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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 756 993
Rank change year-on-year +90 +237 -213
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 228 221 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.31% 1.52% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 183 169 194
10th Percentile £29,400 £25,000 £29,325
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £53,438
90th Percentile £59,000 £78,750 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £41,250 £41,875
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.49% +19.64%

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 9,851 14,586 29,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.86% 14.71% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,078 9,021 14,016
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,250 £59,526
% change year-on-year -7.17% -0.46% +8.23%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the UK

WSUS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for WSUS in the UK

WSUS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in the UK

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 18 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 +101 222 £51,250 +13.26% 38
UK excluding London +1 188 £45,000 +9.09% 38
Work from Home +97 120 £52,500 +2.94% 14
South East +34 88 £55,000 +107.55% 17
London +88 38 £52,500 -16.00% 4
South West -2 34 £47,500 -2.06% 4
North of England +18 30 £40,000 -11.11% 4
East of England +15 16 £32,000 -36.00% 3
Midlands -9 15 £40,000 -38.46% 4
Yorkshire +60 13 £37,500 -16.67% 3
East Midlands +1 11 £36,983 +5.67% 3
North West -4 11 £52,500 +50.00% 1
North East -8 6 £27,500 -35.29%
West Midlands +3 4 £40,000 -38.46% 1
Scotland -63 3 £28,800 -36.00% 6
Northern Ireland +21 1 - -
Wales +7 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:

