WSUS Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 611 652
Rank change year-on-year +55 +41 -96
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 194 152 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.01% 1.89% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 159 121 153
10th Percentile £28,740 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,438 £25,750 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +1.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £66,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% +6.25%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 6,441 8,036 10,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.20% 13.00% 14.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,440 4,576 6,638
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £76,943
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%

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 27 April 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 27 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
South East +71 91 £55,000 +107.55% 17
South West +21 32 £45,000 -7.22% 1
North of England +14 31 £40,000 -11.11% 4
Midlands +14 19 £40,000 -15.79% 4
East of England +24 16 £32,000 -36.00% 3
Yorkshire +66 13 £37,500 -16.67%
North West +5 12 £52,500 +50.00% 3
East Midlands -4 12 £40,000 +14.29% 2
West Midlands +22 7 £41,250 -13.16% 2
North East -5 6 £27,500 -38.89% 1
Scotland -64 3 £28,800 -36.00% 7
Northern Ireland +31 1 - - 1
Wales +13 1 - -
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 48 (24.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (14.95%) SharePoint
3 12 (6.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Moodle
Applications
1 21 (10.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.03%) CATIA
3 2 (1.03%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.03%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 85 (43.81%) Azure
2 65 (33.51%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (21.65%) Entra ID
4 16 (8.25%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (8.25%) OneDrive
5 14 (7.22%) Azure Storage
6 13 (6.70%) OCI
7 9 (4.64%) AWS
7 9 (4.64%) GCP
8 7 (3.61%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.09%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.58%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.03%) IaaS
12 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 95 (48.97%) DNS
2 81 (41.75%) Firewall
3 67 (34.54%) DHCP
4 36 (18.56%) Network Security
5 33 (17.01%) VPN
6 31 (15.98%) LAN
7 30 (15.46%) WAN
8 28 (14.43%) TCP/IP
9 26 (13.40%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (10.82%) SAN
11 20 (10.31%) SD-WAN
12 15 (7.73%) VLAN
13 13 (6.70%) WLAN
14 10 (5.15%) NAS
15 8 (4.12%) Wireless
16 7 (3.61%) MPLS
16 7 (3.61%) NetScaler
17 6 (3.09%) iSCSI
17 6 (3.09%) VoIP
18 5 (2.58%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.64%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (2.06%) AdminStudio
1 4 (2.06%) InstallShield
1 4 (2.06%) MSI
2 2 (1.03%) Hudson
3 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 58 (29.90%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.15%) Games
3 7 (3.61%) Aerospace
3 7 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (3.09%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.58%) Automotive
5 5 (2.58%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.06%) Advertising
6 4 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (1.55%) Finance
7 3 (1.55%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.55%) Retail
8 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (31.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (14.43%) Analyst
3 25 (12.89%) Support Specialist
4 17 (8.76%) 2nd Line Support
4 17 (8.76%) Infrastructure Support
4 17 (8.76%) IT Engineer
4 17 (8.76%) Network Manager
5 16 (8.25%) Vulnerability Analyst
6 15 (7.73%) Senior
7 14 (7.22%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (7.22%) Active Directory Support
7 14 (7.22%) Azure Specialist
8 13 (6.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (5.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 11 (5.67%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
10 10 (5.15%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (5.15%) Lead
11 9 (4.64%) IT Support
11 9 (4.64%) Server Engineer
11 9 (4.64%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.22%) ARM Templates
2 6 (3.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.13%) Self-Motivation
2 33 (17.01%) Data Centre
3 20 (10.31%) PKI
4 15 (7.73%) Replication
5 11 (5.67%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.06%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.06%) Shadow IT
7 3 (1.55%) IoT
7 3 (1.55%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.03%) Clustering
8 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.03%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 165 (85.05%) Windows
2 109 (56.19%) Windows Server
3 70 (36.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 66 (34.02%) Windows Server 2019
5 55 (28.35%) Linux
6 51 (26.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 44 (22.68%) Windows 10
8 19 (9.79%) Windows NT
9 18 (9.28%) Windows XP
10 12 (6.19%) Unix
10 12 (6.19%) VMS
11 9 (4.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (3.09%) Windows 7
12 6 (3.09%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (2.58%) Windows 2000
13 5 (2.58%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (1.55%) Mac OS
15 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
15 2 (1.03%) CentOS
15 2 (1.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (38.66%) ITIL
2 72 (37.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 44 (22.68%) Customer Service
4 38 (19.59%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (19.07%) Service Management
6 26 (13.40%) Patch Management
6 26 (13.40%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 21 (10.82%) Disaster Recovery
7 21 (10.82%) Project Management
8 20 (10.31%) Agile
8 20 (10.31%) Analytics
8 20 (10.31%) Security Patching
8 20 (10.31%) Service Delivery
9 18 (9.28%) Performance Monitoring
9 18 (9.28%) Proactive Monitoring
9 18 (9.28%) Release Management
10 17 (8.76%) Change Management
11 16 (8.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 16 (8.25%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 69 (35.57%) PowerShell
2 18 (9.28%) C#
2 18 (9.28%) VB
3 15 (7.73%) SQL
4 14 (7.22%) Bicep
4 14 (7.22%) VBScript
5 7 (3.61%) Python
6 3 (1.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 83 (42.78%) Security Cleared
2 66 (34.02%) DV Cleared
3 47 (24.23%) Degree
3 47 (24.23%) SC Cleared
4 18 (9.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 16 (8.25%) CCNA
5 16 (8.25%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (6.19%) CCNP
7 7 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.61%) MCSE
7 7 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.06%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.06%) MCP
8 4 (2.06%) MCSA
9 3 (1.55%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.31%) SLA
2 12 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) GDPR
4 1 (0.52%) GxP
System Software
1 148 (76.29%) Active Directory
2 59 (30.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (19.59%) Hyper-V
4 23 (11.86%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (8.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (8.25%) Firmware
7 14 (7.22%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (6.70%) vSphere
9 4 (2.06%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (1.55%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (1.55%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (1.03%) Docker
11 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (1.03%) VMware Server
11 2 (1.03%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 89 (45.88%) SCCM
2 43 (22.16%) SCOM
3 41 (21.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (11.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (11.34%) vCenter Server
6 18 (9.28%) Kubernetes
7 14 (7.22%) Sysprep
8 13 (6.70%) NetBackup
9 12 (6.19%) EMC NetWorker
10 7 (3.61%) Ansible
11 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 5 (2.58%) Nagios
12 5 (2.58%) OfficeScan
13 3 (1.55%) Nessus
13 3 (1.55%) PaperCut
13 3 (1.55%) SmoothWall
14 2 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
14 2 (1.03%) Grafana
14 2 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
14 2 (1.03%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 123 (63.40%) Microsoft
2 72 (37.11%) VMware
3 34 (17.53%) Cisco
4 27 (13.92%) Veeam
5 19 (9.79%) Oracle
6 18 (9.28%) Sophos
7 17 (8.76%) Apple
8 15 (7.73%) HP
8 15 (7.73%) Juniper
9 14 (7.22%) Dell
10 13 (6.70%) Symantec
11 12 (6.19%) 3PAR
11 12 (6.19%) EMC
11 12 (6.19%) Extreme Networks
11 12 (6.19%) Palo Alto
12 10 (5.15%) Red Hat
13 8 (4.12%) Meraki
13 8 (4.12%) ServiceNow
14 6 (3.09%) CheckPoint
14 6 (3.09%) Fortinet