Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 454 513 515
Rank change year-on-year +59 +2 -59
Contract jobs citing IIS 124 204 375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.35% 0.42%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.97% 3.16% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 160 285
10th Percentile £313 £355 £305
25th Percentile £363 £413 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £569 £700 £613
90th Percentile £748 £835 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £445
% change year-on-year -14.29% +17.98% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £22.23 £48.80 £47.25
25th Percentile £22.56 £54.50 £48.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £64.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.81% +21.90% +13.51%
75th Percentile £24.41 £73.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £25.52 £79.20 £57.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,178 6,465 11,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 10.95% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,879 4,519 7,639
10th Percentile £250 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +8.42%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 153 211
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.61 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.41 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +77.78% +5.14%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.00 £79.19 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.63 £26.48 £18.50
% change year-on-year -10.78% +43.14% -2.63%

IIS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IIS in the UK

IIS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IIS in the UK

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for IIS in the UK

IIS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IIS in the UK

IIS
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IIS within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
England +26 96 £450 -14.29% 53
London +80 58 £444 -23.66% 17
UK excluding London +7 47 £450 -14.29% 32
Work from Home +75 43 £563 +7.14% 20
East of England +25 21 £425 -41.38% 4
Scotland +49 12 £325 -31.58% 2
North of England +32 10 £563 +7.14% 12
Yorkshire +25 6 £563 +12.50% 4
North West +28 4 £550 -4.35% 7
Midlands +20 3 £1,000 +172.11% 7
West Midlands +17 3 £1,000 +113.33% 4
South East -12 1 £438 -14.22% 3