Application Platforms
1 77 (33.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (22.37%) SharePoint
3 20 (8.77%) IIS
4 2 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.44%) CMS
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 29 (12.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.88%) CATIA
3 2 (0.88%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.88%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 87 (38.16%) Azure
2 85 (37.28%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (17.98%) Entra ID
4 16 (7.02%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (7.02%) Azure Storage
5 15 (6.58%) OneDrive
6 13 (5.70%) OCI
7 8 (3.51%) AWS
8 7 (3.07%) GCP
9 6 (2.63%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.19%) IaaS
10 5 (2.19%) Mimecast
10 5 (2.19%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (0.88%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 119 (52.19%) DNS
2 101 (44.30%) Firewall
3 85 (37.28%) DHCP
4 51 (22.37%) VPN
5 49 (21.49%) LAN
6 48 (21.05%) WAN
7 42 (18.42%) Wi-Fi
8 38 (16.67%) Network Security
9 31 (13.60%) VLAN
10 29 (12.72%) TCP/IP
11 24 (10.53%) MPLS
12 21 (9.21%) SAN
13 20 (8.77%) SD-WAN
14 17 (7.46%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (5.70%) WLAN
16 10 (4.39%) NetScaler
17 9 (3.95%) Wireless
18 8 (3.51%) NAS
19 5 (2.19%) PABX
19 5 (2.19%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.44%) MySQL
3 1 (0.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.19%) MSI
2 4 (1.75%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.75%) InstallShield
3 2 (0.88%) Hudson
4 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 80 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.70%) Aerospace
3 12 (5.26%) Games
4 10 (4.39%) Finance
5 9 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.63%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.19%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.75%) Advertising
9 4 (1.75%) Automotive
9 4 (1.75%) Banking
9 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.75%) Retail
10 2 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.44%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.44%) Front Office
11 1 (0.44%) Military
11 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (14.91%) Analyst
3 22 (9.65%) Support Specialist
4 19 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
5 18 (7.89%) Senior
5 18 (7.89%) Vulnerability Analyst
6 17 (7.46%) IT Engineer
6 17 (7.46%) Project Manager
7 16 (7.02%) Network Manager
8 14 (6.14%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (6.14%) Active Directory Support
8 14 (6.14%) Azure Specialist
9 13 (5.70%) Infrastructure Support
10 12 (5.26%) Data Centre Manager
10 12 (5.26%) Data Centre Project Manager
10 12 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (4.39%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.39%) IT Support
11 10 (4.39%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.02%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.19%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.93%) Data Centre
2 43 (18.86%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (10.53%) PKI
4 18 (7.89%) Public Cloud
4 18 (7.89%) Replication
5 13 (5.70%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.63%) IoT
7 4 (1.75%) Shadow IT
8 3 (1.32%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.88%) Clustering
9 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.44%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.44%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.44%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.44%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 180 (78.95%) Windows
2 114 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 71 (31.14%) Windows Server 2016
4 68 (29.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 64 (28.07%) Linux
6 53 (23.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 47 (20.61%) Windows 10
8 17 (7.46%) Windows XP
9 16 (7.02%) VMS
10 15 (6.58%) Windows NT
11 14 (6.14%) Unix
12 13 (5.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (3.95%) Windows 7
14 7 (3.07%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (1.75%) Windows 2000
15 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.88%) CentOS
16 2 (0.88%) OpenVMS
16 2 (0.88%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (33.77%) ITIL
2 68 (29.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 47 (20.61%) Cybersecurity
4 44 (19.30%) Customer Service
5 39 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (16.67%) Project Management
7 37 (16.23%) Agile
7 37 (16.23%) Service Management
8 28 (12.28%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 25 (10.96%) Patch Management
10 23 (10.09%) Service Delivery
11 21 (9.21%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (8.77%) Analytics
12 20 (8.77%) Change Management
12 20 (8.77%) Security Patching
13 19 (8.33%) Mentoring
14 18 (7.89%) Performance Tuning
14 18 (7.89%) Proactive Monitoring
14 18 (7.89%) Release Management
14 18 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (31.14%) PowerShell
2 29 (12.72%) SQL
3 18 (7.89%) C#
3 18 (7.89%) VB
4 14 (6.14%) Bicep
4 14 (6.14%) VBScript
5 8 (3.51%) Python
6 3 (1.32%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 92 (40.35%) Security Cleared
2 69 (30.26%) DV Cleared
3 52 (22.81%) SC Cleared
4 51 (22.37%) Degree
5 18 (7.89%) CCNA
5 18 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (7.02%) APMP
7 12 (5.26%) CCNP
8 11 (4.82%) MCSE
8 11 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.75%) MCP
10 4 (1.75%) MCSA
10 4 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.32%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.32%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.89%) SLA
2 13 (5.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.44%) GDPR
4 1 (0.44%) GxP
System Software
1 180 (78.95%) Active Directory
2 86 (37.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (25.88%) Hyper-V
4 44 (19.30%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (7.46%) vSphere
6 16 (7.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (7.02%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (6.58%) Firmware
8 9 (3.95%) Forefront TMG
8 9 (3.95%) VMware Workstation
9 5 (2.19%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.88%) Docker
10 2 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.88%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 90 (39.47%) SCCM
2 50 (21.93%) SCOM
3 40 (17.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (11.40%) vCenter Server
5 21 (9.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 18 (7.89%) Kubernetes
7 16 (7.02%) NetBackup
8 12 (5.26%) EMC NetWorker
9 11 (4.82%) Sysprep
10 6 (2.63%) Ansible
10 6 (2.63%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 6 (2.63%) Nessus
11 5 (2.19%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (2.19%) Nagios
11 5 (2.19%) OfficeScan
12 3 (1.32%) Grafana
13 2 (0.88%) HP SIM
13 2 (0.88%) SCOrch
13 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 151 (66.23%) Microsoft
2 103 (45.18%) VMware
3 59 (25.88%) Cisco
4 33 (14.47%) Veeam
5 24 (10.53%) Oracle
6 18 (7.89%) Apple
6 18 (7.89%) HP
6 18 (7.89%) Sophos
7 17 (7.46%) Ruckus Wireless
8 16 (7.02%) Juniper
9 15 (6.58%) Dell
10 14 (6.14%) 3PAR
10 14 (6.14%) Red Hat
10 14 (6.14%) Symantec
11 13 (5.70%) Palo Alto
12 12 (5.26%) EMC
12 12 (5.26%) Extreme Networks
13 9 (3.95%) Citrix
14 8 (3.51%) ServiceNow
15 6 (2.63%) SolarWinds