WSUS Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring WSUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 42 65
Rank change year-on-year -26 +23 +14
Contract jobs citing WSUS 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.36% 1.14% 0.26%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.69% 16.00% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £385 - £273
25th Percentile £400 - £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £345
Median % change year-on-year - +30.43% -27.37%
75th Percentile £475 £525 £396
90th Percentile - £570 £421
East of England median daily rate £450 £450 £345
% change year-on-year - +30.43% -2.13%

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 64 25 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.74% 7.10% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 16 19
10th Percentile £406 £438 £256
25th Percentile £425 £461 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £694
90th Percentile £681 £625 £715
East of England median daily rate £475 £454 £450
% change year-on-year +4.63% +0.89% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 4
10th Percentile £18.69 - £14.31
25th Percentile - £66.25 £16.04
Median hourly rate £20.09 £67.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.24% +275.00% -72.52%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £20.19
90th Percentile - - £22.33
East of England median hourly rate £20.09 £47.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -57.26% +235.71% -25.45%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

WSUS job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing WSUS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing WSUS

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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 8 April 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
Stevenage -18 2 £450 - 2
Watford - 1 £375 -
WSUS
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Skype
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Wintel Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Smartcard
1 2 (66.67%) YubiKey
2 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Tenable
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) VMware