The first table below looks at the demand for IIS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IIS over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Rank 95 100 96
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing IIS 143 162 183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.835% 1.597% 1.764%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.979% 10.21% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 76 107
Average daily rate £344 £315 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.12% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £220 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £438 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.56% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 10
Average hourly rate £28.75 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.75 £16.30 £24.69
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.75 £39.20 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-30.00% -9.09%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1433 1586 1768
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.39% 15.63% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 769 750
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 83 156
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
IIS
England

IIS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East IIS Hourly Rate Trend

IIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East IIS Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +43 61 £350 -
Hampshire +6 32 £350 +16.66%
Surrey -1 22 £288 -28.12%
Buckinghamshire +18 16 £400 +97.53%
Kent -9 9 £286 -4.66%
Middlesex +5 3 £438 +2.94%
West Sussex +12 1 £350 -
East Sussex +5 1 £335 +45.65%
IIS
England

IIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 164 (64.82%) Windows
2 151 (59.68%) SQL Server
3 117 (46.25%) Microsoft
4 107 (42.29%) .NET
5 104 (41.11%) SQL
6 85 (33.60%) Windows Server 2008
7 79 (31.23%) C#
7 79 (31.23%) VMware
8 77 (30.43%) Windows Server 2003
9 74 (29.25%) Active Directory
10 59 (23.32%) Oracle
11 56 (22.13%) SharePoint
12 53 (20.95%) MS Excel
13 52 (20.55%) SQL Server 2005
14 49 (19.37%) Web Services
15 47 (18.58%) HTML
16 44 (17.39%) HP
16 44 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
17 41 (16.21%) SQL Server 2008
18 40 (15.81%) Security Cleared
19 38 (15.02%) JavaScript
19 38 (15.02%) Visual Studio
19 38 (15.02%) Migration
20 37 (14.62%) ASP.NET
20 37 (14.62%) jQuery
21 35 (13.83%) PowerShell
21 35 (13.83%) SAN
22 34 (13.44%) LAN
22 34 (13.44%) CSS
22 34 (13.44%) VMware ESX

IIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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
1 107 (42.29%) .NET
2 49 (19.37%) Web Services
3 47 (18.58%) HTML
4 37 (14.62%) ASP.NET
4 37 (14.62%) jQuery
5 34 (13.44%) CSS
6 30 (11.86%) XML
7 28 (11.07%) .NET Framework
8 27 (10.67%) WCF
9 26 (10.28%) Ajax
10 18 (7.115%) ASP
11 15 (5.929%) soapUI
12 14 (5.534%) SOAP
12 14 (5.534%) ASP.NET MVC
13 11 (4.348%) Middleware
13 11 (4.348%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 10 (3.953%) REST
14 10 (3.953%) ASP.NET MVC 3
14 10 (3.953%) Razor View Engine
14 10 (3.953%) Highcharts JS
Application Platforms
1 56 (22.13%) SharePoint
2 32 (12.65%) MS Exchange
3 23 (9.091%) BizTalk Server
3 23 (9.091%) Tomcat
3 23 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
4 20 (7.905%) Apache
5 18 (7.115%) Exchange Server 2007
5 18 (7.115%) SharePoint 2010
6 17 (6.719%) Windows Azure
7 10 (3.953%) IBM HTTP Server
7 10 (3.953%) ESB
8 9 (3.557%) Exchange Server 2003
9 7 (2.767%) CMS
9 7 (2.767%) WebLogic
10 6 (2.372%) WebSphere Application Server
10 6 (2.372%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 6 (2.372%) ArcGIS
10 6 (2.372%) ArcIMS
10 6 (2.372%) GlassFish
11 5 (1.976%) Documentum
Applications
1 53 (20.95%) MS Excel
2 14 (5.534%) MS Office
3 11 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (1.581%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.186%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.791%) Office 365
6 2 (0.791%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.395%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 10 (3.953%) Pivotal CRM
2 5 (1.976%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.976%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 35 (13.83%) SAN
2 34 (13.44%) LAN
3 30 (11.86%) TCP/IP
4 26 (10.28%) Firewall
5 24 (9.486%) WAN
6 19 (7.510%) DNS
7 15 (5.929%) HTTP
8 10 (3.953%) DHCP
9 9 (3.557%) NetScreen
10 8 (3.162%) SSL
11 7 (2.767%) Internet
12 6 (2.372%) VLAN
13 5 (1.976%) iSCSI
13 5 (1.976%) NAS
13 5 (1.976%) VPN
13 5 (1.976%) LDAP
14 4 (1.581%) HTTPS
15 3 (1.186%) IP Telephony
15 3 (1.186%) SMTP
15 3 (1.186%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (59.68%) SQL Server
