Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WSUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WSUS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 677 752 983
Rank change year-on-year +75 +231 -206
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 229 222 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.31% 1.50% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 183 171 192
10th Percentile £29,400 £25,000 £26,475
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% +7.59%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £78,750 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +1.25% +6.67%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

WSUS is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,909 14,819 28,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.00% 14.62% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,136 9,161 14,046
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,810 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.86% -3.65% +9.09%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the UK

WSUS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS.

Salary trend for WSUS in the UK

WSUS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in the UK

WSUS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +114 223 £52,500 +16.67% 35
UK excluding London +34 188 £45,000 +11.11% 35
Work from Home +100 124 £52,500 +3.96% 11
South East +35 89 £55,000 +107.55% 15
London +83 39 £52,500 -14.98% 4
South West +1 32 £45,000 -7.22% 6
North of England +17 31 £40,000 -11.11% 3
Midlands -8 16 £40,000 -28.89% 4
East of England +30 15 £32,000 -36.00% 2
Yorkshire +64 13 £37,500 -16.67% 1
North West +5 12 £52,500 +50.00% 2
East Midlands -7 11 £36,983 +5.67% 2
North East -6 6 £27,500 -35.29%
West Midlands +5 5 £40,000 -38.46% 2
Scotland -66 3 £28,800 -36.00% 5
Northern Ireland +27 1 - -
Wales +4 1 - -

