West Midlands IIS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) skills within the West Midlands 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 15 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 Rochdale 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 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	91	95
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	29	23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.037 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	6.651 %	5.386 %
Daily rates quoted	3	8
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£356
Average daily rate	£302	£368
% change on same period last year	-17.95 %
Average maximum daily rate	£302	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£312
% change on same period last year	+9.79 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	-
Average hourly rate	£30.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.22
% change on same period last year	+0.41 %
Application Platforms West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	436	427
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.559 %	0.480 %
Daily rates quoted	80	108
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£338
Average daily rate	£354	£359
% change on same period last year	-1.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£353
% change on same period last year	+3.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	49	61
Average minimum hourly rate	£12.96	£15.99
Average hourly rate	£14.03	£17.94
% change on same period last year	-21.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£15.09	£19.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.73	£22.67
% change on same period last year	+0.23 %
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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

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 West Midlands 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	Coventry	-	6	-	-
2	Birmingham	-4	5	-	-
3	Herefordshire	+7	4	£315	+26.00 %
4	Dudley	-	3	£295	-
5	Shropshire	-3	1	-	-

IIS England

IIS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 32 (50.00 %) SQL 2 27 (42.19 %) Windows 3 23 (35.94 %) SQL Server 4 22 (34.38 %) CSS 4 22 (34.38 %) Microsoft 5 21 (32.81 %) JavaScript 5 21 (32.81 %) .NET 5 21 (32.81 %) Oracle 6 20 (31.25 %) HTML 6 20 (31.25 %) Active Directory 7 18 (28.13 %) ASP.NET 8 16 (25.00 %) XML 9 15 (23.44 %) Windows Server 2003 10 13 (20.31 %) C# 10 13 (20.31 %) Apache

11 11 (17.19 %) MySQL 12 10 (15.63 %) Transact-SQL 12 10 (15.63 %) Microsoft Certification 13 8 (12.50 %) MS Exchange 13 8 (12.50 %) MCSE 13 8 (12.50 %) WebServices 13 8 (12.50 %) SQL Server 2005 14 7 (10.94 %) WebSphere 14 7 (10.94 %) JSP 14 7 (10.94 %) Servlets 14 7 (10.94 %) Java 14 7 (10.94 %) J2EE 14 7 (10.94 %) OO 14 7 (10.94 %) Sun Certification 14 7 (10.94 %) Sun

IIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 22 (34.38 %) CSS 2 21 (32.81 %) .NET 3 20 (31.25 %) HTML 4 18 (28.13 %) ASP.NET 5 16 (25.00 %) XML 6 8 (12.50 %) WebServices 7 7 (10.94 %) WebSphere 7 7 (10.94 %) J2EE 7 7 (10.94 %) JSP 7 7 (10.94 %) Servlets 8 6 (9.375 %) ADO.NET 8 6 (9.375 %) ASP.NET 2.0 9 5 (7.813 %) .NET Remoting 9 5 (7.813 %) ASP 9 5 (7.813 %) XHTML 9 5 (7.813 %) AJAX 10 3 (4.688 %) .NET Framework 11 2 (3.125 %) WF 11 2 (3.125 %) Spring 11 2 (3.125 %) Struts	Application Platforms 1 13 (20.31 %) Apache 2 8 (12.50 %) MS Exchange 3 6 (9.375 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (6.250 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 3 (4.688 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 3 (4.688 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 3 (4.688 %) SharePoint 6 2 (3.125 %) WebLogic 6 2 (3.125 %) Tuxedo 6 2 (3.125 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (1.563 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 2 (3.125 %) MS Office 1 2 (3.125 %) MS Excel 2 1 (1.563 %) InfoPath	Communications & Networking 1 7 (10.94 %) Firewall 2 5 (7.813 %) VPN 3 4 (6.250 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (3.125 %) DHCP 4 2 (3.125 %) DNS 4 2 (3.125 %) DMZ 5 1 (1.563 %) Intranet 5 1 (1.563 %) SAN 5 1 (1.563 %) SMS 5 1 (1.563 %) VoIP 5 1 (1.563 %) Wireless 5 1 (1.563 %) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (35.94 %) SQL Server 2 11 (17.19 %) MySQL 3 8 (12.50 %) SQL Server 2005 4 5 (7.813 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (1.563 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 5 1 (1.563 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 4 (6.250 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (1.563 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 1 (1.563 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (1.563 %) MSI 2 1 (1.563 %) NetAdvantage 2 1 (1.563 %) Subversion
General 1 3 (4.688 %) Telecoms 2 2 (3.125 %) Finance 3 1 (1.563 %) Government 3 1 (1.563 %) Insurance 3 1 (1.563 %) Marketing 3 1 (1.563 %) Financial Institution 3 1 (1.563 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 25 (39.06 %) Developer 2 9 (14.06 %) Analyst 3 7 (10.94 %) Java Developer 4 6 (9.375 %) Technical Support 4 6 (9.375 %) Support Engineer 5 5 (7.813 %) Administrator 5 5 (7.813 %) C# Developer 6 4 (6.250 %) .NET Developer 6 4 (6.250 %) Support Specialist 6 4 (6.250 %) Support Analyst 6 4 (6.250 %) Systems Analyst 6 4 (6.250 %) Applications Developer 6 4 (6.250 %) Network Administrator 7 3 (4.688 %) ASP.NET Developer 7 3 (4.688 %) Technical Specialist 7 3 (4.688 %) Technical Engineer 7 3 (4.688 %) Java/J2EE Developer 7 3 (4.688 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 7 3 (4.688 %) Server Support 7 3 (4.688 %) Web Developer
Miscellaneous 1 6 (9.375 %) Smartcard 2 1 (1.563 %) AS400 2 1 (1.563 %) Web 2.0 2 1 (1.563 %) CMDB	Operating Systems 1 27 (42.19 %) Windows 2 15 (23.44 %) Windows Server 2003 3 5 (7.813 %) Unix 3 5 (7.813 %) Linux 3 5 (7.813 %) Windows 2000 4 2 (3.125 %) AIX 4 2 (3.125 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (10.94 %) OO 1 7 (10.94 %) Agile Software Development 2 5 (7.813 %) Migration 3 4 (6.250 %) Change Management 4 3 (4.688 %) ITIL 5 2 (3.125 %) CRM 5 2 (3.125 %) E-Commerce 5 2 (3.125 %) Problem Management 5 2 (3.125 %) Workflow 6 1 (1.563 %) Use Case 6 1 (1.563 %) Data Modelling 6 1 (1.563 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (1.563 %) UML 6 1 (1.563 %) OOA/OOD 6 1 (1.563 %) RUP 6 1 (1.563 %) Risk Management 6 1 (1.563 %) Scrum 6 1 (1.563 %) Document Management 6 1 (1.563 %) Web Development 6 1 (1.563 %) Network Load Balancing	Programming Languages 1 32 (50.00 %) SQL 2 21 (32.81 %) JavaScript 3 13 (20.31 %) C# 4 10 (15.63 %) Transact-SQL 5 7 (10.94 %) Java 6 6 (9.375 %) VB.NET 7 5 (7.813 %) PL/SQL 7 5 (7.813 %) VBScript 8 3 (4.688 %) ActionScript 8 3 (4.688 %) Lingo 9 1 (1.563 %) PHP5 9 1 (1.563 %) PHP4 9 1 (1.563 %) VB 9 1 (1.563 %) PHP
Qualifications 1 10 (15.63 %) Microsoft Certification 2 8 (12.50 %) MCSE 3 7 (10.94 %) Sun Certification 4 1 (1.563 %) Degree 4 1 (1.563 %) MCSA 4 1 (1.563 %) MCP	System Software 1 20 (31.25 %) Active Directory 2 3 (4.688 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 2 (3.125 %) MOM 2 1 (1.563 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (1.563 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 1 (1.563 %) MAILsweeper 2 1 (1.563 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 22 (34.38 %) Microsoft 2 21 (32.81 %) Oracle 3 7 (10.94 %) Sun 4 5 (7.813 %) Symantec 5 4 (6.250 %) VERITAS 6 3 (4.688 %) Cisco 6 3 (4.688 %) HP 6 3 (4.688 %) McAfee Security 7 2 (3.125 %) Amdocs 8 1 (1.563 %) telerik 8 1 (1.563 %) Websense 8 1 (1.563 %) Infragistics 8 1 (1.563 %) Nokia 8 1 (1.563 %) CheckPoint