WSUS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 542 538 660
Rank change year-on-year -4 +122 -34
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 165 142 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.29% 0.28%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.14% 2.34% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 123 110 179
10th Percentile £30,600 £25,000 £26,200
25th Percentile £35,875 £25,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +13.48% +39.06%
75th Percentile £57,013 £66,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £61,250 £74,250 £63,750
UK median annual salary £48,925 £54,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.23% +21.11% +35.34%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,261 6,068 10,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.06% 12.60% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,392 4,054 6,725
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the UK excluding London

WSUS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for WSUS in the UK excluding London

WSUS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in the UK excluding London

WSUS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the UK excluding London 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
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 the UK excluding London 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 45 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.24%) IIS
Applications
1 31 (18.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) CATIA
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.61%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 64 (38.79%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (36.97%) Azure
3 33 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.70%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (9.70%) Azure Storage
5 8 (4.85%) AWS
5 8 (4.85%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.03%) OCI
7 3 (1.82%) GCP
7 3 (1.82%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.82%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.21%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 68 (41.21%) DNS
2 65 (39.39%) Firewall
3 53 (32.12%) DHCP
4 32 (19.39%) VPN
5 26 (15.76%) LAN
6 25 (15.15%) WAN
7 24 (14.55%) TCP/IP
8 22 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (12.73%) SD-WAN
10 20 (12.12%) Network Security
11 11 (6.67%) SAN
12 9 (5.45%) NAS
13 8 (4.85%) VLAN
14 7 (4.24%) MPLS
14 7 (4.24%) WLAN
15 5 (3.03%) iSCSI
15 5 (3.03%) NetScaler
15 5 (3.03%) Skype
15 5 (3.03%) Wireless
16 4 (2.42%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.21%) MySQL
3 1 (0.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (8.48%) MSI
2 13 (7.88%) AdminStudio
2 13 (7.88%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.61%) Hudson
3 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 69 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.33%) Finance
3 16 (9.70%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (7.88%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.24%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.64%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.64%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.42%) Advertising
8 4 (2.42%) Automotive
9 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Marketing
10 1 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
10 1 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 41 (24.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (10.30%) Analyst
3 16 (9.70%) Active Directory Specialist
3 16 (9.70%) Active Directory Support
3 16 (9.70%) Azure Specialist
3 16 (9.70%) Support Specialist
4 14 (8.48%) Senior
4 14 (8.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (7.88%) Applications Packager
5 13 (7.88%) Network Manager
5 13 (7.88%) SC Cleared Application Packager
6 12 (7.27%) IT Engineer
7 11 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
8 10 (6.06%) Systems Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Build Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Server Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Windows Build Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Windows Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Administrator
10 8 (4.85%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.70%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.21%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (28.48%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (13.94%) Data Centre
3 22 (13.33%) PKI
4 13 (7.88%) Shadow IT
5 12 (7.27%) Replication
6 11 (6.67%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.42%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.82%) IoT
9 2 (1.21%) Clustering
9 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 136 (82.42%) Windows
2 85 (51.52%) Windows Server
3 50 (30.30%) Windows Server 2016
3 50 (30.30%) Windows Server 2019
4 46 (27.88%) Linux
5 45 (27.27%) Windows 10
6 27 (16.36%) Windows Server 2012
7 13 (7.88%) Windows 7
7 13 (7.88%) Windows NT
8 9 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (4.85%) Windows XP
10 4 (2.42%) Windows 2000
10 4 (2.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (2.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.61%) CentOS
11 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (42.42%) ITIL
2 47 (28.48%) Customer Service
3 45 (27.27%) Service Management
4 42 (25.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 38 (23.03%) Release Management
6 35 (21.21%) Agile
7 26 (15.76%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (12.73%) Patch Management
9 21 (12.73%) Project Management
10 20 (12.12%) Analytics
11 19 (11.52%) DevOps
11 19 (11.52%) Service Delivery
12 18 (10.91%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 17 (10.30%) ITSM
13 17 (10.30%) Security Patching
13 17 (10.30%) Software Deployment
14 16 (9.70%) Identity Management
14 16 (9.70%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (9.70%) Privileged Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 29 (17.58%) C#
2 29 (17.58%) VB
3 16 (9.70%) Bicep
3 16 (9.70%) VBScript
4 14 (8.48%) SQL
5 8 (4.85%) Python
6 3 (1.82%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.21%) Bash
8 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (42.42%) Security Cleared
2 60 (36.36%) DV Cleared
3 51 (30.91%) Degree
4 47 (28.48%) SC Cleared
5 20 (12.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 9 (5.45%) MCSE
6 9 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (4.85%) CCNA
7 8 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (2.42%) CCNP
10 4 (2.42%) MCP
10 4 (2.42%) MCSA
11 3 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.21%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.21%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (5.45%) QA
1 9 (5.45%) SLA
2 5 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.61%) GDPR
3 1 (0.61%) GxP
System Software
1 128 (77.58%) Active Directory
2 56 (33.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (14.55%) Hyper-V
4 19 (11.52%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (9.70%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (9.70%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (8.48%) Microsoft App-V
7 12 (7.27%) Firmware
8 8 (4.85%) vSphere
9 4 (2.42%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (1.82%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (1.82%) vCloud
10 3 (1.82%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.82%) VMware Server
11 2 (1.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 78 (47.27%) SCCM
2 36 (21.82%) SCOM
3 30 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (13.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (10.91%) Kubernetes
6 13 (7.88%) vCenter Server
7 9 (5.45%) Sysprep
8 6 (3.64%) Ansible
8 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 4 (2.42%) EMC NetWorker
9 4 (2.42%) Grafana
9 4 (2.42%) NetBackup
9 4 (2.42%) ZABBIX
10 3 (1.82%) Nagios
10 3 (1.82%) OfficeScan
10 3 (1.82%) vRealize
11 2 (1.21%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.61%) QRadar
12 1 (0.61%) Stealthwatch
12 1 (0.61%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 118 (71.52%) Microsoft
2 72 (43.64%) VMware
3 26 (15.76%) Cisco
4 19 (11.52%) Veeam
5 16 (9.70%) ServiceNow
6 14 (8.48%) Autodesk
7 11 (6.67%) Oracle
7 11 (6.67%) Sophos
8 10 (6.06%) Red Hat
9 7 (4.24%) Remedy
10 6 (3.64%) HP
11 5 (3.03%) Symantec
12 4 (2.42%) 3PAR
12 4 (2.42%) Dell
12 4 (2.42%) EMC
12 4 (2.42%) Extreme Networks
12 4 (2.42%) Juniper
12 4 (2.42%) Palo Alto
13 3 (1.82%) Alcatel-Lucent
13 3 (1.82%) CheckPoint