The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 237 228 225
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -3
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 9 23 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.123% 0.314% 0.071%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.082% 8.614% 1.344%
Number of salaries quoted 6 20 5
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% -10.14%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
All Systems Management
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
292 267 372
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 3.992% 3.648% 5.303%
Number of salaries quoted 208 211 331
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,250 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.50% -
WSUS
England

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West WSUS Salary Trend

WSUS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WSUS across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West 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 North West 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -13 4 £30,000 +22.44%
Merseyside - 4 £35,000 -
Lancashire +8 1 £45,000 +109.30%
WSUS
England

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 32 (91.43%) Active Directory
2 29 (82.86%) MS Exchange
3 27 (77.14%) VMware
4 25 (71.43%) DNS
4 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
5 24 (68.57%) DHCP
6 23 (65.71%) Exchange Server 2010
7 21 (60.00%) Firewall
8 20 (57.14%) Windows
9 19 (54.29%) VMware Infrastructure
10 17 (48.57%) Windows Server 2008
10 17 (48.57%) WAN
10 17 (48.57%) Windows Server 2003
11 13 (37.14%) TCP/IP
11 13 (37.14%) Cisco
11 13 (37.14%) LAN
11 13 (37.14%) Hyper-V
12 12 (34.29%) vSphere
13 11 (31.43%) SQL Server
13 11 (31.43%) NetApp
13 11 (31.43%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (28.57%) IIS
14 10 (28.57%) Windows XP
14 10 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
15 9 (25.71%) WatchGuard
15 9 (25.71%) Backup Exec
15 9 (25.71%) SSL
15 9 (25.71%) MS Office
15 9 (25.71%) SharePoint
16 8 (22.86%) MS Excel

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 29 (82.86%) MS Exchange
2 23 (65.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (28.57%) IIS
3 10 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2003
4 9 (25.71%) SharePoint
5 8 (22.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 7 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2000
8 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (25.71%) MS Office
2 8 (22.86%) MS Excel
3 3 (8.571%) Google Apps
3 3 (8.571%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (71.43%) DNS
2 24 (68.57%) DHCP
3 21 (60.00%) Firewall
4 17 (48.57%) WAN
5 13 (37.14%) TCP/IP
5 13 (37.14%) LAN
6 9 (25.71%) SSL
7 8 (22.86%) MPLS
8 7 (20.00%) Internet
8 7 (20.00%) VPN
8 7 (20.00%) Network Security
9 6 (17.14%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (14.29%) VoIP
10 5 (14.29%) IPsec
10 5 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (14.29%) NAS
11 4 (11.43%) SSH
11 4 (11.43%) SAN
11 4 (11.43%) DSL
12 2 (5.714%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (31.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 6 (17.14%) Legal
2 5 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (2.857%) Banking
3 1 (2.857%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Administrator
1 10 (28.57%) Network Administrator
2 7 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
4 2 (5.714%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 2 (5.714%) Support Team Leader
4 2 (5.714%) Team Leader
4 2 (5.714%) Support Engineer
4 2 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (2.857%) IT Consultant
5 1 (2.857%) Consultant
5 1 (2.857%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (2.857%) Server Specialist
5 1 (2.857%) Cisco Consultant
5 1 (2.857%) Windows Server Specialist
5 1 (2.857%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 6 (17.14%) Firmware
3 5 (14.29%) SWIFT
3 5 (14.29%) Replication
4 1 (2.857%) Thin Client
4 1 (2.857%) Clustering
4 1 (2.857%) iPad
4 1 (2.857%) iPhone
4 1 (2.857%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 20 (57.14%) Windows
2 17 (48.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 17 (48.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (28.57%) Windows XP
4 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (14.29%) AIX
4 5 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
5 4 (11.43%) Windows 7
6 2 (5.714%) Linux
6 2 (5.714%) Windows Vista
7 1 (2.857%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 7 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 6 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (14.29%) ITIL
5 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (11.43%) Information Security
5 4 (11.43%) WAN Optimisation
6 3 (8.571%) Software Deployment
6 3 (8.571%) Project Management
6 3 (8.571%) Project Planning
7 2 (5.714%) Time Management
7 2 (5.714%) Performance Management
7 2 (5.714%) Change Control
7 2 (5.714%) Problem Management
8 1 (2.857%) Software Distribution
8 1 (2.857%) Asset Management
8 1 (2.857%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.857%) SQL
2 1 (2.857%) VBScript
2 1 (2.857%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) CCNA
1 5 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (11.43%) CCNP
3 2 (5.714%) MCITP
3 2 (5.714%) MCSA
3 2 (5.714%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.857%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) ISO 9000
1 1 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 32 (91.43%) Active Directory
2 19 (54.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (37.14%) Hyper-V
4 12 (34.29%) vSphere
5 6 (17.14%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (11.43%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (5.714%) XenApp
8 1 (2.857%) ISA Server
8 1 (2.857%) MetaFrame
8 1 (2.857%) Xen
8 1 (2.857%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) Backup Exec
2 5 (14.29%) Tivoli
2 5 (14.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 3 (8.571%) SCCM
4 1 (2.857%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (2.857%) ZENworks
4 1 (2.857%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.857%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (2.857%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (77.14%) VMware
2 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 13 (37.14%) Cisco
4 11 (31.43%) NetApp
5 9 (25.71%) WatchGuard
6 7 (20.00%) Websense
6 7 (20.00%) F5
6 7 (20.00%) IronPort
7 6 (17.14%) HP
7 6 (17.14%) Dell
7 6 (17.14%) Symantec
8 5 (14.29%) CheckPoint
8 5 (14.29%) Juniper
8 5 (14.29%) IBM
8 5 (14.29%) Veeam
9 4 (11.43%) SonicWALL
9 4 (11.43%) Exinda
10 3 (8.571%) Citrix
10 3 (8.571%) Google
11 2 (5.714%) McAfee
Chester, Cheshire
IT Support - £22k basic + benefits package, Chester, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Backup Exec 2010, Office 2010. IIS, Routers... System administration Servers (administration and maintenance, backup/restore)...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £22,000 per annum £22k basic plus benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
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