The first part of the 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 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank685644608
Rank change year-on-year
Down-41Down-36
Matching permanent IT job ads192226145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.159 %0.184 %0.152 %
As % of the Systems Management category3.337 %3.949 %4.076 %
Number of salaries quoted157184106
Average salary£35,000£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66 %+7.14 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,300£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,900£50,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£35,250£33,500
% change year-on-year
-7.80 %+5.22 %
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
575457233557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.772 %4.667 %3.726 %
Number of salaries quoted478745422746
Average salary£44,000£42,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.52 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,700£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,500£60,900
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

WSUS
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

WSUS
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WSUS over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-46187£35,000-6.66 %
LondonDown-4571£38,000-13.14 %
North WestUp+1127£32,500+25.00 %
YorkshireDown-1027£21,000-37.77 %
South EastDown-2227£32,500-
City of LondonDown-223£37,500-31.81 %
CheshireNew entry-21£33,750-
SurreyDown-1713£45,000+38.46 %
CreweNew entry-13£35,000-
South WestDown-2312£46,500+32.85 %
South YorkshireDown-111£21,000-6.66 %
BarnsleyUp+710£21,000-6.66 %
West MidlandsDown-459£35,000-6.66 %
East of EnglandUp+38£33,000+10.00 %
West YorkshireDown-88£20,000-38.46 %
WiltshireDown-148£47,000+38.23 %
North YorkshireUp+17£40,000+2.56 %
LeedsDown-107£20,000-42.44 %
BerkshireNew entry-7£30,000-
BirminghamDown-375£35,000-6.66 %
BracknellNew entry-5£30,000-
RedhillNew entry-5£45,000-
ManchesterDown-44£24,000-7.69 %
GatesheadNew entry-4£36,000-
HertfordshireNew entry-4£33,000-
North EastNew entry-4£36,000-
Tyne and WearNew entry-4£36,000-
DevonUp+133£32,500-
High WycombeNew entry-3£22,500-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-3£22,500-

WSUS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

1352 (92.88 %)Windows
2260 (68.60 %)Active Directory
3211 (55.67 %)Microsoft
4199 (52.51 %)MS Exchange
5197 (51.98 %)Windows Server 2008
6196 (51.72 %)VMware
7154 (40.63 %)DNS
7154 (40.63 %)Windows Server 2003
8144 (37.99 %)VMware Infrastructure
9121 (31.93 %)DHCP
10118 (31.13 %)Microsoft Certification
11117 (30.87 %)MS Excel
12115 (30.34 %)Citrix
13113 (29.82 %)SCCM
14102 (26.91 %)TCP/IP
1599 (26.12 %)SQL
1599 (26.12 %)SQL Server
1696 (25.33 %)MCSE
1696 (25.33 %)Cisco
1795 (25.07 %)Windows XP
1892 (24.27 %)vSphere
1984 (22.16 %)Linux
2083 (21.90 %)Exchange Server 2010
2179 (20.84 %)Exchange Server 2007
2278 (20.58 %)Backup Exec
2377 (20.32 %)SAN
2475 (19.79 %)IIS
2569 (18.21 %)ITIL
2569 (18.21 %)HP
2665 (17.15 %)Blackberry

