WSUS Contract Job Trends in Preston

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring WSUS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing WSUS 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.22% 1.28% -
As % of the Systems Management category 13.04% 50.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.71% - -
75th Percentile £310 - -
90th Percentile £379 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £190 £350 -
% change year-on-year -45.71% - -

All Systems Management Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 23 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 17.04% 2.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 18 2 0
10th Percentile £213 £355 -
25th Percentile £331 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% - -
75th Percentile £669 £388 -
90th Percentile £712 £395 -
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £450 £426
% change year-on-year +27.78% +5.57% -11.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £22.50 £63.40 £46.18
% change year-on-year -64.51% +37.29% -

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

WSUS job vacancy trend in Preston

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing WSUS

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WSUS in Preston over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in Preston

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing WSUS

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) SAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
1 2 (66.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Tanium
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft