Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for IIS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IIS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkMicrosoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank148135135
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13No change0
Matching contract IT job ads553425954
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.145 %1.077 %1.161 %
As % of the Application Platforms category8.130 %7.530 %8.673 %
Daily rates quoted255145286
Average daily rate£375£350£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£275£234
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£350£305
% change year-on-year
-9.280 %+14.75 %
Hourly rates quoted333194
Average hourly rate£19.50£24.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75 %-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.80£13.70£18.85
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£34.40£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.50£24.00£25.50
% change year-on-year
-35.41 %-5.880 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6802564411000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.08 %14.31 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted293317883170
Average daily rate£357£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.920 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£210£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted465449989
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+10.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %

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.

IIS
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IIS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

IIS Demand Trend

IIS
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IIS within the UK.

IIS Daily Rate Trend

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

IIS Daily Rate Histogram

IIS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IIS within the UK.

IIS Hourly Rate Trend

IIS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IIS within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

IIS Hourly Rate Histogram

IIS
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-6526£375+7.14 %
LondonDown-3288£400+15.52 %
City of LondonDown-20102£440+46.66 %
South EastUp+1392£330-5.71 %
South WestUp+352£350-17.64 %
BerkshireUp+2437£368-8.12 %
YorkshireDown-329£200-42.85 %
West YorkshireDown-629£200-38.46 %
WiltshireUp+521£350-17.64 %
East of EnglandUp+920£293-31.17 %
LeedsUp+1319£183-42.06 %
SurreyDown-719£340-9.33 %
ReadingUp+318£360-10.00 %
West MidlandsUp+1517£340+4.61 %
OxfordshireUp+314£290-
WalesUp+213£330-13.72 %
North WestDown-712£248-39.07 %
ScotlandDown-1512£165-38.88 %
MidlandsUp+1211£310+1.30 %
KentUp+1110£290+28.88 %
SwindonUp+1010£300-29.41 %
SuffolkNew entry-10--
South WalesUp+49£259-42.37 %
SomersetUp+68£225-30.76 %
BristolDown-88£265-
BirminghamUp+17£351+0.35 %
IpswichNew entry-7--
OxfordDown-26£290-
WokingDown-76£330-
EdinburghDown-176£164-43.53 %

IIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1585 (61.13 %)Windows
2475 (49.63 %)SQL Server
3442 (46.19 %).NET
4337 (35.21 %)SQL
5289 (30.20 %)Microsoft
6280 (29.26 %)C#
7278 (29.05 %)ASP.NET
8263 (27.48 %)Windows Server 2003
9220 (22.99 %)SQL Server 2005
10200 (20.90 %)Active Directory
11189 (19.75 %)Linux
12174 (18.18 %)XML
13163 (17.03 %)JavaScript
13163 (17.03 %)SharePoint
14159 (16.61 %)UNIX
15158 (16.51 %)HTML
16156 (16.30 %)Apache
17147 (15.36 %)CSS
18146 (15.26 %)Oracle
19141 (14.73 %)Banking
20133 (13.90 %)Finance
21132 (13.79 %)Security Cleared
22130 (13.58 %)Windows Server 2008
22130 (13.58 %)Internet
23128 (13.38 %)DNS
24121 (12.64 %)VMware
25113 (11.81 %)ASP
26112 (11.70 %)Visual Studio
26112 (11.70 %)Firewall
27109 (11.39 %)Web Services

IIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1442 (46.19 %).NET
2278 (29.05 %)ASP.NET
3174 (18.18 %)XML
4158 (16.51 %)HTML
5147 (15.36 %)CSS
6113 (11.81 %)ASP
7109 (11.39 %)Web Services
8105 (10.97 %)WebSphere
969 (7.210 %)AJAX
1058 (6.061 %).NET Framework
1156 (5.852 %)WCF
1247 (4.911 %)Middleware
1341 (4.284 %)Java EE
1341 (4.284 %)XSLT
1438 (3.971 %)J2EE
1535 (3.657 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1632 (3.344 %)XHTML
1632 (3.344 %)COM+
1731 (3.239 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1830 (3.135 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1163 (17.03 %)SharePoint
2156 (16.30 %)Apache
385 (8.882 %)MS Exchange
467 (7.001 %)Tomcat
566 (6.897 %)WebLogic
650 (5.225 %)SharePoint Server 2007
748 (5.016 %)Exchange Server 2007
842 (4.389 %)Exchange Server 2003
934 (3.553 %)WebSphere Application Server
1029 (3.030 %)CMS
1125 (2.612 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1125 (2.612 %)WebSphere MQ
1224 (2.508 %)IBM HTTP Server
1321 (2.194 %)BizTalk Server
1417 (1.776 %)Lotus Notes
159 (0.940 %)MQSeries
168 (0.836 %)Confluence
168 (0.836 %)Exchange Server 2000
177 (0.731 %)Content Management Server
186 (0.627 %)CMS400.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
175 (7.837 %)MS Office
260 (6.270 %)MS Excel
326 (2.717 %)InfoPath
48 (0.836 %)Photoshop
57 (0.731 %)MS Project
66 (0.627 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.522 %)MS PowerPoint
84 (0.418 %)MS Visio
92 (0.209 %)Fireworks
101 (0.104 %)Acrobat
101 (0.104 %)GeoMedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (0.731 %)WebTrends
25 (0.522 %)SoftGrid
25 (0.522 %)Oracle iStore
34 (0.418 %)Dynamics CRM
42 (0.209 %)Dynamics GP
42 (0.209 %)SAP CO
42 (0.209 %)SAP FI/CO
42 (0.209 %)SAP FI
51 (0.104 %)SAP HR
51 (0.104 %)Line 50
51 (0.104 %)Line 500
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1130 (13.58 %)Internet
2128 (13.38 %)DNS
3112 (11.70 %)Firewall
473 (7.628 %)TCP/IP
570 (7.315 %)SAN
659 (6.165 %)Intranet
757 (5.956 %)DHCP
846 (4.807 %)BIG-IP
939 (4.075 %)LAN
1034 (3.553 %)HTTP
1133 (3.448 %)WAN
1227 (2.821 %)LDAP
1325 (2.612 %)FTP
1423 (2.403 %)Extranet
1520 (2.090 %)SSL
1618 (1.881 %)ADSL
1716 (1.672 %)VPN
1812 (1.254 %)DMZ
1911 (1.149 %)SMTP
209 (0.940 %)VLAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1475 (49.63 %)SQL Server
2220 (22.99 %)SQL Server 2005
362 (6.479 %)SQL Server 2000
461 (6.374 %)SQL Server 2008
559 (6.165 %)MySQL
633 (3.448 %)SQL Server Integration Services
730 (3.135 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
825 (2.612 %)Oracle 8/8i
918 (1.881 %)Datawarehouse
1017 (1.776 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1114 (1.463 %)Crystal Reports
1210 (1.045 %)BusinessObjects
1210 (1.045 %)OLAP
138 (0.836 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
138 (0.836 %)RDBMS
147 (0.731 %)Oracle 9i
147 (0.731 %)DTS
147 (0.731 %)Oracle 10g
156 (0.627 %)Oracle OLAP
156 (0.627 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1112 (11.70 %)Visual Studio
250 (5.225 %)VSS/SourceSafe
338 (3.971 %)NUnit
