WSUS Contracts in England

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WSUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WSUS over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 431 552 681
Rank change year-on-year +121 +129 -113
Contract jobs citing WSUS 118 94 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.70% 1.23% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 64 62
10th Percentile £311 £302 £206
25th Percentile £475 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £410
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% +15.85% +9.33%
75th Percentile £608 £538 £493
90th Percentile - £588 £621
UK median daily rate £575 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +21.05% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 6
10th Percentile - - £20.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £36.75 £24.31
Median hourly rate £21.00 £60.00 £42.21
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +42.15% -18.83%
75th Percentile £21.50 £61.13 £54.30
90th Percentile - £64.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £60.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -65.00% +11.11% +3.85%

All Systems Management Skills
England

WSUS is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,364 7,625 11,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.87% 15.57% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,176 5,550 8,182
10th Percentile £257 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +12.75%
75th Percentile £625 £680 £675
90th Percentile £700 £755 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £562 £565
% change year-on-year -8.36% -0.53% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 182 157
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.64 £13.33
25th Percentile £17.72 £23.69 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.74 £55.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.20% +155.81% -10.42%
75th Percentile £48.75 £73.16 £41.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £82.50 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £57.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -55.19% +155.56% -43.75%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in England

WSUS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WSUS in England.

Daily rate trend for WSUS in England

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WSUS in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in England

WSUS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WSUS in England.

Hourly rate trend for WSUS in England

WSUS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +90 86 £575 +43.75% 13
London +95 21 £350 +7.69% 4
South West +5 5 £503 -1.95% 7
East of England +17 3 £265 -44.21% 3
North of England +8 2 £378 -20.53% 3
Midlands +19 1 £475 -9.52% 4
East Midlands +18 1 £475 -9.52% 2
North East +15 1 £180 -41.94%
North West +5 1 £575 +17.95% 2
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 27 (22.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.54%) IIS
2 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.69%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.85%) Site Server
Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 43 (36.44%) Azure
2 27 (22.88%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (15.25%) Entra ID
4 16 (13.56%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (13.56%) Azure Storage
5 14 (11.86%) OCI
6 12 (10.17%) AWS
7 5 (4.24%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.54%) IaaS
9 1 (0.85%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.85%) GitHub
9 1 (0.85%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.85%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 60 (50.85%) DNS
2 46 (38.98%) DHCP
3 40 (33.90%) Firewall
4 22 (18.64%) SAN
5 12 (10.17%) Wireless
6 7 (5.93%) Internet
6 7 (5.93%) TCP/IP
7 5 (4.24%) NAS
7 5 (4.24%) VSAN
8 4 (3.39%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (3.39%) Skype
8 4 (3.39%) VPN
9 2 (1.69%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.69%) VLAN
9 2 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.85%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.39%) MySQL
2 4 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 64 (54.24%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (3.39%) Finance
5 3 (2.54%) Front Office
5 3 (2.54%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 29 (24.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (17.80%) Windows Engineer
3 20 (16.95%) Build Engineer
3 20 (16.95%) Windows Build Engineer
4 16 (13.56%) Active Directory Support
5 14 (11.86%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (11.86%) Azure Specialist
5 14 (11.86%) Support Specialist
6 13 (11.02%) Support Engineer
7 12 (10.17%) Integration Engineer
8 10 (8.47%) Storage Engineer
9 8 (6.78%) Wintel Engineer
10 7 (5.93%) Senior
11 6 (5.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (4.24%) Analyst
12 5 (4.24%) Desktop Analyst
12 5 (4.24%) Desktop Support
12 5 (4.24%) Desktop Support Analyst
12 5 (4.24%) Server Engineer
12 5 (4.24%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.56%) ARM Templates
2 5 (4.24%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 24 (20.34%) PKI
2 16 (13.56%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (11.86%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.39%) Fat Client
4 4 (3.39%) Thin Client
5 3 (2.54%) Clustering
6 2 (1.69%) BYOD
7 1 (0.85%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.85%) CMDB
7 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (95.76%) Windows
2 96 (81.36%) Windows Server
3 60 (50.85%) Windows Server 2019
4 55 (46.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 53 (44.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 43 (36.44%) Windows 10
7 42 (35.59%) Linux
8 20 (16.95%) Windows NT
9 14 (11.86%) Windows XP
10 7 (5.93%) Ubuntu
11 3 (2.54%) Apple iOS
11 3 (2.54%) Unix
11 3 (2.54%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (1.69%) Android
12 2 (1.69%) CentOS
12 2 (1.69%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.85%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (52.54%) ITIL
2 42 (35.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (35.59%) Release Management
3 40 (33.90%) Service Management
4 27 (22.88%) Customer Service
5 24 (20.34%) Deployment Automation
5 24 (20.34%) Patch Management
6 20 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (16.95%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (16.10%) Agile
7 19 (16.10%) RBAC
8 18 (15.25%) Analytics
8 18 (15.25%) Proactive Monitoring
8 18 (15.25%) Server Management
9 17 (14.41%) DevOps
9 17 (14.41%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (13.56%) Identity Management
10 16 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (13.56%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 16 (13.56%) Privileged Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (44.92%) PowerShell
2 17 (14.41%) C#
2 17 (14.41%) VB
3 16 (13.56%) Bicep
3 16 (13.56%) VBScript
4 8 (6.78%) SQL
5 3 (2.54%) Python
5 3 (2.54%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.69%) C++
7 1 (0.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 82 (69.49%) Security Cleared
2 64 (54.24%) DV Cleared
3 40 (33.90%) Degree
3 40 (33.90%) SC Cleared
4 16 (13.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 15 (12.71%) CCNA
5 15 (12.71%) CCNP
5 15 (12.71%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (3.39%) MCSE
8 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.69%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.85%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (16.95%) QA
2 5 (4.24%) SLA
3 3 (2.54%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 102 (86.44%) Active Directory
2 51 (43.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (22.03%) Firmware
4 25 (21.19%) Virtual Machines
5 24 (20.34%) Hyper-V
6 23 (19.49%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (13.56%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (8.47%) vSphere
9 2 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.69%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.85%) XenApp
10 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 67 (56.78%) SCCM
2 32 (27.12%) SCOM
3 25 (21.19%) vCenter Server
4 23 (19.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 21 (17.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (16.95%) Sysprep
7 16 (13.56%) Kubernetes
8 15 (12.71%) NetBackup
9 14 (11.86%) EMC NetWorker
10 6 (5.08%) Nessus
11 5 (4.24%) Ansible
12 4 (3.39%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (3.39%) ZABBIX
13 2 (1.69%) Terraform
14 1 (0.85%) AirWatch
14 1 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
14 1 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.85%) Norton AntiVirus
14 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds Orion
14 1 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 92 (77.97%) Microsoft
2 60 (50.85%) VMware
3 23 (19.49%) Veeam
4 20 (16.95%) Cisco
5 19 (16.10%) Oracle
6 17 (14.41%) Dell
7 16 (13.56%) EMC
7 16 (13.56%) Symantec
8 15 (12.71%) HP
8 15 (12.71%) Juniper
8 15 (12.71%) Palo Alto
9 14 (11.86%) 3PAR
9 14 (11.86%) Extreme Networks
10 8 (6.78%) Red Hat
11 7 (5.93%) SolarWinds
12 5 (4.24%) Apple
13 3 (2.54%) Qualys
14 2 (1.69%) Citrix
14 2 (1.69%) Sophos
14 2 (1.69%) Splunk