2 52 (20.55%) SQL Server 2005
3 41 (16.21%) SQL Server 2008
4 31 (12.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 19 (7.510%) Oracle 8/8i
6 18 (7.115%) Oracle 11g
7 17 (6.719%) Oracle Reports
8 16 (6.324%) Crystal Reports
8 16 (6.324%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 12 (4.743%) Oracle 10g
10 7 (2.767%) Oracle BI EE
10 7 (2.767%) Oracle OWB
10 7 (2.767%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.767%) SQL Server 2012
11 6 (2.372%) RDBMS
11 6 (2.372%) GIS
12 5 (1.976%) MySQL
13 4 (1.581%) SQL Server 2000
14 2 (0.791%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.791%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 38 (15.02%) Visual Studio
2 18 (7.115%) LoadRunner
3 13 (5.138%) NUnit
4 10 (3.953%) MSBuild
4 10 (3.953%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 10 (3.953%) Git (software)
4 10 (3.953%) JSUnit
5 9 (3.557%) TeamCity
5 9 (3.557%) Maven
6 7 (2.767%) Oracle APEX
6 7 (2.767%) QuickTest Pro
7 6 (2.372%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (1.186%) Moq
9 2 (0.791%) Subversion
10 1 (0.395%) Firebug
10 1 (0.395%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.395%) WATIR
10 1 (0.395%) Selenium
10 1 (0.395%) FitNesse
10 1 (0.395%) ReSharper
General
1 26 (10.28%) Finance
2 16 (6.324%) Games
3 5 (1.976%) Banking
3 5 (1.976%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.581%) Retail
4 4 (1.581%) Marketing
5 3 (1.186%) Military
6 2 (0.791%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.791%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.395%) Local Government
7 1 (0.395%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.395%) Electronics
7 1 (0.395%) Publishing
7 1 (0.395%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 61 (24.11%) Developer
2 33 (13.04%) Analyst
3 30 (11.86%) Administrator
4 25 (9.881%) .NET Developer
5 21 (8.300%) Consultant
6 15 (5.929%) DBA
6 15 (5.929%) Architect
7 14 (5.534%) Support Analyst
8 13 (5.138%) Support Engineer
9 12 (4.743%) Web Developer
10 11 (4.348%) Systems Administrator
10 11 (4.348%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (3.953%) Applications Support
11 10 (3.953%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.953%) Tester
11 10 (3.953%) Test Analyst
11 10 (3.953%) SharePoint Administrator
11 10 (3.953%) ASP.NET Developer
11 10 (3.953%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.881%) Clustering
2 17 (6.719%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.138%) N-Tier
4 10 (3.953%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.976%) SCADA
5 5 (1.976%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (1.976%) Blackberry
6 4 (1.581%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.186%) SaaS
7 3 (1.186%) RMADS
7 3 (1.186%) NHS
8 2 (0.791%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.791%) Open Source
8 2 (0.791%) Social Media
8 2 (0.791%) Kinect
8 2 (0.791%) IVR
8 2 (0.791%) Replication
8 2 (0.791%) W3C
8 2 (0.791%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.791%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 164 (64.82%) Windows
2 85 (33.60%) Windows Server 2008
3 77 (30.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 30 (11.86%) Windows 7
5 21 (8.300%) Windows XP
6 16 (6.324%) Linux
7 7 (2.767%) Windows Vista
7 7 (2.767%) Windows 2000
7 7 (2.767%) UNIX
8 5 (1.976%) Windows 2000 Server
8 5 (1.976%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.581%) Windows NT
10 2 (0.791%) Solaris
10 2 (0.791%) Debian
10 2 (0.791%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.395%) Android
11 1 (0.395%) CentOS
11 1 (0.395%) SUSE
11 1 (0.395%) AIX
11 1 (0.395%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.02%) Migration
2 25 (9.881%) Test Automation
3 24 (9.486%) Test Scripting
4 23 (9.091%) ITIL
5 20 (7.905%) Content Management
6 18 (7.115%) Scrum
7 16 (6.324%) CRM
7 16 (6.324%) Workflow
8 15 (5.929%) MVC
8 15 (5.929%) OO
9 13 (5.138%) Load Balancing
10 11 (4.348%) Unit Testing
10 11 (4.348%) Document Management
10 11 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
10 11 (4.348%) TDD
10 11 (4.348%) Service Delivery
10 11 (4.348%) UML
11 10 (3.953%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (3.953%) Regression Testing
11 10 (3.953%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 104 (41.11%) SQL
2 79 (31.23%) C#
3 38 (15.02%) JavaScript
4 35 (13.83%) PowerShell
5 32 (12.65%) T-SQL
6 24 (9.486%) VB
7 17 (6.719%) VB.NET
8 13 (5.138%) VBScript
9 12 (4.743%) PHP
9 12 (4.743%) Java
10 9 (3.557%) C++
10 9 (3.557%) Python
11 4 (1.581%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.186%) C
13 1 (0.395%) Bash shell
13 1 (0.395%) XPath
13 1 (0.395%) Perl
Qualifications
1 40 (15.81%) Security Cleared