431 (3.239 %)Team Foundation Server
530 (3.135 %)Subversion
615 (1.567 %)LoadRunner
712 (1.254 %)Bugzilla
88 (0.836 %)Visual Studio Team System
88 (0.836 %)LSMW
88 (0.836 %)FrontPage
96 (0.627 %)Eclipse
96 (0.627 %)ClearCase
105 (0.522 %)Ant
105 (0.522 %)InstallShield
114 (0.418 %)JIRA
114 (0.418 %)QuickTest Pro
114 (0.418 %)WinRunner
114 (0.418 %)Dreamweaver
114 (0.418 %)Oracle Forms
123 (0.313 %)JUnit
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1141 (14.73 %)Banking
2133 (13.90 %)Finance
384 (8.777 %)Investment Banking
441 (4.284 %)Government
532 (3.344 %)Law
630 (3.135 %)Back Office
723 (2.403 %)Insurance
817 (1.776 %)Retail
914 (1.463 %)Legal
1010 (1.045 %)Financial Institution
1010 (1.045 %)Education
119 (0.940 %)Health
128 (0.836 %)Retail Banking
128 (0.836 %)Telecoms
136 (0.627 %)Billing
145 (0.522 %)Automotive
154 (0.418 %)Online Banking
154 (0.418 %)Front Office
163 (0.313 %)Manufacturing
163 (0.313 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1316 (33.02 %)Developer
2152 (15.88 %)Analyst
389 (9.300 %).NET Developer
477 (8.046 %)Administrator
564 (6.688 %)Web Developer
663 (6.583 %)Consultant
755 (5.747 %)Support Analyst
844 (4.598 %)SharePoint Developer
943 (4.493 %)Applications Support
943 (4.493 %)C# Developer
1039 (4.075 %)Support Engineer
1133 (3.448 %)Web Analyst
1231 (3.239 %)Systems Administrator
1329 (3.030 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1425 (2.612 %)Web Engineer
1524 (2.508 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1524 (2.508 %)ASP.NET Developer
1623 (2.403 %)Senior Analyst
1623 (2.403 %)DBA
1722 (2.299 %)Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
160 (6.270 %)Clustering
223 (2.403 %)Fixed Income
322 (2.299 %)N-Tier
414 (1.463 %)NHS
513 (1.358 %)Thin Client
513 (1.358 %)Fat Client
612 (1.254 %)Management Information System
612 (1.254 %)Client/Server
79 (0.940 %)Replication
88 (0.836 %)Blackberry
97 (0.731 %)Equity Derivative
97 (0.731 %)Data Conversion
97 (0.731 %)Dependency Injection
106 (0.627 %)W3C
106 (0.627 %)Smartcard
115 (0.522 %)AS400
115 (0.522 %)Equities
115 (0.522 %)Derivative
124 (0.418 %)Visualisation
124 (0.418 %)iSeries
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1585 (61.13 %)Windows
2263 (27.48 %)Windows Server 2003
3189 (19.75 %)Linux
4159 (16.61 %)UNIX
5130 (13.58 %)Windows Server 2008
674 (7.732 %)Solaris
760 (6.270 %)AIX
855 (5.747 %)Windows XP
951 (5.329 %)Windows 2000
1048 (5.016 %)Red Hat Linux
1143 (4.493 %)Windows 2000 Server
1215 (1.567 %)Windows Vista
1312 (1.254 %)HPUX
1312 (1.254 %)VMS
1410 (1.045 %)Windows NT
159 (0.940 %)Windows 7
159 (0.940 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
168 (0.836 %)CentOS
175 (0.522 %)Tru64
183 (0.313 %)Debian
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1102 (10.66 %)ITIL
261 (6.374 %)Migration
356 (5.852 %)E-Commerce
454 (5.643 %)Load Balancing
553 (5.538 %)Web Development
646 (4.807 %)Content Management
737 (3.866 %)Agile Software Development
835 (3.657 %)Project Management
925 (2.612 %)Unit Testing
925 (2.612 %)Workflow
1022 (2.299 %)MVC
