The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WSUS over the 3 months to 24 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 608 680 629
Rank change year-on-year
+72 -51
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 237 187 222
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.234% 0.165% 0.188%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.160% 3.518% 4.176%
Number of salaries quoted 185 155 181
Average salary £33,627 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.92% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,450 £22,000 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,100 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Systems Management
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
5697 5315 5316
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 5.633% 4.689% 4.512%
Number of salaries quoted 4471 4468 4244
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £61,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England WSUS Salary Trend

WSUS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WSUS across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England WSUS Salary Histogram

WSUS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +55 75 £38,000 -
South East +24 45 £43,500 +33.84%
Yorkshire +8 32 £32,500 +54.76%
East of England +19 23 £29,000 -8.66%
East Midlands +13 18 £46,500 +55.00%
West Midlands -12 16 £30,750 -12.14%
North West -9 15 £30,000 -7.69%
South West 0 12 £24,450 -47.41%
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 511 (89.65%) Windows
2 440 (77.19%) Active Directory
3 410 (71.93%) Microsoft
4 343 (60.18%) MS Exchange
5 342 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 339 (59.47%) VMware
7 262 (45.96%) DNS
8 239 (41.93%) Windows Server 2003
8 239 (41.93%) DHCP
9 215 (37.72%) VMware Infrastructure
10 206 (36.14%) Citrix
11 190 (33.33%) Firewall
12 189 (33.16%) SAN
13 175 (30.70%) Exchange Server 2010
14 174 (30.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 171 (30.00%) MS Excel
16 167 (29.30%) Windows 7
17 166 (29.12%) ITIL
18 155 (27.19%) Cisco
19 153 (26.84%) Symantec
20 147 (25.79%) MCSE
21 145 (25.44%) HP
22 144 (25.26%) Hyper-V
23 133 (23.33%) Blackberry
24 132 (23.16%) LAN
25 131 (22.98%) SQL Server
26 128 (22.46%) SQL
27 126 (22.11%) SCCM
28 124 (21.75%) Exchange Server 2007
29 120 (21.05%) Backup Exec

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 Development
1 14 (2.456%) Application Packaging
2 11 (1.930%) Software Packaging
3 8 (1.404%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.053%) Middleware
4 6 (1.053%) .NET
5 4 (0.702%) XML
6 3 (0.526%) JSP
6 3 (0.526%) Web Services
6 3 (0.526%) J2EE
7 2 (0.351%) HTML
8 1 (0.175%) COM
8 1 (0.175%) CSS
8 1 (0.175%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 343 (60.18%) MS Exchange
2 175 (30.70%) Exchange Server 2010
3 124 (21.75%) Exchange Server 2007
4 117 (20.53%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 74 (12.98%) IIS
6 56 (9.825%) SharePoint
7 52 (9.123%) Lync
8 36 (6.316%) Exchange Server 2003
9 29 (5.088%) Office Communications Server
10 28 (4.912%) SharePoint 2010
11 18 (3.158%) Lotus Notes
12 11 (1.930%) Exchange Server 2000
13 10 (1.754%) Lotus Domino
13 10 (1.754%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 8 (1.404%) WebSphere Application Server
14 8 (1.404%) IBM Connections
15 6 (1.053%) Tomcat
15 6 (1.053%) Apache
16 4 (0.702%) RabbitMQ
17 2 (0.351%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 171 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 112 (19.65%) MS Office
3 12 (2.105%) MS Visio
3 12 (2.105%) MS Project
4 9 (1.579%) Office 365
5 8 (1.404%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 4 (0.702%) assyst
2 3 (0.526%) Agresso
3 2 (0.351%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.175%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 262 (45.96%) DNS
2 239 (41.93%) DHCP
3 190 (33.33%) Firewall
4 189 (33.16%) SAN
5 132 (23.16%) LAN
6 110 (19.30%) WAN
7 100 (17.54%) VPN
8 99 (17.37%) TCP/IP
9 62 (10.88%) Network Security
10 58 (10.18%) Internet
11 47 (8.246%) MPLS
12 46 (8.070%) VoIP
13 43 (7.544%) NAS
14 34 (5.965%) iSCSI
15 29 (5.088%) DSL
16 28 (4.912%) Wireless
17 23 (4.035%) Cisco ASA
17 23 (4.035%) ADSL
18 19 (3.333%) SSL
19 18 (3.158%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (22.98%) SQL Server
2 57 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 46 (8.070%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (1.579%) MySQL
5 8 (1.404%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.228%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.053%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (0.877%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.702%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (0.702%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.702%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.702%) Redis
10 3 (0.526%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.175%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 18 (3.158%) MSI
2 15 (2.632%) Git (software)
3 12 (2.105%) Subversion
4 9 (1.579%) InstallShield
5 3 (0.526%) WebLOAD
5 3 (0.526%) ClearCase
5 3 (0.526%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.175%) JIRA
6 1 (0.175%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (15.44%) Finance
2 29 (5.088%) Back Office
3 19 (3.333%) Banking
3 19 (3.333%) Law
4 14 (2.456%) Telecoms
5 13 (2.281%) Legal
6 10 (1.754%) Advertising
7 9 (1.579%) Publishing
8 4 (0.702%) Military
9 3 (0.526%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.351%) Electronics
10 2 (0.351%) Games
10 2 (0.351%) Automotive
11 1 (0.175%) Music
11 1 (0.175%) Marketing
11 1 (0.175%) Retail
11 1 (0.175%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 105 (18.42%) Analyst
2 84 (14.74%) Administrator
3 74 (12.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 69 (12.11%) Support Engineer
5 66 (11.58%) Wintel Engineer
6 65 (11.40%) Systems Administrator
7 56 (9.825%) Support Analyst
8 39 (6.842%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 36 (6.316%) 3rd Line Support
10 33 (5.789%) IT Support
11 26 (4.561%) Senior Systems Administrator
12 25 (4.386%) IT Support Engineer
12 25 (4.386%) Server Engineer
13 20 (3.509%) Desktop Support
13 20 (3.509%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
14 19 (3.333%) Technical Manager
14 19 (3.333%) Team Leader
14 19 (3.333%) Consultant
14 19 (3.333%) Systems Engineer
15 17 (2.982%) Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 133 (23.33%) Blackberry
2 68 (11.93%) Clustering
3 25 (4.386%) Replication
4 18 (3.158%) Firmware
5 12 (2.105%) Cryptography
5 12 (2.105%) iPhone
6 8 (1.404%) Thin Client
6 8 (1.404%) Fat Client
6 8 (1.404%) Enterprise Storage
7 6 (1.053%) Client/Server
8 5 (0.877%) SWIFT
8 5 (0.877%) iPad
8 5 (0.877%) Computer Science
9 4 (0.702%) EqualLogic
10 3 (0.526%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.526%) CLARiiON
11 2 (0.351%) Chip and PIN
11 2 (0.351%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.351%) PKI
11 2 (0.351%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 511 (89.65%) Windows
2 342 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 239 (41.93%) Windows Server 2003
4 167 (29.30%) Windows 7
5 87 (15.26%) Linux
6 72 (12.63%) Windows XP
7 38 (6.667%) Windows Vista
8 35 (6.140%) Windows Server 2012
9 33 (5.789%) UNIX
10 30 (5.263%) Windows 2000 Server
11 16 (2.807%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (1.930%) CentOS
13 10 (1.754%) Solaris
13 10 (1.754%) Windows 2000
14 8 (1.404%) AIX
15 7 (1.228%) Android
16 5 (0.877%) Windows Mobile
17 4 (0.702%) NetWare
17 4 (0.702%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.702%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (29.12%) ITIL
2 45 (7.895%) Disaster Recovery
3 44 (7.719%) Problem Management
4 38 (6.667%) Time Management
5 28 (4.912%) Network Load Balancing
6 27 (4.737%) Service Delivery
7 26 (4.561%) Project Management
8 25 (4.386%) Load Balancing
9 24 (4.211%) Migration
9 24 (4.211%) Release Management
10 22 (3.860%) PRINCE2
11 20 (3.509%) Asset Management
12 17 (2.982%) Change Management
12 17 (2.982%) Service Management
13 16 (2.807%) Change Control
14 14 (2.456%) E-Commerce
14 14 (2.456%) Configuration Management
15 12 (2.105%) Business Continuity
15 12 (2.105%) Security Architecture
16 11 (1.930%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 128 (22.46%) SQL
2 62 (10.88%) PowerShell
3 37 (6.491%) C
4 21 (3.684%) VBScript
5 11 (1.930%) Perl
6 9 (1.579%) Ruby
7 8 (1.404%) Python
8 5 (0.877%) VB
8 5 (0.877%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.877%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.526%) VBA
9 3 (0.526%) Java
