Berkshire IIS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IIS over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Location Amersham Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheshire Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Coventry Cramlington Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dudley East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Farnham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Jersey Kent Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Rochdale Romford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staines Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Thames Valley Thurrock UK Wales Waltham Abbey Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Witham Wokingham York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	77	64
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	50	102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.064 %	0.115 %
As % of the category below	9.653 %	17.32 %
Daily rates quoted	9	19
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£271
Average daily rate	£331	£293
% change on same period last year	+12.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£316
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£312
% change on same period last year	+9.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.53	£29.00
Average hourly rate	£36.47	£30.30
% change on same period last year	+20.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.40	£31.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.22
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Application Platforms Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	518	589
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.665 %	0.662 %
Daily rates quoted	133	110
Average minimum daily rate	£364	£309
Average daily rate	£389	£335
% change on same period last year	+16.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	68	68
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.08	£21.12
Average hourly rate	£34.71	£22.14
% change on same period last year	+56.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.33	£23.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
IIS South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

IIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing IIS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

IIS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing IIS across the Berkshire region.

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS across the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

IIS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing IIS across the Berkshire region.

IIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS across the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

IIS
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IIS within the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Reading	-8	13	£326	-1.01 %
2	Slough	+10	11	£250	-
3	Bracknell	+22	6	£300	+12.50 %
4	Newbury	-	4	-	-
5	Windsor	-3	1	-	-
5	Wokingham	0	1	-	-

IIS South East

IIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing IIS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing IIS.

1 80 (75.47 %) Windows 2 51 (48.11 %) Microsoft 3 47 (44.34 %) .NET 4 39 (36.79 %) ASP.NET 5 34 (32.08 %) SQL Server 5 34 (32.08 %) HTML 5 34 (32.08 %) DNS 6 33 (31.13 %) Java 7 32 (30.19 %) Windows 2000 8 29 (27.36 %) SharePoint 9 27 (25.47 %) C# 10 26 (24.53 %) SQL 11 24 (22.64 %) Windows Server 2003 12 23 (21.70 %) MS Office 13 21 (19.81 %) MS Exchange

14 20 (18.87 %) Internet 14 20 (18.87 %) Microsoft Certification 14 20 (18.87 %) Active Directory 14 20 (18.87 %) Apache 14 20 (18.87 %) SharePoint Portal Server 14 20 (18.87 %) Network Load Balancing 15 19 (17.92 %) ASP 15 19 (17.92 %) MSDE 16 18 (16.98 %) IBM 16 18 (16.98 %) SharePoint Server 2007 17 17 (16.04 %) HTTP 17 17 (16.04 %) JavaScript 17 17 (16.04 %) C 18 16 (15.09 %) Firewall 19 15 (14.15 %) Clustering

IIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing IIS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing IIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 47 (44.34 %) .NET 2 39 (36.79 %) ASP.NET 3 34 (32.08 %) HTML 4 19 (17.92 %) ASP 5 15 (14.15 %) CSS 6 14 (13.21 %) JSP 7 8 (7.547 %) WebServices 8 4 (3.774 %) XML 9 3 (2.830 %) XHTML 9 3 (2.830 %) WebSphere 10 2 (1.887 %) SOAP 10 2 (1.887 %) AJAX 10 2 (1.887 %) Windows SharePoint Services 10 2 (1.887 %) XSLT 10 2 (1.887 %) COM+ 11 1 (0.943 %) DCOM 11 1 (0.943 %) ATL 11 1 (0.943 %) COM 11 1 (0.943 %) J2EE 11 1 (0.943 %) ADO.NET	Application Platforms 1 29 (27.36 %) SharePoint 2 21 (19.81 %) MS Exchange 3 20 (18.87 %) Apache 3 20 (18.87 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 18 (16.98 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 12 (11.32 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 9 (8.491 %) WebLogic 7 7 (6.604 %) Tomcat 7 7 (6.604 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 7 (6.604 %) Office Project Server 8 3 (2.830 %) Exchange Server 5.5 8 3 (2.830 %) BizTalk Server 9 2 (1.887 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 2 (1.887 %) WebSphere Application Server 9 2 (1.887 %) Content Management Server 9 2 (1.887 %) WebLogic Portal 9 2 (1.887 %) Exchange Server 2007 10 1 (0.943 %) CMS 10 1 (0.943 %) Commerce Server 10 1 (0.943 %) ColdFusion
Applications 1 23 (21.70 %) MS Office 2 13 (12.26 %) Photoshop 3 9 (8.491 %) MS Excel 4 8 (7.547 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 1 (0.943 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 34 (32.08 %) DNS 2 20 (18.87 %) Internet 3 17 (16.04 %) HTTP 4 16 (15.09 %) Firewall 5 14 (13.21 %) TCP/IP 6 11 (10.38 %) Extranet 7 10 (9.434 %) DHCP 8 5 (4.717 %) SAN 8 5 (4.717 %) Intranet 9 3 (2.830 %) LAN 10 2 (1.887 %) WAN 10 2 (1.887 %) WINS 11 1 (0.943 %) Wireless 11 1 (0.943 %) MPLS 11 1 (0.943 %) WLAN 11 1 (0.943 %) VPN 11 1 (0.943 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 34 (32.08 %) SQL Server 2 19 (17.92 %) MSDE 3 13 (12.26 %) DB2 3 13 (12.26 %) DB2 UDB 4 11 (10.38 %) SQL Server 2005 5 10 (9.434 %) SQL Server 2000 6 7 (6.604 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 4 (3.774 %) SQL Server 7 8 2 (1.887 %) MySQL 8 2 (1.887 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 9 1 (0.943 %) IDOL 9 1 (0.943 %) DTS
Development Applications 1 15 (14.15 %) Flash 2 14 (13.21 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 13 (12.26 %) Dreamweaver 4 3 (2.830 %) Introscope 5 1 (0.943 %) Visual Studio	General 1 8 (7.547 %) Multimedia 2 6 (5.660 %) Finance 3 3 (2.830 %) Telecoms 4 2 (1.887 %) Retail 4 2 (1.887 %) Automotive 4 2 (1.887 %) Government 5 1 (0.943 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 31 (29.25 %) Developer 2 21 (19.81 %) Consultant 3 14 (13.21 %) Web Developer 3 14 (13.21 %) Server Engineer 4 11 (10.38 %) Support Engineer 5 9 (8.491 %) Systems Engineer 5 9 (8.491 %) SharePoint Consultant 6 8 (7.547 %) Architect 7 7 (6.604 %) Administrator 7 7 (6.604 %) SharePoint Developer 8 6 (5.660 %) Project Engineer 8 6 (5.660 %) 3rd Line Support 8 6 (5.660 %) .NET Developer 9 5 (4.717 %) Infrastructure Consultant 9 5 (4.717 %) Project Consultant 10 4 (3.774 %) WebLogic Administrator 10 4 (3.774 %) SQL Server Developer 10 4 (3.774 %) ASP.NET Developer 10 4 (3.774 %) SQL Developer 10 4 (3.774 %) C# Developer	Miscellaneous 1 15 (14.15 %) Clustering 2 7 (6.604 %) Blackberry 3 4 (3.774 %) French Language 4 3 (2.830 %) Replication 5 1 (0.943 %) Computer Science 5 1 (0.943 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 80 (75.47 %) Windows 2 32 (30.19 %) Windows 2000 3 24 (22.64 %) Windows Server 2003 4 14 (13.21 %) Linux 5 12 (11.32 %) Windows XP 6 11 (10.38 %) Unix 7 4 (3.774 %) Solaris 7 4 (3.774 %) SUSE 8 3 (2.830 %) Debian 8 3 (2.830 %) Windows NT 9 1 (0.943 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (18.87 %) Network Load Balancing 2 10 (9.434 %) Project Management 3 8 (7.547 %) Release Management 4 7 (6.604 %) Validation 4 7 (6.604 %) ITIL 5 3 (2.830 %) RAD 5 3 (2.830 %) Migration 5 3 (2.830 %) Business Analysis 5 3 (2.830 %) Project Planning 5 3 (2.830 %) Disaster Recovery 5 3 (2.830 %) Load Balancing 6 2 (1.887 %) Time Management 6 2 (1.887 %) Web Development 6 2 (1.887 %) Scrum 6 2 (1.887 %) Agile Software Development 6 2 (1.887 %) RUP 6 2 (1.887 %) OO 6 2 (1.887 %) MOF 7 1 (0.943 %) UML 7 1 (0.943 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 33 (31.13 %) Java 2 27 (25.47 %) C# 3 26 (24.53 %) SQL 4 17 (16.04 %) JavaScript 4 17 (16.04 %) C 5 15 (14.15 %) VB 6 11 (10.38 %) ActionScript 7 5 (4.717 %) VBScript 8 4 (3.774 %) VB.NET 9 3 (2.830 %) Perl 10 2 (1.887 %) C++ 11 1 (0.943 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 20 (18.87 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (3.774 %) Cisco Certification 3 3 (2.830 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.943 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.943 %) CISSP 4 1 (0.943 %) MCP 4 1 (0.943 %) CISA 4 1 (0.943 %) CISM 4 1 (0.943 %) CEH
System Software 1 20 (18.87 %) Active Directory 2 5 (4.717 %) NetBackup 3 3 (2.830 %) Terminal Services 3 3 (2.830 %) ISA Server 4 2 (1.887 %) VMware ESX 4 2 (1.887 %) Backup Exec 4 2 (1.887 %) VMware Server 5 1 (0.943 %) MailMarshal 5 1 (0.943 %) VMware Workstation	Systems Management 1 6 (5.660 %) WSUS 2 5 (4.717 %) CA SiteMinder 3 4 (3.774 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 2 (1.887 %) BMC PATROL 5 1 (0.943 %) MOM 5 1 (0.943 %) Netcool 5 1 (0.943 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 51 (48.11 %) Microsoft 2 18 (16.98 %) IBM 3 14 (13.21 %) VMware 4 13 (12.26 %) HP 5 12 (11.32 %) VERITAS 6 9 (8.491 %) Red Hat 7 8 (7.547 %) Dell 7 8 (7.547 %) Citrix 8 5 (4.717 %) BEA 9 3 (2.830 %) Cisco 9 3 (2.830 %) Oracle 9 3 (2.830 %) CheckPoint 9 3 (2.830 %) Mercator 10 2 (1.887 %) Symantec 10 2 (1.887 %) Compaq 10 2 (1.887 %) BMC 10 2 (1.887 %) Altiris 11 1 (0.943 %) LANDesk 11 1 (0.943 %) NetApp 11 1 (0.943 %) Sybase