Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 | 685 | 735 | 978 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +50 | +243 | -197 |
| Permanent jobs citing WSUS | 233 | 218 | 261 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.23% | 0.22% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Systems Management category | 2.36% | 1.53% | 0.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 184 | 170 | 199 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,475 | £25,000 | £28,050 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £28,438 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £49,463 | £45,000 | £43,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.92% | +3.45% | +16.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £58,750 | £63,750 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £59,000 | £78,750 | £62,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £45,000 | £41,250 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +9.09% | +21.32% |
All Systems Management Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for systems management skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills | 9,853 | 14,263 | 30,780 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 9.60% | 14.65% | 18.44% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7,027 | 8,875 | 14,106 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £35,400 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £48,000 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £61,000 | £67,500 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.63% | -3.57% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £87,500 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £105,000 | £101,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £59,526 | £59,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.60% | +0.89% | +7.27% |
WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
WSUS
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS.
WSUS
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.
WSUS
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +89 | 227 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 45 |
| UK excluding London | +17 | 196 | £45,000 | - | 45 |
| Work from Home | +92 | 120 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 15 |
| 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 |
| Scotland | -57 | 3 | £28,800 | -36.00% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wales | +3 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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