East of England IIS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) skills within the East of England 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	87	101
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	66	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.085 %	0.047 %
As % of the category below	8.312 %	6.462 %
Daily rates quoted	23	12
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£288
Average daily rate	£380	£315
% change on same period last year	+20.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£415	£342
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£312
% change on same period last year	+9.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.14	£24.86
Average hourly rate	£23.64	£27.71
% change on same period last year	-14.69 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.14	£30.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.22
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Application Platforms East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	794	650
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.019 %	0.730 %
Daily rates quoted	219	208
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£337
Average daily rate	£376	£359
% change on same period last year	+4.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£402	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	129	78
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.45	£24.36
Average hourly rate	£21.23	£25.78
% change on same period last year	-17.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.01	£27.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
IIS England

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 East of England 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 East of England region.

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS across the East of England 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 East of England region.

IIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS across the East of England 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 East of England 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	Hertfordshire	-1	22	£470	+37.88 %
2	Cambridgeshire	-3	21	£175	-41.66 %
3	Essex	+3	16	£216	-4.06 %
4	Suffolk	-	4	-	-
5	East Anglia	-	2	-	-
5	Bedfordshire	+8	2	-	-

IIS England

IIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England 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 64 (52.46 %) Windows 2 61 (50.00 %) SQL 2 61 (50.00 %) Microsoft 3 54 (44.26 %) SQL Server 4 50 (40.98 %) .NET 5 37 (30.33 %) XML 6 30 (24.59 %) Tomcat 6 30 (24.59 %) HTML 6 30 (24.59 %) ASP 7 29 (23.77 %) ASP.NET 8 28 (22.95 %) JavaScript 9 27 (22.13 %) CSS 10 26 (21.31 %) WebServices 11 24 (19.67 %) Java 12 23 (18.85 %) J2EE

13 21 (17.21 %) VBScript 13 21 (17.21 %) Internet 14 20 (16.39 %) Linux 14 20 (16.39 %) WebSphere 15 18 (14.75 %) LAMP 15 18 (14.75 %) Apache 15 18 (14.75 %) TCP/IP 16 17 (13.93 %) HTTP 16 17 (13.93 %) Microsoft Certification 16 17 (13.93 %) Unix 17 16 (13.11 %) MySQL 17 16 (13.11 %) C# 17 16 (13.11 %) Active Directory 17 16 (13.11 %) AJAX 18 15 (12.30 %) VB

IIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England 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 50 (40.98 %) .NET 2 37 (30.33 %) XML 3 30 (24.59 %) HTML 3 30 (24.59 %) ASP 4 29 (23.77 %) ASP.NET 5 27 (22.13 %) CSS 6 26 (21.31 %) WebServices 7 23 (18.85 %) J2EE 8 20 (16.39 %) WebSphere 9 18 (14.75 %) LAMP 10 16 (13.11 %) AJAX 11 9 (7.377 %) XSL 12 8 (6.557 %) .NET Framework 13 7 (5.738 %) JSP 14 6 (4.918 %) ADO.NET 14 6 (4.918 %) XSLT 15 4 (3.279 %) DOM 15 4 (3.279 %) COM+ 15 4 (3.279 %) XHTML 16 3 (2.459 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 30 (24.59 %) Tomcat 2 18 (14.75 %) Apache 3 12 (9.836 %) JBoss 4 11 (9.016 %) WebLogic 5 9 (7.377 %) MS Exchange 6 8 (6.557 %) BizTalk Server 7 5 (4.098 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 4 (3.279 %) WebSphere Application Server 9 3 (2.459 %) MQSeries 9 3 (2.459 %) IBM HTTP Server 9 3 (2.459 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 2 (1.639 %) Exchange Server 5.5 11 1 (0.820 %) SharePoint Server 2007 11 1 (0.820 %) Exchange Server 2007 11 1 (0.820 %) SharePoint 11 1 (0.820 %) CMS
Applications 1 5 (4.098 %) Photoshop 2 4 (3.279 %) MS Office 3 3 (2.459 %) MS Excel 4 1 (0.820 %) Adobe Illustrator	Communications & Networking 1 21 (17.21 %) Internet 2 18 (14.75 %) TCP/IP 3 17 (13.93 %) HTTP 4 13 (10.66 %) DNS 5 11 (9.016 %) Intranet 6 7 (5.738 %) Extranet 7 6 (4.918 %) FTP 8 5 (4.098 %) SMTP 8 5 (4.098 %) SSH 9 4 (3.279 %) SSL 9 4 (3.279 %) SAN 10 2 (1.639 %) Firewall 10 2 (1.639 %) DHCP 10 2 (1.639 %) Broadband 10 2 (1.639 %) LAN 10 2 (1.639 %) WAN 11 1 (0.820 %) GPRS 11 1 (0.820 %) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 54 (44.26 %) SQL Server 2 16 (13.11 %) MySQL 3 14 (11.48 %) SQL Server 2005 4 13 (10.66 %) MS Access 5 12 (9.836 %) SQL Server 2000 6 9 (7.377 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 8 (6.557 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 4 (3.279 %) Crystal Reports 8 4 (3.279 %) DB2 9 3 (2.459 %) RDBMS 10 2 (1.639 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 10 2 (1.639 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 10 2 (1.639 %) OLAP 10 2 (1.639 %) DTS 11 1 (0.820 %) GIS	Development Applications 1 4 (3.279 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (2.459 %) Flash 2 3 (2.459 %) LoadRunner 3 2 (1.639 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 1 (0.820 %) ClearCase 4 1 (0.820 %) JUnit
General 1 14 (11.48 %) Graphic Design 2 13 (10.66 %) Retail 3 8 (6.557 %) Finance 4 2 (1.639 %) Back Office 4 2 (1.639 %) Telecoms 5 1 (0.820 %) Games 5 1 (0.820 %) Music	Job Titles 1 48 (39.34 %) Developer 2 19 (15.57 %) Analyst 2 19 (15.57 %) Web Developer 2 19 (15.57 %) .NET Developer 3 13 (10.66 %) Architect 4 11 (9.016 %) Test Engineer 4 11 (9.016 %) Support Analyst 5 10 (8.197 %) VB.NET Developer 6 8 (6.557 %) ASP.NET Developer 6 8 (6.557 %) UNIX Support 6 8 (6.557 %) Linux Support 7 5 (4.098 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 7 5 (4.098 %) SQL Developer 7 5 (4.098 %) SQL DBA 7 5 (4.098 %) C# Developer 7 5 (4.098 %) DBA 8 4 (3.279 %) Solutions Architect 8 4 (3.279 %) Software Developer 8 4 (3.279 %) Tester 8 4 (3.279 %) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous 1 4 (3.279 %) W3C 1 4 (3.279 %) Web 2.0 2 2 (1.639 %) Fat Client 2 2 (1.639 %) Thin Client 2 2 (1.639 %) N-Tier 2 2 (1.639 %) Clustering 2 2 (1.639 %) PKI 2 2 (1.639 %) IPTV 3 1 (0.820 %) E-Learning 3 1 (0.820 %) NHS 3 1 (0.820 %) Replication 3 1 (0.820 %) Client/Server 3 1 (0.820 %) PDA 3 1 (0.820 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 64 (52.46 %) Windows 2 20 (16.39 %) Linux 3 17 (13.93 %) Unix 4 9 (7.377 %) Solaris 5 7 (5.738 %) Windows 2000 6 6 (4.918 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (2.459 %) SUSE 7 3 (2.459 %) AIX 7 3 (2.459 %) Windows XP 8 1 (0.820 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (8.197 %) Security Management 2 9 (7.377 %) Agile Software Development 3 8 (6.557 %) Software Testing 3 8 (6.557 %) E-Commerce 3 8 (6.557 %) Test Scripting 4 7 (5.738 %) Web Development 5 6 (4.918 %) OO 6 5 (4.098 %) OOA/OOD 7 4 (3.279 %) CRM 7 4 (3.279 %) Content Management 7 4 (3.279 %) ITIL 7 4 (3.279 %) PRINCE2 7 4 (3.279 %) OOD 7 4 (3.279 %) B2B 7 4 (3.279 %) Web Design 7 4 (3.279 %) Technical Architecture 8 3 (2.459 %) Load Balancing 8 3 (2.459 %) Load Testing 8 3 (2.459 %) Unit Testing 8 3 (2.459 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 61 (50.00 %) SQL 2 28 (22.95 %) JavaScript 3 24 (19.67 %) Java 4 21 (17.21 %) VBScript 5 16 (13.11 %) C# 6 15 (12.30 %) VB 7 12 (9.836 %) VB.NET 8 10 (8.197 %) PHP 9 4 (3.279 %) Perl 9 4 (3.279 %) VB6 9 4 (3.279 %) XPath 10 3 (2.459 %) DHTML 11 2 (1.639 %) C 11 2 (1.639 %) PL/SQL 12 1 (0.820 %) Transact-SQL 12 1 (0.820 %) ActionScript
Qualifications 1 17 (13.93 %) Microsoft Certification 2 11 (9.016 %) MCP 3 5 (4.098 %) MCSE 3 5 (4.098 %) Degree 4 3 (2.459 %) Sun Certification 5 2 (1.639 %) MCDBA 6 1 (0.820 %) CNE 6 1 (0.820 %) Novell Certification 6 1 (0.820 %) IBM Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (3.279 %) WCAG 1 4 (3.279 %) WAI 2 2 (1.639 %) QA 2 2 (1.639 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 16 (13.11 %) Active Directory 2 11 (9.016 %) ISA Server 3 4 (3.279 %) VMware ESX 3 4 (3.279 %) MSMQ 4 2 (1.639 %) NetBackup 4 2 (1.639 %) Backup Exec 5 1 (0.820 %) Samba	Systems Management 1 6 (4.918 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (2.459 %) MOM 3 1 (0.820 %) WSUS
Vendors 1 61 (50.00 %) Microsoft 2 12 (9.836 %) Red Hat 3 10 (8.197 %) Sun 4 9 (7.377 %) HP 4 9 (7.377 %) Dell 5 7 (5.738 %) Oracle 6 6 (4.918 %) IBM 7 4 (3.279 %) Sybase 7 4 (3.279 %) VMware 8 2 (1.639 %) McAfee Security 8 2 (1.639 %) NetApp 8 2 (1.639 %) VERITAS 8 2 (1.639 %) Cisco 8 2 (1.639 %) Citrix 9 1 (0.820 %) BMC 9 1 (0.820 %) Adobe 9 1 (0.820 %) Sage 9 1 (0.820 %) Remedy 9 1 (0.820 %) ESRI 9 1 (0.820 %) Serena