WSUS Jobs in the UK excluding London

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 579 647
Rank change year-on-year +7 +68 -53
Permanent jobs citing WSUS 198 157 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 0.28% 0.27%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.10% 2.17% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 157 125 155
10th Percentile £28,680 £25,000 £26,100
25th Percentile £34,375 £25,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +24.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,250 £50,375
90th Percentile £59,000 £67,500 £58,250
UK median annual salary £49,463 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.92% - +17.65%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 6,387 7,243 10,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.41% 12.81% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,310 4,261 6,564
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,625 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% - +5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £61,206 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.32% -3.57% +7.69%

WSUS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WSUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WSUS in the UK excluding London

WSUS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WSUS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for WSUS in the UK excluding London

WSUS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WSUS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for WSUS in the UK excluding London

WSUS
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +28 95 £55,250 +108.49% 18
South West -2 34 £47,500 -2.06% 5
North of England +4 32 £40,000 -11.11% 3
East of England +10 17 £32,000 -36.00% 3
Yorkshire +44 15 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Midlands -12 15 £40,000 -15.79% 3
North West -13 11 £52,500 +50.00% 1
East Midlands -10 10 £33,966 -2.95% 2
North East -11 6 £27,500 -38.89%
West Midlands -21 5 £40,000 -28.89% 1
Scotland -66 3 £28,800 -36.00% 3
Northern Ireland +21 1 - -
Wales +9 1 - - 1
WSUS
UK

