Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 672 768 966
Rank change year-on-year +96 +198 -205
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 238 230 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.38% 1.46% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 192 178 199
10th Percentile £30,050 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £78,750 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - +6.67%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 10,018 15,764 27,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.31% 14.80% 17.84%
Number of salaries quoted 7,306 9,656 14,280
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% +9.09%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the UK

WSUS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for WSUS in the UK

WSUS
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for WSUS in the UK

WSUS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the UK 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
England +143 232 £52,500 +16.67% 32
UK excluding London +63 196 £45,000 +12.50% 34
Work from Home +130 128 £52,500 +5.00% 7
South East +45 90 £55,000 +107.55% 16
London +120 40 £52,500 -12.50% 3
South West +17 33 £45,000 -7.22% 2
North of England +16 31 £40,000 -11.11% 3
Midlands +25 22 £41,250 -2.94% 4
East of England +44 15 £32,000 -36.00% 6
East Midlands -3 14 £40,000 +14.29% 2
Yorkshire +71 13 £37,500 -16.67%
North West +7 12 £52,500 +44.83% 2
West Midlands +31 8 £42,500 -5.56% 2
North East -9 6 £27,500 -38.89% 1
Scotland -61 3 £28,800 -36.00% 4
Northern Ireland +26 1 - - 1
Wales +6 1 - - 1

