WSUS Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring WSUS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 59 77
Rank change year-on-year -16 +18 +37
Contract jobs citing WSUS 4 31 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.42% 2.26% 1.39%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.31% 11.40% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 26 3
10th Percentile - £360 £340
25th Percentile - £419 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile - £575 £635
90th Percentile - - £716
South East median daily rate £553 £550 £610
% change year-on-year +0.45% -9.84% +17.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
South East median hourly rate - - £78.00
% change year-on-year - - -2.50%

All Systems Management Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 173 272 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 17.96% 19.84% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 193 106
10th Percentile £411 £376 £313
25th Percentile £491 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £638 £725 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £550
% change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 16
10th Percentile - - £23.50
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £24.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% -55.45% +147.19%
75th Percentile £21.00 £26.75 £67.93
90th Percentile - - £76.50
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £36.17 £55.00
% change year-on-year -22.58% -34.25% +14.86%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in Hampshire

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WSUS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WSUS

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WSUS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WSUS

WSUS
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Fareham - 3 - -
WSUS
South East

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (25.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (25.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (25.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Administrator
1 3 (75.00%) Server Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) Unix
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Software Distribution
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) NFS
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
1 3 (75.00%) Terraform
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM