WSUS Contract Job Trends in North Wales

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Wales > North Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in North Wales requiring WSUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WSUS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in North Wales 2.13% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 - -
75th Percentile £173 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £165 - -

All Systems Management Skills
North Wales

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 North Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Wales 2.13% 16.67% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £158 - £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year -58.75% -17.95% +129.41%
75th Percentile £173 - £541
90th Percentile - - £546
Wales median daily rate £450 £419 £508
% change year-on-year +7.46% -17.49% -3.33%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in North Wales

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

WSUS job vacancy trend in North Wales

WSUS
Contract Job Locations in North Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the North Wales region over the 6 months to 18 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
Wrexham - 1 £165 -
WSUS
Wales

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware