WSUS Jobs in the South East

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 305 343 450
Rank change year-on-year +38 +107 -73
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 95 59 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.55% 0.42% 0.21%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.54% 3.03% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 88 50 20
10th Percentile £32,500 - £30,975
25th Percentile £41,250 £25,000 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £26,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +108.49% -37.65% +51.79%
75th Percentile £59,000 £64,438 £64,688
90th Percentile - £74,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% +13.33%

All Systems Management Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,716 1,945 2,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.86% 13.80% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,245 1,209 1,744
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +7.69%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the South East

WSUS
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS in the South East.

Salary trend for WSUS in the South East

WSUS
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in the South East

WSUS
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the South East 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
Thames Valley +45 55 £59,000 +126.92% 13
Berkshire +49 54 £59,000 +126.92% 13
Hampshire -16 23 £41,500 -36.15% 6
Kent -16 11 £42,500 +60.38% 1
Middlesex - 6 £35,000 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £55,000 -
WSUS
England

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 22 (23.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (51.58%) Azure
2 26 (27.37%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (22.11%) Entra ID
4 19 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (17.89%) Azure Storage
6 13 (13.68%) OCI
7 7 (7.37%) AWS
8 5 (5.26%) Mimecast
8 5 (5.26%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (65.26%) DNS
2 44 (46.32%) Firewall
3 34 (35.79%) DHCP
4 13 (13.68%) SAN
5 9 (9.47%) TCP/IP
6 6 (6.32%) VPN
7 4 (4.21%) iSCSI
7 4 (4.21%) LAN
7 4 (4.21%) NAS
7 4 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.11%) BGP
8 2 (2.11%) IPsec
8 2 (2.11%) Network Security
8 2 (2.11%) OSPF
9 1 (1.05%) SD-WAN
9 1 (1.05%) WAN
9 1 (1.05%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (7.37%) MSI
2 6 (6.32%) AdminStudio
2 6 (6.32%) InstallShield
3 2 (2.11%) Hudson
General
1 54 (56.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (6.32%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (5.26%) Finance
4 4 (4.21%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.16%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.16%) Retail
6 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.05%) Games
Job Titles
1 31 (32.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (24.21%) Support Specialist
3 17 (17.89%) Active Directory Specialist
3 17 (17.89%) Active Directory Support
3 17 (17.89%) Azure Specialist
4 16 (16.84%) Analyst
5 11 (11.58%) Infrastructure Support
6 9 (9.47%) Server Engineer
7 8 (8.42%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (8.42%) PowerShell Engineer
7 8 (8.42%) VMware Engineer
7 8 (8.42%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.37%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 6 (6.32%) Applications Packager
9 6 (6.32%) Audio Visual Engineer
9 6 (6.32%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 6 (6.32%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
9 6 (6.32%) SC Cleared Application Packager
10 5 (5.26%) Security Analyst
10 5 (5.26%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (17.89%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 28 (29.47%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (20.00%) PKI
3 14 (14.74%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.32%) Shadow IT
5 4 (4.21%) Replication
6 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.05%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 95 (100.00%) Windows
2 63 (66.32%) Windows Server
3 52 (54.74%) Windows Server 2016
4 47 (49.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 31 (32.63%) Linux
5 31 (32.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 30 (31.58%) Windows 10
7 12 (12.63%) Windows NT
7 12 (12.63%) Windows XP
8 6 (6.32%) Windows 7
9 3 (3.16%) VMS
10 1 (1.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (64.21%) ITIL
2 37 (38.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 35 (36.84%) Service Management
4 32 (33.68%) Customer Service
5 26 (27.37%) Release Management
6 25 (26.32%) Agile
7 18 (18.95%) Patch Management
7 18 (18.95%) Project Management
8 17 (17.89%) Analytics
8 17 (17.89%) CI/CD
8 17 (17.89%) DevOps
8 17 (17.89%) Identity Management
8 17 (17.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 17 (17.89%) Log Analytics
8 17 (17.89%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 17 (17.89%) Privileged Identity Management
8 17 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (17.89%) RBAC
9 15 (15.79%) Proactive Monitoring
10 14 (14.74%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (48.42%) PowerShell
2 23 (24.21%) C#
2 23 (24.21%) VB
3 17 (17.89%) Bicep
3 17 (17.89%) VBScript
4 3 (3.16%) Shell Script
4 3 (3.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (75.79%) Security Cleared
2 65 (68.42%) DV Cleared
3 47 (49.47%) SC Cleared
4 40 (42.11%) Degree
5 17 (17.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (12.63%) CCNA
6 12 (12.63%) CCNP
6 12 (12.63%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (3.16%) A+ Certification
7 3 (3.16%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (11.58%) SLA
2 4 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.16%) QA
System Software
1 85 (89.47%) Active Directory
2 27 (28.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 18 (18.95%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (17.89%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (17.89%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (12.63%) Firmware
7 7 (7.37%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (2.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 58 (61.05%) SCCM
2 32 (33.68%) SCOM
3 19 (20.00%) Kubernetes
4 18 (18.95%) vCenter Server
5 17 (17.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 17 (17.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (12.63%) EMC NetWorker
6 12 (12.63%) NetBackup
6 12 (12.63%) Sysprep
7 2 (2.11%) Grafana
7 2 (2.11%) Nessus
7 2 (2.11%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 63 (66.32%) Microsoft
2 35 (36.84%) VMware
3 16 (16.84%) Veeam
4 15 (15.79%) HP
5 14 (14.74%) Cisco
5 14 (14.74%) Dell
5 14 (14.74%) Juniper
6 13 (13.68%) Oracle
7 12 (12.63%) 3PAR
7 12 (12.63%) EMC
7 12 (12.63%) Extreme Networks
7 12 (12.63%) Palo Alto
7 12 (12.63%) Symantec
8 11 (11.58%) Sophos
9 9 (9.47%) ServiceNow
10 7 (7.37%) Autodesk
11 6 (6.32%) Apple
12 5 (5.26%) Acronis
12 5 (5.26%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (3.16%) Remedy