IIS Contracts in England

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for IIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IIS over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 483 498
Rank change year-on-year +37 +15 -47
Contract jobs citing IIS 95 178 323
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.36% 0.45%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.75% 3.32% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 144 244
10th Percentile £349 £350 £291
25th Percentile £363 £411 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £569 £700 £625
90th Percentile £689 £835 £679
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £22.23 - £47.25
25th Percentile £22.56 - £48.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £83.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.33% +58.10% -8.70%
75th Percentile £24.41 - £56.25
90th Percentile £25.52 - £57.75
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £64.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -62.81% +21.90% +13.51%

All Application Platform Skills
England

IIS is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,450 5,366 8,928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.36% 10.74% 12.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,466 3,831 6,139
10th Percentile £250 £263 £263
25th Percentile £360 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £760 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.10% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 134 186
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.50 £13.87
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.31 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £33.75 £20.95
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +61.14% +4.73%
75th Percentile £45.89 £66.00 £47.31
90th Percentile £65.90 £79.93 £68.06
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% +4.02%

IIS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing IIS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IIS in England

IIS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IIS in England

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IIS in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IIS in England

IIS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IIS in England

IIS
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 IIS within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
London +80 57 £450 -22.58% 21
East of England +33 21 £425 -41.38% 4
North of England +37 10 £563 +7.14% 13
Yorkshire +24 6 £563 +12.50% 4
North West +29 4 £550 -4.35% 8
West Midlands +20 3 £1,000 +113.33% 5
Midlands +18 3 £1,000 +172.11% 8
South East -11 1 £438 -14.22% 6
IIS
UK

