The first table below looks at the demand for IIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IIS over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Rank 68 110 81
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -29
Contract jobs citing IIS 57 29 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.355% 0.951% 1.480%
As % of the Application Platforms category 14.96% 7.108% 9.628%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 15 22
Average daily rate £350 £350 £394
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £185 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £430 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £44.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -44.13%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-38.00% -9.09%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
381 408 457
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 15.74% 13.38% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 186 153
Average daily rate £350 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 39
Average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.00% -37.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.55 £14.50 £16.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £38.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
IIS
South East

IIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IIS across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Berkshire IIS Jobs Demand Trend

IIS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire IIS Daily Rate Trend

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire IIS Daily Rate Histogram

IIS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire IIS Hourly Rate Trend

IIS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IIS within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +19 23 £350 +7.69%
Bracknell - 17 £205 -
Maidenhead +1 9 £325 -
Slough -15 1 - -
IIS
South East

IIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing IIS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited IIS.

1 71 (74.74%) Windows
2 57 (60.00%) SQL
3 55 (57.89%) SQL Server
4 44 (46.32%) Microsoft
5 41 (43.16%) .NET
6 40 (42.11%) Active Directory
7 39 (41.05%) Windows Server 2003
8 36 (37.89%) C#
9 35 (36.84%) VMware
10 29 (30.53%) HTML
11 28 (29.47%) Windows Server 2008
12 27 (28.42%) Migration
13 26 (27.37%) .NET Framework
13 26 (27.37%) HP
14 25 (26.32%) Web Services
14 25 (26.32%) MS Excel
15 24 (25.26%) VMware Infrastructure
16 23 (24.21%) Windows 7
16 23 (24.21%) XML
17 22 (23.16%) Tomcat
17 22 (23.16%) Security Cleared
18 21 (22.11%) VMware ESX
19 20 (21.05%) LAN
20 18 (18.95%) Oracle
21 17 (17.89%) Visual Studio
21 17 (17.89%) Windows Azure
21 17 (17.89%) SC Cleared
22 16 (16.84%) SQL Server 2005
23 15 (15.79%) Workflow
23 15 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services

IIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing IIS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited IIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 41 (43.16%) .NET
2 29 (30.53%) HTML
3 26 (27.37%) .NET Framework
4 25 (26.32%) Web Services
5 23 (24.21%) XML
6 14 (14.74%) CSS
7 13 (13.68%) WCF
8 12 (12.63%) ASP
8 12 (12.63%) jQuery
9 11 (11.58%) ASP.NET MVC
9 11 (11.58%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 11 (11.58%) ASP.NET
9 11 (11.58%) Middleware
9 11 (11.58%) Ajax
10 10 (10.53%) LINQ
10 10 (10.53%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 10 (10.53%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (9.474%) REST
11 9 (9.474%) J2EE
11 9 (9.474%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 22 (23.16%) Tomcat
2 17 (17.89%) Windows Azure
3 14 (14.74%) SharePoint
3 14 (14.74%) MS Exchange
4 13 (13.68%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (12.63%) Apache
6 11 (11.58%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (9.474%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (5.263%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (5.263%) WebLogic
8 5 (5.263%) Documentum
8 5 (5.263%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 5 (5.263%) BizTalk Server
9 4 (4.211%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (4.211%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (4.211%) CMS
10 3 (3.158%) FileNet
10 3 (3.158%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (2.105%) Kentico
11 2 (2.105%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 25 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.105%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.053%) Office 365
3 1 (1.053%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.053%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (10.53%) Pivotal CRM
2 5 (5.263%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (5.263%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 20 (21.05%) LAN
2 15 (15.79%) SAN
3 12 (12.63%) TCP/IP
4 11 (11.58%) WAN
5 10 (10.53%) HTTP
6 7 (7.368%) DNS
7 6 (6.316%) Firewall
8 4 (4.211%) iSCSI
8 4 (4.211%) DHCP
8 4 (4.211%) LDAP
9 3 (3.158%) NAS
9 3 (3.158%) Internet
10 2 (2.105%) SSL
11 1 (1.053%) S/MIME
11 1 (1.053%) VPN
11 1 (1.053%) ADSL
11 1 (1.053%) Intranet
11 1 (1.053%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (57.89%) SQL Server
2 16 (16.84%) SQL Server 2005
3 15 (15.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (11.58%) Crystal Reports
5 10 (10.53%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (8.421%) Oracle 8/8i
7 5 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (2.105%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (2.105%) Data Mining
9 1 (1.053%) TOAD
9 1 (1.053%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (1.053%) EDRMS
9 1 (1.053%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 17 (17.89%) Visual Studio
2 11 (11.58%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.053%) Subversion
General
1 9 (9.474%) Finance
1 9 (9.474%) Games
2 4 (4.211%) Banking
2 4 (4.211%) Retail
3 2 (2.105%) Marketing
4 1 (1.053%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.053%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 23 (24.21%) Developer
2 10 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (10.53%) Support Engineer
2 10 (10.53%) .NET Developer
2 10 (10.53%) CRM Developer
3 9 (9.474%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 9 (9.474%) Consultant
4 8 (8.421%) Pivotal CRM Developer
5 7 (7.368%) Software Development Engineer
5 7 (7.368%) Development Engineer
5 7 (7.368%) Analyst
5 7 (7.368%) Software Engineer
5 7 (7.368%) Web Developer
6 6 (6.316%) Applications Support
6 6 (6.316%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (6.316%) Tester
6 6 (6.316%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (6.316%) .NET Web Developer
6 6 (6.316%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (5.263%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.53%) Clustering
2 4 (4.211%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (3.158%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.105%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.105%) PKI
4 2 (2.105%) Statistics
4 2 (2.105%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.105%) Smartcard
4 2 (2.105%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.105%) Replication
4 2 (2.105%) Kinect
4 2 (2.105%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.053%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.053%) SaaS
5 1 (1.053%) iPad
5 1 (1.053%) Oracle Exalogic
5 1 (1.053%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 71 (74.74%) Windows
2 39 (41.05%) Windows Server 2003
3 28 (29.47%) Windows Server 2008
4 23 (24.21%) Windows 7
5 14 (14.74%) Windows XP
6 5 (5.263%) Windows Vista
7 4 (4.211%) Windows 2000
8 3 (3.158%) UNIX
9 1 (1.053%) Linux
9 1 (1.053%) Android
9 1 (1.053%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (1.053%) CentOS
9 1 (1.053%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.42%) Migration
2 15 (15.79%) CRM
2 15 (15.79%) ITIL
2 15 (15.79%) Workflow
3 11 (11.58%) MVC
4 10 (10.53%) Regression Testing
4 10 (10.53%) Scrum
4 10 (10.53%) TDD
5 9 (9.474%) Test Automation
5 9 (9.474%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (8.421%) Non-Functional Testing
6 8 (8.421%) Test Scripting
6 8 (8.421%) Content Management
7 7 (7.368%) Automated Testing
7 7 (7.368%) Scalability Testing
7 7 (7.368%) Validation
8 6 (6.316%) Service Delivery
9 5 (5.263%) Project Management
9 5 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (5.263%) EAI
Programming Languages
1 57 (60.00%) SQL
2 36 (37.89%) C#
3 14 (14.74%) PowerShell
4 12 (12.63%) JavaScript
4 12 (12.63%) VB
5 11 (11.58%) T-SQL
6 9 (9.474%) VBScript
7 8 (8.421%) C++
8 2 (2.105%) C
8 2 (2.105%) Python
9 1 (1.053%) Java
9 1 (1.053%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.053%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (23.16%) Security Cleared
2 17 (17.89%) SC Cleared
3 7 (7.368%) MCSE
3 7 (7.368%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (6.316%) Degree
5 3 (3.158%) HNC
5 3 (3.158%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (3.158%) MCP
6 2 (2.105%) MCSD
6 2 (2.105%) CCA
6 2 (2.105%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (2.105%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.105%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.053%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.053%) OCP
7 1 (1.053%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.053%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.263%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 24 (25.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (22.11%) VMware ESX
4 11 (11.58%) vSphere
5 7 (7.368%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (4.211%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (3.158%) NLBS
8 2 (2.105%) MetaFrame
8 2 (2.105%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (2.105%) NFS
9 1 (1.053%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 11 (11.58%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (7.368%) HP SIM
2 7 (7.368%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 6 (6.316%) Foglight
4 1 (1.053%) SCCM
4 1 (1.053%) SCOM
4 1 (1.053%) MOM
Vendors
1 44 (46.32%) Microsoft
2 35 (36.84%) VMware
3 26 (27.37%) HP
4 18 (18.95%) Oracle
5 10 (10.53%) IBM
6 7 (7.368%) Cisco
7 4 (4.211%) JBoss
7 4 (4.211%) Dell
7 4 (4.211%) EMC
7 4 (4.211%) Remedy
7 4 (4.211%) Brocade
8 3 (3.158%) ReadSoft
8 3 (3.158%) NetApp
9 2 (2.105%) Veritas
9 2 (2.105%) Citrix
9 2 (2.105%) CA
10 1 (1.053%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.053%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (1.053%) Primavera
10 1 (1.053%) Adobe
Reading, Thames Valley
My client a gloal technology company are seeking multiple expert SharePoint Support Engineers to assist with 3rd/4th line Support to their Premier and Partner customers.You will...
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Already a Subject Matter Expert regarding Microsoft SharePoint 2010, MOSS 2010, Windows Server products, ideally you will also have knowledge of IIS, SQL Windows Server 2008... Essentially, you...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £400 - 450 Per Day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Remedy, Quest, Clarify or MSSOLVE * Handle incoming escalated incidents varying between low and high call volume.* Be reactive to higher priority severity incidents initiated by our customers.* Write...
Volt
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft Exchange 2007, Powershell scripting etc.), you will already have experience of supporting Exchange deployments and dealing with critical situations relating to Microsoft Exchange...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £400 - 450 Per Day Ltd Co
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft Exchange 2007, Powershell scripting etc.), you will already have experience of supporting Exchange deployments and dealing with critical situations relating to Microsoft Exchange...
Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £400 - 450 Per Day Ltd Co
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Oracle 10g / 11 g / SQL, PL/SQL / Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Good knowledge of Web Services (IIS, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, Tomcat)... *Basic knowledge...
Spring Technology
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013