Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IIS over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 525 464
Rank change year-on-year +58 -61 -102
Permanent jobs citing IIS 481 531 1,185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.51% 0.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.47% 4.47% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 427 429 798
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,000 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £66,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,000 £77,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% +2.86%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10,749 11,887 21,668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.91% 11.45% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,105 7,874 11,756
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +2.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IIS.

Salary trend for IIS in the UK

IIS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IIS over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IIS in the UK

IIS
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IIS within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +66 433 £52,500 -4.55% 53
UK excluding London +23 364 £52,500 +2.44% 39
Work from Home +83 263 £60,000 +9.09% 23
Midlands +44 103 £52,500 +10.53% 8
London +55 97 £62,500 -3.85% 15
South East -13 90 £52,500 -4.55% 4
North of England +47 74 £60,000 +20.00% 13
West Midlands +52 71 £52,500 -4.55% 4
North West +17 49 £60,000 +20.00% 6
South West -1 42 £61,500 +85.10% 4
East Midlands -5 32 £50,000 +42.86% 4
Scotland -32 27 £40,000 -24.53% 5
East of England +21 22 £32,000 -29.67% 4
Yorkshire +82 20 £56,250 +33.14% 5
North East -6 5 £35,000 -12.50% 3
Wales -2 4 £49,500 +54.69%
Northern Ireland +31 2 £40,000 +33.33%

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 57 (11.85%) SharePoint
2 52 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 45 (9.36%) CMS
3 45 (9.36%) Umbraco
4 37 (7.69%) Sitecore CMS
5 35 (7.28%) Apache
5 35 (7.28%) Headless CMS
5 35 (7.28%) Kentico
6 34 (7.07%) Tomcat
7 10 (2.08%) WebSphere
7 10 (2.08%) WordPress
8 8 (1.66%) WebLogic
9 7 (1.46%) JBoss
9 7 (1.46%) WildFly
10 6 (1.25%) nginx
11 5 (1.04%) IBM Notes
12 4 (0.83%) ColdFusion
13 2 (0.42%) Liferay
13 2 (0.42%) Moodle
13 2 (0.42%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 38 (7.90%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.83%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.21%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (2.91%) NEC Housing
3 7 (1.46%) Teamcenter
4 5 (1.04%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 297 (61.75%) Azure
2 102 (21.21%) Azure DevOps
3 80 (16.63%) AWS
4 74 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (7.28%) Kontent
6 29 (6.03%) Power Platform
7 28 (5.82%) Cloud Computing
8 20 (4.16%) GCP
8 20 (4.16%) SaaS
9 18 (3.74%) Entra ID
10 15 (3.12%) OneDrive
11 13 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (2.08%) GitHub
13 8 (1.66%) IaaS
13 8 (1.66%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.46%) Google Analytics
15 6 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.25%) Nutanix
15 6 (1.25%) PaaS
16 4 (0.83%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 127 (26.40%) Firewall
2 124 (25.78%) DNS
3 81 (16.84%) WAN
4 68 (14.14%) DHCP
5 46 (9.56%) SAN
6 37 (7.69%) SSL
7 36 (7.48%) VPN
8 34 (7.07%) TCP/IP
9 26 (5.41%) Internet
10 23 (4.78%) iSCSI
11 18 (3.74%) LAN
12 14 (2.91%) Fibre Channel
12 14 (2.91%) SNMP
13 13 (2.70%) Wireless
14 12 (2.49%) NAS
14 12 (2.49%) SD-WAN
14 12 (2.49%) WLAN
15 8 (1.66%) HTTP
16 7 (1.46%) FTP
17 5 (1.04%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 267 (55.51%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 31 (6.44%) Relational Database
4 29 (6.03%) Oracle Database
