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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 431 411
Rank change year-on-year +62 -20 +233
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 8 28 65
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.052% 0.15% 0.32%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.60% 1.13% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 62
10th Percentile £49,809 £48,350 £47,200
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,875 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,783 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% +14.15% +29.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,968 £57,500
90th Percentile - £91,250 £74,250
UK median annual salary £50,500 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.98% -7.27% +10.00%

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 1,334 2,470 3,345
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.72% 13.13% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 985 1,467 2,879
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,245
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -2.80%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,750 £102,500 £98,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -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
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WSUS over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

WSUS salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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 (62.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (25.00%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Linux
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (62.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Containerisation
3 3 (37.50%) Coaching
3 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) People Management
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Software Deployment
5 1 (12.50%) Software Distribution
5 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
1 5 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) AWS Certification
2 3 (37.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 3 (37.50%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) BitLocker
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Ansible
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
1 5 (62.50%) SCOM
2 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
3 2 (25.00%) Nessus
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Oracle
2 5 (62.50%) Red Hat
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Zscaler