South West IIS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) skills within the South West 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 16 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 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 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	99
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	30	55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.038 %	0.062 %
As % of the category below	6.369 %	8.397 %
Daily rates quoted	2	16
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£318
Average daily rate	£313	£344
% change on same period last year	-9.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£315
% change on same period last year	+9.27 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.80	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£33.90	£31.50
% change on same period last year	+7.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.00	£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.37	£30.24
% change on same period last year	+0.44 %
Application Platforms South West
Matching contract IT job ads	471	655
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.604 %	0.736 %
Daily rates quoted	83	137
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£326
Average daily rate	£356	£339
% change on same period last year	+5.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£381	£352
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£354
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	75
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.70	£21.71
Average hourly rate	£22.76	£23.26
% change on same period last year	-2.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.82	£24.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.66	£22.76
% change on same period last year	-0.39 %
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 South West 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 South West region.

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

IIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS across the South West 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 South West 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	Wiltshire	-10	10	£325	-7.80 %
2	Bristol	+9	7	£300	-
3	Gloucestershire	+12	2	-	-
4	Devon	+10	1	-	-
4	Somerset	0	1	-	-

IIS England

IIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West 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 48 (59.26 %) SQL Server 2 42 (51.85 %) Microsoft 3 41 (50.62 %) .NET 4 37 (45.68 %) Windows 5 33 (40.74 %) SQL 6 31 (38.27 %) Active Directory 7 28 (34.57 %) SQL Server 2005 8 25 (30.86 %) ASP.NET 9 19 (23.46 %) VB.NET 9 19 (23.46 %) VMware 10 16 (19.75 %) XML 10 16 (19.75 %) SharePoint 10 16 (19.75 %) SQL Server 2000 11 15 (18.52 %) Windows Server 2003 12 13 (16.05 %) DNS

12 13 (16.05 %) MS Exchange 13 11 (13.58 %) WebServices 13 11 (13.58 %) JavaScript 13 11 (13.58 %) HP 14 10 (12.35 %) Intranet 14 10 (12.35 %) Internet 14 10 (12.35 %) PRINCE2 14 10 (12.35 %) C# 14 10 (12.35 %) Oracle 14 10 (12.35 %) Linux 14 10 (12.35 %) Windows 2000 14 10 (12.35 %) .NET Framework 15 9 (11.11 %) SharePoint Server 2007 15 9 (11.11 %) HTML 15 9 (11.11 %) TCP/IP

IIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West 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 41 (50.62 %) .NET 2 25 (30.86 %) ASP.NET 3 16 (19.75 %) XML 4 11 (13.58 %) WebServices 5 10 (12.35 %) .NET Framework 6 9 (11.11 %) HTML 7 8 (9.877 %) CSS 8 6 (7.407 %) ADO.NET 8 6 (7.407 %) ASP 8 6 (7.407 %) XSLT 8 6 (7.407 %) Windows SharePoint Services 9 5 (6.173 %) WinForms 9 5 (6.173 %) AJAX 9 5 (6.173 %) XHTML 10 3 (3.704 %) XSD 10 3 (3.704 %) JSP 10 3 (3.704 %) SOAP 10 3 (3.704 %) WebSphere 10 3 (3.704 %) ASP.NET 2.0 11 2 (2.469 %) ADO	Application Platforms 1 16 (19.75 %) SharePoint 2 13 (16.05 %) MS Exchange 3 9 (11.11 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 6 (7.407 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 5 (6.173 %) SharePoint Portal Server 5 5 (6.173 %) Tomcat 6 3 (3.704 %) WebLogic 6 3 (3.704 %) Apache 6 3 (3.704 %) IBM HTTP Server 6 3 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 3 (3.704 %) iPlanet 6 3 (3.704 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 2 (2.469 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 2 (2.469 %) CMS 7 2 (2.469 %) Content Management Server 7 2 (2.469 %) Documentum 8 1 (1.235 %) BizTalk Server 8 1 (1.235 %) LiveLink 8 1 (1.235 %) Community Server
Applications 1 8 (9.877 %) MS Office 2 5 (6.173 %) MS Excel 3 2 (2.469 %) Photoshop 4 1 (1.235 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (1.235 %) Summit 1 1 (1.235 %) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking 1 13 (16.05 %) DNS 2 10 (12.35 %) Intranet 2 10 (12.35 %) Internet 3 9 (11.11 %) TCP/IP 4 6 (7.407 %) DHCP 4 6 (7.407 %) Firewall 4 6 (7.407 %) SAN 5 5 (6.173 %) WAN 6 4 (4.938 %) LAN 6 4 (4.938 %) WINS 7 3 (3.704 %) VLAN 8 2 (2.469 %) SSL 8 2 (2.469 %) VPN 8 2 (2.469 %) SMS 8 2 (2.469 %) SMTP 8 2 (2.469 %) HTTP 9 1 (1.235 %) ADSL 9 1 (1.235 %) FTP 9 1 (1.235 %) VoIP 9 1 (1.235 %) HTTPS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 48 (59.26 %) SQL Server 2 28 (34.57 %) SQL Server 2005 3 16 (19.75 %) SQL Server 2000 4 8 (9.877 %) Oracle 10g 5 6 (7.407 %) SQL Server 7 6 5 (6.173 %) OLAP 7 2 (2.469 %) OLTP 7 2 (2.469 %) VLDB 7 2 (2.469 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 2 (2.469 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 1 (1.235 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 8 (9.877 %) WinRunner 1 8 (9.877 %) TestDirector 1 8 (9.877 %) QuickTest Pro 2 6 (7.407 %) Visual Studio 3 3 (3.704 %) VSS/SourceSafe 4 2 (2.469 %) FrontPage 5 1 (1.235 %) Oracle APEX 5 1 (1.235 %) MSI	General 1 6 (7.407 %) Telecoms 1 6 (7.407 %) Law 2 5 (6.173 %) Government 3 3 (3.704 %) Back Office 4 2 (2.469 %) Finance 4 2 (2.469 %) Banking 4 2 (2.469 %) Investment Banking 4 2 (2.469 %) Music 5 1 (1.235 %) Graphic Design 5 1 (1.235 %) Education 5 1 (1.235 %) Legal 5 1 (1.235 %) Publishing 5 1 (1.235 %) Military
Job Titles 1 24 (29.63 %) Developer 2 11 (13.58 %) Analyst 3 10 (12.35 %) Network Support 4 9 (11.11 %) .NET Developer 4 9 (11.11 %) Administrator 5 8 (9.877 %) 3rd Line Support 6 6 (7.407 %) Tester 6 6 (7.407 %) Web Developer 7 5 (6.173 %) Systems Administrator 7 5 (6.173 %) Support Analyst 8 4 (4.938 %) Applications Support 8 4 (4.938 %) Server Support 8 4 (4.938 %) Support Technician 9 3 (3.704 %) Support Engineer 9 3 (3.704 %) Technical Support 9 3 (3.704 %) VB.NET Developer 9 3 (3.704 %) Technical Analyst 9 3 (3.704 %) ASP.NET Developer 9 3 (3.704 %) Web Administrator 10 2 (2.469 %) Technical Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 3 (3.704 %) N-Tier 1 3 (3.704 %) Replication 2 2 (2.469 %) Blackberry 3 1 (1.235 %) Management Information System 3 1 (1.235 %) EPoS 3 1 (1.235 %) W3C 3 1 (1.235 %) Asset Management 3 1 (1.235 %) SecurID 3 1 (1.235 %) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems 1 37 (45.68 %) Windows 2 15 (18.52 %) Windows Server 2003 3 10 (12.35 %) Linux 3 10 (12.35 %) Windows 2000 4 5 (6.173 %) Windows NT 5 3 (3.704 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (12.35 %) PRINCE2 2 8 (9.877 %) RAD 2 8 (9.877 %) DSDM 2 8 (9.877 %) Test Scripting 3 5 (6.173 %) E-Commerce 3 5 (6.173 %) UML 4 4 (4.938 %) Content Management 4 4 (4.938 %) ITIL 5 3 (3.704 %) Time Management 5 3 (3.704 %) Workflow 6 2 (2.469 %) Service Delivery 6 2 (2.469 %) Change Management 6 2 (2.469 %) SOA 6 2 (2.469 %) Performance Management 6 2 (2.469 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 2 (2.469 %) Requirements Analysis 7 1 (1.235 %) Load Balancing 7 1 (1.235 %) Business Intelligence 7 1 (1.235 %) Benchmarking 7 1 (1.235 %) CAD
Programming Languages 1 33 (40.74 %) SQL 2 19 (23.46 %) VB.NET 3 11 (13.58 %) JavaScript 4 10 (12.35 %) C# 5 7 (8.642 %) VBScript 6 5 (6.173 %) VB 6 5 (6.173 %) Transact-SQL 6 5 (6.173 %) Java 7 3 (3.704 %) Perl 8 2 (2.469 %) VBA 9 1 (1.235 %) C++	Qualifications 1 9 (11.11 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (8.642 %) MCSE 3 4 (4.938 %) MCSA 4 3 (3.704 %) MCP 5 1 (1.235 %) CCNA 5 1 (1.235 %) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (4.938 %) SLA 2 1 (1.235 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 31 (38.27 %) Active Directory 2 8 (9.877 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 3 7 (8.642 %) VMware GSX 3 7 (8.642 %) VMware ESX 4 6 (7.407 %) Backup Exec 5 4 (4.938 %) NetBackup 6 1 (1.235 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 1 (1.235 %) MetaFrame 6 1 (1.235 %) Terminal Services 6 1 (1.235 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 6 (7.407 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 4 (4.938 %) MOM 3 3 (3.704 %) BMC PATROL 3 3 (3.704 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 42 (51.85 %) Microsoft 2 19 (23.46 %) VMware 3 11 (13.58 %) HP 4 10 (12.35 %) Oracle 5 9 (11.11 %) Citrix 6 5 (6.173 %) Red Hat 7 4 (4.938 %) Remedy 7 4 (4.938 %) McAfee Security 7 4 (4.938 %) VERITAS 8 3 (3.704 %) Skelta 8 3 (3.704 %) BMC 8 3 (3.704 %) Cisco 9 2 (2.469 %) IBM 9 2 (2.469 %) Compaq 9 2 (2.469 %) EMC 9 2 (2.469 %) Intel 9 2 (2.469 %) Novell 9 2 (2.469 %) Meridio 10 1 (1.235 %) LANDesk 10 1 (1.235 %) SonicWALL