WSUS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 52 (26.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (13.64%) SharePoint
3 12 (6.06%) IIS
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) Moodle
Applications
1 26 (13.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.01%) CATIA
3 2 (1.01%) NASTRAN
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (1.01%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 84 (42.42%) Azure
2 67 (33.84%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (20.20%) Entra ID
4 18 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
5 17 (8.59%) Azure Storage
6 15 (7.58%) OneDrive
7 13 (6.57%) OCI
8 8 (4.04%) AWS
9 7 (3.54%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.03%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.53%) GCP
11 5 (2.53%) Mimecast
12 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.51%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 93 (46.97%) DNS
2 81 (40.91%) Firewall
3 66 (33.33%) DHCP
4 35 (17.68%) Network Security
5 33 (16.67%) VPN
6 32 (16.16%) WAN
7 31 (15.66%) LAN
8 27 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 24 (12.12%) Wi-Fi
10 22 (11.11%) SD-WAN
11 19 (9.60%) SAN
12 13 (6.57%) WLAN
13 12 (6.06%) VLAN
14 9 (4.55%) MPLS
15 8 (4.04%) NAS
15 8 (4.04%) Wireless
16 7 (3.54%) NetScaler
17 5 (2.53%) OSPF
17 5 (2.53%) PABX
17 5 (2.53%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.01%) Power BI
3 1 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.54%) MSI
2 6 (3.03%) AdminStudio
2 6 (3.03%) InstallShield
3 2 (1.01%) Hudson
4 1 (0.51%) JIRA
General
1 68 (34.34%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.05%) Games
3 9 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (4.04%) Finance
5 7 (3.54%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.53%) Automotive
7 5 (2.53%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.02%) Advertising
9 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.52%) Retail
10 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.01%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (29.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 30 (15.15%) Analyst
3 23 (11.62%) Support Specialist
4 17 (8.59%) 2nd Line Support
4 17 (8.59%) Active Directory Specialist
4 17 (8.59%) Active Directory Support
4 17 (8.59%) Azure Specialist
5 16 (8.08%) IT Engineer
5 16 (8.08%) Vulnerability Analyst
6 14 (7.07%) Network Manager
7 12 (6.06%) Senior
7 12 (6.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support
8 11 (5.56%) Lead
9 10 (5.05%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.05%) IT Support
9 10 (5.05%) Team Leader
10 9 (4.55%) Server Engineer
11 8 (4.04%) PowerShell Engineer
11 8 (4.04%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.59%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.53%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (23.74%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (16.16%) Data Centre
3 24 (12.12%) PKI
4 15 (7.58%) Replication
5 11 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.03%) Shadow IT
7 4 (2.02%) Clustering
7 4 (2.02%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.52%) IoT
9 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.51%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 165 (83.33%) Windows
2 105 (53.03%) Windows Server
3 70 (35.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 67 (33.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 56 (28.28%) Linux
6 47 (23.74%) Windows Server 2012
7 45 (22.73%) Windows 10
8 18 (9.09%) Windows XP
9 17 (8.59%) Windows NT
10 12 (6.06%) Unix
11 11 (5.56%) VMS
12 9 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 8 (4.04%) Windows 7
14 6 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
15 5 (2.53%) Windows 2000
15 5 (2.53%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (1.01%) CentOS
16 2 (1.01%) Ubuntu
17 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (41.41%) ITIL
2 66 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 48 (24.24%) Customer Service
4 42 (21.21%) Service Management
5 40 (20.20%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (13.13%) Agile
7 26 (13.13%) Patch Management
7 26 (13.13%) Release Management
7 26 (13.13%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 23 (11.62%) Analytics
8 23 (11.62%) Project Management
9 21 (10.61%) Service Delivery
10 20 (10.10%) Proactive Monitoring
10 20 (10.10%) Security Patching
11 19 (9.60%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 18 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
13 17 (8.59%) Change Management
13 17 (8.59%) Identity Management
13 17 (8.59%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 75 (37.88%) PowerShell
2 23 (11.62%) C#
2 23 (11.62%) VB
3 18 (9.09%) SQL
4 17 (8.59%) Bicep
4 17 (8.59%) VBScript
5 8 (4.04%) Python
6 3 (1.52%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.51%) Bash
Qualifications
1 90 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 70 (35.35%) DV Cleared
3 58 (29.29%) SC Cleared
4 55 (27.78%) Degree
5 21 (10.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (8.08%) CCNA
6 16 (8.08%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (6.06%) CCNP
8 9 (4.55%) MCSE
8 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (2.02%) MCP
10 4 (2.02%) MCSA
11 3 (1.52%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.09%) SLA
2 13 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.52%) QA
5 1 (0.51%) GDPR
5 1 (0.51%) GxP
System Software
1 151 (76.26%) Active Directory
2 56 (28.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (17.17%) Hyper-V
4 23 (11.62%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (8.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 17 (8.59%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (7.07%) Firmware
7 13 (6.57%) vSphere
8 7 (3.54%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (1.52%) Forefront TMG
9 3 (1.52%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (1.01%) VMware Server
10 2 (1.01%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 94 (47.47%) SCCM
2 46 (23.23%) SCOM
3 40 (20.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (12.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 22 (11.11%) Kubernetes
5 22 (11.11%) vCenter Server
6 13 (6.57%) NetBackup
7 12 (6.06%) EMC NetWorker
7 12 (6.06%) Sysprep
8 6 (3.03%) Ansible
8 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 5 (2.53%) Nagios
9 5 (2.53%) OfficeScan
10 4 (2.02%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (1.01%) Grafana
11 2 (1.01%) Nessus
12 1 (0.51%) DatAdvantage
12 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.51%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
12 1 (0.51%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 130 (65.66%) Microsoft
2 72 (36.36%) VMware
3 34 (17.17%) Cisco
4 27 (13.64%) Veeam
5 19 (9.60%) Oracle
6 18 (9.09%) Sophos
7 15 (7.58%) Apple
7 15 (7.58%) HP
8 14 (7.07%) Juniper
9 13 (6.57%) Dell
9 13 (6.57%) Symantec
10 12 (6.06%) 3PAR
10 12 (6.06%) EMC
10 12 (6.06%) Extreme Networks
10 12 (6.06%) Palo Alto
11 10 (5.05%) Red Hat
11 10 (5.05%) ServiceNow
12 7 (3.54%) Autodesk
12 7 (3.54%) Remedy
13 6 (3.03%) CheckPoint