WSUS Jobs in the Thames Valley

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring WSUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WSUS over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 219 269
Rank change year-on-year +25 +50 -33
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 57 28 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.77% 0.50% 0.28%
As % of the Systems Management category 7.85% 3.33% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 51 26 8
10th Percentile £48,925 - £31,300
25th Percentile £55,000 £25,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £26,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +126.92% -51.63% +86.96%
75th Percentile - £74,250 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £55,500 £26,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +109.43% -33.75% +42.86%

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

WSUS falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 726 842 795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.80% 15.12% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 530 466 499
10th Percentile £34,000 £28,938 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,086 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% -4.48% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +8.33%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the Thames Valley

WSUS
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for WSUS in the Thames Valley

WSUS
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in the Thames Valley

WSUS
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Berkshire +39 56 £59,000 +126.92% 12
Oxfordshire - 1 £55,000 -
WSUS
South East

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (57.89%) Azure
2 20 (35.09%) Azure Monitor
3 19 (33.33%) Azure Storage
3 19 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 19 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (22.81%) OCI
5 1 (1.75%) AWS
5 1 (1.75%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (56.14%) DNS
2 31 (54.39%) DHCP
2 31 (54.39%) Firewall
3 13 (22.81%) SAN
4 2 (3.51%) Network Security
5 1 (1.75%) BGP
5 1 (1.75%) IPsec
5 1 (1.75%) OSPF
5 1 (1.75%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.75%) VPN
5 1 (1.75%) WAN
5 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) MSI
2 8 (14.04%) AdminStudio
2 8 (14.04%) InstallShield
General
1 49 (85.96%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.79%) Finance
3 8 (14.04%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (14.04%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Retail
5 1 (1.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (38.60%) Support Specialist
2 19 (33.33%) Active Directory Specialist
2 19 (33.33%) Active Directory Support
2 19 (33.33%) Azure Specialist
3 17 (29.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Applications Packager
4 8 (14.04%) PowerShell Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) SC Cleared Application Packager
4 8 (14.04%) VMware Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Analyst
5 5 (8.77%) Build Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Windows Build Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Windows Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Support
7 3 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 3 (5.26%) Server Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Storage Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (33.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 28 (49.12%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (35.09%) PKI
3 13 (22.81%) Data Centre
4 8 (14.04%) Shadow IT
5 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (77.19%) Windows Server
3 42 (73.68%) Windows Server 2016
3 42 (73.68%) Windows Server 2019
4 32 (56.14%) Linux
5 31 (54.39%) Windows 10
6 24 (42.11%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (21.05%) Windows XP
8 11 (19.30%) Windows NT
9 8 (14.04%) Windows 7
10 2 (3.51%) VMS
11 1 (1.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (92.98%) ITIL
2 38 (66.67%) Service Management
3 32 (56.14%) Release Management
4 27 (47.37%) Agile
5 22 (38.60%) Customer Service
6 20 (35.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (35.09%) Project Management
7 19 (33.33%) Analytics
7 19 (33.33%) CI/CD
7 19 (33.33%) DevOps
7 19 (33.33%) Identity Management
7 19 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 19 (33.33%) Log Analytics
7 19 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 19 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
7 19 (33.33%) RBAC
8 13 (22.81%) Server Management
9 12 (21.05%) Proactive Monitoring
9 12 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (21.05%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (70.18%) PowerShell
2 27 (47.37%) C#
2 27 (47.37%) VB
3 19 (33.33%) Bicep
3 19 (33.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 55 (96.49%) Security Cleared
2 54 (94.74%) DV Cleared
3 45 (78.95%) SC Cleared
4 43 (75.44%) Degree
5 19 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 12 (21.05%) CCNA
6 12 (21.05%) CCNP
6 12 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (5.26%) A+ Certification
7 3 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) QA
2 3 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (98.25%) Active Directory
2 21 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 19 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (22.81%) Hyper-V
4 13 (22.81%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (19.30%) Firmware
6 9 (15.79%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 52 (91.23%) SCCM
2 31 (54.39%) SCOM
3 20 (35.09%) Kubernetes
4 19 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (21.05%) EMC NetWorker
5 12 (21.05%) NetBackup
5 12 (21.05%) vCenter Server
6 11 (19.30%) Sysprep
7 1 (1.75%) Grafana
7 1 (1.75%) Nessus
7 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 53 (92.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (38.60%) VMware
3 15 (26.32%) HP
4 13 (22.81%) Cisco
4 13 (22.81%) Dell
4 13 (22.81%) Juniper
4 13 (22.81%) Oracle
5 12 (21.05%) 3PAR
5 12 (21.05%) EMC
5 12 (21.05%) Extreme Networks
5 12 (21.05%) Palo Alto
5 12 (21.05%) Symantec
5 12 (21.05%) Veeam
6 11 (19.30%) ServiceNow
7 9 (15.79%) Autodesk
8 1 (1.75%) Apple
8 1 (1.75%) Citrix
8 1 (1.75%) Meraki
8 1 (1.75%) NetApp
8 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds