WSUS Contracts in Wiltshire

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire requiring WSUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WSUS over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 63 81
Rank change year-on-year +12 +18 -3
Contract jobs citing WSUS 10 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.73% 1.34% 0.89%
As % of the Systems Management category 8.62% 8.40% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 5
10th Percentile £463 - £461
25th Percentile £489 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £613 £538 £538
90th Percentile £655 £615 £575
South West median daily rate £526 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.95% -7.14% +12.90%

All Systems Management Skills
Wiltshire

WSUS falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 116 131 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 20.03% 15.92% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 104 129
10th Percentile £491 £455 £413
25th Percentile £513 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £672 £641 £650
90th Percentile £724 £718 £670
South West median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £32.80
25th Percentile - - £44.13
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £74.00 £78.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.13% +20.00% +32.65%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in Wiltshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for WSUS in Wiltshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WSUS in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in Wiltshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for WSUS in Wiltshire

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Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Corsham +3 8 £579 +12.98%
Swindon - 2 £375 -
WSUS
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
1 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Skype
2 2 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) PKI
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (60.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (50.00%) Linux
5 3 (30.00%) CentOS
5 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Critical Thinking
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
1 6 (60.00%) Service Management
1 6 (60.00%) System Testing
2 4 (40.00%) NsoIT
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
3 3 (30.00%) Defect Management
3 3 (30.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Server Building
5 1 (10.00%) Server Management
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) MCSE
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
1 2 (20.00%) SCDPM
1 2 (20.00%) SCVMM
2 1 (10.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (10.00%) HP SIM
2 1 (10.00%) SCOM
2 1 (10.00%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (10.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Commvault
3 1 (10.00%) HP
3 1 (10.00%) Okta
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (10.00%) Symantec
3 1 (10.00%) Veeam
3 1 (10.00%) Veritas
3 1 (10.00%) VMware