IIS Contracts

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring IIS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IIS over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 464 503
Rank change year-on-year +14 +39 +7
Contract jobs citing IIS 69 136 210
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.09% 3.25% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 101 164
10th Percentile £335 £313 £360
25th Percentile £385 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £439 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.34% -16.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £536 £569 £700
90th Percentile £554 £700 £819
UK excluding London median daily rate £510 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +13.33% -14.29% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £22.23 £48.80
25th Percentile - £22.56 £54.50
Median hourly rate £200.00 £23.80 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +740.34% -62.81% +21.90%
75th Percentile - £24.41 £73.50
90th Percentile - £25.52 £79.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £200.00 £24.50 -
% change year-on-year +716.33% - -

All Application Platform Skills
UK

IIS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,308 4,179 6,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.31% 9.59% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,205 2,874 4,603
10th Percentile £275 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.97%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £453 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.72% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 161 147
10th Percentile £16.65 £13.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.25 £15.42 £18.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%
75th Percentile £64.13 £46.18 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.50 £68.00 £78.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.18 £23.75 £26.24
% change year-on-year +94.44% -9.49% +41.84%

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 30 April 2025.

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 13 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 30 April 2025. 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 +18 61 £416 -7.50% 79
UK excluding London +34 38 £510 +13.33% 55
London +4 28 £390 -10.86% 24
Work from Home +21 16 £450 -20.00% 49
South East +56 14 £520 +18.86% 11
Midlands +28 7 £675 -32.50% 7
West Midlands +20 7 £675 -32.50% 5
North of England +18 5 £375 -31.82% 14
North West +7 5 £375 +7.14% 7
East of England +13 4 £454 +29.64% 7
Scotland -1 4 £475 +2.70% 2
South West +47 3 £488 -24.96% 14
Northern Ireland - 1 £520 - 1