2 30 (11.86%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.510%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (6.324%) Degree
5 13 (5.138%) MCSE
5 13 (5.138%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.348%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (3.953%) CCNA
7 10 (3.953%) MCITP
7 10 (3.953%) MCTS
8 9 (3.557%) CISM
8 9 (3.557%) CISSP
9 8 (3.162%) ISEB
10 7 (2.767%) ISEB Practitioner
11 6 (2.372%) MCSD
11 6 (2.372%) HP AIS
12 5 (1.976%) MCP
13 3 (1.186%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.186%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.186%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.372%) SLA
2 1 (0.395%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.395%) QA
2 1 (0.395%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 74 (29.25%) Active Directory
2 44 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (13.44%) VMware ESX
4 28 (11.07%) vSphere
5 14 (5.534%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (4.743%) XenApp
7 11 (4.348%) Terminal Services
8 9 (3.557%) Oracle RAC
9 7 (2.767%) Hyper-V
10 6 (2.372%) ISA Server
11 5 (1.976%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 4 (1.581%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (1.581%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (1.186%) NLBS
13 3 (1.186%) LiteSpeed
14 2 (0.791%) Forefront TMG
14 2 (0.791%) MetaFrame
14 2 (0.791%) NFS
14 2 (0.791%) Postfix
15 1 (0.395%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 20 (7.905%) HP Quality Center
2 10 (3.953%) SCOM
3 9 (3.557%) EMC NetWorker
3 9 (3.557%) HP SIM
4 7 (2.767%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 7 (2.767%) Foglight
5 4 (1.581%) BladeLogic
5 4 (1.581%) SCCM
6 3 (1.186%) MOM
6 3 (1.186%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.791%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.791%) CA SiteMinder
7 2 (0.791%) Cacti
8 1 (0.395%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.395%) Opalis
8 1 (0.395%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.395%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.395%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.395%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.395%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 117 (46.25%) Microsoft
2 79 (31.23%) VMware
3 59 (23.32%) Oracle
4 44 (17.39%) HP
5 24 (9.486%) Cisco
6 23 (9.091%) Citrix
7 13 (5.138%) EMC
8 10 (3.953%) IBM
8 10 (3.953%) Aquila
8 10 (3.953%) Telerik
9 6 (2.372%) Dell
9 6 (2.372%) Remedy
10 5 (1.976%) ESRI
10 5 (1.976%) Juniper
10 5 (1.976%) NetApp
10 5 (1.976%) JBoss
11 4 (1.581%) Brocade
12 3 (1.186%) Zend
12 3 (1.186%) Sophos
12 3 (1.186%) ReadSoft
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
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
This includes support of customer specific hardware and communication links.Key skills required:- MS Products - Knowledge of MS windows server products, with particular emphasis on SQL, Active Directory...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Winchester, South East
The role is responsible for delivering and maintaining effective and efficient IT services to agreed service levels with a strong focus on Microsoft Windows-based systems, utilising a...
Sand Resources
Rate: £300 - £330 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
This includes support of customer specific hardware and communication links.Key skills required:- MS Products - Knowledge of MS windows server products, with particular emphasis on SQL, Active Directory...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Core skills required are Windows and Linux administration along side this desirable skills include MySQL queries, Apache and or IIS, Perl, Virtualisation and ITIL with any experience of...
Intelligent Recruitment
Rate: From £120 to £180 per day Superb opportunity to join a global corporat
Posted: 25 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
The role is responsible for delivering and maintaining effective and efficient IT services to agreed service levels with a strong focus on Microsoft Windows-based systems, utilising a...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £250 - £325 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Experience of writing SQL queries* Experience with RDBMS* Experience with supporting Java and .NET applications * Experience of data architectureA good understanding of web and business intelligence technology would...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Nationwide People Ltd
Rate: £400 - 500 Per Day Ltd Co
Posted: 22 May 2013
Andover, South East
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LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 29 April 2013