5 27 (5.61%) NoSQL
6 25 (5.20%) Power BI
7 15 (3.12%) MySQL
7 15 (3.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.25%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.04%) Redis
12 3 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
13 2 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.42%) DB2
13 2 (0.42%) DTS
13 2 (0.42%) SQLPlus
14 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 46 (9.56%) Git
2 43 (8.94%) Visual Studio
3 28 (5.82%) Jasmine
3 28 (5.82%) Karma Test Runner
4 23 (4.78%) Octopus Deploy
5 19 (3.95%) TeamCity
6 11 (2.29%) JIRA
7 10 (2.08%) MSBuild
7 10 (2.08%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (1.04%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.04%) FitNesse
8 5 (1.04%) Selenium
8 5 (1.04%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.04%) WebDriver
9 4 (0.83%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.83%) Subversion
10 3 (0.62%) Browser DevTools
11 2 (0.42%) Bower
11 2 (0.42%) gulp
11 2 (0.42%) Moq
General
1 95 (19.75%) Finance
2 69 (14.35%) Social Skills
3 40 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.28%) Public Sector
5 28 (5.82%) Law
6 19 (3.95%) Aerospace
7 17 (3.53%) Marketing
8 15 (3.12%) Local Government
9 14 (2.91%) Banking
9 14 (2.91%) Police
10 13 (2.70%) Legal
10 13 (2.70%) Manufacturing
11 10 (2.08%) Aviation
11 10 (2.08%) Military
11 10 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.04%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.04%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.83%) French Language
Job Titles
1 163 (33.89%) Developer
2 111 (23.08%) Senior
3 77 (16.01%) Systems Engineer
4 71 (14.76%) C# Developer
5 70 (14.55%) .NET Developer
6 47 (9.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 44 (9.15%) Applications Developer
7 44 (9.15%) Consultant
8 41 (8.52%) Senior Developer
9 39 (8.11%) .NET Applications Developer
10 38 (7.90%) C# .NET Developer
11 37 (7.69%) Senior .NET Developer
12 36 (7.48%) ASP.NET Developer
12 36 (7.48%) C# Application Developer
12 36 (7.48%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 35 (7.28%) CMS Developer
14 33 (6.86%) Senior .NET Applications Developer
14 33 (6.86%) Senior C# .NET Developer
14 33 (6.86%) Senior C# Application Developer
14 33 (6.86%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (40.96%) .NET
2 145 (30.15%) ASP.NET
3 120 (24.95%) REST
4 81 (16.84%) AngularJS
5 79 (16.42%) Web Services
6 77 (16.01%) HTML
7 76 (15.80%) React
8 74 (15.38%) XML
9 72 (14.97%) ASP.NET MVC
10 71 (14.76%) CSS
11 67 (13.93%) JSON
12 58 (12.06%) .NET Core
12 58 (12.06%) .NET Framework
13 46 (9.56%) SOAP
14 41 (8.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 38 (7.90%) jQuery
16 37 (7.69%) RESTful
17 35 (7.28%) Next.js
18 33 (6.86%) Sass
19 28 (5.82%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 74 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 68 (14.14%) Clustering
3 46 (9.56%) Public Cloud
4 31 (6.44%) Management Information System
5 26 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.91%) CMDB
6 14 (2.91%) Replication
7 13 (2.70%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.49%) CESG
8 12 (2.49%) PMI
9 10 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.08%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.46%) PKI
11 6 (1.25%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.25%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.25%) IoT
12 5 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 210 (43.66%) Windows
2 108 (22.45%) Windows Server
3 106 (22.04%) Linux
4 32 (6.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 22 (4.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (4.37%) VMS
7 15 (3.12%) Solaris
7 15 (3.12%) Unix
8 11 (2.29%) Ubuntu
8 11 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (1.87%) Windows 10