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 6 (8.70%) Apache
2 5 (7.25%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.80%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (5.80%) Tomcat
4 3 (4.35%) Confluence
4 3 (4.35%) nginx
5 2 (2.90%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.80%) InfoPath
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 13 (18.84%) Azure
2 9 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.59%) AWS
4 6 (8.70%) Entra ID
5 5 (7.25%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (5.80%) Power Automate
6 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.80%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.80%) ShareGate
7 3 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (4.35%) Amazon S3
7 3 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.35%) GitHub
7 3 (4.35%) Nutanix
7 3 (4.35%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (1.45%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (30.43%) DNS
2 13 (18.84%) DHCP
3 12 (17.39%) Internet
4 9 (13.04%) HTTP
5 7 (10.14%) Firewall
5 7 (10.14%) SMTP
6 6 (8.70%) HTTPS
6 6 (8.70%) NetScaler
7 5 (7.25%) SSL
7 5 (7.25%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.90%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (2.90%) VoIP
9 1 (1.45%) DECT
9 1 (1.45%) FTP
9 1 (1.45%) LAN
9 1 (1.45%) Multicast
9 1 (1.45%) SAN
9 1 (1.45%) SNMP
9 1 (1.45%) VPN
9 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (52.17%) SQL Server
2 14 (20.29%) Oracle Database
3 5 (7.25%) MySQL
4 2 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (2.90%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.90%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.90%) Tableau
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Git
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
2 4 (5.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.90%) GitLab
3 2 (2.90%) JMeter
3 2 (2.90%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (1.45%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.45%) NUnit
4 1 (1.45%) Subversion
General
1 21 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.49%) Public Sector
3 7 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.25%) Legal
5 3 (4.35%) Finance
5 3 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.90%) Korean Language
7 1 (1.45%) Banking
7 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (27.54%) Developer
2 15 (21.74%) C# Developer
3 12 (17.39%) C# WPF Developer
3 12 (17.39%) WPF Developer
4 11 (15.94%) C# WCF Developer
4 11 (15.94%) WCF Developer
5 6 (8.70%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) Applications Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) .NET Developer
7 4 (5.80%) Administrator
7 4 (5.80%) Applications Support
7 4 (5.80%) Applications Support Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) VMWare Administrator
7 4 (5.80%) Windows Engineer
7 4 (5.80%) Wintel Administrator
8 3 (4.35%) C# .NET Developer
8 3 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (34.78%) .NET
2 17 (24.64%) .NET Framework
3 13 (18.84%) WCF
3 13 (18.84%) WPF
4 11 (15.94%) WinForms
5 8 (11.59%) HTML
6 7 (10.14%) Middleware
7 4 (5.80%) Web Services
8 3 (4.35%) REST
8 3 (4.35%) SOAP
9 2 (2.90%) ASP.NET
9 2 (2.90%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (2.90%) LAMP
9 2 (2.90%) LDAP
9 2 (2.90%) MSMQ
9 2 (2.90%) WebSockets
9 2 (2.90%) XML
10 1 (1.45%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (1.45%) EDI
10 1 (1.45%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Clustering
1 8 (11.59%) PKI
2 5 (7.25%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.90%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 53 (76.81%) Windows
2 33 (47.83%) Windows Server
3 14 (20.29%) Linux
4 12 (17.39%) Windows Server 2012
5 11 (15.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (7.25%) Windows 10
9 4 (5.80%) Windows 7
10 2 (2.90%) CentOS
11 1 (1.45%) AIX
11 1 (1.45%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.09%) Disaster Recovery
1 18 (26.09%) ITIL
2 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (21.74%) Performance Tuning
4 13 (18.84%) Agile
4 13 (18.84%) Data Analysis
5 11 (15.94%) Incident Management
5 11 (15.94%) Root Cause Analysis
6 10 (14.49%) Change Management
7 9 (13.04%) Migration
8 8 (11.59%) DevOps
9 7 (10.14%) Configuration Management
9 7 (10.14%) High Availability
10 6 (8.70%) CI/CD
10 6 (8.70%) Patch Management
10 6 (8.70%) Time Management
11 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 5 (7.25%) Service Design
11 5 (7.25%) Virtual Environments
11 5 (7.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 34 (49.28%) SQL
2 32 (46.38%) PowerShell
3 22 (31.88%) C#
4 14 (20.29%) PL/SQL
4 14 (20.29%) T-SQL
5 13 (18.84%) VB
6 11 (15.94%) VBA
7 10 (14.49%) JavaScript
8 6 (8.70%) Java
8 6 (8.70%) Shell Script
9 3 (4.35%) Python
10 2 (2.90%) Perl
10 2 (2.90%) PHP
10 2 (2.90%) VBScript
11 1 (1.45%) ActionScript
11 1 (1.45%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (1.45%) Bash
11 1 (1.45%) VB6
Qualifications
1 24 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.94%) DV Cleared
3 10 (14.49%) SC Cleared
4 9 (13.04%) Degree
5 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.90%) Tableau Certification
6 1 (1.45%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.45%) MCAD
6 1 (1.45%) MCSA
6 1 (1.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) QA
2 6 (8.70%) SLA
3 2 (2.90%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.45%) HL7
4 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 34 (49.28%) Active Directory
2 12 (17.39%) Hyper-V
3 10 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (13.04%) vSphere
5 7 (10.14%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (10.14%) XenApp
6 6 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (8.70%) XenDesktop
7 5 (7.25%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (5.80%) Docker
9 2 (2.90%) VMware NSX
10 1 (1.45%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 18 (26.09%) WSUS
2 11 (15.94%) Microsoft Clustering
3 9 (13.04%) Ansible
4 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (11.59%) SCCM
5 7 (10.14%) Terraform
6 5 (7.25%) NetApp OnCommand
6 5 (7.25%) vCenter Server
6 5 (7.25%) vMotion
7 4 (5.80%) Kubernetes
8 3 (4.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (4.35%) SCOM
9 2 (2.90%) Grafana
9 2 (2.90%) Nagios
9 2 (2.90%) Packer
9 2 (2.90%) Prometheus
9 2 (2.90%) Puppet
9 2 (2.90%) ZABBIX
10 1 (1.45%) Progress Chef
10 1 (1.45%) Salt
Vendors
1 30 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 20 (28.99%) Citrix
3 18 (26.09%) Oracle
3 18 (26.09%) VMware
4 11 (15.94%) HP
5 9 (13.04%) Dell
6 5 (7.25%) Cisco
7 4 (5.80%) IBM
8 3 (4.35%) SolarWinds
9 2 (2.90%) CyberArk
9 2 (2.90%) Dynatrace
9 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.90%) Veeam
10 1 (1.45%) Atlassian
10 1 (1.45%) EMC
10 1 (1.45%) Mitel
10 1 (1.45%) Palo Alto
10 1 (1.45%) SAP
10 1 (1.45%) SonicWALL
10 1 (1.45%) Tenable