IIS Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring IIS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 584 487 478
Rank change year-on-year -97 -9 +15
Contract jobs citing IIS 88 64 95
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.88% 1.78% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 44 61
10th Percentile £404 £305 £333
25th Percentile £418 £385 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £433 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% +1.76% -23.18%
75th Percentile £536 £575 £575
90th Percentile £613 £600 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £538 £488
% change year-on-year -16.28% +10.26% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 £200.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -90.25% +740.34% -62.81%
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.50 £200.00 -
% change year-on-year -90.25% - -

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 4,680 3,600 4,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.72% 10.92% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,088 2,345 2,843
10th Percentile £300 £281 £275
25th Percentile £404 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -7.62% +2.44%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £720 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% -1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 89 104
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.33 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.88 £26.00 £21.19
Median hourly rate £32.50 £43.09 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.58% +31.57% -32.47%
75th Percentile £60.64 £65.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.71 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.62% +2.62% +63.64%

IIS
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing IIS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

IIS job vacancy trend in the UK

IIS
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IIS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IIS

IIS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IIS over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IIS in the UK

IIS
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IIS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IIS

IIS
Top 12 Contract Job 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 15 August 2026. 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 -115 69 £450 +9.42% 55
London -61 39 £453 +11.04% 24
UK excluding London -100 34 £450 -16.28% 35
Work from Home -39 23 £500 +10.19% 25
South West - 14 £438 - 5
South East -68 7 £475 -20.83% 11
Scotland -12 5 £550 - 1
West Midlands -43 4 £450 +50.00% 5
Midlands -44 4 £450 +50.00% 11
North of England -73 4 £625 +92.31% 4
North West -55 3 - - 3
Yorkshire -45 1 £625 -

IIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (14.77%) SharePoint
2 7 (7.95%) Apache
3 6 (6.82%) Oracle Workflow
3 6 (6.82%) Tomcat
4 5 (5.68%) Appian
4 5 (5.68%) Camunda
5 3 (3.41%) nginx
5 3 (3.41%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (17.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.14%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 5 (5.68%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (5.68%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 36 (40.91%) Azure
2 17 (19.32%) AWS
3 11 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (11.36%) Entra ID
5 9 (10.23%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (9.09%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.41%) Cloudflare
7 3 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.27%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.14%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.14%) Figma
9 1 (1.14%) GitHub
9 1 (1.14%) IaaS
9 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.14%) n8n
9 1 (1.14%) NuGet
9 1 (1.14%) PaaS
9 1 (1.14%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.14%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.18%) DNS
2 12 (13.64%) Internet
3 6 (6.82%) DHCP
3 6 (6.82%) HTTPS
4 4 (4.55%) Firewall
4 4 (4.55%) SAN
5 3 (3.41%) LAN
5 3 (3.41%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.41%) WAN
6 2 (2.27%) BIG-IP
6 2 (2.27%) DMZ
6 2 (2.27%) Intranet
6 2 (2.27%) NAS
6 2 (2.27%) SSL
6 2 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.14%) HTTP
7 1 (1.14%) Network Security
7 1 (1.14%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.14%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (68.18%) SQL Server
2 18 (20.45%) Oracle Database
3 15 (17.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (9.09%) MS Access
4 8 (9.09%) Oracle BI EE
4 8 (9.09%) Power BI
5 6 (6.82%) MySQL
6 5 (5.68%) Relational Database
7 4 (4.55%) RDBMS
8 3 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (2.27%) ClickHouse
9 2 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (2.27%) OLAP
9 2 (2.27%) OLTP
10 1 (1.14%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (1.14%) GIS
10 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (12.50%) Git
2 10 (11.36%) JIRA
3 9 (10.23%) Jenkins
4 8 (9.09%) Visual Studio
5 7 (7.95%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (5.68%) Bitbucket
6 5 (5.68%) TeamCity
7 3 (3.41%) Artifactory
8 2 (2.27%) Postman
8 2 (2.27%) Vite
9 1 (1.14%) MSBuild
9 1 (1.14%) MSI
9 1 (1.14%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (1.14%) webpack
General
1 32 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.86%) Finance
3 16 (18.18%) Banking
4 7 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.68%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.55%) Front Office
7 4 (4.55%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Legal
9 1 (1.14%) Publishing
9 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (47.73%) Developer
2 21 (23.86%) C# Developer
3 9 (10.23%) .NET Developer
3 9 (10.23%) Azure Engineer
4 8 (9.09%) Site Engineer
4 8 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 8 (9.09%) Software Developer
5 7 (7.95%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (6.82%) C# .NET Developer
6 6 (6.82%) Lead
7 5 (5.68%) BPM Developer
7 5 (5.68%) Lead Developer
7 5 (5.68%) Lead Software Developer
7 5 (5.68%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.68%) Senior
7 5 (5.68%) SQL Developer
7 5 (5.68%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (4.55%) Junior
8 4 (4.55%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (51.14%) .NET
2 33 (37.50%) .NET Framework
3 18 (20.45%) WinForms
4 16 (18.18%) XML
5 14 (15.91%) ASP.NET
6 12 (13.64%) JSON
7 11 (12.50%) HTML
8 10 (11.36%) ASP.NET Web API
8 10 (11.36%) REST
8 10 (11.36%) WPF
9 9 (10.23%) XSLT
10 7 (7.95%) WCF
11 5 (5.68%) Apache FOP
12 4 (4.55%) React
12 4 (4.55%) YAML
13 3 (3.41%) Entity Framework
13 3 (3.41%) OAuth
13 3 (3.41%) OpenID
13 3 (3.41%) SAML
13 3 (3.41%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.36%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (10.23%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (10.23%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (7.95%) PKI
4 6 (6.82%) Legacy Code
4 6 (6.82%) Replication
5 4 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.27%) Clustering
6 2 (2.27%) iPhone
6 2 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (2.27%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.14%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.14%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.14%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.14%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.14%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 69 (78.41%) Windows
2 34 (38.64%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.36%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (10.23%) Linux
5 6 (6.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.41%) CentOS
6 3 (3.41%) Ubuntu
6 3 (3.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.27%) Unix
7 2 (2.27%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.14%) VMS
8 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (43.18%) DevOps
2 21 (23.86%) Change Management
3 20 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (21.59%) Agile
5 18 (20.45%) ITIL
6 17 (19.32%) Data Analysis
7 16 (18.18%) AI
7 16 (18.18%) Runbook
8 14 (15.91%) Incident Response
9 13 (14.77%) Generative AI
10 12 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (12.50%) High Availability
12 10 (11.36%) Analytics
12 10 (11.36%) OO
12 10 (11.36%) OOP
12 10 (11.36%) Performance Tuning
12 10 (11.36%) Workflow
13 9 (10.23%) Migration
13 9 (10.23%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 8 (9.09%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 41 (46.59%) C#
2 38 (43.18%) SQL
3 31 (35.23%) PowerShell
4 30 (34.09%) T-SQL
5 29 (32.95%) PL/SQL
6 18 (20.45%) VBA
7 13 (14.77%) JavaScript
7 13 (14.77%) Python
8 10 (11.36%) VB
9 8 (9.09%) VB.NET
10 7 (7.95%) XPath
11 6 (6.82%) Bash
11 6 (6.82%) C++
12 5 (5.68%) Java
12 5 (5.68%) VBScript
13 4 (4.55%) TypeScript
14 3 (3.41%) Bicep
15 1 (1.14%) CodeQL
15 1 (1.14%) Korn
Qualifications
1 24 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 22 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 13 (14.77%) Degree
4 5 (5.68%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.68%) PMP
5 4 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.27%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (21.59%) QA
2 8 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.82%) PCI DSS
4 5 (5.68%) GDPR
4 5 (5.68%) GRC
4 5 (5.68%) HIPAA
4 5 (5.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (5.68%) SLA
5 2 (2.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.14%) DICOM
6 1 (1.14%) HL7
System Software
1 27 (30.68%) Active Directory
2 14 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.41%) Docker
3 3 (3.41%) Dovecot
3 3 (3.41%) Postfix
3 3 (3.41%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.27%) XenApp
4 2 (2.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (12.50%) Terraform
2 8 (9.09%) Ansible
3 5 (5.68%) SCCM
4 3 (3.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (3.41%) HAProxy
4 3 (3.41%) WSUS
5 2 (2.27%) AirWatch
5 2 (2.27%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (2.27%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.14%) NetApp OnCommand
6 1 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.14%) Tivoli
6 1 (1.14%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (1.14%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.14%) vMotion
Vendors
1 39 (44.32%) Oracle
2 22 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 19 (21.59%) Citrix
4 14 (15.91%) VMware
5 5 (5.68%) OpenText
5 5 (5.68%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.55%) IBM
7 3 (3.41%) Cisco
7 3 (3.41%) F5
7 3 (3.41%) HP
7 3 (3.41%) Juniper
7 3 (3.41%) Okta
7 3 (3.41%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.27%) Bloomberg
8 2 (2.27%) Sitecore
9 1 (1.14%) Adobe
9 1 (1.14%) Dell
9 1 (1.14%) Hitachi
9 1 (1.14%) Progress
9 1 (1.14%) Proofpoint