10 2 (0.351%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.175%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 174 (30.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 147 (25.79%) MCSE
3 105 (18.42%) MCITP
4 78 (13.68%) MCSA
5 77 (13.51%) MCP
6 48 (8.421%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (7.544%) CCNA
8 36 (6.316%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 36 (6.316%) Security Cleared
9 27 (4.737%) MCTS
10 26 (4.561%) SC Cleared
11 23 (4.035%) CCA
11 23 (4.035%) Citrix Certification
12 17 (2.982%) Degree
12 17 (2.982%) CCNP
13 12 (2.105%) CISSP
14 8 (1.404%) RHCE
14 8 (1.404%) MCDST
15 7 (1.228%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
16 3 (0.526%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.070%) SLA
2 35 (6.140%) PCI DSS
3 10 (1.754%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.404%) QA
5 2 (0.351%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.175%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.175%) GxP
System Software
1 440 (77.19%) Active Directory
2 215 (37.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 144 (25.26%) Hyper-V
4 105 (18.42%) XenApp
5 83 (14.56%) vSphere
6 73 (12.81%) XenServer
7 67 (11.75%) VMware ESXi
8 59 (10.35%) XenDesktop
9 55 (9.649%) Microsoft App-V
10 32 (5.614%) Terminal Services
11 26 (4.561%) ISA Server
11 26 (4.561%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 23 (4.035%) NFS
13 20 (3.509%) VMware ESX
14 15 (2.632%) ProxySG
15 12 (2.105%) Terminal Server
16 9 (1.579%) Forefront TMG
16 9 (1.579%) MetaFrame
17 8 (1.404%) DFS Replication
18 7 (1.228%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 126 (22.11%) SCCM
2 120 (21.05%) Backup Exec
3 87 (15.26%) Norton AntiVirus
4 69 (12.11%) SCOM
5 35 (6.140%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 34 (5.965%) McAfee ePO
7 24 (4.211%) Tivoli
8 22 (3.860%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 18 (3.158%) Nagios
10 15 (2.632%) NetBackup
11 14 (2.456%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 13 (2.281%) Puppet
13 12 (2.105%) ARCserve
14 9 (1.579%) Cacti
14 9 (1.579%) WhatsUp Gold
15 6 (1.053%) MOM
15 6 (1.053%) WMI
16 5 (0.877%) Zenoss
17 4 (0.702%) ZENworks
18 3 (0.526%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 410 (71.93%) Microsoft
2 339 (59.47%) VMware
3 206 (36.14%) Citrix
4 155 (27.19%) Cisco
5 153 (26.84%) Symantec
6 145 (25.44%) HP
7 74 (12.98%) McAfee
8 62 (10.88%) LANDesk
9 57 (10.00%) NetApp
9 57 (10.00%) Juniper
10 55 (9.649%) Sophos
11 44 (7.719%) Dell
12 36 (6.316%) CommVault
13 35 (6.140%) EMC
14 34 (5.965%) CheckPoint
15 28 (4.912%) Veritas
15 28 (4.912%) SolarWinds
16 22 (3.860%) Veeam
17 18 (3.158%) Lotus
17 18 (3.158%) Oracle
London
You should have an in-depth knowledge of VM Ware 5, SAN, Exchange 2010 and Windows server 2008 supporting DNS, DHCP and WSUS. An MCITP qualification would be...
Information Technology Services
Salary: £50k - 60k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Computer Futures are looking for a Systems Administrator for a key client of ours based inSouthampton. You will be responsible for the Administration of servers and systems including...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
Delivers a highly efficient, effective and available platform infrastructure to the business according to agreed business requirements and service levels within specialist area of expertise * Active Directory, Servers...
Brightside Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
SCCM, WSUS... - Good experience with Microsoft technologies - Windows Server 2003, 2008 R2, Exchange, SQL, Active Directory etc. - Good experience with Citrix technologies - XenApp, Access Gateway, XenDesktop. - Good experience...
Venturi
Salary: £42000 - £45000.00 per annum + 5% bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Central London / West End
Knowledge of Microsoft Exchange 2007, Active Directory administration, DHCP, DNS, VPN, WSUS and Group Policy. VMware and ESXi... LAN Switches... Experience in Juniper firewalls... Desirable: MCSA/MCITP/ MCSE /...
Wavex Technology Limited
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Role Purpose The NOC function involves provision of support and assistance to Customer Services and the resolution of Escalated calls within SLA, monitoring both hardware and software using...
