WSUS Contracts in England

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring WSUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WSUS over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 423 537 688
Rank change year-on-year +114 +151 -104
Contract jobs citing WSUS 127 99 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.76% 1.38% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 62 69
10th Percentile £267 £310 £204
25th Percentile £482 £376 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% +14.71% +5.59%
75th Percentile £608 £538 £488
90th Percentile - £599 £588
UK median daily rate £575 £500 £438
% change year-on-year +15.00% +14.29% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile - £36.75 -
25th Percentile £20.50 £47.83 £20.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £60.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +60.00% -27.88%
75th Percentile £21.50 - £63.75
90th Percentile - £64.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £60.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -65.00% +11.11% +3.85%

All Systems Management Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,609 7,176 11,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.29% 15.26% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,370 5,190 8,132
10th Percentile £290 £350 £358
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £684 £675
90th Percentile £700 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 166 155
10th Percentile £15.49 £17.61 £12.93
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.75 £52.93 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% +146.16% -12.07%
75th Percentile £52.31 £75.00 £27.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.38 £58.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% +161.36% -44.30%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WSUS in England.

Daily rate trend for WSUS in England

WSUS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WSUS in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WSUS in England

WSUS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WSUS in England.

Hourly rate trend for WSUS in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSUS within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +92 95 £575 +12.20% 20
London +75 19 £343 -8.67% 4
South West -14 6 £450 -18.18% 3
East of England +7 3 £265 -44.21% 3
Midlands +12 2 £475 -9.52% 3
North of England -11 2 £378 -20.53% 4
West Midlands +16 1 - - 1
North East +8 1 £180 -41.94%
East Midlands +4 1 £475 -9.52% 2
North West -5 1 £575 +21.05% 2
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 37 (29.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.36%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (2.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.79%) Site Server
4 1 (0.79%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.01%) Azure
2 33 (25.98%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (18.90%) Entra ID
4 23 (18.11%) Azure Monitor
5 21 (16.54%) Azure Storage
6 14 (11.02%) OCI
7 13 (10.24%) AWS
8 5 (3.94%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.79%) GitHub
10 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 62 (48.82%) DNS
2 47 (37.01%) DHCP
2 47 (37.01%) Firewall
3 22 (17.32%) SAN
4 17 (13.39%) Wireless
5 11 (8.66%) TCP/IP
6 7 (5.51%) Internet
7 6 (4.72%) VLAN
8 5 (3.94%) NAS
8 5 (3.94%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (3.94%) VPN
9 4 (3.15%) VSAN
10 3 (2.36%) Skype
11 2 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.79%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.79%) FTP
12 1 (0.79%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.79%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.79%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.15%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.15%) MySQL
2 4 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
General
1 61 (48.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.09%) Finance
3 8 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.94%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.15%) Financial Institution
6 3 (2.36%) Front Office
7 2 (1.57%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.79%) Banking
8 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (20.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (16.54%) Active Directory Support
3 20 (15.75%) Support Engineer
4 16 (12.60%) Windows Engineer
5 15 (11.81%) Build Engineer
5 15 (11.81%) Windows Build Engineer
5 15 (11.81%) Wintel Engineer
6 14 (11.02%) Active Directory Specialist
6 14 (11.02%) Azure Specialist
6 14 (11.02%) Support Specialist
7 13 (10.24%) Integration Engineer
8 10 (7.87%) Storage Engineer
9 8 (6.30%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (5.51%) Active Directory Engineer
10 7 (5.51%) Active Directory Support Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) Desktop Analyst
11 5 (3.94%) Desktop Support
11 5 (3.94%) Desktop Support Analyst
11 5 (3.94%) Server Engineer
11 5 (3.94%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (16.54%) ARM Templates
2 5 (3.94%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.05%) PKI
2 23 (18.11%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (11.02%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.15%) Fat Client
4 4 (3.15%) Thin Client
5 3 (2.36%) Clustering
6 2 (1.57%) BYOD
6 2 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.79%) CMDB
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 118 (92.91%) Windows
2 101 (79.53%) Windows Server
3 62 (48.82%) Windows Server 2019
4 57 (44.88%) Windows Server 2016
5 49 (38.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 46 (36.22%) Linux
7 38 (29.92%) Windows 10
8 15 (11.81%) Windows NT
9 14 (11.02%) Windows XP
10 7 (5.51%) Ubuntu
11 3 (2.36%) Apple iOS
11 3 (2.36%) Unix
11 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (1.57%) Android
12 2 (1.57%) CentOS
13 1 (0.79%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.79%) VMS
13 1 (0.79%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (48.82%) ITIL
2 42 (33.07%) Release Management
3 39 (30.71%) Service Management
4 38 (29.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (20.47%) Patch Management
6 24 (18.90%) Customer Service
6 24 (18.90%) RBAC
7 23 (18.11%) Agile
7 23 (18.11%) Analytics
7 23 (18.11%) DevOps
7 23 (18.11%) Proactive Monitoring
8 22 (17.32%) Identity Management
8 22 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (16.54%) CI/CD
9 21 (16.54%) Deployment Automation
9 21 (16.54%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (16.54%) Log Analytics
9 21 (16.54%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 21 (16.54%) Privileged Identity Management
10 17 (13.39%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (45.67%) PowerShell
2 22 (17.32%) C#
2 22 (17.32%) VB
3 21 (16.54%) Bicep
3 21 (16.54%) VBScript
4 7 (5.51%) SQL
5 3 (2.36%) Python
5 3 (2.36%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.57%) C++
7 1 (0.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 91 (71.65%) Security Cleared
2 72 (56.69%) DV Cleared
3 45 (35.43%) Degree
4 44 (34.65%) SC Cleared
5 21 (16.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (11.02%) CCNA
6 14 (11.02%) CCNP
6 14 (11.02%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.36%) MCSE
9 2 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.57%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.79%) MCP
10 1 (0.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.81%) QA
2 5 (3.94%) SLA
3 3 (2.36%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 111 (87.40%) Active Directory
2 58 (45.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (26.77%) Hyper-V
4 29 (22.83%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (19.69%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (16.54%) Firmware
6 21 (16.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (8.66%) vSphere
8 1 (0.79%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.79%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.79%) XenApp
8 1 (0.79%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 73 (57.48%) SCCM
2 36 (28.35%) SCOM
3 27 (21.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 23 (18.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (17.32%) vCenter Server
6 21 (16.54%) Kubernetes
7 15 (11.81%) NetBackup
7 15 (11.81%) Sysprep
8 14 (11.02%) EMC NetWorker
9 11 (8.66%) Nessus
10 5 (3.94%) Ansible
11 4 (3.15%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (3.15%) ZABBIX
12 2 (1.57%) AirWatch
12 2 (1.57%) SCDPM
12 2 (1.57%) SCVMM
12 2 (1.57%) Terraform
13 1 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.79%) VxRail
Vendors
1 98 (77.17%) Microsoft
2 67 (52.76%) VMware
3 21 (16.54%) Veeam
4 20 (15.75%) Oracle
5 19 (14.96%) Cisco
6 18 (14.17%) Dell
7 17 (13.39%) Symantec
8 16 (12.60%) EMC
9 15 (11.81%) HP
9 15 (11.81%) Juniper
9 15 (11.81%) Palo Alto
10 14 (11.02%) 3PAR
10 14 (11.02%) Extreme Networks
11 8 (6.30%) Red Hat
12 7 (5.51%) Qualys
13 6 (4.72%) Apple
13 6 (4.72%) SolarWinds
14 3 (2.36%) Avaya
15 2 (1.57%) Citrix
15 2 (1.57%) Veritas