WSUS Jobs in England

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring WSUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WSUS over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 599 661 891
Rank change year-on-year +62 +230 -55
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 204 174 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.24% 0.21%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.82% 1.71% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 155 139 222
10th Percentile £31,000 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £34,115
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,925 £54,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +21.11% +38.46%
75th Percentile £56,525 £67,500 £57,125
90th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £65,900
UK median annual salary £48,925 £54,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.23% +21.11% +35.34%

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 7,223 10,168 26,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.22% 14.30% 17.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,245 7,528 12,568
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.99% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +7 76 £48,925 -10.23% 7
London +80 37 £52,500 -12.50% 1
North of England +7 34 £38,750 -13.89% 3
South West +17 27 £57,500 +18.56%
Yorkshire +53 15 £37,500 -16.67%
East of England +5 15 £42,500 -15.00% 2
North West -10 13 £52,500 +50.00% 2
Midlands -21 13 £33,966 -47.74%
West Midlands -6 7 £40,000 -38.46%
North East -6 6 £27,500 -56.00% 1
East Midlands -25 6 £33,966 -54.71%
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 71 (34.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (20.59%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.90%) IIS
4 2 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 39 (19.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) CATIA
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.49%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 89 (43.63%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (32.35%) Azure
3 33 (16.18%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.84%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (7.84%) Azure Storage
5 11 (5.39%) AWS
6 8 (3.92%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.45%) OCI
8 3 (1.47%) GCP
8 3 (1.47%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.47%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.98%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 97 (47.55%) DNS
2 85 (41.67%) Firewall
3 77 (37.75%) DHCP
4 55 (26.96%) VPN
5 46 (22.55%) LAN
6 45 (22.06%) WAN
7 38 (18.63%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (12.75%) TCP/IP
9 24 (11.76%) VLAN
10 23 (11.27%) MPLS
11 21 (10.29%) SD-WAN
12 20 (9.80%) Network Security
13 19 (9.31%) Remote Desktop
14 14 (6.86%) SAN
15 9 (4.41%) NAS
16 7 (3.43%) WLAN
17 6 (2.94%) Wireless
18 5 (2.45%) BGP
18 5 (2.45%) NetScaler
18 5 (2.45%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.98%) MySQL
3 1 (0.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (7.35%) MSI
2 13 (6.37%) AdminStudio
2 13 (6.37%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.49%) Hudson
3 1 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 92 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.71%) Finance
3 16 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (6.37%) Presentation Skills
5 9 (4.41%) Aerospace
5 9 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.43%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.96%) Advertising
8 4 (1.96%) Automotive
8 4 (1.96%) Banking
8 4 (1.96%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.96%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.98%) Retail
11 1 (0.49%) Front Office
11 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Marketing
11 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (23.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (10.29%) Analyst
3 19 (9.31%) Senior
4 17 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (7.84%) Active Directory Specialist
5 16 (7.84%) Active Directory Support
5 16 (7.84%) Azure Specialist
5 16 (7.84%) Project Manager
5 16 (7.84%) Support Specialist
6 13 (6.37%) 2nd Line Support
6 13 (6.37%) Applications Packager
6 13 (6.37%) IT Engineer
6 13 (6.37%) Network Manager
6 13 (6.37%) SC Cleared Application Packager
6 13 (6.37%) Systems Engineer
7 12 (5.88%) Administrator
7 12 (5.88%) Data Centre Manager
7 12 (5.88%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 11 (5.39%) Systems Administrator
9 9 (4.41%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.84%) ARM Templates
2 2 (0.98%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (23.04%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (19.12%) Data Centre