Advanced Resource Managers
Salary: £20000.0000 - £23000.0000 per annum + Plus shift allowance
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Technical work experience gained in: MS Office, Windows 7, Active Directory, Desktop Software Support, Simple TCP/IP Troubleshooting, Blackberries/iPhones Desirable. Knowledge of Citrix, VoIP, WSUS, Windows Server...
World Fuel Services
Salary: Unspecified Competative
Posted: 30 April 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
BSc Computer Science, MCSE, MCITP, CCNP) the successful IT Manager must have an excellent understanding of a variety of technologies including: * Windows Server 2008 R2 , Active Directory, Exchange...
Reed Technology
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Patchlink, WSUS, Bladelogic, GFI Languard. Microsoft Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7 operating systems and respective component support. Windows Server 2003 / 2008 operating systems and respective component support. Microsoft...
ComputaCenter
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 10 May 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
i) Microsoft Windows XP \ Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010, MS Server 2003/2008R2 (AD. DHCP, DNS, DFS, WSUS etc…). j) Basic networking knowledge, LAN, WAN, Routers,...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £25-£30k Basic
Posted: 22 May 2013
London, South East, United Kingdom
World Fuel Services is a global leader in fuel logistics, specialising in the marketing, sale and distribution of aviation, marine and land fuel products and services... Core duties...
World Fuel Services
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Identification of potential improvements to 3rd Line support - Actively communicate status of work items to team members - Deal with problems and incidents in timely fashion You will require...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Reigate, Crawley, Epsom,...
PERSON SKILLS - proven track record of managing and supporting Microsoft solutions, including MS Server 2003/08R2, MS Exchange 2003-2010, Active Directory. - VMWare V-sphere experience... - any experience...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
South West
The Infrastructure Support Analyst is responsible for providing third line support for the Hardware and Software that is essential to business operations and development-The role includes working...
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Working with vendors like Dell, Microsoft, VMware and Cisco for troubleshooting and support issues... Windows servers with its associated services like WWW, Active Directories and Domains, Group policies,...
eGain Communications
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
West Midlands
Virtualisation Technologies (Hyper-V, Vmware) Windows Enterprise Domain Environments... AD, SCCM, DPM, WDS, WSUS... Experience of the following would be advantageous: EMC Clarion. Microsoft Lync. OSX server/client...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car - Home Based
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
A solid understanding of Microsoft technologies: IIS, WSUS, SCOM, DFS, Active Directory and Windows clustering... A deep understanding of networking fundamentals - the ability to troubleshoot TCP/IP, HTTP,...
Personnel IT
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Microsoft Exchange 2003/ 2007/ 2010,BES & ActiveSync... Firewalls (ISA, TMG, CheckPoint, PIX, ASA, UAG/ IAG) Cisco (routers & switches) Network monitoring tools (Cacti, Solarwinds or similar) WSUS, SCCM and...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £34,000 to £42,000 per annum dep on exp, plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
PSTN Gateway... HP Data protector / Arcserve... Microsoft Exchange 2003 / 2007 / 2010, Symantec Enterprise Vault. ActiveSync, Bes, MobileIron. Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP, Windows 2003/ 2008 servers/ infrastructures... Win...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum dep on exp, plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
IT Support Engineer - London - EC1 - FarringdonThe successful candidate will play a crucial first line support role within the Business IT service function, providing support to a number of...
IQ Resourcing
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
London, South East
VMware View Microsoft Active Directory Windows 2003/2008R2 Server and supporting technologies, including DNS, WINS, DHCP, WSUS Microsoft Exchange 2010 Microsoft SCOM 2007 R2 SAN Technologies, IBM V7000,...
Trowers & Hamlins
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 May 2013
Pontefract, West Yorkshire
Required Skills: - Knowledge of administering Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (server core). - Sound knowledge of a Microsoft Windows 2008 Active Directory environment including sound knowledge of DNS/...
Dempsey Dyer Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Overview: We have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Network Support Engineer to join our Bristol office on a full time, permanent basis. The successful candidate will...
Osborne Clarke
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
If you have strong commercial awareness and experience of running Technical Projects for example: You can plan and deliver projects using PRINCE 2 methodologies and familiar with Microsoft...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Car Allowance + Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Skills/Experience required: **Advanced knowledge of administering Windows server across multiple domains - 2003, 2008 (R2 Preferable) ** Solid understanding of technologies: IIS, WSUS, SCOM, DFS, Active Directory, Windows clustering **...
Gregory James
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - + Benefits package
Posted: 22 May 2013