WSUS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (3.958 %)Application Packaging
214 (3.694 %)WebSphere
38 (2.111 %)HTML
47 (1.847 %)CSS
55 (1.319 %)Web Services
55 (1.319 %)Software Packaging
63 (0.792 %)Forefront TMG
72 (0.528 %)COM
81 (0.264 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1199 (52.51 %)MS Exchange
283 (21.90 %)Exchange Server 2010
379 (20.84 %)Exchange Server 2007
475 (19.79 %)IIS
564 (16.89 %)Exchange Server 2003
653 (13.98 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
740 (10.55 %)SharePoint
821 (5.541 %)Apache
914 (3.694 %)nginx
1012 (3.166 %)Lotus Notes
117 (1.847 %)Lotus Domino
126 (1.583 %)Exchange Server 5.5
135 (1.319 %)SharePoint 2010
135 (1.319 %)Lync
143 (0.792 %)Tomcat
151 (0.264 %)Exchange Server 2000
151 (0.264 %)Office Communications Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1117 (30.87 %)MS Excel
260 (15.83 %)MS Office
32 (0.528 %)MS Visio
41 (0.264 %)Acrobat
41 (0.264 %)AutoCAD
41 (0.264 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.264 %)MicroStation
41 (0.264 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.319 %)Dynamics CRM
24 (1.055 %)Dynamics AX
24 (1.055 %)assyst
32 (0.528 %)SoftGrid
41 (0.264 %)SalesLogix
41 (0.264 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1154 (40.63 %)DNS
2121 (31.93 %)DHCP
3102 (26.91 %)TCP/IP
477 (20.32 %)SAN
564 (16.89 %)Firewall
661 (16.09 %)VPN
754 (14.25 %)WAN
852 (13.72 %)LAN
934 (8.971 %)Internet
1026 (6.860 %)Intranet
1125 (6.596 %)SMS
1219 (5.013 %)SSL
1317 (4.485 %)VLAN
1317 (4.485 %)Cisco IOS
1317 (4.485 %)Cisco ASA
1415 (3.958 %)MPLS
1415 (3.958 %)Wireless
1512 (3.166 %)FTP
1512 (3.166 %)NAS
169 (2.375 %)VoIP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
199 (26.12 %)SQL Server
224 (6.332 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (4.749 %)MySQL
417 (4.485 %)SQL Server 2008
514 (3.694 %)RDBMS
69 (2.375 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.264 %)SQL Server 7
71 (0.264 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (0.264 %)Crystal Reports
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (1.847 %)Subversion
25 (1.319 %)Git (software)
33 (0.792 %)MSI
41 (0.264 %)InstallShield
41 (0.264 %)TeamCity
41 (0.264 %)Mercurial
41 (0.264 %)WinDbg
41 (0.264 %)VisualSVN
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
158 (15.30 %)Finance
218 (4.749 %)Back Office
317 (4.485 %)Retail
411 (2.902 %)Games
510 (2.639 %)Telecoms
67 (1.847 %)Manufacturing
76 (1.583 %)Front Office
76 (1.583 %)Legal
85 (1.319 %)Law
92 (0.528 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.528 %)Publishing
92 (0.528 %)Marketing
101 (0.264 %)French Language
101 (0.264 %)German Language
101 (0.264 %)Local Government
101 (0.264 %)Advertising
101 (0.264 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
160 (15.83 %)Analyst
255 (14.51 %)Support Engineer
352 (13.72 %)Administrator
440 (10.55 %)Systems Administrator
537 (9.763 %)Support Analyst
537 (9.763 %)Infrastructure Engineer
632 (8.443 %)Technical Support
730 (7.916 %)2nd Line Support
827 (7.124 %)3rd Line Support
924 (6.332 %)Technical Analyst
1021 (5.541 %)Technical Support Analyst
1021 (5.541 %)Wintel Engineer
1021 (5.541 %)IT Support
1120 (5.277 %)Desktop Support
1219 (5.013 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
1318 (4.749 %)Support Specialist
1416 (4.222 %)Server Support
1416 (4.222 %)Server Engineer
1514 (3.694 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1514 (3.694 %)Linux Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
165 (17.15 %)Blackberry
233 (8.707 %)Clustering
39 (2.375 %)Management Information System
47 (1.847 %)Thin Client
47 (1.847 %)CLARiiON
47 (1.847 %)Fat Client
56 (1.583 %)Replication
65 (1.319 %)Derivative
65 (1.319 %)Client/Server
65 (1.319 %)EPoS
74 (1.055 %)Cloud Computing
74 (1.055 %)EqualLogic
83 (0.792 %)Open Source
83 (0.792 %)Video Conferencing
83 (0.792 %)Wiki
83 (0.792 %)Firmware
92 (0.528 %)Computer Science
92 (0.528 %)CMDB
92 (0.528 %)Smartphone
92 (0.528 %)Mobile Games