1022 (2.299 %)Business Intelligence
1119 (1.985 %)CRM
1217 (1.776 %)PRINCE2
1316 (1.672 %)Release Management
1316 (1.672 %)TDD
1316 (1.672 %)Service Delivery
1316 (1.672 %)OO
1415 (1.567 %)Service Management
1513 (1.358 %)Software Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1337 (35.21 %)SQL
2280 (29.26 %)C#
3163 (17.03 %)JavaScript
4104 (10.87 %)Java
593 (9.718 %)T-SQL
685 (8.882 %)VB.NET
776 (7.941 %)VB
860 (6.270 %)VBScript
946 (4.807 %)PHP
1040 (4.180 %)C
1136 (3.762 %)Perl
1224 (2.508 %)VBA
1314 (1.463 %)Python
1314 (1.463 %)C++
1413 (1.358 %)Shell Script
1512 (1.254 %)VB6
1512 (1.254 %)PL/SQL
166 (0.627 %)PowerShell
175 (0.522 %)Korn
175 (0.522 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1132 (13.79 %)Security Cleared
289 (9.300 %)SC Cleared
351 (5.329 %)Microsoft Certification
443 (4.493 %)MCSE
529 (3.030 %)DV Cleared
625 (2.612 %)CISSP
723 (2.403 %)CISM
819 (1.985 %)Degree
917 (1.776 %)Cisco Certification
1013 (1.358 %)ISEB
119 (0.940 %)CCNA
128 (0.836 %)A+ Certification
137 (0.731 %)MCSA
146 (0.627 %)MCP
155 (0.522 %)IBM WebSphere Certification
164 (0.418 %)MCITP
164 (0.418 %)Sun Certification
173 (0.313 %)HNC
173 (0.313 %)PRINCE2 Certification
173 (0.313 %)MCTS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (2.926 %)SLA
214 (1.463 %)QA
37 (0.731 %)ISO27001
43 (0.313 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.209 %)PAS 78
52 (0.209 %)WAI
52 (0.209 %)BS7799
52 (0.209 %)ISO17799
61 (0.104 %)JSP 440
61 (0.104 %)WCAG
61 (0.104 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1200 (20.90 %)Active Directory
255 (5.747 %)VMware Infrastructure
334 (3.553 %)ISA Server
430 (3.135 %)VMware ESX
515 (1.567 %)XenApp
614 (1.463 %)Terminal Services
614 (1.463 %)MSMQ
711 (1.149 %)Oracle RAC
810 (1.045 %)Hyper-V
810 (1.045 %)vSphere
99 (0.940 %)Citrix Presentation Server
104 (0.418 %)Terminal Server
113 (0.313 %)Squid
122 (0.209 %)Veritas Cluster Server
131 (0.104 %)NFS
131 (0.104 %)MetaFrame
131 (0.104 %)VMware Workstation
131 (0.104 %)VMware Server
131 (0.104 %)Xen
131 (0.104 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
143 (4.493 %)AutoSys
214 (1.463 %)Dollar Universe
313 (1.358 %)Tivoli NetView
313 (1.358 %)Backup Exec
412 (1.254 %)NetBackup
412 (1.254 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
59 (0.940 %)SCOM
59 (0.940 %)WSUS
68 (0.836 %)MSI
77 (0.731 %)Legato
86 (0.627 %)Data Guard
86 (0.627 %)SCCM
86 (0.627 %)Tivoli
86 (0.627 %)CA SiteMinder
95 (0.522 %)Norton AntiVirus
95 (0.522 %)McAfee ePO
104 (0.418 %)MOM
113 (0.313 %)OpenView
113 (0.313 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
113 (0.313 %)ARCserve
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1289 (30.20 %)Microsoft
2146 (15.26 %)Oracle
3121 (12.64 %)VMware
471 (7.419 %)Citrix
551 (5.329 %)HP
644 (4.598 %)Red Hat
644 (4.598 %)Cisco
743 (4.493 %)IBM
821 (2.194 %)JBoss
821 (2.194 %)Lotus
918 (1.881 %)Symantec
918 (1.881 %)McAfee
1016 (1.672 %)Blue Coat
1115 (1.567 %)Veritas
1214 (1.463 %)SAP
1312 (1.254 %)Sun
1410 (1.045 %)NetApp
1410 (1.045 %)Business Objects
159 (0.940 %)BMC
159 (0.940 %)Nortel