IIS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (14.52%) Tomcat
2 15 (12.10%) Apache
2 15 (12.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (9.68%) SharePoint
4 7 (5.65%) WebSphere
5 5 (4.03%) JBoss
6 3 (2.42%) WebLogic
6 3 (2.42%) WordPress
7 2 (1.61%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.81%) CMS
8 1 (0.81%) Confluence
8 1 (0.81%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.81%) nginx
8 1 (0.81%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.81%) WildFly
Applications
1 17 (13.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.42%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.42%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 46 (37.10%) Azure
2 30 (24.19%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (12.10%) Entra ID
4 13 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (8.06%) AWS
6 6 (4.84%) GitHub
7 5 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (3.23%) PaaS
9 3 (2.42%) Mimecast
9 3 (2.42%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.42%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.61%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.61%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.61%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.81%) OCI
11 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (20.16%) DNS
2 18 (14.52%) Internet
3 14 (11.29%) Firewall
3 14 (11.29%) TCP/IP
4 13 (10.48%) SAN
5 10 (8.06%) Network Security
6 8 (6.45%) H.323
6 8 (6.45%) HTTP
6 8 (6.45%) NAS
7 7 (5.65%) LAN
7 7 (5.65%) VPN
8 6 (4.84%) DHCP
8 6 (4.84%) SSL
9 5 (4.03%) WAN
9 5 (4.03%) Wireless
10 4 (3.23%) Wireshark
11 3 (2.42%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (2.42%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.61%) DKIM
12 2 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (33.06%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.87%) Oracle Database
3 7 (5.65%) DB2
4 4 (3.23%) Big Data
4 4 (3.23%) MySQL
5 3 (2.42%) MariaDB
5 3 (2.42%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.61%) DTS
6 2 (1.61%) Power BI
7 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (8.06%) Git
2 9 (7.26%) JIRA
3 7 (5.65%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.23%) Fiddler
4 4 (3.23%) Vagrant
4 4 (3.23%) Visual Studio Code
5 3 (2.42%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.42%) Robot Framework
5 3 (2.42%) Selenium
5 3 (2.42%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.42%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.61%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.61%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.81%) GitLab
7 1 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 27 (21.77%) Finance
2 25 (20.16%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.48%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.26%) Telecoms
6 8 (6.45%) Legal
7 7 (5.65%) Banking
7 7 (5.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.81%) French Language
9 1 (0.81%) German Language
9 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.81%) Local Government
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.52%) Developer
2 15 (12.10%) Architect
3 12 (9.68%) Support Engineer
4 11 (8.87%) DevOps Engineer
4 11 (8.87%) Lead
4 11 (8.87%) Web Engineer
5 10 (8.06%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (7.26%) Applications Support
6 9 (7.26%) C# Developer
7 8 (6.45%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 8 (6.45%) C# WCF Developer
7 8 (6.45%) C# WPF Developer
7 8 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.45%) WCF Developer
7 8 (6.45%) WPF Developer
8 7 (5.65%) Applications Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Applications Support Engineer
9 6 (4.84%) 3rd Line Support
9 6 (4.84%) Lead Architect
9 6 (4.84%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (41.94%) .NET
2 27 (21.77%) .NET Framework
3 14 (11.29%) Web Services
4 11 (8.87%) ASP.NET
5 9 (7.26%) WinForms
5 9 (7.26%) WPF
6 8 (6.45%) CSS
6 8 (6.45%) HTML
6 8 (6.45%) WCF
7 7 (5.65%) JSON
8 6 (4.84%) REST
9 5 (4.03%) ARM Templates
9 5 (4.03%) SAML
10 4 (3.23%) LDAP
10 4 (3.23%) XML
11 3 (2.42%) EJB
11 3 (2.42%) J2EE
11 3 (2.42%) JSP
11 3 (2.42%) Servlets
11 3 (2.42%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.10%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.45%) Clustering
2 8 (6.45%) IVR
2 8 (6.45%) Linux Command Line
2 8 (6.45%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.03%) PKI
5 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.42%) Low-Code
5 3 (2.42%) Replication
5 3 (2.42%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.61%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.61%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.81%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.81%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 96 (77.42%) Windows
2 44 (35.48%) Windows Server
3 36 (29.03%) Linux
4 19 (15.32%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (11.29%) VMS
6 13 (10.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (9.68%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (8.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (8.06%) Unix
9 7 (5.65%) CentOS
10 6 (4.84%) Debian
10 6 (4.84%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (3.23%) AIX
11 4 (3.23%) Solaris
12 3 (2.42%) Ubuntu
13 2 (1.61%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.81%) Android
14 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.81%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (33.06%) DevOps
2 21 (16.94%) Agile
2 21 (16.94%) Migration
3 17 (13.71%) Load Balancing
4 13 (10.48%) Change Management
4 13 (10.48%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (9.68%) SDLC
6 10 (8.06%) Capacity Management
6 10 (8.06%) CI/CD
6 10 (8.06%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (8.06%) Software Deployment
7 9 (7.26%) Data Analysis
7 9 (7.26%) Proactive Maintenance
7 9 (7.26%) Scrum
7 9 (7.26%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (6.45%) Microservices
8 8 (6.45%) RBAC
8 8 (6.45%) Software Engineering
9 7 (5.65%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 47 (37.90%) PowerShell
2 46 (37.10%) SQL
3 25 (20.16%) C#
4 14 (11.29%) VB
5 11 (8.87%) JavaScript
5 11 (8.87%) T-SQL
6 9 (7.26%) PL/SQL
6 9 (7.26%) Python
6 9 (7.26%) VBA
7 7 (5.65%) Java
8 4 (3.23%) VBScript
9 3 (2.42%) Bash
10 1 (0.81%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 11 (8.87%) Degree
1 11 (8.87%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.65%) MCSA
4 7 (5.65%) MCSE
5 6 (4.84%) RHCT
6 5 (4.03%) CCNP
7 4 (3.23%) CCNA
8 3 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.42%) CISSP
8 3 (2.42%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.42%) SANS
9 2 (1.61%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.61%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.81%) CCIE
10 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.68%) QA
2 3 (2.42%) GRC
2 3 (2.42%) SLA
3 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.61%) NIST
3 2 (1.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 61 (49.19%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (10.48%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.65%) Docker
4 7 (5.65%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.84%) KVM
6 5 (4.03%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (4.03%) vSphere
7 2 (1.61%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.81%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.81%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.81%) XenApp
8 1 (0.81%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (24.19%) SCCM
2 18 (14.52%) SCOM
3 7 (5.65%) Ansible
4 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.03%) Kubernetes
5 5 (4.03%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (3.23%) Puppet
6 4 (3.23%) SCVMM
6 4 (3.23%) Tivoli
7 3 (2.42%) NetBackup
7 3 (2.42%) Netcool
7 3 (2.42%) Terraform
7 3 (2.42%) WSUS
8 2 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.61%) Control-M
8 2 (1.61%) Kibana
8 2 (1.61%) logstash
8 2 (1.61%) Packer
8 2 (1.61%) SCOrch
8 2 (1.61%) VxRail
Vendors
1 42 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 28 (22.58%) Oracle
3 24 (19.35%) VMware
4 20 (16.13%) F5
5 18 (14.52%) Citrix
6 15 (12.10%) Red Hat
7 12 (9.68%) IBM
8 10 (8.06%) Avaya
9 7 (5.65%) AppDynamics
9 7 (5.65%) Verint
10 4 (3.23%) Cisco
10 4 (3.23%) SAP
10 4 (3.23%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.42%) Commvault
11 3 (2.42%) Dell
11 3 (2.42%) EMC
11 3 (2.42%) Pega
11 3 (2.42%) ProCurve
11 3 (2.42%) Proofpoint
11 3 (2.42%) Veeam