WSUS Contract Job Trends in Central London

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring WSUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 131 125
Rank change year-on-year -15 -6 +38
Contract jobs citing WSUS 2 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.077% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.59% 1.30% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £280 £343
25th Percentile £408 £376 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -27.83% +9.52% +23.53%
75th Percentile £423 £625 £625
90th Percentile - £633 £633
London median daily rate £382 £600 £393
% change year-on-year -36.33% +52.87% +1.42%

All Systems Management Skills
Central London

WSUS falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 339 308 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 13.04% 15.02% 14.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 212 234
10th Percentile £326 £281 £350
25th Percentile £455 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £670 £672
90th Percentile £725 £774 £775
London median daily rate £531 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +1.14% -4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £39.16 £26.51 -
25th Percentile £45.40 £26.60 -
Median hourly rate £57.77 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.68% +5.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67.36 £47.91 -
90th Percentile £71.94 £58.51 -
London median hourly rate £58.50 £40.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +46.25% +60.00% -60.32%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WSUS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

WSUS job vacancy trend in Central London

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing WSUS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing WSUS

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing WSUS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing WSUS

WSUS
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -9 2 £415 -27.83% 1
WSUS
London

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) OpenVMS
2 1 (50.00%) VMS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) VMware