10 6 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (1.04%) CentOS
12 4 (0.83%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.62%) Debian
14 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
2 132 (27.44%) DevOps
3 88 (18.30%) MVC
4 84 (17.46%) Continuous Integration
5 77 (16.01%) High Availability
6 67 (13.93%) Web Development
7 66 (13.72%) Agile
8 65 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 60 (12.47%) CI/CD
10 57 (11.85%) CRM
10 57 (11.85%) Customer Service
11 51 (10.60%) Project Management
12 49 (10.19%) API Development
13 48 (9.98%) E-Commerce
14 43 (8.94%) TDD
15 42 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
16 41 (8.52%) Deployment Automation
16 41 (8.52%) ERP
17 40 (8.32%) Presales
18 39 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 261 (54.26%) SQL
2 171 (35.55%) C#
3 133 (27.65%) JavaScript
4 91 (18.92%) PowerShell
5 80 (16.63%) T-SQL
6 42 (8.73%) Java
7 38 (7.90%) VB.NET
8 34 (7.07%) TypeScript
9 31 (6.44%) VB
10 28 (5.82%) VB6
11 26 (5.41%) XAML
12 16 (3.33%) Shell Script
13 14 (2.91%) PL/SQL
14 10 (2.08%) PHP
15 8 (1.66%) Python
16 7 (1.46%) XPath
17 5 (1.04%) C
17 5 (1.04%) C++
18 4 (0.83%) CFML
19 2 (0.42%) Bash
Qualifications
1 101 (21.00%) Security Cleared
2 73 (15.18%) Degree
3 42 (8.73%) SC Cleared
4 23 (4.78%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.70%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.49%) CISMP
7 12 (2.49%) IISP
7 12 (2.49%) PMI Certification
8 10 (2.08%) MCSE
9 9 (1.87%) CCNA
9 9 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (1.25%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.83%) CCA
12 4 (0.83%) CCDA
12 4 (0.83%) Citrix Certification
12 4 (0.83%) MCSA
13 3 (0.62%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.52%) QA
2 18 (3.74%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.12%) NIST
4 12 (2.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 12 (2.49%) JSP 440
4 12 (2.49%) NIST 800
5 11 (2.29%) RMADS
5 11 (2.29%) SLA
6 10 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.42%) PMO
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.21%) FISMA
9 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.21%) HITRUST
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 154 (32.02%) Active Directory
2 107 (22.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (8.11%) VMware NSX
4 31 (6.44%) Hyper-V
5 29 (6.03%) vSphere
6 14 (2.91%) Docker
7 13 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (1.87%) Forefront TMG
8 9 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.87%) VMware Workstation
9 8 (1.66%) VMware Server
10 7 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (1.04%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.62%) KVM
13 2 (0.42%) Firmware
14 1 (0.21%) Samba
14 1 (0.21%) Shibboleth
14 1 (0.21%) Varnish
14 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (6.03%) SCOM
2 26 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (4.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 20 (4.16%) WSUS
4 15 (3.12%) Kubernetes
4 15 (3.12%) ZABBIX
5 12 (2.49%) Opsgenie
5 12 (2.49%) SCCM
5 12 (2.49%) VxRail
6 10 (2.08%) Ansible
6 10 (2.08%) Terraform
7 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (1.46%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.04%) Control-M
8 5 (1.04%) Pingdom
8 5 (1.04%) SCOrch
9 4 (0.83%) PowerCLI
9 4 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 4 (0.83%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 322 (66.94%) Microsoft
2 150 (31.19%) VMware
3 42 (8.73%) Oracle
4 37 (7.69%) Sitecore
5 35 (7.28%) Optimizely
6 26 (5.41%) Cisco
7 21 (4.37%) Dell
7 21 (4.37%) SolarWinds
7 21 (4.37%) Veeam
8 18 (3.74%) NetApp
9 15 (3.12%) Aruba
9 15 (3.12%) CheckPoint
9 15 (3.12%) Dynatrace
10 14 (2.91%) Fortinet
10 14 (2.91%) NEC
11 13 (2.70%) Citrix
11 13 (2.70%) HP
12 12 (2.49%) Palo Alto
12 12 (2.49%) Zerto
13 10 (2.08%) Synology