WSUS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 131 122 125
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 +36
Contract jobs citing WSUS 2 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.084% 0.21% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.69% 1.43% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £280 £337
25th Percentile £408 £376 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -27.83% +15.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £423 £625 £628
90th Percentile - £633 £634
Central London median daily rate £415 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -27.83% +9.52% +23.53%

All Systems Management Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 291 280 317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 12.17% 14.95% 15.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 192 218
10th Percentile £294 £281 £350
25th Percentile £454 £422 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £657
90th Percentile £725 £775 £754
Central London median daily rate £544 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.09% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £56.73 £30.26 -
25th Percentile £58.11 £35.53 -
Median hourly rate £63.88 £46.11 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.55% +70.77% -25.52%
75th Percentile £71.18 £56.74 -
90th Percentile £73.47 £62.04 -
Central London median hourly rate £57.77 £28.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year +102.68% +5.56% +8.00%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

WSUS job vacancy trend in the City of London

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing WSUS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing WSUS

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing WSUS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing WSUS

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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