WSUS Contracts in Hertfordshire

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire requiring WSUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WSUS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 70 73
Rank change year-on-year +30 +3 -
Contract jobs citing WSUS 5 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.56% 0.36% 0.12%
As % of the Systems Management category 14.29% 8.57% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 £258 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £265 £475
Median % change year-on-year +88.68% -44.21% -
75th Percentile £581 £355 £488
90th Percentile £593 £405 -
East of England median daily rate £500 £265 £353
% change year-on-year +88.68% -24.82% -6.00%

All Systems Management Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 35 35 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 10.90% 4.20% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 23 82
10th Percentile £450 £258 £280
25th Percentile £468 £394 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £531
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +3.53% -7.61%
75th Percentile £594 £619 £647
90th Percentile £631 £710 £738
East of England median daily rate £477 £473 £500
% change year-on-year +0.92% -5.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 9
10th Percentile - £14.31 -
25th Percentile £66.25 £16.04 £65.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £18.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -72.52% +309.38%
75th Percentile £68.75 £20.19 £74.50
90th Percentile - £22.33 £74.80
East of England median hourly rate £47.00 £14.00 £18.78
% change year-on-year +235.71% -25.45% +29.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WSUS in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for WSUS in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WSUS in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WSUS in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for WSUS in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Stevenage +31 3 £450 +69.81% 4
WSUS
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Skype
3 2 (40.00%) SAN
4 1 (20.00%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Smartcard
1 2 (40.00%) YubiKey
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
2 1 (20.00%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Build Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
2 3 (60.00%) Ansible
3 2 (40.00%) Nessus
4 1 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Tenable
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
2 2 (40.00%) Splunk
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat