WSUS Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring WSUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WSUS 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.30% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 22.73% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +17.65% -2.86% -27.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - -
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 22 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 10.14% 8.47% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 7
10th Percentile £416 £353 £408
25th Percentile £417 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +1.06% -14.55%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £560
90th Percentile £625 £600 -
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £551 £450
% change year-on-year -4.63% +22.33% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - -
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £43.75 £19.97 £15.00
% change year-on-year +119.08% +33.13% -69.62%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

WSUS job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing WSUS

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing WSUS

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 (20.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VSAN
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) SNMP
3 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (60.00%) Ubuntu
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Antivirus Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (60.00%) Web Filtering
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Observability
3 1 (20.00%) Security Patching
3 1 (20.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) VMware NSX
2 3 (60.00%) vSphere
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (20.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
1 1 (20.00%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) NVIDIA
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Acronis
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) McAfee
4 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (20.00%) Splunk
4 1 (20.00%) Symantec