The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 142 151 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 11 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.350% 0.116% -
As % of the Systems Management category 5.946% 1.932% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 0
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All Systems Management
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
185 207 228
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 5.879% 5.991% 6.544%
Number of salaries quoted 96 126 167
Average salary £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland WSUS Salary Trend

WSUS
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Aberdeen +8 6 £43,000 +43.33%
Highlands - 4 - -
Glasgow -21 1 £38,000 -
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 25 (92.59%) Windows
2 24 (88.89%) SCCM
3 22 (81.48%) Microsoft
4 21 (77.78%) VMware
4 21 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 17 (62.96%) Windows Server 2003
7 14 (51.85%) IIS
8 13 (48.15%) DNS
8 13 (48.15%) SLA
9 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
9 12 (44.44%) Citrix
10 11 (40.74%) SQL
10 11 (40.74%) Windows 7
11 9 (33.33%) vSphere
11 9 (33.33%) ITIL
12 8 (29.63%) Perl
12 8 (29.63%) PHP
12 8 (29.63%) Linux
12 8 (29.63%) SAN
12 8 (29.63%) CommVault
12 8 (29.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 8 (29.63%) Site Server
12 8 (29.63%) Service Delivery
13 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
13 7 (25.93%) Windows XP
13 7 (25.93%) Asset Management
14 6 (22.22%) Altiris
14 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
15 5 (18.52%) DHCP

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (51.85%) IIS
2 8 (29.63%) Site Server
3 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
4 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) DNS
2 8 (29.63%) SAN
3 5 (18.52%) DHCP
4 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 3 (11.11%) VPN
5 2 (7.407%) IPv4
5 2 (7.407%) FTP
5 2 (7.407%) WAN
6 1 (3.704%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MSI
General
1 4 (14.81%) Publishing
2 3 (11.11%) Advertising
3 2 (7.407%) Finance
4 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) IT Consultant
1 8 (29.63%) Consultant
1 8 (29.63%) Technical Consultant
2 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) SCCM Engineer
4 4 (14.81%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Support Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) IT Support Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Specialist
7 1 (3.704%) Support Technician
7 1 (3.704%) Junior
7 1 (3.704%) ICT Technician
7 1 (3.704%) ICT Support Technician
7 1 (3.704%) IT Support
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 25 (92.59%) Windows
2 18 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (62.96%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (40.74%) Windows 7
5 8 (29.63%) Linux
6 7 (25.93%) Windows XP
7 5 (18.52%) Windows Vista
8 2 (7.407%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) ITIL
2 8 (29.63%) Service Delivery
3 7 (25.93%) Asset Management
4 4 (14.81%) Service Management
5 2 (7.407%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (7.407%) ITIL V3
5 2 (7.407%) Problem Management
5 2 (7.407%) Time Management
5 2 (7.407%) BCP
5 2 (7.407%) ITSM
5 2 (7.407%) Validation
6 1 (3.704%) Project Management
6 1 (3.704%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) SQL
2 8 (29.63%) Perl
2 8 (29.63%) PHP
3 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.407%) MCTS
3 2 (7.407%) MCITP
3 2 (7.407%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.407%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (7.407%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (48.15%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 9 (33.33%) vSphere
4 4 (14.81%) Hyper-V
5 3 (11.11%) Terminal Services
6 2 (7.407%) XenApp
6 2 (7.407%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (88.89%) SCCM
2 8 (29.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (7.407%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (7.407%) SCOM
3 2 (7.407%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 22 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 21 (77.78%) VMware
3 12 (44.44%) Citrix
4 8 (29.63%) CommVault
5 6 (22.22%) Altiris
6 4 (14.81%) McAfee
7 3 (11.11%) Symantec
7 3 (11.11%) Cisco
8 2 (7.407%) HP
8 2 (7.407%) Dell
8 2 (7.407%) EMC
8 2 (7.407%) Apple
8 2 (7.407%) NetIQ
9 1 (3.704%) Sage
9 1 (3.704%) Oracle
9 1 (3.704%) Avaya
9 1 (3.704%) Veritas