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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 614 703 925
Rank change year-on-year +89 +222 -169
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 227 206 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.68% 1.60% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 183 163 181
10th Percentile £30,100 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £25,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £77,850 £62,500
UK median annual salary £49,463 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year +9.92% +3.45% +16.00%

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 8,458 12,850 25,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.52% 14.84% 18.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,489 8,169 12,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,625 £48,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £105,000 £103,500
UK median annual salary £61,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.63% -3.57% +9.38%

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 28 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 28 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 95 £55,250 +108.49% 22
London +124 36 £52,500 -12.50% 2
South West -2 34 £47,500 -2.06% 8
North of England +18 32 £40,000 -11.11% 4
East of England +7 17 £32,000 -36.00% 4
Yorkshire +59 15 £37,500 -16.67% 3
Midlands -6 13 £40,000 -28.89% 5
North West -3 11 £52,500 +50.00% 1
East Midlands -8 9 £33,966 -2.95% 3
North East -7 6 £27,500 -38.89%
West Midlands +2 4 £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 81 (35.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (21.59%) SharePoint
3 19 (8.37%) IIS
4 2 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 33 (14.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) 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 88 (38.77%) Azure
1 88 (38.77%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (18.06%) Entra ID
3 19 (8.37%) Azure Monitor
4 18 (7.93%) Azure Storage
5 15 (6.61%) OneDrive
6 13 (5.73%) OCI
7 8 (3.52%) AWS
8 6 (2.64%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.20%) GCP
9 5 (2.20%) Mimecast
9 5 (2.20%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.76%) IaaS
11 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.44%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 118 (51.98%) DNS
2 103 (45.37%) Firewall
3 84 (37.00%) DHCP
4 50 (22.03%) VPN
5 49 (21.59%) WAN
6 48 (21.15%) LAN
7 39 (17.18%) Wi-Fi
8 33 (14.54%) Network Security
9 29 (12.78%) TCP/IP
10 28 (12.33%) VLAN
11 25 (11.01%) MPLS
12 22 (9.69%) SD-WAN
13 20 (8.81%) SAN
14 16 (7.05%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (5.73%) WLAN
16 9 (3.96%) NetScaler
16 9 (3.96%) Wireless
17 8 (3.52%) NAS
18 7 (3.08%) BGP
18 7 (3.08%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.44%) MySQL
2 1 (0.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.52%) MSI
2 6 (2.64%) AdminStudio
2 6 (2.64%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.88%) Hudson
4 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 88 (38.77%) Social Skills
2 15 (6.61%) Finance
3 13 (5.73%) Aerospace
4 9 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (3.08%) Games
6 6 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (2.64%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.20%) Automotive
7 5 (2.20%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.76%) Advertising
8 4 (1.76%) Banking
8 4 (1.76%) 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%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (27.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (13.22%) Analyst
3 23 (10.13%) Support Specialist
4 18 (7.93%) 2nd Line Support
4 18 (7.93%) Senior
5 17 (7.49%) Active Directory Specialist
5 17 (7.49%) Active Directory Support
5 17 (7.49%) Azure Specialist
5 17 (7.49%) IT Engineer
6 16 (7.05%) Project Manager
7 14 (6.17%) Network Manager
8 13 (5.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.73%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 12 (5.29%) Data Centre Manager
9 12 (5.29%) Data Centre Project Manager
9 12 (5.29%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (4.85%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (4.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.41%) IT Support
11 10 (4.41%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.93%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.20%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (22.03%) Data Centre
2 43 (18.94%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (11.45%) PKI
4 20 (8.81%) Public Cloud
5 17 (7.49%) Replication
6 13 (5.73%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.64%) IoT
7 6 (2.64%) Shadow IT
8 4 (1.76%) Clustering
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.44%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.44%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.44%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 177 (77.97%) Windows
2 114 (50.22%) Windows Server
3 74 (32.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 71 (31.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 67 (29.52%) Linux
6 54 (23.79%) Windows Server 2012
7 49 (21.59%) Windows 10
8 18 (7.93%) Windows XP
9 17 (7.49%) Windows NT
10 13 (5.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (4.85%) VMS
11 11 (4.85%) Windows 7
12 9 (3.96%) Unix
13 8 (3.52%) Windows Server 2008
14 5 (2.20%) Windows 2000
14 5 (2.20%) 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 83 (36.56%) ITIL
2 69 (30.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 49 (21.59%) Customer Service
4 43 (18.94%) Service Management
5 42 (18.50%) Cybersecurity
6 41 (18.06%) Agile
7 39 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (17.18%) Project Management
8 26 (11.45%) Patch Management
8 26 (11.45%) Release Management
9 23 (10.13%) Analytics
9 23 (10.13%) Service Delivery
9 23 (10.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 21 (9.25%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (8.81%) Proactive Monitoring
11 20 (8.81%) Security Patching
12 19 (8.37%) Mentoring
12 19 (8.37%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 17 (7.49%) DevOps
13 17 (7.49%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 78 (34.36%) PowerShell
2 29 (12.78%) SQL
3 23 (10.13%) C#
3 23 (10.13%) VB
4 17 (7.49%) Bicep
4 17 (7.49%) VBScript
5 8 (3.52%) Python
6 3 (1.32%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 93 (40.97%) Security Cleared
2 76 (33.48%) DV Cleared
3 56 (24.67%) Degree
4 55 (24.23%) SC Cleared
5 21 (9.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 17 (7.49%) CCNA
6 17 (7.49%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (7.05%) APMP
8 12 (5.29%) CCNP
9 10 (4.41%) MCSE
9 10 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.76%) MCP
11 4 (1.76%) MCSA
12 3 (1.32%) A+ Certification
12 3 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.93%) SLA
2 13 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.32%) QA
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.44%) GDPR
5 1 (0.44%) GxP
System Software
1 183 (80.62%) Active Directory
2 84 (37.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (25.55%) Hyper-V
4 41 (18.06%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (7.93%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (7.49%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (6.61%) Firmware
7 15 (6.61%) vSphere
8 9 (3.96%) Forefront TMG
8 9 (3.96%) VMware Workstation
9 8 (3.52%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.88%) Docker
10 2 (0.88%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.88%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 93 (40.97%) SCCM
2 53 (23.35%) SCOM
3 43 (18.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (10.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 24 (10.57%) vCenter Server
5 23 (10.13%) Kubernetes
6 16 (7.05%) NetBackup
7 12 (5.29%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (5.29%) Sysprep
8 6 (2.64%) Ansible
8 6 (2.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (2.64%) Nessus
9 5 (2.20%) Nagios
9 5 (2.20%) OfficeScan
10 4 (1.76%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (1.76%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (1.32%) Grafana
12 2 (0.88%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.44%) HP SIM
13 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 156 (68.72%) Microsoft
2 102 (44.93%) VMware
3 55 (24.23%) Cisco
4 32 (14.10%) Veeam
5 24 (10.57%) Oracle
6 18 (7.93%) Sophos
7 17 (7.49%) HP
8 16 (7.05%) Ruckus Wireless
9 15 (6.61%) Dell
9 15 (6.61%) Juniper
10 14 (6.17%) Symantec
11 13 (5.73%) 3PAR
11 13 (5.73%) Apple
11 13 (5.73%) Red Hat
12 12 (5.29%) EMC
12 12 (5.29%) Extreme Networks
12 12 (5.29%) Palo Alto
13 10 (4.41%) ServiceNow
14 8 (3.52%) Citrix
15 7 (3.08%) Remedy