IIS
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 15 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 15 (15.79%) Tomcat
2 11 (11.58%) SharePoint
3 10 (10.53%) Apache
4 4 (4.21%) WebSphere
5 3 (3.16%) JBoss
5 3 (3.16%) WordPress
6 2 (2.11%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.05%) CMS
7 1 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (1.05%) nginx
7 1 (1.05%) WebLogic
7 1 (1.05%) WildFly
Applications
1 15 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 41 (43.16%) Azure
2 27 (28.42%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (13.68%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (11.58%) Entra ID
5 10 (10.53%) AWS
6 6 (6.32%) GitHub
7 4 (4.21%) PaaS
8 3 (3.16%) Mimecast
8 3 (3.16%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.16%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.11%) Nutanix
9 2 (2.11%) Rubrik
10 1 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.05%) IaaS
10 1 (1.05%) OCI
10 1 (1.05%) SaaS
10 1 (1.05%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.95%) DNS
2 17 (17.89%) Internet
3 11 (11.58%) TCP/IP
4 10 (10.53%) Firewall
5 9 (9.47%) SAN
6 8 (8.42%) NAS
7 7 (7.37%) VPN
8 6 (6.32%) H.323
8 6 (6.32%) HTTP
8 6 (6.32%) Network Security
9 5 (5.26%) Wireless
10 4 (4.21%) DHCP
10 4 (4.21%) Wireshark
11 3 (3.16%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (3.16%) iSCSI
11 3 (3.16%) LAN
11 3 (3.16%) SSL
12 2 (2.11%) DKIM
12 2 (2.11%) DMARC
12 2 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (34.74%) SQL Server
2 11 (11.58%) Oracle Database
3 4 (4.21%) Big Data
3 4 (4.21%) MySQL
4 3 (3.16%) DB2
4 3 (3.16%) MariaDB
4 3 (3.16%) Relational Database
4 3 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (9.47%) Git
2 8 (8.42%) JIRA
3 5 (5.26%) Jenkins
4 4 (4.21%) Fiddler
5 3 (3.16%) Cucumber
5 3 (3.16%) Robot Framework
5 3 (3.16%) Selenium
5 3 (3.16%) SonarQube
5 3 (3.16%) Visual Studio
5 3 (3.16%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (2.11%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (2.11%) Vagrant
7 1 (1.05%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.05%) GitLab
7 1 (1.05%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (1.05%) Subversion
7 1 (1.05%) TeamCity
General
1 23 (24.21%) Finance
2 18 (18.95%) Social Skills
3 8 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.37%) Banking
5 6 (6.32%) Legal
5 6 (6.32%) Telecoms
6 5 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.05%) French Language
9 1 (1.05%) German Language
9 1 (1.05%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.05%) Local Government
9 1 (1.05%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (15.79%) Developer
2 11 (11.58%) Web Engineer
3 10 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
3 10 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
4 9 (9.47%) Applications Support
4 9 (9.47%) C# Developer
5 8 (8.42%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 8 (8.42%) C# WCF Developer
5 8 (8.42%) C# WPF Developer
5 8 (8.42%) Support Engineer
5 8 (8.42%) WCF Developer
5 8 (8.42%) WPF Developer
6 7 (7.37%) Applications Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) Applications Support Engineer
6 7 (7.37%) Architect
7 6 (6.32%) Administrator
7 6 (6.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Software Engineer
7 6 (6.32%) Wintel Engineer
8 4 (4.21%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (47.37%) .NET
2 25 (26.32%) .NET Framework
3 11 (11.58%) ASP.NET
3 11 (11.58%) Web Services
4 9 (9.47%) WinForms
4 9 (9.47%) WPF
5 8 (8.42%) CSS
5 8 (8.42%) HTML
5 8 (8.42%) WCF
6 6 (6.32%) JSON
7 5 (5.26%) REST
7 5 (5.26%) SAML
8 3 (3.16%) .NET Core
8 3 (3.16%) AngularJS
8 3 (3.16%) LAMP
8 3 (3.16%) React
8 3 (3.16%) XHTML
9 2 (2.11%) ADSI
9 2 (2.11%) LDAP
9 2 (2.11%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.42%) Data Centre
2 7 (7.37%) Clustering
3 6 (6.32%) IVR
3 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (4.21%) PKI
6 3 (3.16%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.16%) Low-Code
6 3 (3.16%) Replication
6 3 (3.16%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.11%) Fat Client
7 2 (2.11%) Thin Client
8 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (1.05%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.05%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 73 (76.84%) Windows
2 30 (31.58%) Windows Server
3 21 (22.11%) Linux
4 12 (12.63%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (11.58%) VMS
5 11 (11.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (8.42%) Unix
7 7 (7.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (3.16%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.11%) AIX
10 2 (2.11%) Solaris
10 2 (2.11%) Windows 10
11 1 (1.05%) Android
11 1 (1.05%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (35.79%) DevOps
2 19 (20.00%) Agile
3 14 (14.74%) Migration
4 13 (13.68%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (12.63%) Load Balancing
5 12 (12.63%) SDLC
6 11 (11.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 10 (10.53%) Software Deployment
8 9 (9.47%) Change Management
8 9 (9.47%) Data Analysis
9 8 (8.42%) Capacity Management
9 8 (8.42%) CI/CD
9 8 (8.42%) Microservices
9 8 (8.42%) Scrum
9 8 (8.42%) Software Engineering
10 7 (7.37%) Proactive Maintenance
11 6 (6.32%) High Availability
11 6 (6.32%) OO
11 6 (6.32%) Web Development
12 5 (5.26%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 39 (41.05%) SQL
2 36 (37.89%) PowerShell
3 23 (24.21%) C#
4 14 (14.74%) VB
5 11 (11.58%) JavaScript
5 11 (11.58%) T-SQL
6 9 (9.47%) PL/SQL
6 9 (9.47%) VBA
7 6 (6.32%) Python
8 4 (4.21%) Java
8 4 (4.21%) VBScript
9 1 (1.05%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (9.47%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.37%) Degree
2 7 (7.37%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.11%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.11%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.11%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (1.05%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.05%) CISSP
4 1 (1.05%) MCSA
4 1 (1.05%) MCSE
4 1 (1.05%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.63%) QA
2 3 (3.16%) SLA
3 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.11%) NIST
3 2 (2.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.05%) GRC
System Software
1 44 (46.32%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.37%) Docker
2 7 (7.37%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (7.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.32%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.21%) vSphere
5 2 (2.11%) BitLocker
5 2 (2.11%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.05%) Terminal Server
6 1 (1.05%) Terminal Services
6 1 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.05%) XenApp
6 1 (1.05%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (21.05%) SCCM
2 16 (16.84%) SCOM
3 6 (6.32%) Ansible
3 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 5 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (4.21%) Puppet
6 3 (3.16%) NetBackup
6 3 (3.16%) Netcool
6 3 (3.16%) SCVMM
6 3 (3.16%) Terraform
6 3 (3.16%) WSUS
7 2 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (2.11%) Kibana
7 2 (2.11%) logstash
7 2 (2.11%) Packer
7 2 (2.11%) Tivoli
7 2 (2.11%) VxRail
8 1 (1.05%) Control-M
8 1 (1.05%) Salt
Vendors
1 33 (34.74%) Microsoft
2 23 (24.21%) Oracle
3 13 (13.68%) VMware
4 12 (12.63%) F5
5 11 (11.58%) Citrix
6 10 (10.53%) IBM
7 8 (8.42%) Avaya
8 7 (7.37%) Red Hat
9 5 (5.26%) AppDynamics
9 5 (5.26%) Verint
10 4 (4.21%) SolarWinds
11 3 (3.16%) Aruba
11 3 (3.16%) Cisco
11 3 (3.16%) Commvault
11 3 (3.16%) Dell
11 3 (3.16%) EMC
11 3 (3.16%) Pega
11 3 (3.16%) ProCurve
11 3 (3.16%) Proofpoint
11 3 (3.16%) Veeam