WSUS Jobs in England

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WSUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WSUS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 612 743 913
Rank change year-on-year +131 +170 -172
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 231 210 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.72% 1.50% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 189 162 179
10th Percentile £30,400 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £34,614
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £78,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% +6.25%

All Systems Management Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 8,499 14,025 23,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.02% 15.04% 17.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,620 8,726 12,675
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,564 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,375 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in England

WSUS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS in England.

Salary trend for WSUS in England

WSUS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in England

WSUS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
South East +71 91 £55,000 +107.55% 17
London +108 41 £52,500 -13.22% 3
South West +21 32 £45,000 -7.22% 1
North of England +14 31 £40,000 -11.11% 4
Midlands +14 19 £40,000 -15.79% 4
East of England +24 16 £32,000 -36.00% 3
Yorkshire +66 13 £37,500 -16.67%
North West +5 12 £52,500 +50.00% 3
East Midlands -4 12 £40,000 +14.29% 2
West Midlands +22 7 £41,250 -13.16% 2
North East -5 6 £27,500 -38.89% 1
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 80 (34.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (23.38%) SharePoint
3 20 (8.66%) IIS
4 3 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) Moodle
Applications
1 28 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.87%) CATIA
3 2 (0.87%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.87%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 94 (40.69%) Azure
2 90 (38.96%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (19.91%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.36%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (6.93%) Azure Storage
5 16 (6.93%) OneDrive
6 13 (5.63%) OCI
7 9 (3.90%) AWS
7 9 (3.90%) GCP
8 7 (3.03%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.60%) IaaS
9 6 (2.60%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.16%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.87%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.87%) PaaS
12 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 124 (53.68%) DNS
2 106 (45.89%) Firewall
3 89 (38.53%) DHCP
4 53 (22.94%) VPN
5 50 (21.65%) LAN
6 49 (21.21%) WAN
7 45 (19.48%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (14.72%) Network Security
8 34 (14.72%) VLAN
9 29 (12.55%) TCP/IP
10 26 (11.26%) MPLS
11 23 (9.96%) SAN
12 20 (8.66%) SD-WAN
13 19 (8.23%) Remote Desktop
14 13 (5.63%) WLAN
15 10 (4.33%) NAS
15 10 (4.33%) NetScaler
16 9 (3.90%) Wireless
17 6 (2.60%) BGP
17 6 (2.60%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.93%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.16%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.16%) MSI
2 4 (1.73%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.73%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.87%) Hudson
4 1 (0.43%) JIRA
General
1 81 (35.06%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.63%) Aerospace
3 10 (4.33%) Finance
4 7 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.03%) Games
4 7 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (2.60%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.16%) Automotive
6 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.73%) Advertising
7 4 (1.73%) Banking
7 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.30%) Retail
9 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.43%) Front Office
10 1 (0.43%) Military
10 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (28.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (12.55%) Analyst
3 25 (10.82%) Support Specialist
4 24 (10.39%) Senior
5 19 (8.23%) Project Manager
6 18 (7.79%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (7.79%) IT Engineer
7 17 (7.36%) Infrastructure Support
7 17 (7.36%) Network Manager
8 16 (6.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (6.06%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (6.06%) Active Directory Support
9 14 (6.06%) Azure Specialist
10 13 (5.63%) Vulnerability Analyst
11 12 (5.19%) Data Centre Manager
11 12 (5.19%) Data Centre Project Manager
12 11 (4.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
12 11 (4.76%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
12 11 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (4.33%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.93%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.08%) Data Centre
2 38 (16.45%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (9.96%) PKI
4 18 (7.79%) Public Cloud
4 18 (7.79%) Replication
5 14 (6.06%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.60%) IoT
7 4 (1.73%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.73%) Shadow IT
8 3 (1.30%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.30%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.87%) Clustering
9 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.43%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.43%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.43%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 184 (79.65%) Windows
2 125 (54.11%) Windows Server
3 76 (32.90%) Windows Server 2016
4 72 (31.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 66 (28.57%) Linux
6 61 (26.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 51 (22.08%) Windows 10
8 19 (8.23%) Windows NT
9 18 (7.79%) Windows XP
10 13 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (5.19%) VMS
12 9 (3.90%) Unix
12 9 (3.90%) Windows 7
13 8 (3.46%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (2.16%) Windows 2000
14 5 (2.16%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (1.30%) Mac OS
16 2 (0.87%) CentOS
16 2 (0.87%) OpenVMS
16 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (33.77%) ITIL
2 76 (32.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (20.78%) Customer Service
4 43 (18.61%) Cybersecurity
5 40 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (17.32%) Project Management
6 39 (16.88%) Agile
7 38 (16.45%) Service Management
8 26 (11.26%) Patch Management
9 24 (10.39%) Disaster Recovery
10 23 (9.96%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 22 (9.52%) Service Delivery
12 20 (8.66%) Analytics
12 20 (8.66%) Mentoring
12 20 (8.66%) Security Patching
13 19 (8.23%) PRINCE2
14 18 (7.79%) Performance Monitoring
14 18 (7.79%) Performance Tuning
14 18 (7.79%) Proactive Monitoring
14 18 (7.79%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (31.60%) PowerShell
2 27 (11.69%) SQL
3 18 (7.79%) C#
3 18 (7.79%) VB
4 14 (6.06%) Bicep
4 14 (6.06%) VBScript
5 7 (3.03%) Python
6 3 (1.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 72 (31.17%) DV Cleared
3 51 (22.08%) Degree
4 45 (19.48%) SC Cleared
5 18 (7.79%) CCNA
5 18 (7.79%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (6.93%) APMP
7 12 (5.19%) CCNP
8 9 (3.90%) MCSE
8 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.73%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.73%) MCP
10 4 (1.73%) MCSA
10 4 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.30%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.66%) SLA
2 14 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.43%) GDPR
5 1 (0.43%) GxP
System Software
1 187 (80.95%) Active Directory
2 93 (40.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (28.14%) Hyper-V
4 47 (20.35%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (7.79%) Firmware
6 17 (7.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (6.93%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (6.93%) vSphere
8 9 (3.90%) Forefront TMG
8 9 (3.90%) VMware Workstation
9 5 (2.16%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.73%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (1.30%) Docker
12 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.87%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.87%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 88 (38.10%) SCCM
2 51 (22.08%) SCOM
3 45 (19.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (11.26%) vCenter Server
5 23 (9.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 19 (8.23%) Kubernetes
7 16 (6.93%) NetBackup
8 14 (6.06%) Sysprep
9 12 (5.19%) EMC NetWorker
10 7 (3.03%) Ansible
10 7 (3.03%) Nessus
11 6 (2.60%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 5 (2.16%) Nagios
12 5 (2.16%) OfficeScan
13 4 (1.73%) McAfee ePO
14 3 (1.30%) Grafana
14 3 (1.30%) PaperCut
14 3 (1.30%) SmoothWall
14 3 (1.30%) SolarWinds Orion
15 2 (0.87%) vRealize
Vendors
1 157 (67.97%) Microsoft
2 109 (47.19%) VMware
3 60 (25.97%) Cisco
4 34 (14.72%) Veeam
5 24 (10.39%) Oracle
6 19 (8.23%) Ruckus Wireless
7 18 (7.79%) Sophos
8 17 (7.36%) HP
9 16 (6.93%) Juniper
10 15 (6.49%) Dell
11 14 (6.06%) 3PAR
11 14 (6.06%) Apple
11 14 (6.06%) Red Hat
11 14 (6.06%) Symantec
12 13 (5.63%) Palo Alto
13 12 (5.19%) EMC
13 12 (5.19%) Extreme Networks
14 10 (4.33%) Citrix
15 8 (3.46%) Meraki
15 8 (3.46%) SolarWinds