The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WSUS over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 122 123 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 5 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.266% 0.101% -
As % of the Systems Management category 4.762% 2.817% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £37,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year
- -8.45%
All Systems Management
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
105 71 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 5.579% 3.588% 1.559%
Number of salaries quoted 82 64 28
Average salary £42,500 £34,881 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.84% -0.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £31,000 £27,125
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £35,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
WSUS
Cambridgeshire

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge WSUS Jobs Demand Trend

WSUS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WSUS across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge WSUS Salary Trend

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WSUS.

1 14 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 14 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (92.86%) Active Directory
2 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
2 13 (92.86%) Blackberry
3 12 (85.71%) DHCP
3 12 (85.71%) DNS
3 12 (85.71%) Symantec
3 12 (85.71%) SCOM
4 9 (64.29%) ITIL
5 8 (57.14%) Backup Exec
5 8 (57.14%) Back Office
5 8 (57.14%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 8 (57.14%) Problem Management
6 6 (42.86%) Citrix
7 2 (14.29%) Windows
7 2 (14.29%) SQL
7 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (14.29%) XenApp
7 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
8 1 (7.143%) Clustering
8 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (7.143%) NetScaler
8 1 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (7.143%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 IT job ads sampled that cited WSUS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 14 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 14 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (85.71%) DHCP
1 12 (85.71%) DNS
2 1 (7.143%) NetScaler
2 1 (7.143%) LAN
2 1 (7.143%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (92.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 8 (57.14%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Systems Administrator
1 13 (92.86%) Administrator
2 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 13 (92.86%) Blackberry
2 1 (7.143%) Clustering
2 1 (7.143%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (14.29%) Windows 7
2 1 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (7.143%) Linux
2 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) ITIL
2 8 (57.14%) Problem Management
3 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) MCP
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) GxP
System Software
1 13 (92.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) XenApp
3 1 (7.143%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (85.71%) SCOM
2 8 (57.14%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 8 (57.14%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (85.71%) Symantec
3 6 (42.86%) Citrix
4 1 (7.143%) Red Hat
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Essential skills required for the position of Linux /Windows Desktop System Administrator /Sys Admin / Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer - Relevant degree or computing experience 5 years + in a service...
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Posted: 17 May 2013