WSUS Jobs in the South East

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 278 285 462
Rank change year-on-year +7 +177 -57
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 76 76 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.66% 0.22%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.46% 4.95% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 61 59 21
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,250 £25,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,925 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% -0.91% +96.43%
75th Percentile £56,525 £69,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £74,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £48,925 £54,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.23% +21.11% +38.46%

All Systems Management Skills
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,393 1,535 2,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.23% 13.25% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 947 1,135 1,809
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,928 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,783 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.99% -3.57% +7.69%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the South East

WSUS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS in the South East.

Salary trend for WSUS in the South East

WSUS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in the South East

WSUS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the South East 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
Thames Valley +31 46 £56,252 +3.21% 4
Berkshire +27 45 £56,252 +3.21% 4
Hampshire -21 17 £39,500 -39.23% 2
Kent -23 7 £42,500 +60.38%
Middlesex - 6 £35,000 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £55,000 -
WSUS
England

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (23.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (44.74%) Azure
2 23 (30.26%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (27.63%) Entra ID
4 16 (21.05%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (21.05%) Azure Storage
5 7 (9.21%) AWS
6 5 (6.58%) OCI
7 2 (2.63%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 37 (48.68%) DNS
2 32 (42.11%) Firewall
3 22 (28.95%) DHCP
4 7 (9.21%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.58%) iSCSI
5 5 (6.58%) LAN
5 5 (6.58%) NAS
5 5 (6.58%) SAN
5 5 (6.58%) VPN
5 5 (6.58%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.32%) Network Security
6 1 (1.32%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.32%) WAN
6 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (18.42%) MSI
2 13 (17.11%) AdminStudio
2 13 (17.11%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.32%) Hudson
General
1 56 (73.68%) Social Skills
2 18 (23.68%) Finance
3 13 (17.11%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (17.11%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (6.58%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.95%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Marketing
7 1 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (21.05%) Active Directory Specialist
1 16 (21.05%) Active Directory Support
1 16 (21.05%) Azure Specialist
1 16 (21.05%) Support Specialist
2 13 (17.11%) Applications Packager
2 13 (17.11%) SC Cleared Application Packager
3 12 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 10 (13.16%) Analyst
5 9 (11.84%) Build Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Server Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Windows Build Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Windows Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Audio Visual Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Support
7 5 (6.58%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (5.26%) Administrator
8 4 (5.26%) Developer
8 4 (5.26%) Software Developer
8 4 (5.26%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.05%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 34 (44.74%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (21.05%) PKI
3 13 (17.11%) Shadow IT
4 5 (6.58%) Replication
5 4 (5.26%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 72 (94.74%) Windows
2 46 (60.53%) Windows Server
3 37 (48.68%) Windows Server 2016
4 35 (46.05%) Windows Server 2019
5 26 (34.21%) Windows 10
6 20 (26.32%) Linux
7 18 (23.68%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (17.11%) Windows 7
9 9 (11.84%) Windows NT
10 4 (5.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (68.42%) ITIL
2 38 (50.00%) Release Management
2 38 (50.00%) Service Management
3 34 (44.74%) Agile
4 32 (42.11%) Customer Service
5 17 (22.37%) Project Management
6 16 (21.05%) Analytics
6 16 (21.05%) CI/CD
6 16 (21.05%) DevOps
6 16 (21.05%) Identity Management
6 16 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 16 (21.05%) Log Analytics
6 16 (21.05%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 16 (21.05%) Privileged Identity Management
6 16 (21.05%) RBAC
7 14 (18.42%) Application Packaging
7 14 (18.42%) Migration
8 13 (17.11%) Data Analysis
8 13 (17.11%) ITSM
8 13 (17.11%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 42 (55.26%) PowerShell
2 29 (38.16%) C#
2 29 (38.16%) VB
3 16 (21.05%) Bicep
3 16 (21.05%) VBScript
4 3 (3.95%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 51 (67.11%) DV Cleared
3 42 (55.26%) SC Cleared
4 35 (46.05%) Degree
5 16 (21.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (5.26%) CCNA
6 4 (5.26%) CCNP
6 4 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.63%) A+ Certification
7 2 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.84%) QA
2 8 (10.53%) SLA
3 7 (9.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 63 (82.89%) Active Directory
2 23 (30.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (21.05%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (21.05%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (18.42%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (11.84%) Firmware
5 9 (11.84%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (7.89%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 52 (68.42%) SCCM
2 23 (30.26%) SCOM
3 16 (21.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 16 (21.05%) Kubernetes
3 16 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (13.16%) vCenter Server
5 9 (11.84%) Sysprep
6 4 (5.26%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (5.26%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 54 (71.05%) Microsoft
2 32 (42.11%) VMware
3 15 (19.74%) ServiceNow
4 14 (18.42%) Autodesk
5 9 (11.84%) Veeam
6 8 (10.53%) Sophos
7 6 (7.89%) HP
8 5 (6.58%) Oracle
9 4 (5.26%) 3PAR
9 4 (5.26%) Cisco
9 4 (5.26%) Dell
9 4 (5.26%) EMC
9 4 (5.26%) Extreme Networks
9 4 (5.26%) Juniper
9 4 (5.26%) Palo Alto
9 4 (5.26%) Symantec
10 3 (3.95%) Remedy
11 2 (2.63%) Acronis
11 2 (2.63%) Apple
11 2 (2.63%) Ubiquiti