WSUS Job Trends in England

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring WSUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 558 543
Rank change year-on-year -26 -15 +177
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 33 121 137
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.062% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.91% 2.19% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 25 54 120
10th Percentile - £36,250 £36,325
25th Percentile £36,750 £46,563 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.96% -8.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £53,250 £59,375 £56,525
90th Percentile £53,750 £91,250 £64,000
UK median annual salary £48,500 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.96% -8.18% +22.22%

All Systems Management Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,635 5,521 6,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.88% 11.47% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,707 3,374 5,669
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £69,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.07% +6.92% -3.70%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

WSUS job vacancy trend in England

WSUS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WSUS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WSUS

WSUS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
South West +19 12 £40,500 -53.71%
East of England +15 7 £51,500 +3.00% 2
East Midlands - 6 - -
Midlands - 6 - -
South East +21 4 £52,500 +5.00% 4
London +6 3 £32,500 -47.58% 6
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (24.24%) IIS
3 7 (21.21%) Skype for Business
4 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (9.09%) Cohesity
4 2 (6.06%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
5 1 (3.03%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (57.58%) DNS
2 17 (51.52%) DHCP
3 14 (42.42%) Firewall
3 14 (42.42%) Internet
4 9 (27.27%) LAN
4 9 (27.27%) WAN
5 8 (24.24%) Kerberos
5 8 (24.24%) Network Security
6 7 (21.21%) Skype
7 4 (12.12%) VPN
8 3 (9.09%) VSAN
9 1 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (3.03%) SAN
9 1 (3.03%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (30.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) GitLab
General
1 19 (57.58%) Social Skills
2 8 (24.24%) Law
3 3 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 2 (6.06%) Military
5 1 (3.03%) Advertising
5 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Support Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Field Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Field Service Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) IT Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (15.15%) Wintel Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Administrator
6 3 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Customer Service Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Data Centre Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Platform Support Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Windows Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (24.24%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) PKI
2 6 (18.18%) iPad
2 6 (18.18%) PMI
3 3 (9.09%) Blackberry
3 3 (9.09%) RSA SecurID
4 2 (6.06%) YubiKey
5 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 30 (90.91%) Windows
2 29 (87.88%) Windows Server
3 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (24.24%) Linux
4 8 (24.24%) Windows 10
4 8 (24.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (15.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (6.06%) OpenVMS
6 2 (6.06%) VMS
6 2 (6.06%) Windows 7
6 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Data Loss Prevention
2 9 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (21.21%) Customer Service
4 6 (18.18%) Preventative Maintenance
4 6 (18.18%) Server Management
5 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.06%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 2 (6.06%) ITIL
8 2 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
8 2 (6.06%) SIEM
8 2 (6.06%) Vulnerability Management
9 1 (3.03%) Kalman Filter
9 1 (3.03%) Service Management
9 1 (3.03%) Software Deployment
9 1 (3.03%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 16 (48.48%) PowerShell
2 8 (24.24%) VB
3 4 (12.12%) SQL
4 1 (3.03%) Java
4 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
3 7 (21.21%) Degree
3 7 (21.21%) DV Cleared
4 6 (18.18%) PMI Certification
5 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (6.06%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.03%) Dell Certification
7 1 (3.03%) MCSA
7 1 (3.03%) MCSE
7 1 (3.03%) RHCE
7 1 (3.03%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (36.36%) SLA
2 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.06%) NIST
3 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 29 (87.88%) Active Directory
2 11 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 11 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.09%) vSphere
4 1 (3.03%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) SCOM
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (12.12%) Ansible
4 3 (9.09%) Nessus
4 3 (9.09%) SCCM
5 2 (6.06%) NetBackup
6 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (75.76%) Microsoft
2 14 (42.42%) VMware
3 6 (18.18%) Apple
4 5 (15.15%) Red Hat
5 4 (12.12%) HP
6 3 (9.09%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.06%) Citrix
7 2 (6.06%) Oracle
7 2 (6.06%) Sophos
7 2 (6.06%) Tenable
7 2 (6.06%) Veeam
7 2 (6.06%) Veritas
8 1 (3.03%) Cisco
8 1 (3.03%) Clearswift
8 1 (3.03%) Dell
8 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
8 1 (3.03%) Fujitsu
8 1 (3.03%) Juniper
8 1 (3.03%) Zscaler