WSUS Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 457 454 565
Rank change year-on-year -3 +111 +161
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 6 124 98
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.033% 0.37% 0.24%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.25% 3.18% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6 80 86
10th Percentile £40,750 £36,525 £25,000
25th Percentile £50,625 £50,313 £28,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +3.96% +12.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £59,000 £74,250
90th Percentile - £61,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% +5.88%

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 2,405 3,901 6,600
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.36% 11.54% 15.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,296 2,952 4,688
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,101 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £65,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% -6.40% -0.79%
75th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £88,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.57% -10.37% -3.57%

WSUS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WSUS trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

WSUS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing WSUS over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) PaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (16.67%) VSAN
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Advertising
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (16.67%) Application Packaging
3 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
3 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) High Availability
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (16.67%) Network Management
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Security Patching
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Bicep
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 2 (33.33%) MCP
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (16.67%) EMC RecoverPoint
3 1 (16.67%) Firmware
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) VMware NSX
3 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Ansible
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 2 (33.33%) SCOM
3 1 (16.67%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (16.67%) Nessus
3 1 (16.67%) Terraform
3 1 (16.67%) vCenter Server
3 1 (16.67%) vRealize
3 1 (16.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) SolarWinds
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Dell
4 1 (16.67%) EMC
4 1 (16.67%) Isilon
4 1 (16.67%) McAfee
4 1 (16.67%) Netskope