Hybrid/Remote WSUS Job Trends

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring WSUS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 420 409
Rank change year-on-year +57 -11 +182
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 5 22 68
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.033% 0.13% 0.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.36% 0.95% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 64
10th Percentile £46,867 £51,250 £41,361
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,875 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,783 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.36% +14.15% +29.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £79,609 £56,769
90th Percentile - £91,250 £73,725
UK median annual salary £48,500 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.28% -5.91% +14.58%

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 1,376 2,308 3,258
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.15% 13.89% 15.56%
Number of salaries quoted 991 1,372 2,797
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £40,428
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% +7.31% -5.80%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £69,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.42% +6.15% -3.70%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WSUS and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

WSUS job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

WSUS
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WSUS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WSUS

WSUS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) YubiKey
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (40.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Tenable
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Zscaler