WSUS Job Trends in the Midlands

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring WSUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 270 218
Rank change year-on-year +41 -52 +89
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 1 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.018% 0.056% 0.27%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.22% 0.96% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £33,375
25th Percentile £46,250 - £50,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.58%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £75,000
90th Percentile - - £77,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +18.28%

All Systems Management Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 455 520 652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.22% 5.77% 12.36%
Number of salaries quoted 284 281 525
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £30,541
25th Percentile £39,563 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,625 £66,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,750
England median annual salary £62,250 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.78% +3.85% -4.13%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

WSUS job vacancy trend in the Midlands

WSUS
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WSUS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing WSUS

WSUS
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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
East Midlands +8 1 £47,500 -
WSUS
England

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware