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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 199 204 178
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -26
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 11 11 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.210% 0.199% 0.461%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.943% 4.435% 12.39%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 24
Average salary £23,450 £40,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.45% +16.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,800 £30,850 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,500
% change year-on-year
- -8.45%
All Systems Management
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
279 248 218
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 5.318% 4.496% 3.719%
Number of salaries quoted 250 205 166
Average salary £41,500 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.35% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,455 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
WSUS
England

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South 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 South West region.

South West WSUS Salary Trend

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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Devon +4 5 £23,450 -27.84%
Wiltshire +5 3 £30,000 -35.48%
Gloucestershire - 3 - -
WSUS
England

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 49 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (69.39%) VMware
3 32 (65.31%) Microsoft
4 31 (63.27%) MS Exchange
5 24 (48.98%) Symantec
6 22 (44.90%) Active Directory
6 22 (44.90%) ITIL
7 21 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
8 20 (40.82%) Linux
8 20 (40.82%) Backup Exec
9 19 (38.78%) SCCM
9 19 (38.78%) Citrix
9 19 (38.78%) VMware Infrastructure
10 17 (34.69%) vSphere
10 17 (34.69%) MCSE
11 16 (32.65%) MCITP
12 15 (30.61%) Blackberry
12 15 (30.61%) Windows 7
13 14 (28.57%) Hyper-V
13 14 (28.57%) Cisco
14 13 (26.53%) Windows Server 2003
14 13 (26.53%) Norton AntiVirus
14 13 (26.53%) Sophos
15 12 (24.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 12 (24.49%) SAN
15 12 (24.49%) MCSA
15 12 (24.49%) SLA
16 11 (22.45%) LAN
16 11 (22.45%) Problem Management

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 Development
1 3 (6.122%) J2EE
2 2 (4.082%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 31 (63.27%) MS Exchange
2 12 (24.49%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 5.5
3 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (6.122%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (6.122%) Tomcat
4 3 (6.122%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.082%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (4.082%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 9 (18.37%) MS Excel
2 5 (10.20%) MS Office
3 4 (8.163%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.49%) SAN
2 11 (22.45%) LAN
2 11 (22.45%) Firewall
3 9 (18.37%) WAN
3 9 (18.37%) TCP/IP
4 6 (12.24%) Internet
4 6 (12.24%) DNS
5 5 (10.20%) Network Security
5 5 (10.20%) MPLS
5 5 (10.20%) DSL
5 5 (10.20%) DHCP
6 4 (8.163%) VPN
7 3 (6.122%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (4.082%) IP Telephony
8 2 (4.082%) BIG-IP
9 1 (2.041%) VLAN
9 1 (2.041%) iSCSI
9 1 (2.041%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.122%) MySQL
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (4.082%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (6.122%) ClearCase
1 3 (6.122%) ClearQuest
1 3 (6.122%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (4.082%) Advertising
2 1 (2.041%) Publishing
2 1 (2.041%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (26.53%) Analyst
2 11 (22.45%) Support Analyst
3 9 (18.37%) Support Engineer
3 9 (18.37%) 3rd Line Support
3 9 (18.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (16.33%) IT Support
5 6 (12.24%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 4 (8.163%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (8.163%) Systems Support
7 4 (8.163%) Systems Support Engineer
7 4 (8.163%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (6.122%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (6.122%) Wintel Specialist
8 3 (6.122%) Operations Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Windows Support Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Windows Support Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Server Analyst
9 2 (4.082%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (30.61%) Blackberry
2 4 (8.163%) Clustering
3 3 (6.122%) Replication
3 3 (6.122%) Firmware
4 2 (4.082%) Thin Client
4 2 (4.082%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.041%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 49 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (40.82%) Linux
4 15 (30.61%) Windows 7
5 13 (26.53%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
7 6 (12.24%) CentOS
8 4 (8.163%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (8.163%) Windows NT
9 3 (6.122%) Solaris
9 3 (6.122%) Ubuntu
9 3 (6.122%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) ITIL
2 11 (22.45%) Problem Management
3 5 (10.20%) Systems Analysis
3 5 (10.20%) Configuration Management
3 5 (10.20%) Service Delivery
4 4 (8.163%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (8.163%) Network Load Balancing
5 3 (6.122%) Time Management
5 3 (6.122%) Service Management
6 2 (4.082%) BCP
6 2 (4.082%) ITSM
6 2 (4.082%) Business Continuity
6 2 (4.082%) Performance Management
6 2 (4.082%) Compatibility Testing
6 2 (4.082%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (4.082%) ITIL V3
6 2 (4.082%) Software Distribution
7 1 (2.041%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.041%) Capacity Management
7 1 (2.041%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.45%) PowerShell
2 10 (20.41%) C
2 10 (20.41%) VBScript
3 4 (8.163%) SQL
4 3 (6.122%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (34.69%) MCSE
3 16 (32.65%) MCITP
4 12 (24.49%) MCSA
5 10 (20.41%) Security Cleared
6 9 (18.37%) MCP
7 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
8 5 (10.20%) Degree
9 4 (8.163%) CCA
9 4 (8.163%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (6.122%) MCTS
10 3 (6.122%) DV Cleared
11 1 (2.041%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.49%) SLA
2 3 (6.122%) QA
3 2 (4.082%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (44.90%) Active Directory
2 19 (38.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (34.69%) vSphere
4 14 (28.57%) Hyper-V
5 5 (10.20%) XenApp
6 4 (8.163%) XenServer
6 4 (8.163%) XenDesktop
6 4 (8.163%) VMware Server
7 3 (6.122%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (6.122%) ISA Server
8 2 (4.082%) Xen
8 2 (4.082%) NLBS
Systems Management
1 20 (40.82%) Backup Exec
2 19 (38.78%) SCCM
3 13 (26.53%) Norton AntiVirus
4 8 (16.33%) SCOM
5 7 (14.29%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (10.20%) Nagios
6 5 (10.20%) McAfee ePO
7 4 (8.163%) ARCserve
7 4 (8.163%) Tivoli
7 4 (8.163%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 34 (69.39%) VMware
2 32 (65.31%) Microsoft
3 24 (48.98%) Symantec
4 19 (38.78%) Citrix
5 14 (28.57%) Cisco
6 13 (26.53%) Sophos
7 10 (20.41%) McAfee
7 10 (20.41%) Dell
8 8 (16.33%) HP
9 5 (10.20%) Juniper
9 5 (10.20%) CommVault
9 5 (10.20%) WatchGuard
9 5 (10.20%) Veeam
9 5 (10.20%) Bomgar
10 4 (8.163%) NetApp
10 4 (8.163%) Red Hat
11 3 (6.122%) CheckPoint
11 3 (6.122%) Perforce
11 3 (6.122%) Oracle
11 3 (6.122%) JBoss
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