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1352 (92.88 %)Windows
2197 (51.98 %)Windows Server 2008
3154 (40.63 %)Windows Server 2003
495 (25.07 %)Windows XP
584 (22.16 %)Linux
662 (16.36 %)Windows 7
738 (10.03 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
836 (9.499 %)Windows Vista
920 (5.277 %)Windows 2000 Server
1014 (3.694 %)UNIX
1112 (3.166 %)Mac OS X
1210 (2.639 %)Solaris
139 (2.375 %)Windows 2000
148 (2.111 %)Ubuntu
148 (2.111 %)CentOS
155 (1.319 %)Mac OS
155 (1.319 %)SUSE
155 (1.319 %)AIX
162 (0.528 %)Windows NT
162 (0.528 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
169 (18.21 %)ITIL
236 (9.499 %)Time Management
327 (7.124 %)Configuration Management
425 (6.596 %)Project Planning
524 (6.332 %)Service Delivery
618 (4.749 %)Asset Management
717 (4.485 %)Load Balancing
816 (4.222 %)Project Management
816 (4.222 %)Service Management
915 (3.958 %)Disaster Recovery
915 (3.958 %)Information Security
915 (3.958 %)Data Protection
1014 (3.694 %)Business Continuity
1112 (3.166 %)Problem Management
1211 (2.902 %)Change Management
1310 (2.639 %)Capacity Planning
149 (2.375 %)CRM
158 (2.111 %)Network Design
167 (1.847 %)Validation
167 (1.847 %)ITIL V3
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
199 (26.12 %)SQL
221 (5.541 %)Python
221 (5.541 %)Ruby
319 (5.013 %)Bash shell
418 (4.749 %)Shell Script
418 (4.749 %)C
516 (4.222 %)PowerShell
69 (2.375 %)Perl
77 (1.847 %)C#
77 (1.847 %)JavaScript
86 (1.583 %)VBScript
95 (1.319 %)VB
102 (0.528 %)FoxPro (VFP)
102 (0.528 %)Lua
111 (0.264 %)VBA
111 (0.264 %)T-SQL
111 (0.264 %)Java
111 (0.264 %)PHP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1118 (31.13 %)Microsoft Certification
296 (25.33 %)MCSE
342 (11.08 %)MCITP
439 (10.29 %)MCSA
439 (10.29 %)MCP
528 (7.388 %)Security Cleared
623 (6.069 %)Cisco Certification
721 (5.541 %)CCNA
814 (3.694 %)RHCE
814 (3.694 %)SC Cleared
913 (3.430 %)MCTS
913 (3.430 %)Degree
913 (3.430 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1012 (3.166 %)ITIL Certification
118 (2.111 %)MCDST
126 (1.583 %)Citrix Certification
133 (0.792 %)CISSP
133 (0.792 %)CCA
133 (0.792 %)MCDBA
133 (0.792 %)CEH
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
154 (14.25 %)SLA
25 (1.319 %)ISO/IEC 27001
33 (0.792 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.528 %)ISO 9001
51 (0.264 %)COBIT
51 (0.264 %)BS7799
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1260 (68.60 %)Active Directory
2144 (37.99 %)VMware Infrastructure
392 (24.27 %)vSphere
456 (14.78 %)XenApp
543 (11.35 %)VMware ESX
636 (9.499 %)Hyper-V
732 (8.443 %)Terminal Services
827 (7.124 %)Citrix Presentation Server
922 (5.805 %)VMware ESXi
1018 (4.749 %)XenServer
1117 (4.485 %)ISA Server
1213 (3.430 %)XenDesktop
137 (1.847 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
146 (1.583 %)VMware Workstation
154 (1.055 %)IAG
162 (0.528 %)Novell eDirectory
162 (0.528 %)MetaFrame
162 (0.528 %)Terminal Server
162 (0.528 %)PowerConvert
162 (0.528 %)VMware Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1113 (29.82 %)SCCM
278 (20.58 %)Backup Exec
332 (8.443 %)SCOM
332 (8.443 %)BladeLogic
430 (7.916 %)McAfee ePO
527 (7.124 %)Norton AntiVirus
623 (6.069 %)Unicenter
720 (5.277 %)Nagios
720 (5.277 %)NetBackup
819 (5.013 %)Puppet
918 (4.749 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1015 (3.958 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1015 (3.958 %)vCenter
1113 (3.430 %)CFEngine
128 (2.111 %)MOM
128 (2.111 %)Tivoli
137 (1.847 %)HP Data Protector
145 (1.319 %)Cacti
145 (1.319 %)EMC NetWorker
154 (1.055 %)SCVMM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1211 (55.67 %)Microsoft
2196 (51.72 %)VMware
3115 (30.34 %)Citrix
496 (25.33 %)Cisco
569 (18.21 %)HP
652 (13.72 %)Symantec
747 (12.40 %)IBM
842 (11.08 %)Dell
936 (9.499 %)Red Hat
936 (9.499 %)McAfee
1033 (8.707 %)EMC
1128 (7.388 %)CA
1224 (6.332 %)CheckPoint
1322 (5.805 %)CommVault
1417 (4.485 %)Lotus
1516 (4.222 %)Juniper
1615 (3.958 %)Oracle
1714 (3.694 %)Sophos
1714 (3.694 %)Veritas
1812 (3.166 %)Websense