WSUS Contracts with Work from Home Options

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for WSUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WSUS over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 438 587
Rank change year-on-year +120 +149 -148
Contract jobs citing WSUS 28 31 33
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.12% 0.074%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.70% 0.72% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 21 23
10th Percentile £314 £213 £313
25th Percentile £475 £300 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £350 £480
Median % change year-on-year +72.86% -27.08% +28.00%
75th Percentile £608 £475 £606
90th Percentile - £599 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £488 £426
% change year-on-year +17.95% +14.44% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £37.19 - -
25th Percentile £37.71 - -
Median hourly rate £38.58 - £54.00
75th Percentile £39.44 - -
90th Percentile £39.96 - -
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £38.50 £39.73
% change year-on-year -45.45% -3.08% -23.61%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

WSUS is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,647 4,330 7,260
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.65% 16.57% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 3,207 5,404
10th Percentile £356 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £473 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £563 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +0.45% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £516 £570 £563
% change year-on-year -9.41% +1.33% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 75 49
10th Percentile £21.96 £23.45 £15.00
25th Percentile £39.44 £55.63 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +88.57% -21.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £78.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £67.13 £87.98 £79.90
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £57.50 £22.28
% change year-on-year -46.52% +158.08% -23.17%

WSUS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WSUS trend for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WSUS.

WSUS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WSUS over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

WSUS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WSUS.

WSUS hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 15 (53.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (7.14%) IIS
3 1 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (71.43%) Azure
2 16 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (53.57%) Azure Monitor
3 15 (53.57%) Azure Storage
3 15 (53.57%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.71%) AWS
4 3 (10.71%) IaaS
5 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.57%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 22 (78.57%) DHCP
1 22 (78.57%) DNS
2 18 (64.29%) Firewall
3 2 (7.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.57%) Internet
4 1 (3.57%) NetScaler
4 1 (3.57%) VSAN
4 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Axure RP
General
1 20 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Front Office
3 1 (3.57%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Azure Specialist
2 14 (50.00%) Active Directory Specialist
2 14 (50.00%) Active Directory Support
2 14 (50.00%) Support Specialist
3 6 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Senior
4 4 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Configuration Specialist
5 2 (7.14%) Server Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Windows Server Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Exchange Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.57%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support
6 1 (3.57%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (50.00%) ARM Templates
2 2 (7.14%) .NET
2 2 (7.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (53.57%) PKI
3 2 (7.14%) Clustering
3 2 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 27 (96.43%) Windows
2 19 (67.86%) Windows Server
3 16 (57.14%) Linux
3 16 (57.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 16 (57.14%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (7.14%) Ubuntu
4 2 (7.14%) Unix
4 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (71.43%) ITIL
2 19 (67.86%) Release Management
3 17 (60.71%) RBAC
4 15 (53.57%) Agile
4 15 (53.57%) Analytics
4 15 (53.57%) Identity Management
4 15 (53.57%) Log Analytics
4 15 (53.57%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 15 (53.57%) Privileged Identity Management
4 15 (53.57%) Service Management
5 14 (50.00%) CI/CD
5 14 (50.00%) DevOps
5 14 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 10 (35.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 4 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
8 3 (10.71%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (10.71%) Patch Management
8 3 (10.71%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 23 (82.14%) PowerShell
2 15 (53.57%) C#
2 15 (53.57%) VB
2 15 (53.57%) VBScript
3 14 (50.00%) Bicep
4 2 (7.14%) C++
4 2 (7.14%) SQL
4 2 (7.14%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (64.29%) Degree
2 16 (57.14%) DV Cleared
2 16 (57.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 16 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 16 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.71%) Azure Certification
5 2 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (7.14%) MCSE
6 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.57%) MCSA
6 1 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) ISO 9001
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (85.71%) Active Directory
2 20 (71.43%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (53.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (14.29%) vSphere
6 2 (7.14%) Hyper-V
7 1 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
7 1 (3.57%) XenApp
7 1 (3.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (67.86%) SCCM
3 16 (57.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 15 (53.57%) Kubernetes
4 15 (53.57%) SCOM
5 4 (14.29%) vCenter Server
6 1 (3.57%) Nessus
Vendors
1 21 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (32.14%) VMware
3 2 (7.14%) Qualys
3 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.57%) Cisco
4 1 (3.57%) Citrix
4 1 (3.57%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) IronPort