The first table below looks at the demand for WSUS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WSUS over the 3 months to 22 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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Rank 601 707 650
Rank change year-on-year
+106 -57
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 268 194 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.246% 0.158% 0.181%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.401% 3.334% 3.897%
Number of salaries quoted 206 159 181
Average salary £33,064 £33,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.30% -10.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,400 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,350 £46,700 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,250
% change year-on-year
- -7.80%
All Systems Management
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
6090 5818 5671
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 5.599% 4.744% 4.639%
Number of salaries quoted 4719 4834 4487
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,275 £29,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £61,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -

WSUS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WSUS Jobs Demand Trend

WSUS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WSUS within the UK.

WSUS Salary Trend

WSUS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WSUS over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

WSUS Salary Histogram

WSUS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +82 241 £32,500 -7.14%
London +53 78 £37,500 -0.66%
South East +27 45 £45,000 +38.46%
Yorkshire -1 33 £32,500 +54.76%
City of London +21 25 £38,500 +2.66%
East of England +26 24 £29,000 -8.66%
West Yorkshire +17 23 £32,500 +62.50%
East Midlands +18 18 £46,500 +55.00%
Bedfordshire - 18 £29,000 -
West Midlands -2 16 £30,750 -12.14%
North West -18 16 £30,000 -7.69%
Halifax - 15 £32,500 -
Birmingham -4 13 £28,500 -18.57%
Dunstable - 13 £29,000 -
Surrey +15 12 £45,000 -
Manchester +4 12 £30,000 +25.00%
Scotland +6 11 £40,000 +23.07%
South West 0 11 £23,950 -48.49%
Oxfordshire -5 11 £45,000 +5.88%
Oxford - 9 £42,000 -
Derbyshire - 9 £46,500 -
Leeds -6 8 £28,000 +40.00%
Hampshire +11 7 £35,000 +35.92%
Chesterfield - 7 £44,250 -
Aberdeen +9 6 £43,000 +43.33%
Sussex - 6 £45,000 -
Devon +2 5 £23,450 -27.84%
South Yorkshire 0 5 - -
North Yorkshire -4 5 £31,000 -22.50%
West Sussex -4 5 £30,000 -7.69%

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 557 (89.84%) Windows
2 462 (74.52%) Active Directory
3 450 (72.58%) Microsoft
4 376 (60.65%) Windows Server 2008
5 369 (59.52%) VMware
6 358 (57.74%) MS Exchange
7 292 (47.10%) DNS
8 261 (42.10%) Windows Server 2003
9 249 (40.16%) DHCP
10 246 (39.68%) VMware Infrastructure
11 226 (36.45%) Citrix
12 204 (32.90%) SAN
13 194 (31.29%) Firewall
14 184 (29.68%) MS Excel
15 183 (29.52%) Exchange Server 2010
16 181 (29.19%) Microsoft Certification
17 180 (29.03%) Windows 7
18 176 (28.39%) ITIL
19 162 (26.13%) Symantec
20 159 (25.65%) Cisco
21 158 (25.48%) Hyper-V
22 153 (24.68%) MCSE
23 152 (24.52%) SCCM
24 149 (24.03%) HP
25 144 (23.23%) Blackberry
26 142 (22.90%) LAN
27 141 (22.74%) SQL
28 136 (21.94%) SQL Server
29 135 (21.77%) Exchange Server 2007
30 127 (20.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 (2.258%) Application Packaging
2 12 (1.935%) Software Packaging
3 9 (1.452%) WebSphere
4 6 (0.968%) Middleware
5 5 (0.806%) .NET
6 4 (0.645%) XML
7 3 (0.484%) JSP
7 3 (0.484%) Web Services
7 3 (0.484%) J2EE
8 2 (0.323%) HTML
9 1 (0.161%) COM
9 1 (0.161%) CSS
9 1 (0.161%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 358 (57.74%) MS Exchange
2 183 (29.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 135 (21.77%) Exchange Server 2007
4 127 (20.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 87 (14.03%) IIS
6 57 (9.194%) SharePoint
7 53 (8.548%) Lync
8 45 (7.258%) Exchange Server 2003
9 29 (4.677%) Office Communications Server
10 28 (4.516%) SharePoint 2010
11 19 (3.065%) Lotus Notes
12 11 (1.774%) Exchange Server 2000
13 10 (1.613%) Lotus Domino
13 10 (1.613%) Exchange Server 5.5
14 9 (1.452%) IBM Connections
14 9 (1.452%) Site Server
14 9 (1.452%) WebSphere Application Server
15 6 (0.968%) Tomcat
15 6 (0.968%) Apache
16 3 (0.484%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 184 (29.68%) MS Excel
2 117 (18.87%) MS Office
3 14 (2.258%) MS Visio
4 13 (2.097%) MS Project
5 9 (1.452%) Google Apps
6 8 (1.290%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 7 (1.129%) assyst
2 3 (0.484%) Agresso
3 2 (0.323%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.161%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 292 (47.10%) DNS
2 249 (40.16%) DHCP
3 204 (32.90%) SAN
4 194 (31.29%) Firewall
5 142 (22.90%) LAN
6 118 (19.03%) WAN
7 106 (17.10%) VPN
8 105 (16.94%) TCP/IP
9 62 (10.00%) Network Security
10 58 (9.355%) Internet
11 51 (8.226%) MPLS
12 49 (7.903%) VoIP
13 47 (7.581%) NAS
14 37 (5.968%) iSCSI
15 31 (5.000%) Wireless
16 29 (4.677%) DSL
17 25 (4.032%) Cisco ASA
18 24 (3.871%) ADSL
19 22 (3.548%) SSL
20 20 (3.226%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (21.94%) SQL Server
2 57 (9.194%) SQL Server 2008
3 46 (7.419%) SQL Server 2005
4 9 (1.452%) MySQL
5 8 (1.290%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.129%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.968%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (0.806%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.645%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.484%) Redis
10 3 (0.484%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.484%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.484%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.161%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 22 (3.548%) MSI
2 15 (2.419%) Git (software)
3 12 (1.935%) Subversion
4 9 (1.452%) InstallShield
5 3 (0.484%) WebLOAD
5 3 (0.484%) ClearCase
5 3 (0.484%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.161%) JIRA
6 1 (0.161%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (14.35%) Finance
2 30 (4.839%) Back Office
3 20 (3.226%) Telecoms
4 19 (3.065%) Law
5 18 (2.903%) Banking
6 14 (2.258%) Legal
7 13 (2.097%) Advertising
7 13 (2.097%) Publishing
8 4 (0.645%) Military
9 3 (0.484%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.323%) Automotive
10 2 (0.323%) Electronics
10 2 (0.323%) Games
10 2 (0.323%) Retail
11 1 (0.161%) Music
11 1 (0.161%) Marketing
11 1 (0.161%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 112 (18.06%) Analyst
2 91 (14.68%) Administrator
3 82 (13.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 77 (12.42%) Support Engineer
5 69 (11.13%) Systems Administrator
6 67 (10.81%) Wintel Engineer
7 59 (9.516%) Support Analyst
8 40 (6.452%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 38 (6.129%) 3rd Line Support
10 35 (5.645%) IT Support
11 34 (5.484%) Consultant
12 27 (4.355%) Senior Systems Administrator
13 26 (4.194%) IT Support Engineer
14 25 (4.032%) Server Engineer
15 23 (3.710%) Team Leader
16 22 (3.548%) Desktop Support
17 19 (3.065%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
18 18 (2.903%) Systems Engineer
18 18 (2.903%) Technical Manager
18 18 (2.903%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 144 (23.23%) Blackberry
2 66 (10.65%) Clustering
3 28 (4.516%) Replication
4 18 (2.903%) Firmware
5 12 (1.935%) Cryptography
5 12 (1.935%) iPhone
6 9 (1.452%) Enterprise Storage
7 8 (1.290%) Thin Client
7 8 (1.290%) Fat Client
8 6 (0.968%) Client/Server
8 6 (0.968%) Open Source
9 5 (0.806%) iPad
9 5 (0.806%) SWIFT
9 5 (0.806%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.645%) Computer Science
10 4 (0.645%) EqualLogic
11 2 (0.323%) CLARiiON
11 2 (0.323%) Chip and PIN
11 2 (0.323%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.323%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 557 (89.84%) Windows
2 376 (60.65%) Windows Server 2008
3 261 (42.10%) Windows Server 2003
4 180 (29.03%) Windows 7
5 105 (16.94%) Linux
6 82 (13.23%) Windows XP
7 44 (7.097%) Windows Vista
8 37 (5.968%) UNIX
9 34 (5.484%) Windows Server 2012
10 32 (5.161%) Windows 2000 Server
11 16 (2.581%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 14 (2.258%) CentOS
13 10 (1.613%) Windows 2000
13 10 (1.613%) Solaris
14 8 (1.290%) AIX
14 8 (1.290%) Android
15 6 (0.968%) Windows Mobile
16 5 (0.806%) VMS
17 4 (0.645%) Mac OS X
17 4 (0.645%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (28.39%) ITIL
2 49 (7.903%) Problem Management
3 44 (7.097%) Disaster Recovery
4 43 (6.935%) Time Management
5 36 (5.806%) Service Delivery
6 31 (5.000%) Project Management
7 28 (4.516%) Network Load Balancing
7 28 (4.516%) Asset Management
8 24 (3.871%) Load Balancing
8 24 (3.871%) Release Management
8 24 (3.871%) Migration
8 24 (3.871%) Service Management
9 21 (3.387%) PRINCE2
10 19 (3.065%) Change Management
11 16 (2.581%) Change Control
12 14 (2.258%) Configuration Management
12 14 (2.258%) E-Commerce
13 12 (1.935%) Business Continuity
13 12 (1.935%) Security Architecture
14 11 (1.774%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (22.74%) SQL
2 63 (10.16%) PowerShell
3 36 (5.806%) C
4 21 (3.387%) VBScript
5 20 (3.226%) Perl
6 10 (1.613%) Ruby
7 9 (1.452%) Python
8 8 (1.290%) PHP
9 6 (0.968%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.806%) VB
10 5 (0.806%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.645%) VBA
12 3 (0.484%) Java
13 2 (0.323%) Bash shell
14 1 (0.161%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 181 (29.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 153 (24.68%) MCSE
3 108 (17.42%) MCITP
4 82 (13.23%) MCSA
5 79 (12.74%) MCP
6 47 (7.581%) Cisco Certification
7 43 (6.935%) CCNA
8 39 (6.290%) Security Cleared
9 36 (5.806%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 30 (4.839%) MCTS
11 29 (4.677%) SC Cleared
12 23 (3.710%) CCA
12 23 (3.710%) Citrix Certification
13 22 (3.548%) Degree
14 16 (2.581%) CCNP
15 12 (1.935%) CISSP
16 9 (1.452%) MCDST
16 9 (1.452%) RHCE
17 6 (0.968%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 3 (0.484%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (9.839%) SLA
2 35 (5.645%) PCI DSS
3 10 (1.613%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.290%) QA
5 2 (0.323%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.161%) ISO 9000
6 1 (0.161%) GxP
System Software
1 462 (74.52%) Active Directory
2 246 (39.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 158 (25.48%) Hyper-V
4 110 (17.74%) XenApp
5 95 (15.32%) vSphere
6 82 (13.23%) XenServer
7 73 (11.77%) VMware ESXi
8 65 (10.48%) XenDesktop
9 62 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
10 44 (7.097%) Terminal Services
11 29 (4.677%) ISA Server
12 26 (4.194%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 23 (3.710%) NFS
14 21 (3.387%) VMware ESX
15 15 (2.419%) ProxySG
16 13 (2.097%) Terminal Server
17 9 (1.452%) Forefront TMG
17 9 (1.452%) MetaFrame
18 8 (1.290%) DFS Replication
19 7 (1.129%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 152 (24.52%) SCCM
2 125 (20.16%) Backup Exec
3 94 (15.16%) Norton AntiVirus
4 74 (11.94%) SCOM
5 41 (6.613%) McAfee ePO
6 36 (5.806%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 30 (4.839%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 24 (3.871%) Tivoli
9 19 (3.065%) Nagios
10 17 (2.742%) NetBackup
11 14 (2.258%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 12 (1.935%) ARCserve
12 12 (1.935%) Puppet
13 11 (1.774%) Cacti
14 9 (1.452%) WhatsUp Gold
15 7 (1.129%) WMI
16 6 (0.968%) MOM
17 5 (0.806%) Zenoss
17 5 (0.806%) ZENworks
18 4 (0.645%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 450 (72.58%) Microsoft
2 369 (59.52%) VMware
3 226 (36.45%) Citrix
4 162 (26.13%) Symantec
5 159 (25.65%) Cisco
6 149 (24.03%) HP
7 83 (13.39%) McAfee
8 62 (10.00%) LANDesk
9 60 (9.677%) Juniper
10 59 (9.516%) NetApp
11 54 (8.710%) Sophos
12 53 (8.548%) Dell
13 44 (7.097%) CommVault
14 38 (6.129%) EMC
15 34 (5.484%) CheckPoint
16 31 (5.000%) Veritas
17 28 (4.516%) SolarWinds
18 21 (3.387%) Veeam
19 19 (3.065%) Altiris
19 19 (3.065%) 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 - 55k per year + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 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
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
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
I am currently recruiting a Network Administrator for an interesting organisation based in Caerphilly. As the Network Administrator you will work closely with the IT Manager and your...
CPS Group UK
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum + 23 days annual leave
Posted: 16 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
UK
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: 21 May 2013
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
Posted: 17 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
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: 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
UK (Slough)
Industry analyst Gartner has placed eGain in the leaders' quadrant for the last 5 years and we are expanding our team in EMEA to capitalise on our position...
eGain
Salary: : £30,000-£40,000 + excellent benefits (inc: Bonus, stock options, bupa, pension)
Posted: 22 May 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
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
City, London
Build Automation... Google Apps for Business. Active directory... Apache Tomcat services. IIS services... Google Apps... Office 2010, Windows 7, Server 2008, SQL, IIS, WDS, MDT, WSUS, DFS, AD,...
Morgan Cassidy UK Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £60,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 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
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
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
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...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013