WSUS Jobs with Work from Home Options

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 567 752
Rank change year-on-year +91 +185 -199
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 120 97 115
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.24% 0.16%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.08% 1.50% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 77 85 92
10th Percentile £37,800 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £25,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +13.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £74,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £78,750 £66,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +13.33%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 3,890 6,483 14,153
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.50% 16.03% 20.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,935 4,589 7,819
10th Percentile £37,101 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,447 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% -0.79% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% -3.57% +12.00%

WSUS
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WSUS trend for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WSUS.

WSUS salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WSUS over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

WSUS salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 53 (44.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (30.83%) SharePoint
3 10 (8.33%) IIS
4 1 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.83%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.83%) Moodle
Applications
1 18 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.67%) CATIA
3 2 (1.67%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 53 (44.17%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (32.50%) Azure
3 25 (20.83%) Entra ID
4 16 (13.33%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (11.67%) Azure Storage
6 9 (7.50%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.17%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.17%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.50%) GCP
8 3 (2.50%) IaaS
9 2 (1.67%) AWS
10 1 (0.83%) OCI
10 1 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (45.00%) Firewall
2 53 (44.17%) DNS
3 51 (42.50%) DHCP
4 36 (30.00%) VPN
4 36 (30.00%) WAN
5 35 (29.17%) Network Security
6 33 (27.50%) LAN
6 33 (27.50%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (18.33%) MPLS
7 22 (18.33%) VLAN
8 19 (15.83%) SD-WAN
9 17 (14.17%) Remote Desktop
10 7 (5.83%) TCP/IP
11 5 (4.17%) NetScaler
12 4 (3.33%) BGP
12 4 (3.33%) OSPF
13 3 (2.50%) PABX
13 3 (2.50%) SAN
13 3 (2.50%) VSAT
13 3 (2.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.33%) AdminStudio
1 4 (3.33%) InstallShield
1 4 (3.33%) MSI
General
1 43 (35.83%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.00%) Games
3 10 (8.33%) Aerospace
4 9 (7.50%) Finance
5 7 (5.83%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.33%) Advertising
7 4 (3.33%) Automotive
7 4 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Military
9 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (18.33%) Support Specialist
3 17 (14.17%) Project Manager
4 16 (13.33%) Senior
5 14 (11.67%) Active Directory Specialist
5 14 (11.67%) Active Directory Support
5 14 (11.67%) Azure Specialist
6 13 (10.83%) Network Manager
7 12 (10.00%) Analyst
7 12 (10.00%) Data Centre Manager
7 12 (10.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
7 12 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (10.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
8 10 (8.33%) IT Engineer
8 10 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
10 8 (6.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 8 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support
10 8 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
11 7 (5.83%) NOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.67%) ARM Templates
2 5 (4.17%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 35 (29.17%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (16.67%) PKI
4 18 (15.00%) Public Cloud
5 8 (6.67%) Management Information System
6 6 (5.00%) IoT
7 4 (3.33%) Shadow IT
8 3 (2.50%) Replication
9 2 (1.67%) Clustering
9 2 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.67%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.67%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.83%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 85 (70.83%) Windows
2 51 (42.50%) Windows Server
3 39 (32.50%) Linux
4 34 (28.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (27.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (15.83%) Windows 10
8 14 (11.67%) Unix
8 14 (11.67%) VMS
9 12 (10.00%) Windows NT
10 7 (5.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (3.33%) Windows 2000
11 4 (3.33%) Windows 7
11 4 (3.33%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (3.33%) Windows XP
12 2 (1.67%) CentOS
12 2 (1.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (30.83%) ITIL
3 35 (29.17%) Agile
3 35 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (25.83%) Service Management
5 25 (20.83%) Project Management
6 23 (19.17%) Customer Service
7 20 (16.67%) Analytics
8 19 (15.83%) Mentoring
9 18 (15.00%) Release Management
10 17 (14.17%) PRINCE2
10 17 (14.17%) Security Patching
11 16 (13.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 16 (13.33%) Service Delivery
11 16 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
11 16 (13.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 15 (12.50%) Project Delivery
13 14 (11.67%) Infrastructure as Code
13 14 (11.67%) Log Analytics
13 14 (11.67%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 40 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 18 (15.00%) C#
2 18 (15.00%) VB
3 14 (11.67%) Bicep
3 14 (11.67%) VBScript
4 11 (9.17%) SQL
5 6 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (40.83%) Security Cleared
2 35 (29.17%) DV Cleared
3 29 (24.17%) Degree
3 29 (24.17%) SC Cleared
4 16 (13.33%) APMP
5 14 (11.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.50%) MCSE
6 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (0.83%) GDPR
2 1 (0.83%) GxP
2 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 87 (72.50%) Active Directory
2 39 (32.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (31.67%) Hyper-V
4 22 (18.33%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (11.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (11.67%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (7.50%) Forefront TMG
6 9 (7.50%) VMware Workstation
7 8 (6.67%) Firmware
8 4 (3.33%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.67%) Docker
9 2 (1.67%) vSphere
9 2 (1.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 56 (46.67%) SCCM
2 33 (27.50%) SCOM
3 26 (21.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (17.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 18 (15.00%) Kubernetes
6 8 (6.67%) Sysprep
7 6 (5.00%) Ansible
7 6 (5.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 4 (3.33%) vCenter Server
9 3 (2.50%) Nagios
9 3 (2.50%) OfficeScan
10 2 (1.67%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (1.67%) Grafana
10 2 (1.67%) Nessus
10 2 (1.67%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.83%) DatAdvantage
11 1 (0.83%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.83%) QRadar
11 1 (0.83%) Stealthwatch
11 1 (0.83%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 86 (71.67%) Microsoft
2 46 (38.33%) VMware
3 38 (31.67%) Cisco
4 17 (14.17%) Ruckus Wireless
5 12 (10.00%) Apple
6 9 (7.50%) Red Hat
7 7 (5.83%) Oracle
8 5 (4.17%) ServiceNow
9 4 (3.33%) Autodesk
9 4 (3.33%) Veeam
10 3 (2.50%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 3 (2.50%) Centreon
10 3 (2.50%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.50%) Citrix
10 3 (2.50%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.50%) Meraki
10 3 (2.50%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.67%) Commvault
11 2 (1.67%) Juniper
11 2 (1.67%) NetApp