WSUS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 439 500 760
Rank change year-on-year +61 +260 -147
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 94 79 152
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.24% 0.19%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.03% 1.62% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 67 75 110
10th Percentile £34,450 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £33,125 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £59,000 £74,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £78,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £48,925 £54,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.23% +21.11% +35.34%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

WSUS falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,102 4,883 15,860
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.10% 14.88% 20.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,163 3,893 8,081
10th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% - +3.85%

WSUS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WSUS trend for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WSUS.

WSUS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WSUS over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

WSUS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (48.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (30.85%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.38%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (15.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.06%) CATIA
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.06%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 51 (54.26%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (31.91%) Azure
3 22 (23.40%) Entra ID
4 16 (17.02%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (17.02%) Azure Storage
5 6 (6.38%) OneDrive
6 3 (3.19%) GCP
7 2 (2.13%) AWS
7 2 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.13%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.06%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 52 (55.32%) Firewall
2 51 (54.26%) DHCP
2 51 (54.26%) DNS
3 34 (36.17%) VPN
4 33 (35.11%) WAN
5 32 (34.04%) LAN
5 32 (34.04%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (21.28%) Network Security
6 20 (21.28%) VLAN
7 19 (20.21%) MPLS
8 17 (18.09%) SD-WAN
9 16 (17.02%) Remote Desktop
10 5 (5.32%) NetScaler
10 5 (5.32%) TCP/IP
11 3 (3.19%) GSM
11 3 (3.19%) PABX
11 3 (3.19%) SAN
11 3 (3.19%) VSAT
11 3 (3.19%) Wireless
11 3 (3.19%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) AdminStudio
1 4 (4.26%) InstallShield
1 4 (4.26%) MSI
General
1 40 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.51%) Public Sector
3 7 (7.45%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (6.38%) Aerospace
4 6 (6.38%) Finance
5 4 (4.26%) Advertising
5 4 (4.26%) Automotive
5 4 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (27.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (17.02%) Active Directory Specialist
2 16 (17.02%) Active Directory Support
2 16 (17.02%) Azure Specialist
2 16 (17.02%) Project Manager
2 16 (17.02%) Support Specialist
3 15 (15.96%) Senior
3 15 (15.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (13.83%) Network Manager
5 12 (12.77%) Data Centre Manager
5 12 (12.77%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 7 (7.45%) IT Engineer
6 7 (7.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.45%) Network Operations Manager
6 7 (7.45%) NOC Manager
6 7 (7.45%) Operations Manager
7 6 (6.38%) Principal Engineer
7 6 (6.38%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 6 (6.38%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (5.32%) Desktop Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (17.02%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (35.11%) Data Centre
2 24 (25.53%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (21.28%) PKI
4 16 (17.02%) Public Cloud
5 7 (7.45%) Management Information System
6 6 (6.38%) IoT
7 5 (5.32%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (4.26%) Shadow IT
9 2 (2.13%) Replication
10 1 (1.06%) Driving Licence
10 1 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 62 (65.96%) Windows
2 39 (41.49%) Windows Server
3 31 (32.98%) Linux
4 25 (26.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 24 (25.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 14 (14.89%) Windows 10
7 6 (6.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (6.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (4.26%) Windows 2000
8 4 (4.26%) Windows 7
8 4 (4.26%) Windows NT
8 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (4.26%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.06%) CentOS
9 1 (1.06%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (38.30%) Agile
2 29 (30.85%) ITIL
3 26 (27.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (26.60%) Project Management
4 25 (26.60%) Service Management
5 21 (22.34%) DevOps
6 20 (21.28%) Analytics
6 20 (21.28%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (21.28%) Release Management
7 18 (19.15%) Mentoring
7 18 (19.15%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 17 (18.09%) Security Patching
9 16 (17.02%) CI/CD
9 16 (17.02%) Identity Management
9 16 (17.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (17.02%) Log Analytics
9 16 (17.02%) PRINCE2
9 16 (17.02%) Privileged Identity Management
9 16 (17.02%) RBAC
10 14 (14.89%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (35.11%) PowerShell
2 20 (21.28%) C#
2 20 (21.28%) VB
3 16 (17.02%) Bicep
3 16 (17.02%) VBScript
4 6 (6.38%) Python
4 6 (6.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (30.85%) DV Cleared
1 29 (30.85%) Security Cleared
2 28 (29.79%) Degree
3 16 (17.02%) APMP
3 16 (17.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 16 (17.02%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.19%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (3.19%) MCSE
4 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.06%) GDPR
1 1 (1.06%) GxP
1 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.06%) PMO
1 1 (1.06%) SLA
System Software
1 73 (77.66%) Active Directory
2 36 (38.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (31.91%) Hyper-V
4 18 (19.15%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (17.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (17.02%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (6.38%) Forefront TMG
6 6 (6.38%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (4.26%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (3.19%) vCloud
8 3 (3.19%) VMware NSX
9 2 (2.13%) XenDesktop
10 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 40 (42.55%) SCCM
2 32 (34.04%) SCOM
3 24 (25.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 22 (23.40%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (17.02%) Kubernetes
6 6 (6.38%) Ansible
6 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 3 (3.19%) Nagios
7 3 (3.19%) OfficeScan
7 3 (3.19%) vCenter Server
7 3 (3.19%) vRealize
8 1 (1.06%) DatAdvantage
8 1 (1.06%) QRadar
8 1 (1.06%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (1.06%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 72 (76.60%) Microsoft
2 38 (40.43%) VMware
3 33 (35.11%) Cisco
4 16 (17.02%) Ruckus Wireless
5 7 (7.45%) Oracle
5 7 (7.45%) Red Hat
6 5 (5.32%) ServiceNow
7 4 (4.26%) Autodesk
8 3 (3.19%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 3 (3.19%) Centreon
8 3 (3.19%) CheckPoint
8 3 (3.19%) Citrix
8 3 (3.19%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.19%) Meraki
9 2 (2.13%) Meru Networks
9 2 (2.13%) Sophos
9 2 (2.13%) Veeam
10 1 (1.06%) Commvault
10 1 (1.06%) Qualys
10 1 (1.06%) Symantec