WSUS Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for WSUS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WSUS over the 6 months to 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 426 589
Rank change year-on-year +120 +163 -119
Contract jobs citing WSUS 32 23 37
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.096% 0.084%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.92% 0.60% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 15 27
10th Percentile £278 £204 £313
25th Percentile £489 £293 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £320 £480
Median % change year-on-year +89.06% -33.33% +1.05%
75th Percentile £608 £488 £569
90th Percentile - £515 £593
UK median daily rate £575 £500 £438
% change year-on-year +15.00% +14.29% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £54.00
75th Percentile - - £61.13
90th Percentile - - £73.95
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £60.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -65.00% +11.11% +3.85%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,667 3,828 7,032
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.28% 16.04% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,258 2,831 5,254
10th Percentile £360 £400 £400
25th Percentile £441 £474 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -0.88% +7.62%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.55% -2.65% +10.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 78 45
10th Percentile - £25.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.01 £20.75
Median hourly rate £48.25 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.77% +85.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £55.63 £75.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £60.88 £85.75 £74.75
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -44.35% +161.36% -44.30%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

WSUS daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WSUS over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

WSUS daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

WSUS
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

WSUS hourly rate 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 24 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.25%) IIS
2 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.13%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (75.00%) Azure
2 23 (71.88%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (65.63%) Azure Monitor
3 21 (65.63%) Entra ID
4 20 (62.50%) Azure Storage
5 4 (12.50%) AWS
6 1 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (71.88%) DHCP
1 23 (71.88%) DNS
2 22 (68.75%) Firewall
3 3 (9.38%) TCP/IP
3 3 (9.38%) Wireless
4 1 (3.13%) FTP
4 1 (3.13%) Internet
4 1 (3.13%) NetScaler
4 1 (3.13%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (3.13%) Skype
4 1 (3.13%) VLAN
4 1 (3.13%) VPN
4 1 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (71.88%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Finance
2 2 (6.25%) Front Office
3 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 20 (62.50%) Active Directory Support
2 14 (43.75%) Active Directory Specialist
2 14 (43.75%) Azure Specialist
2 14 (43.75%) Support Specialist
3 8 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) Active Directory Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.13%) Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.13%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.13%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.13%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Server Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (62.50%) ARM Templates
2 2 (6.25%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (65.63%) PKI
2 20 (62.50%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.25%) Clustering
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 31 (96.88%) Windows
2 24 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 23 (71.88%) Linux
3 23 (71.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (68.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (6.25%) Ubuntu
6 2 (6.25%) Unix
6 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (3.13%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (81.25%) ITIL
2 24 (75.00%) Release Management
3 22 (68.75%) RBAC
4 21 (65.63%) Identity Management
4 21 (65.63%) Service Management
5 20 (62.50%) Agile
5 20 (62.50%) Analytics
5 20 (62.50%) CI/CD
5 20 (62.50%) DevOps
5 20 (62.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 20 (62.50%) Log Analytics
5 20 (62.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 20 (62.50%) Privileged Identity Management
6 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (12.50%) Patch Management
7 4 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 4 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (9.38%) Change Control
8 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
8 3 (9.38%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 29 (90.63%) PowerShell
2 20 (62.50%) Bicep
2 20 (62.50%) C#
2 20 (62.50%) VB
2 20 (62.50%) VBScript
3 3 (9.38%) SQL
4 2 (6.25%) C++
4 2 (6.25%) VB.NET
5 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (81.25%) Degree
2 21 (65.63%) SC Cleared
2 21 (65.63%) Security Cleared
3 20 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 20 (62.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (6.25%) MCSE
6 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.13%) MCP
6 1 (3.13%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) ISO 9001
1 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (90.63%) Active Directory
2 23 (71.88%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (62.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (12.50%) vSphere
6 3 (9.38%) Hyper-V
7 2 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (3.13%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (3.13%) XenApp
8 1 (3.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (81.25%) SCCM
2 20 (62.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 20 (62.50%) Kubernetes
2 20 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (62.50%) SCOM
3 3 (9.38%) Nessus
4 1 (3.13%) AirWatch
4 1 (3.13%) Backup Exec
4 1 (3.13%) HP SIM
4 1 (3.13%) SCDPM
4 1 (3.13%) SCVMM
4 1 (3.13%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (3.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (90.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) VMware
3 3 (9.38%) Qualys
4 2 (6.25%) Apple
4 2 (6.25%) Citrix
4 2 (6.25%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.13%) Avaya
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco
5 1 (3.13%) Commvault
5 1 (3.13%) HP
5 1 (3.13%) IronPort
5 1 (3.13%) Netskope
5 1 (3.13%) Okta
5 1 (3.13%) Oracle
5 1 (3.13%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.13%) Symantec
5 1 (3.13%) Veritas