WSUS Job Trends in the North East

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring WSUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 - 81
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 2 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.060% - 0.92%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.45% - 16.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - £27,500
75th Percentile - - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 £49,463
% change year-on-year -18.00% +1.09% -10.07%

All Systems Management Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 138 31 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 4.15% 3.29% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 112 21 47
10th Percentile £40,000 - £33,050
25th Percentile £46,250 £28,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £29,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +106.90% -38.95% -20.83%
75th Percentile £76,412 £61,250 £55,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,750 £73,158
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.61% -4.23% -

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

WSUS job vacancy trend in the North East

WSUS
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing WSUS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing WSUS

WSUS
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the North East region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Tyne and Wear - 2 £32,000 - 1
WSUS
England

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft