (2.010%) DFS Replication
12 3 (1.508%) UAG
12 3 (1.508%) XenServer
12 3 (1.508%) NFS
12 3 (1.508%) Terminal Server
13 2 (1.005%) Forefront TMG
14 1 (0.503%) vCloud
14 1 (0.503%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 1 (0.503%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 84 (42.21%) SCCM
2 45 (22.61%) SCOM
3 40 (20.10%) Backup Exec
4 19 (9.548%) HP SIM
5 11 (5.528%) SCVMM
6 10 (5.025%) McAfee ePO
7 9 (4.523%) Norton AntiVirus
8 8 (4.020%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 7 (3.518%) DameWare
9 7 (3.518%) NetBackup
10 5 (2.513%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (2.010%) MOM
11 4 (2.010%) HP Data Protector
12 3 (1.508%) SolarWinds Orion
12 3 (1.508%) Tivoli
12 3 (1.508%) Nessus
13 2 (1.005%) WMI
14 1 (0.503%) FortiGate
14 1 (0.503%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
14 1 (0.503%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 116 (58.29%) Microsoft
2 72 (36.18%) VMware
3 46 (23.12%) HP
4 36 (18.09%) Symantec
5 31 (15.58%) Citrix
6 24 (12.06%) NetApp
7 19 (9.548%) Cisco
7 19 (9.548%) Juniper
8 18 (9.045%) McAfee
8 18 (9.045%) ProCurve
9 17 (8.543%) CheckPoint
10 15 (7.538%) Dell
11 14 (7.035%) Oracle
12 12 (6.030%) Red Hat
13 10 (5.025%) Broadcom
14 9 (4.523%) Remedy
15 8 (4.020%) F5
15 8 (4.020%) Veeam
16 7 (3.518%) EMC
16 7 (3.518%) Altiris
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Staines, Middlesex
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Rate: market rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
Infrastructure Engineer/ 3rd Line Infrastructure - Gloucester
Gloucester, South West
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Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Infrastructure Engineer/ 3rd Line Infrastructure - Gloucester
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key skills: - Windows Server 2008 R2 - AD - Exchange 2010 - MS Clustering - WSUS - Networking technologies - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP - VMWare Experience of HP/Cisco Networking technologies is an advantage...
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Rate: £250 to £350 per day
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Rate: £250 - £300 per day
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