WSUS Contracts in London

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 373 468 569
Rank change year-on-year +95 +101 -116
Contract jobs citing WSUS 21 21 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.080% 0.091%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.96% 0.49% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 22
10th Percentile £181 £306 £201
25th Percentile £263 £313 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £325 £350
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -9.68%
75th Percentile £475 £394 £532
90th Percentile £625 £413 £538
England median daily rate £575 £475 £410
% change year-on-year +21.05% +15.85% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £60.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% - -
75th Percentile £21.50 £64.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £60.00 £42.21
% change year-on-year -65.00% +42.15% -18.83%

All Systems Management Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,179 4,321 6,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 12.35% 16.47% 17.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,569 3,147 5,089
10th Percentile £325 £400 £425
25th Percentile £448 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £650 £713 £700
90th Percentile £750 £798 £789
England median daily rate £525 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +12.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 43 48
10th Percentile £18.67 £22.85 £15.45
25th Percentile £20.50 £35.98 £22.76
Median hourly rate £24.18 £65.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -62.80% +171.85% -51.70%
75th Percentile £52.63 £85.65 £41.58
90th Percentile £69.55 £90.00 £79.88
England median hourly rate £25.74 £55.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -53.20% +155.81% -10.42%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in London

WSUS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for WSUS in London

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in London

WSUS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for WSUS in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the London 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
Central London +40 2 £343 +5.38% 1
WSUS
England

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (9.52%) IIS
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) AWS
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (23.81%) Azure
4 3 (14.29%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (4.76%) Amazon S3
5 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
5 1 (4.76%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Wireless
2 7 (33.33%) Internet
3 4 (19.05%) DNS
4 2 (9.52%) DHCP
4 2 (9.52%) Firewall
4 2 (9.52%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
4 2 (9.52%) VPN
4 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.76%) NetScaler
5 1 (4.76%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
1 5 (23.81%) Desktop Analyst
1 5 (23.81%) Desktop Support
1 5 (23.81%) Desktop Support Analyst
1 5 (23.81%) Support Analyst
2 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) IT Support
3 2 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IT Technician
4 1 (4.76%) Senior IT Technician
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Clustering
2 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (80.95%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
4 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (4.76%) Linux
5 1 (4.76%) OpenVMS
5 1 (4.76%) VMS
5 1 (4.76%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (28.57%) Inventory Management
3 5 (23.81%) Patch Management
4 4 (19.05%) ITIL
5 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (14.29%) Information Security
6 2 (9.52%) Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) Change Control
6 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
6 2 (9.52%) High Availability
6 2 (9.52%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (9.52%) Proactive Maintenance
6 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 2 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (9.52%) Security Architecture
6 2 (9.52%) Security Operations
6 2 (9.52%) SIEM
6 2 (9.52%) Threat Detection
6 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) PowerShell
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
3 2 (9.52%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) MCSA
4 1 (4.76%) MCSE
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 6 (28.57%) Firmware
3 5 (23.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (4.76%) VMware NSX
5 1 (4.76%) vSphere
5 1 (4.76%) XenApp
5 1 (4.76%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) SCCM
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (4.76%) AirWatch
3 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.76%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (38.10%) VMware
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (9.52%) Apple
4 2 (9.52%) Citrix
4 2 (9.52%) Rapid7
4 2 (9.52%) SolarWinds
4 2 (9.52%) Sophos
4 2 (9.52%) Veeam
5 1 (4.76%) Dell
5 1 (4.76%) HP
5 1 (4.76%) IronPort
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle
5 1 (4.76%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.76%) Veritas