WSUS Jobs in the Thames Valley

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for WSUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WSUS over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 241 252
Rank change year-on-year +44 +11 -37
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 51 17 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.76% 0.28% 0.33%
As % of the Systems Management category 6.51% 1.67% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 48 15 13
10th Percentile £53,500 - £29,300
25th Percentile £55,000 £25,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £26,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +126.92% -42.22% +22.45%
75th Percentile - £27,000 £63,750
90th Percentile - - £67,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £26,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +107.55% -29.33% -18.48%

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

WSUS is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 784 1,019 743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.65% 16.58% 11.00%
Number of salaries quoted 636 510 498
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,253 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £78,438
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +13.04%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the Thames Valley

WSUS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for WSUS in the Thames Valley

WSUS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in the Thames Valley

WSUS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Berkshire +55 50 £59,000 +126.92% 5
Oxfordshire - 1 £55,000 -
WSUS
South East

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (56.86%) Azure
2 16 (31.37%) Azure Monitor
3 14 (27.45%) Azure Storage
3 14 (27.45%) Entra ID
3 14 (27.45%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (25.49%) OCI
5 2 (3.92%) IaaS
6 1 (1.96%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (54.90%) DNS
2 26 (50.98%) DHCP
2 26 (50.98%) Firewall
3 13 (25.49%) SAN
4 2 (3.92%) BGP
4 2 (3.92%) IPsec
4 2 (3.92%) Network Security
4 2 (3.92%) OSPF
4 2 (3.92%) VPN
5 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.96%) WAN
5 1 (1.96%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) AdminStudio
1 4 (7.84%) InstallShield
1 4 (7.84%) MSI
General
1 35 (68.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Retail
4 1 (1.96%) Games
Job Titles
1 25 (49.02%) Support Specialist
2 18 (35.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (27.45%) Active Directory Specialist
3 14 (27.45%) Active Directory Support
3 14 (27.45%) Azure Specialist
4 12 (23.53%) Infrastructure Support
5 11 (21.57%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 11 (21.57%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
6 8 (15.69%) PowerShell Engineer
6 8 (15.69%) VMware Engineer
6 8 (15.69%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.84%) Analyst
7 4 (7.84%) Applications Packager
7 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared Application Packager
8 3 (5.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
8 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (5.88%) Server Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Storage Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (27.45%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 19 (37.25%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (31.37%) PKI
3 14 (27.45%) Data Centre
4 4 (7.84%) Shadow IT
5 2 (3.92%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 51 (100.00%) Windows
2 43 (84.31%) Windows Server
3 40 (78.43%) Windows Server 2016
3 40 (78.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 30 (58.82%) Windows 10
5 28 (54.90%) Linux
5 28 (54.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (27.45%) Windows NT
7 12 (23.53%) Windows XP
8 4 (7.84%) Windows 7
9 3 (5.88%) VMS
10 1 (1.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (92.16%) ITIL
2 32 (62.75%) Service Management
3 29 (56.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 21 (41.18%) Customer Service
5 18 (35.29%) Agile
5 18 (35.29%) Release Management
6 16 (31.37%) Project Management
7 14 (27.45%) Analytics
7 14 (27.45%) CI/CD
7 14 (27.45%) Deployment Automation
7 14 (27.45%) DevOps
7 14 (27.45%) Identity Management
7 14 (27.45%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (27.45%) Log Analytics
7 14 (27.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 14 (27.45%) Privileged Identity Management
7 14 (27.45%) RBAC
7 14 (27.45%) Server Management
8 12 (23.53%) Converged Infrastructure
8 12 (23.53%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 32 (62.75%) PowerShell
2 18 (35.29%) C#
2 18 (35.29%) VB
3 14 (27.45%) Bicep
3 14 (27.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (94.12%) Security Cleared
2 47 (92.16%) DV Cleared
3 35 (68.63%) Degree
4 32 (62.75%) SC Cleared
5 14 (27.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (23.53%) CCNA
6 12 (23.53%) CCNP
6 12 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (5.88%) A+ Certification
7 3 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (98.04%) Active Directory
2 18 (35.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (27.45%) Firmware
3 14 (27.45%) Hyper-V
3 14 (27.45%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (27.45%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (27.45%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (7.84%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (3.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 45 (88.24%) SCCM
2 26 (50.98%) SCOM
3 16 (31.37%) Kubernetes
4 14 (27.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (27.45%) Sysprep
5 12 (23.53%) EMC NetWorker
5 12 (23.53%) NetBackup
5 12 (23.53%) vCenter Server
6 2 (3.92%) Grafana
6 2 (3.92%) Nessus
6 2 (3.92%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 47 (92.16%) Microsoft
2 19 (37.25%) VMware
3 15 (29.41%) HP
4 14 (27.45%) Cisco
4 14 (27.45%) Dell
4 14 (27.45%) Juniper
5 13 (25.49%) Oracle
6 12 (23.53%) 3PAR
6 12 (23.53%) EMC
6 12 (23.53%) Extreme Networks
6 12 (23.53%) Palo Alto
6 12 (23.53%) Symantec
6 12 (23.53%) Veeam
7 7 (13.73%) ServiceNow
8 4 (7.84%) Autodesk
9 2 (3.92%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.96%) Apple
10 1 (1.96%) Citrix
10 1 (1.96%) Meraki
10 1 (1.96%) NetApp