3 22 (10.78%) PKI
4 20 (9.80%) Public Cloud
5 13 (6.37%) Shadow IT
6 12 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 12 (5.88%) Replication
7 6 (2.94%) IoT
8 5 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.45%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.47%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.98%) Clustering
11 1 (0.49%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.49%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.49%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 157 (76.96%) Windows
2 93 (45.59%) Windows Server
3 58 (28.43%) Windows Server 2016
3 58 (28.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 57 (27.94%) Windows 10
5 55 (26.96%) Linux
6 36 (17.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 20 (9.80%) Windows 7
8 13 (6.37%) Windows NT
9 12 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (3.92%) Windows XP
11 6 (2.94%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (1.96%) Windows 2000
12 4 (1.96%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.98%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.98%) VMS
14 1 (0.49%) CentOS
14 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (38.73%) ITIL
2 53 (25.98%) Customer Service
3 51 (25.00%) Agile
4 48 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 46 (22.55%) Service Management
6 38 (18.63%) Project Management
6 38 (18.63%) Release Management
7 30 (14.71%) Cybersecurity
8 27 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (12.25%) Patch Management
10 23 (11.27%) Software Deployment
11 21 (10.29%) DevOps
11 21 (10.29%) Service Delivery
12 20 (9.80%) Analytics
13 19 (9.31%) ITSM
13 19 (9.31%) Mentoring
14 18 (8.82%) Application Packaging
14 18 (8.82%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 17 (8.33%) Application Virtualisation
15 17 (8.33%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 71 (34.80%) PowerShell
2 29 (14.22%) C#
2 29 (14.22%) VB
3 25 (12.25%) SQL
4 20 (9.80%) VBScript
5 16 (7.84%) Bicep
6 8 (3.92%) Python
7 3 (1.47%) Java
7 3 (1.47%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.98%) Bash
9 1 (0.49%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (36.27%) Security Cleared
2 63 (30.88%) DV Cleared
3 56 (27.45%) Degree
4 47 (23.04%) SC Cleared
5 20 (9.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (7.84%) APMP
7 12 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.41%) MCSE
9 8 (3.92%) CCNA
9 8 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (3.43%) MCSA
11 5 (2.45%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.96%) CCNP
12 4 (1.96%) MCP
13 3 (1.47%) Dell Certification
13 3 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.98%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.90%) SLA
2 9 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.41%) QA
3 5 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.49%) GDPR
4 1 (0.49%) GxP
4 1 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 166 (81.37%) Active Directory
2 84 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (23.53%) Hyper-V
4 36 (17.65%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (9.31%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (7.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (7.35%) Microsoft App-V
8 12 (5.88%) Firmware
9 9 (4.41%) vSphere
10 8 (3.92%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (2.94%) Forefront TMG
12 3 (1.47%) vCloud
12 3 (1.47%) VMware NSX
12 3 (1.47%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.98%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 85 (41.67%) SCCM
2 39 (19.12%) SCOM
3 33 (16.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (11.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (8.82%) Kubernetes
6 14 (6.86%) vCenter Server
7 9 (4.41%) Sysprep
8 7 (3.43%) NetBackup
9 6 (2.94%) Ansible
9 6 (2.94%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 4 (1.96%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (1.96%) Grafana
10 4 (1.96%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (1.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (1.96%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.47%) Nagios
11 3 (1.47%) Nessus
11 3 (1.47%) OfficeScan
11 3 (1.47%) vRealize
12 2 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 147 (72.06%) Microsoft
2 102 (50.00%) VMware
3 49 (24.02%) Cisco
4 21 (10.29%) Veeam
5 16 (7.84%) Oracle
5 16 (7.84%) Ruckus Wireless
5 16 (7.84%) ServiceNow
6 14 (6.86%) Autodesk
7 13 (6.37%) Red Hat
8 11 (5.39%) Citrix
8 11 (5.39%) Sophos
9 10 (4.90%) HP
10 8 (3.92%) Dell
11 7 (3.43%) Juniper
11 7 (3.43%) Remedy
12 6 (2.94%) Symantec
12 6 (2.94%) Veritas
13 5 (2.45%) Altiris
14 4 (1.96%) McAfee
14 4 (1.96%) NetApp