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 76 (33.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (22.27%) SharePoint
3 20 (8.73%) IIS
4 2 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 27 (11.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.87%) CATIA
3 2 (0.87%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.87%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (38.86%) Azure
2 85 (37.12%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (18.78%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.99%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (6.99%) Azure Storage
4 16 (6.99%) OneDrive
5 13 (5.68%) OCI
6 9 (3.93%) AWS
7 8 (3.49%) GCP
8 7 (3.06%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.62%) IaaS
9 6 (2.62%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.18%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.87%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.87%) PaaS
12 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 119 (51.97%) DNS
2 102 (44.54%) Firewall
3 85 (37.12%) DHCP
4 51 (22.27%) VPN
5 49 (21.40%) LAN
6 48 (20.96%) WAN
7 42 (18.34%) Wi-Fi
8 39 (17.03%) Network Security
9 31 (13.54%) VLAN
10 29 (12.66%) TCP/IP
11 24 (10.48%) MPLS
12 21 (9.17%) SAN
13 20 (8.73%) SD-WAN
14 17 (7.42%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (5.68%) WLAN
16 10 (4.37%) NetScaler
17 9 (3.93%) Wireless
18 8 (3.49%) NAS
19 5 (2.18%) OSPF
19 5 (2.18%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.18%) MSI
2 4 (1.75%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.75%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.87%) Hudson
4 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 78 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.68%) Aerospace
3 12 (5.24%) Games
4 10 (4.37%) Finance
5 7 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.62%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.18%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.75%) Advertising
8 4 (1.75%) Automotive
8 4 (1.75%) Banking
8 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.75%) Retail
9 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.44%) Front Office
10 1 (0.44%) Military
10 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (27.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (14.85%) Analyst
3 23 (10.04%) Support Specialist
4 20 (8.73%) Senior
5 19 (8.30%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (7.86%) Vulnerability Analyst
7 17 (7.42%) Project Manager
8 16 (6.99%) IT Engineer
8 16 (6.99%) Network Manager
9 15 (6.55%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (6.11%) Active Directory Specialist
10 14 (6.11%) Active Directory Support
10 14 (6.11%) Azure Specialist
10 14 (6.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.24%) Data Centre Manager
11 12 (5.24%) Data Centre Project Manager
12 11 (4.80%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (4.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (4.37%) IT Support
13 10 (4.37%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.99%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.62%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.83%) Data Centre
2 43 (18.78%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (9.61%) PKI
4 18 (7.86%) Public Cloud
4 18 (7.86%) Replication
5 14 (6.11%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.62%) IoT
7 4 (1.75%) Shadow IT
8 3 (1.31%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.31%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.87%) Clustering
9 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.44%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.44%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.44%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.44%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 181 (79.04%) Windows
2 116 (50.66%) Windows Server
3 73 (31.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 70 (30.57%) Windows Server 2019
5 65 (28.38%) Linux
6 53 (23.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 47 (20.52%) Windows 10
8 17 (7.42%) Windows XP
9 16 (6.99%) VMS
9 16 (6.99%) Windows NT
10 14 (6.11%) Unix
11 13 (5.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (3.93%) Windows 7
13 7 (3.06%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (1.75%) Windows 2000
14 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.87%) CentOS
15 2 (0.87%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (33.19%) ITIL
2 72 (31.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (20.96%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (20.09%) Customer Service
5 39 (17.03%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (16.59%) Project Management
7 37 (16.16%) Agile
8 36 (15.72%) Service Management
9 28 (12.23%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 25 (10.92%) Patch Management
11 22 (9.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (9.61%) Service Delivery
12 21 (9.17%) Change Management
13 20 (8.73%) Analytics
13 20 (8.73%) Mentoring
13 20 (8.73%) Security Patching
14 18 (7.86%) Performance Monitoring
14 18 (7.86%) Performance Tuning
14 18 (7.86%) Proactive Monitoring
14 18 (7.86%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (31.44%) PowerShell
2 27 (11.79%) SQL
3 18 (7.86%) C#
3 18 (7.86%) VB
4 14 (6.11%) Bicep
4 14 (6.11%) VBScript
5 7 (3.06%) Python
6 3 (1.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 91 (39.74%) Security Cleared
2 70 (30.57%) DV Cleared
3 50 (21.83%) Degree
3 50 (21.83%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.86%) CCNA
4 18 (7.86%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (7.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 16 (6.99%) APMP
6 12 (5.24%) CCNP
7 9 (3.93%) MCSE
7 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.75%) MCP
9 4 (1.75%) MCSA
9 4 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.31%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.31%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.86%) SLA
2 14 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.44%) GDPR
5 1 (0.44%) GxP
System Software
1 181 (79.04%) Active Directory
2 87 (37.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (25.76%) Hyper-V
4 44 (19.21%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (7.42%) vSphere
6 16 (6.99%) Firmware
6 16 (6.99%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (6.99%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (3.93%) Forefront TMG
7 9 (3.93%) VMware Workstation
8 5 (2.18%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.87%) Docker
9 2 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.87%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.87%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 91 (39.74%) SCCM
2 50 (21.83%) SCOM
3 42 (18.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (11.35%) vCenter Server
5 23 (10.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (7.86%) Kubernetes
7 16 (6.99%) NetBackup
8 12 (5.24%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (5.24%) Sysprep
9 7 (3.06%) Ansible
10 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (2.62%) Nessus
11 5 (2.18%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (2.18%) Nagios
11 5 (2.18%) OfficeScan
12 2 (0.87%) Grafana
12 2 (0.87%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.87%) vRealize
12 2 (0.87%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 151 (65.94%) Microsoft
2 103 (44.98%) VMware
3 59 (25.76%) Cisco
4 34 (14.85%) Veeam
5 24 (10.48%) Oracle
6 18 (7.86%) Apple
6 18 (7.86%) HP
6 18 (7.86%) Sophos
7 17 (7.42%) Ruckus Wireless
8 16 (6.99%) Juniper
9 15 (6.55%) Dell
10 14 (6.11%) 3PAR
10 14 (6.11%) Red Hat
10 14 (6.11%) Symantec
11 13 (5.68%) Palo Alto
12 12 (5.24%) EMC
12 12 (5.24%) Extreme Networks
13 10 (4.37%) Citrix
14 8 (3.49%) ServiceNow
15 7 (3.06%) SolarWinds