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 80 (33.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 56 (23.53%) SharePoint
3 20 (8.40%) IIS
4 3 (1.26%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
6 1 (0.42%) Confluence
6 1 (0.42%) Moodle
Applications
1 27 (11.34%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) CATIA
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.84%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 96 (40.34%) Azure
2 92 (38.66%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (20.59%) Entra ID
4 17 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
5 16 (6.72%) Azure Storage
5 16 (6.72%) OneDrive
6 13 (5.46%) OCI
7 11 (4.62%) GCP
8 8 (3.36%) AWS
9 7 (2.94%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.52%) IaaS
10 6 (2.52%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.10%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (0.84%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.84%) PaaS
13 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 126 (52.94%) DNS
2 109 (45.80%) Firewall
3 92 (38.66%) DHCP
4 54 (22.69%) VPN
5 50 (21.01%) LAN
6 49 (20.59%) WAN
7 47 (19.75%) Wi-Fi
8 38 (15.97%) Network Security
9 36 (15.13%) VLAN
10 31 (13.03%) TCP/IP
11 26 (10.92%) MPLS
12 25 (10.50%) SAN
13 20 (8.40%) SD-WAN
14 19 (7.98%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (5.46%) WLAN
16 11 (4.62%) NAS
17 10 (4.20%) NetScaler
18 9 (3.78%) VoIP
18 9 (3.78%) Wireless
19 7 (2.94%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.10%) MSI
2 4 (1.68%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.68%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.84%) Hudson
4 1 (0.42%) JIRA
General
1 81 (34.03%) Social Skills
2 12 (5.04%) Aerospace
2 12 (5.04%) Games
3 10 (4.20%) Finance
4 7 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (2.52%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (2.52%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.10%) Automotive
6 5 (2.10%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.68%) Advertising
7 4 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.26%) Banking
8 3 (1.26%) Retail
9 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.84%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.42%) Front Office
10 1 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (26.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 33 (13.87%) Analyst
3 25 (10.50%) Senior
3 25 (10.50%) Support Specialist
4 20 (8.40%) IT Engineer
5 19 (7.98%) Network Manager
5 19 (7.98%) Project Manager
6 18 (7.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (7.56%) Vulnerability Analyst
7 17 (7.14%) Infrastructure Support
8 16 (6.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (5.88%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (5.88%) Active Directory Support
9 14 (5.88%) Azure Specialist
10 12 (5.04%) Data Centre Manager
10 12 (5.04%) Data Centre Project Manager
11 11 (4.62%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 11 (4.62%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
11 11 (4.62%) IT Manager
11 11 (4.62%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.72%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 43 (18.07%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (9.66%) PKI
4 19 (7.98%) Replication
5 18 (7.56%) Public Cloud
6 13 (5.46%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.52%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.52%) IoT
8 4 (1.68%) Shadow IT
8 4 (1.68%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.84%) Clustering
9 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.42%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.42%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.42%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.42%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 191 (80.25%) Windows
2 126 (52.94%) Windows Server
3 75 (31.51%) Windows Server 2016
4 72 (30.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 65 (27.31%) Linux
6 61 (25.63%) Windows Server 2012
7 52 (21.85%) Windows 10
8 19 (7.98%) Windows NT
9 18 (7.56%) Windows XP
10 17 (7.14%) VMS
11 14 (5.88%) Unix
12 12 (5.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (3.78%) Windows 7
14 8 (3.36%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (2.10%) Windows 2000
15 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (1.68%) Mac OS
17 3 (1.26%) Apple iOS
18 2 (0.84%) CentOS
18 2 (0.84%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (33.19%) ITIL
2 75 (31.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (20.17%) Customer Service
3 48 (20.17%) Cybersecurity
4 41 (17.23%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (16.81%) Project Management
6 39 (16.39%) Agile
7 37 (15.55%) Service Management
8 28 (11.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 25 (10.50%) Patch Management
10 24 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (9.24%) Service Delivery
12 21 (8.82%) Change Management
13 20 (8.40%) Mentoring
13 20 (8.40%) Security Patching
14 19 (7.98%) Analytics
14 19 (7.98%) PRINCE2
15 18 (7.56%) Performance Monitoring
15 18 (7.56%) Performance Tuning
15 18 (7.56%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (29.83%) PowerShell
2 25 (10.50%) SQL
3 18 (7.56%) C#
3 18 (7.56%) VB
4 14 (5.88%) Bicep
4 14 (5.88%) VBScript
5 7 (2.94%) Python
6 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (38.66%) Security Cleared
2 71 (29.83%) DV Cleared
3 51 (21.43%) Degree
4 50 (21.01%) SC Cleared
5 18 (7.56%) CCNA
5 18 (7.56%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (6.72%) APMP
7 12 (5.04%) CCNP
8 9 (3.78%) MCSE
8 9 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.52%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.68%) MCP
11 4 (1.68%) MCSA
11 4 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.26%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.82%) SLA
2 13 (5.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 190 (79.83%) Active Directory
2 95 (39.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (28.57%) Hyper-V
4 47 (19.75%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (7.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 18 (7.56%) Firmware
7 17 (7.14%) vSphere
8 16 (6.72%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (3.78%) Forefront TMG
9 9 (3.78%) VMware Workstation
10 5 (2.10%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (2.10%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (1.26%) Docker
11 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.84%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.84%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 92 (38.66%) SCCM
2 50 (21.01%) SCOM
3 49 (20.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (10.50%) vCenter Server
5 22 (9.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 19 (7.98%) Kubernetes
7 16 (6.72%) NetBackup
8 14 (5.88%) Sysprep
9 12 (5.04%) EMC NetWorker
10 7 (2.94%) Ansible
11 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 6 (2.52%) Nessus
12 5 (2.10%) Nagios
12 5 (2.10%) OfficeScan
12 5 (2.10%) PaperCut
12 5 (2.10%) SmoothWall
13 4 (1.68%) McAfee ePO
14 3 (1.26%) Grafana
14 3 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (1.26%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 156 (65.55%) Microsoft
2 110 (46.22%) VMware
3 59 (24.79%) Cisco
4 34 (14.29%) Veeam
5 23 (9.66%) Oracle
6 20 (8.40%) Apple
7 19 (7.98%) Ruckus Wireless
7 19 (7.98%) Sophos
8 17 (7.14%) HP
8 17 (7.14%) Juniper
9 15 (6.30%) Dell
10 14 (5.88%) 3PAR
11 13 (5.46%) Palo Alto
11 13 (5.46%) Red Hat
11 13 (5.46%) Symantec
12 12 (5.04%) EMC
12 12 (5.04%) Extreme Networks
13 11 (4.62%) Meraki
14 9 (3.78%) Citrix
15 8 (3.36%) SolarWinds