WSUS Job Trends in Central London

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring WSUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 168 177
Rank change year-on-year +11 +9 +63
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 2 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.061% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.67% 0.72% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile - £36,400 £40,950
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,625 £48,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £38,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.16% -41.54% -16.13%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,750 £77,500
90th Percentile - £89,800 -
London median annual salary £55,000 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% -4.55%

All Systems Management Skills
Central London

WSUS falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 299 417 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 9.17% 15.14% 17.73%
Number of salaries quoted 233 335 568
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £93,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £115,000 £112,500
London median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -6.06% +6.45% -3.13%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WSUS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

WSUS job vacancy trend in Central London

WSUS
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing WSUS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing WSUS

WSUS
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +6 2 £52,500 +38.16% 1
WSUS
London

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee
1 2 (100.00%) VMware