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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 52 79
Rank change year-on-year -40 +27 +27
Contract jobs citing WSUS 3 13 20
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.21% 1.80% 1.34%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.42% 10.08% 9.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 8
10th Percentile £319 £400 £500
25th Percentile £346 £500 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -24.04% -0.95% -27.59%
75th Percentile £446 £583 £541
90th Percentile £476 £661 £550
South East median daily rate £395 £533 £575
% change year-on-year -25.82% -7.39% +43.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - £78.00
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £48.72 - £78.00

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 211 129 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.87% 17.82% 14.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 99 98
10th Percentile £360 £358 £200
25th Percentile £450 £463 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +10.20% -7.92%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £560
90th Percentile £725 £675 £625
South East median daily rate £483 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.50% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 11
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile £19.00 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.97 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.30% -57.96% +115.91%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £55.70
90th Percentile £64.76 - £78.00
South East median hourly rate £48.11 £15.99 £48.40
% change year-on-year +200.97% -66.97% -12.00%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

WSUS job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WSUS in Hampshire over the 6 months to 24 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in Hampshire

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 24 February 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
Portsmouth -3 1 - -
WSUS
South East

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) SNMP
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Security Patching
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Backup Exec
1 1 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
1 1 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Acronis
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) Symantec
2 1 (33.33%) VMware