WSUS Jobs in England

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for WSUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WSUS over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 706 925
Rank change year-on-year +87 +219 -172
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 226 208 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.68% 1.57% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 185 161 177
10th Percentile £30,200 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £27,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £78,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £51,250 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.89% +5.88% +11.11%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 8,422 13,219 24,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.81% 14.90% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,537 8,320 12,553
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% -3.57% +12.00%

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
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for WSUS in England

WSUS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in England

WSUS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +38 89 £55,000 +107.55% 17
London +103 39 £52,500 -16.00% 4
South West -1 34 £47,500 -2.06% 5
North of England +6 31 £40,000 -11.11% 3
East of England +15 16 £32,000 -36.00% 3
Midlands -4 16 £40,000 -38.46% 5
Yorkshire +64 13 £37,500 -16.67% 1
North West -4 12 £52,500 +50.00% 2
East Midlands -8 11 £36,983 +5.67% 3
North East -5 6 £27,500 -35.29%
West Midlands +10 5 £40,000 -38.46% 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 78 (34.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (22.57%) SharePoint
3 20 (8.85%) IIS
4 2 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 29 (12.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.88%) CATIA
3 2 (0.88%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.88%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 90 (39.82%) Azure
2 86 (38.05%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (19.03%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.08%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (7.08%) Azure Storage
4 16 (7.08%) OneDrive
5 13 (5.75%) OCI
6 9 (3.98%) AWS
7 8 (3.54%) GCP
8 7 (3.10%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.65%) IaaS
9 6 (2.65%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.21%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.88%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.88%) PaaS
12 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 120 (53.10%) DNS
2 102 (45.13%) Firewall
3 86 (38.05%) DHCP
4 51 (22.57%) VPN
5 49 (21.68%) LAN
6 48 (21.24%) WAN
7 42 (18.58%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (15.04%) Network Security
9 31 (13.72%) VLAN
10 29 (12.83%) TCP/IP
11 24 (10.62%) MPLS
12 21 (9.29%) SAN
13 20 (8.85%) SD-WAN
14 17 (7.52%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (5.75%) WLAN
16 10 (4.42%) NetScaler
17 9 (3.98%) Wireless
18 8 (3.54%) NAS
19 5 (2.21%) PABX
19 5 (2.21%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.44%) MySQL
3 1 (0.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.21%) MSI
2 4 (1.77%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.77%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.88%) Hudson
4 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 80 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.75%) Aerospace
3 10 (4.42%) Finance
4 9 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.10%) Games
5 7 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.65%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.21%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.77%) Advertising
8 4 (1.77%) Automotive
8 4 (1.77%) Banking
8 4 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.77%) Retail
9 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.44%) Front Office
10 1 (0.44%) Military
10 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (27.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (12.83%) Analyst
3 23 (10.18%) Support Specialist
4 20 (8.85%) Senior
5 18 (7.96%) 2nd Line Support
6 17 (7.52%) IT Engineer
6 17 (7.52%) Project Manager
7 16 (7.08%) Network Manager
8 15 (6.64%) Infrastructure Support
9 14 (6.19%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (6.19%) Active Directory Support
9 14 (6.19%) Azure Specialist
9 14 (6.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (5.75%) Vulnerability Analyst
11 12 (5.31%) Data Centre Manager
11 12 (5.31%) Data Centre Project Manager
11 12 (5.31%) Systems Engineer
12 10 (4.42%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.42%) IT Support
12 10 (4.42%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.08%) ARM Templates
2 6 (2.65%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.57%) Data Centre
2 38 (16.81%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (10.62%) PKI
4 18 (7.96%) Public Cloud
4 18 (7.96%) Replication
5 14 (6.19%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.65%) IoT
7 4 (1.77%) Shadow IT
8 3 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.33%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.88%) Clustering
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.44%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.44%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.44%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 178 (78.76%) Windows
2 118 (52.21%) Windows Server
3 73 (32.30%) Windows Server 2016
4 69 (30.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 66 (29.20%) Linux
6 55 (24.34%) Windows Server 2012
7 48 (21.24%) Windows 10
8 17 (7.52%) Windows XP
9 16 (7.08%) Windows NT
10 13 (5.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (4.87%) VMS
12 9 (3.98%) Unix
12 9 (3.98%) Windows 7
13 7 (3.10%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (1.77%) Windows 2000
14 4 (1.77%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.88%) CentOS
15 2 (0.88%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.88%) Ubuntu
16 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (34.51%) ITIL
2 72 (31.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (20.35%) Customer Service
4 43 (19.03%) Cybersecurity
5 39 (17.26%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (16.81%) Project Management
6 38 (16.81%) Service Management
7 37 (16.37%) Agile
8 25 (11.06%) Patch Management
9 23 (10.18%) Service Delivery
9 23 (10.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 22 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (8.85%) Analytics
11 20 (8.85%) Mentoring
11 20 (8.85%) Security Patching
12 18 (7.96%) Performance Monitoring
12 18 (7.96%) Performance Tuning
12 18 (7.96%) Proactive Monitoring
12 18 (7.96%) Release Management
13 17 (7.52%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 74 (32.74%) PowerShell
2 29 (12.83%) SQL
3 18 (7.96%) C#
3 18 (7.96%) VB
4 14 (6.19%) Bicep
4 14 (6.19%) VBScript
5 8 (3.54%) Python
6 3 (1.33%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 88 (38.94%) Security Cleared
2 70 (30.97%) DV Cleared
3 52 (23.01%) Degree
4 47 (20.80%) SC Cleared
5 18 (7.96%) CCNA
5 18 (7.96%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (7.08%) APMP
7 12 (5.31%) CCNP
8 11 (4.87%) MCSE
8 11 (4.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.77%) MCP
10 4 (1.77%) MCSA
10 4 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.33%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.33%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.96%) SLA
2 14 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.44%) GDPR
5 1 (0.44%) GxP
System Software
1 183 (80.97%) Active Directory
2 86 (38.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (26.11%) Hyper-V
4 44 (19.47%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (7.08%) Firmware
5 16 (7.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 16 (7.08%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (7.08%) vSphere
6 9 (3.98%) Forefront TMG
6 9 (3.98%) VMware Workstation
7 5 (2.21%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.88%) Docker
8 2 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.88%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 86 (38.05%) SCCM
2 50 (22.12%) SCOM
3 42 (18.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (11.50%) vCenter Server
5 23 (10.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (7.96%) Kubernetes
7 16 (7.08%) NetBackup
8 12 (5.31%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (5.31%) Sysprep
9 7 (3.10%) Ansible
10 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (2.65%) Nessus
11 5 (2.21%) Nagios
11 5 (2.21%) OfficeScan
12 4 (1.77%) McAfee ePO
13 3 (1.33%) Grafana
14 2 (0.88%) HP SIM
14 2 (0.88%) SCOrch
14 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 153 (67.70%) Microsoft
2 103 (45.58%) VMware
3 58 (25.66%) Cisco
4 34 (15.04%) Veeam
5 24 (10.62%) Oracle
6 18 (7.96%) HP
6 18 (7.96%) Sophos
7 17 (7.52%) Ruckus Wireless
8 15 (6.64%) Dell
8 15 (6.64%) Juniper
9 14 (6.19%) 3PAR
9 14 (6.19%) Red Hat
9 14 (6.19%) Symantec
10 13 (5.75%) Apple
10 13 (5.75%) Palo Alto
11 12 (5.31%) EMC
11 12 (5.31%) Extreme Networks
12 10 (4.42%) Citrix
13 8 (3.54%) ServiceNow
14 7 (3.10%) SolarWinds