WSUS Contracts in Scotland

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring WSUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WSUS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 124 160
Rank change year-on-year +10 +36 +6
Contract jobs citing WSUS 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.23% 0.10%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.85% 1.80% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £433 £349 £255
25th Percentile £444 £363 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £410 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -8.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £494 £472 £506
90th Percentile £498 £511 £525
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -8.70% +21.05% +11.76%

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 235 278 575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 14.46% 12.54% 20.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 194 406
10th Percentile £198 £246 £260
25th Percentile £399 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -2.96% -2.10%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £550
90th Percentile £576 £654 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £563
% change year-on-year +1.90% -8.41% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £21.18 £19.59 £21.47
25th Percentile £22.50 £26.32 £30.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £37.99 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year -39.45% -32.47% +25.50%
75th Percentile £24.00 £49.21 £58.75
90th Percentile £24.11 £55.68 £59.65
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £30.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -11.83% -47.83% +155.56%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in Scotland

WSUS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WSUS in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for WSUS in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WSUS in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for WSUS in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Glasgow +2 1 £450 -7.69%
Renfrewshire - 1 £500 -
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Software Distribution
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM