WSUS Contract Job Trends in London

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring WSUS skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 356 427
Rank change year-on-year -7 +71 +129
Contract jobs citing WSUS 10 21 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.074% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.48% 0.89% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 14
10th Percentile £492 £275 £313
25th Percentile £531 £336 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £400 £469
Median % change year-on-year +46.88% -14.67% +33.93%
75th Percentile £641 £625 £563
90th Percentile £650 £640 £668
England median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.50 -
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - -65.00% -19.30%
75th Percentile - £21.50 £62.25
90th Percentile - - £64.50
England median hourly rate - £21.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year - -65.00% -7.23%

All Systems Management Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,073 2,349 3,558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.39% 14.41% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,363 1,594 2,622
10th Percentile £344 £335 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -2.04%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £700
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
England median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 39
10th Percentile £25.20 £21.16 £25.12
25th Percentile £26.45 £23.80 £26.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.15% -55.00% +150.94%
75th Percentile £60.63 £63.50 £76.13
90th Percentile £63.71 £71.25 £90.00
England median hourly rate £36.75 £40.00 £49.87
% change year-on-year -8.13% -19.78% +108.55%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in London

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WSUS

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WSUS in London over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in London

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WSUS

WSUS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Central London -1 3 £600 +6.67% 1
WSUS
England

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) DHCP
1 3 (30.00%) DNS
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (20.00%) Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Front Office
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) IT Security Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SCCM Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Data Security
3 3 (30.00%) Fintech
3 3 (30.00%) Information Security
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (30.00%) SIEM
3 3 (30.00%) Threat Detection
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (10.00%) Break/Fix
5 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (10.00%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (10.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) SCCM
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Sophos
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (10.00%) Kaseya
3 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (10.00%) Qualys
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (10.00%) Tenable
3 1 (10.00%) Veeam