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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 718 931
Rank change year-on-year +99 +213 -178
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 222 209 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.63% 1.58% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 182 162 178
10th Percentile £30,050 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £26,188 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.02% +6.47% +13.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £78,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +5.88% +13.33%

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 8,432 13,193 24,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 9.75% 14.91% 18.19%
Number of salaries quoted 6,527 8,354 12,597
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
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 £103,750
UK median annual salary £60,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% -3.57% +12.00%

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 20 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 20 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 +45 90 £55,000 +107.55% 17
London +87 38 £52,500 -16.00% 4
South West +2 34 £47,500 -2.06% 5
North of England +2 30 £40,000 -11.11% 4
East of England +17 16 £32,000 -36.00% 4
Midlands -8 14 £40,000 -38.46% 4
Yorkshire +59 13 £37,500 -16.67% 4
North West -10 11 £52,500 +50.00%
East Midlands -10 10 £33,966 -2.95% 3
North East -3 6 £27,500 -35.29%
West Midlands +4 4 £40,000 -38.46% 1
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 77 (34.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (22.52%) SharePoint
3 20 (9.01%) IIS
4 2 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.45%) Confluence
5 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.45%) Moodle
Applications
1 30 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) CATIA
3 2 (0.90%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.90%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (38.74%) Azure
2 84 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (18.02%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.21%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (7.21%) Azure Storage
5 15 (6.76%) OneDrive
6 13 (5.86%) OCI
7 8 (3.60%) AWS
8 6 (2.70%) GCP
8 6 (2.70%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.25%) IaaS
9 5 (2.25%) Mimecast
9 5 (2.25%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.90%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (0.90%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 118 (53.15%) DNS
2 100 (45.05%) Firewall
3 84 (37.84%) DHCP
4 51 (22.97%) VPN
5 49 (22.07%) LAN
6 48 (21.62%) WAN
7 41 (18.47%) Wi-Fi
8 33 (14.86%) Network Security
9 30 (13.51%) VLAN
10 28 (12.61%) TCP/IP
11 24 (10.81%) MPLS
12 21 (9.46%) SAN
13 20 (9.01%) SD-WAN
14 17 (7.66%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (5.86%) WLAN
16 10 (4.50%) NetScaler
17 9 (4.05%) Wireless
18 8 (3.60%) NAS
19 5 (2.25%) PABX
19 5 (2.25%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.45%) MySQL
3 1 (0.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (2.70%) MSI
2 5 (2.25%) AdminStudio
2 5 (2.25%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.90%) Hudson
4 1 (0.45%) JIRA
General
1 82 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.86%) Aerospace
3 12 (5.41%) Finance
4 9 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.60%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.15%) Games
7 6 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.25%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.80%) Advertising
9 4 (1.80%) Automotive
9 4 (1.80%) Banking
9 4 (1.80%) Retail
10 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.45%) Front Office
11 1 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (27.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (13.06%) Analyst
3 22 (9.91%) Support Specialist
4 18 (8.11%) 2nd Line Support
4 18 (8.11%) Senior
5 17 (7.66%) IT Engineer
5 17 (7.66%) Project Manager
6 15 (6.76%) Network Manager
7 14 (6.31%) Active Directory Specialist
7 14 (6.31%) Active Directory Support
7 14 (6.31%) Azure Specialist
8 13 (5.86%) Infrastructure Support
8 13 (5.86%) Vulnerability Analyst
9 12 (5.41%) Data Centre Manager
9 12 (5.41%) Data Centre Project Manager
9 12 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (5.41%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (4.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.50%) IT Support
10 10 (4.50%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.21%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.25%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (22.52%) Data Centre
2 39 (17.57%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (10.81%) PKI
4 18 (8.11%) Public Cloud
4 18 (8.11%) Replication
5 13 (5.86%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.70%) IoT
7 5 (2.25%) Shadow IT
8 2 (0.90%) Clustering
8 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.45%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.45%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 174 (78.38%) Windows
2 113 (50.90%) Windows Server
3 71 (31.98%) Windows Server 2016
4 68 (30.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 64 (28.83%) Linux
6 54 (24.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 47 (21.17%) Windows 10
8 17 (7.66%) Windows XP
9 16 (7.21%) Windows NT
10 13 (5.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (4.95%) VMS
12 10 (4.50%) Windows 7
13 9 (4.05%) Unix
14 7 (3.15%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (1.80%) Windows 2000
15 4 (1.80%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.90%) CentOS
16 2 (0.90%) OpenVMS
16 2 (0.90%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (35.14%) ITIL
2 68 (30.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (20.72%) Customer Service
4 42 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
5 39 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (17.57%) Project Management
5 39 (17.57%) Service Management
6 38 (17.12%) Agile
7 25 (11.26%) Patch Management
8 23 (10.36%) Service Delivery
8 23 (10.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 21 (9.46%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (9.01%) Analytics
10 20 (9.01%) Release Management
10 20 (9.01%) Security Patching
11 19 (8.56%) Mentoring
12 18 (8.11%) Performance Tuning
12 18 (8.11%) Proactive Monitoring
13 17 (7.66%) Performance Monitoring
13 17 (7.66%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 72 (32.43%) PowerShell
2 29 (13.06%) SQL
3 19 (8.56%) C#
3 19 (8.56%) VB
4 14 (6.31%) Bicep
4 14 (6.31%) VBScript
5 8 (3.60%) Python
6 3 (1.35%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 88 (39.64%) Security Cleared
2 71 (31.98%) DV Cleared
3 51 (22.97%) Degree
4 48 (21.62%) SC Cleared
5 18 (8.11%) CCNA
5 18 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (8.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (7.21%) APMP
7 12 (5.41%) CCNP
8 11 (4.95%) MCSE
8 11 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.80%) MCP
10 4 (1.80%) MCSA
10 4 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.35%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.90%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.11%) SLA
2 13 (5.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.45%) GDPR
4 1 (0.45%) GxP
4 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 179 (80.63%) Active Directory
2 85 (38.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (26.13%) Hyper-V
4 43 (19.37%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (7.21%) Firmware
5 16 (7.21%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (6.76%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (6.76%) vSphere
7 9 (4.05%) Forefront TMG
7 9 (4.05%) VMware Workstation
8 6 (2.70%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.90%) Docker
9 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.90%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.90%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 87 (39.19%) SCCM
2 50 (22.52%) SCOM
3 39 (17.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (11.26%) vCenter Server
5 21 (9.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (8.11%) Kubernetes
7 16 (7.21%) NetBackup
8 12 (5.41%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (5.41%) Sysprep
9 6 (2.70%) Ansible
9 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 6 (2.70%) Nessus
10 5 (2.25%) Nagios
10 5 (2.25%) OfficeScan
11 4 (1.80%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (1.35%) Grafana
13 2 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
13 2 (0.90%) PowerCLI
13 2 (0.90%) SolarWinds Orion
13 2 (0.90%) vRealize
Vendors
1 151 (68.02%) Microsoft
2 101 (45.50%) VMware
3 57 (25.68%) Cisco
4 33 (14.86%) Veeam
5 24 (10.81%) Oracle
6 18 (8.11%) HP
6 18 (8.11%) Sophos
7 17 (7.66%) Ruckus Wireless
8 15 (6.76%) Dell
8 15 (6.76%) Juniper
9 14 (6.31%) 3PAR
9 14 (6.31%) Symantec
10 13 (5.86%) Apple
10 13 (5.86%) Red Hat
11 12 (5.41%) EMC
11 12 (5.41%) Extreme Networks
11 12 (5.41%) Palo Alto
12 9 (4.05%) Citrix
12 9 (4.05%) ServiceNow
13 6 (2.70%) CheckPoint