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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 479 456
Rank change year-on-year -114 -23 +36
Contract jobs citing IIS 86 74 94
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.87% 2.08% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 52 61
10th Percentile £404 £306 £331
25th Percentile £413 £383 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +5.88% -24.44%
75th Percentile £547 £575 £569
90th Percentile £615 £600 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 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% -47.11%
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 4,598 3,557 4,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.57% 10.94% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,021 2,313 2,770
10th Percentile £288 £278 £275
25th Percentile £404 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -8.10% +2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £680 £719 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £462 £450 £470
% change year-on-year +2.67% -4.26% -1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 91 95
10th Percentile £16.25 £17.33 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £25.00 £21.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £43.09 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -24.58% +30.30% -38.76%
75th Percentile £61.57 £65.25 £69.38
90th Percentile £75.90 £78.70 £74.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £46.18 £48.56
% change year-on-year -29.62% -4.90% +7.91%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -127 68 £450 +3.45% 94
London -60 41 £449 +10.12% 38
UK excluding London -110 31 £450 -10.00% 64
Work from Home -33 21 £480 -4.00% 45
South West -31 12 £438 +29.63% 6
South East -67 6 £571 -4.88% 15
Scotland -19 5 £550 - 1
Midlands -48 4 £450 +11.46% 9
West Midlands -48 4 £450 +11.46% 2
North of England -71 4 £625 +48.81% 12
North West -54 3 - - 10
Yorkshire -44 1 £625 +31.58%

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 (15.12%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.14%) Apache
3 6 (6.98%) Tomcat
4 5 (5.81%) Appian
4 5 (5.81%) Camunda
4 5 (5.81%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (3.49%) nginx
5 3 (3.49%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (18.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (9.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.81%) OpenText MBPM
1 5 (5.81%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 33 (38.37%) Azure
2 19 (22.09%) AWS
3 9 (10.47%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (9.30%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (8.14%) Power Platform
6 6 (6.98%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.49%) Cloudflare
7 3 (3.49%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.16%) GCP
9 1 (1.16%) GitHub
9 1 (1.16%) IaaS
9 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.16%) n8n
9 1 (1.16%) NuGet
9 1 (1.16%) PaaS
9 1 (1.16%) Rubrik
9 1 (1.16%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.60%) DNS
2 13 (15.12%) Internet
3 6 (6.98%) DHCP
3 6 (6.98%) HTTPS
4 4 (4.65%) Firewall
4 4 (4.65%) SAN
5 3 (3.49%) LAN
5 3 (3.49%) TCP/IP
5 3 (3.49%) WAN
6 2 (2.33%) BIG-IP
6 2 (2.33%) DMZ
6 2 (2.33%) Intranet
6 2 (2.33%) NAS
6 2 (2.33%) SSL
6 2 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.16%) Network Security
7 1 (1.16%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (1.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (68.60%) SQL Server
2 19 (22.09%) Oracle Database
3 14 (16.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (9.30%) MS Access
5 7 (8.14%) Oracle BI EE
5 7 (8.14%) Power BI
6 6 (6.98%) MySQL
7 5 (5.81%) Relational Database
8 4 (4.65%) RDBMS
9 3 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (2.33%) ClickHouse
10 2 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (2.33%) OLAP
10 2 (2.33%) OLTP
11 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (12.79%) Git
2 10 (11.63%) Jenkins
2 10 (11.63%) JIRA
3 7 (8.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (8.14%) Visual Studio
4 6 (6.98%) TeamCity
5 5 (5.81%) Bitbucket
6 3 (3.49%) Artifactory
7 2 (2.33%) Vite
8 1 (1.16%) MSBuild
8 1 (1.16%) NUnit
8 1 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (1.16%) Postman
8 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 29 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 21 (24.42%) Finance
3 15 (17.44%) Banking
4 10 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 5 (5.81%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.65%) Front Office
7 4 (4.65%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Legal
9 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (45.35%) Developer
2 22 (25.58%) C# Developer
3 9 (10.47%) Azure Engineer
4 8 (9.30%) Site Engineer
4 8 (9.30%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 8 (9.30%) Software Developer
5 7 (8.14%) .NET Developer
5 7 (8.14%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (6.98%) Lead
7 5 (5.81%) BPM Developer
7 5 (5.81%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (5.81%) Lead Developer
7 5 (5.81%) Lead Software Developer
7 5 (5.81%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.81%) Senior
7 5 (5.81%) SQL Developer
7 5 (5.81%) Windows Engineer
8 4 (4.65%) Junior
8 4 (4.65%) Migration Engineer
9 3 (3.49%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (52.33%) .NET
2 32 (37.21%) .NET Framework
3 19 (22.09%) WinForms
4 16 (18.60%) XML
5 14 (16.28%) ASP.NET
6 11 (12.79%) HTML
6 11 (12.79%) JSON
6 11 (12.79%) WPF
7 10 (11.63%) ASP.NET Web API
7 10 (11.63%) REST
7 10 (11.63%) Terraform
8 9 (10.47%) XSLT
9 7 (8.14%) WCF
10 5 (5.81%) Apache FOP
11 4 (4.65%) Web Services
11 4 (4.65%) YAML
12 3 (3.49%) ADO.NET
12 3 (3.49%) OAuth
12 3 (3.49%) OpenID
12 3 (3.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.47%) Enterprise Software
1 9 (10.47%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (9.30%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (8.14%) PKI
4 6 (6.98%) Legacy Code
4 6 (6.98%) Replication
5 5 (5.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (3.49%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.33%) Clustering
8 2 (2.33%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.33%) iPhone
8 2 (2.33%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (1.16%) Mobile Payment
9 1 (1.16%) PACS
9 1 (1.16%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.16%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 69 (80.23%) Windows
2 35 (40.70%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.63%) Windows Server 2012
4 9 (10.47%) Linux
5 6 (6.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (3.49%) CentOS
6 3 (3.49%) Ubuntu
6 3 (3.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.33%) Unix
7 2 (2.33%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.16%) VMS
8 1 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.37%) DevOps
2 19 (22.09%) Change Management
2 19 (22.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (20.93%) Agile
4 17 (19.77%) Data Analysis
5 16 (18.60%) ITIL
5 16 (18.60%) Runbook
6 15 (17.44%) AI
7 14 (16.28%) Incident Response
8 12 (13.95%) Generative AI
8 12 (13.95%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (11.63%) High Availability
9 10 (11.63%) OO
9 10 (11.63%) OOP
9 10 (11.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 9 (10.47%) Incident Management
10 9 (10.47%) Performance Tuning
11 8 (9.30%) Computer Science
11 8 (9.30%) Data Protection
11 8 (9.30%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 41 (47.67%) C#
2 38 (44.19%) SQL
3 30 (34.88%) PowerShell
4 28 (32.56%) PL/SQL
4 28 (32.56%) T-SQL
5 19 (22.09%) VBA
6 14 (16.28%) Python
7 13 (15.12%) JavaScript
8 11 (12.79%) VB
9 8 (9.30%) VB.NET
10 7 (8.14%) XPath
11 6 (6.98%) Bash
12 5 (5.81%) C++
12 5 (5.81%) VBScript
13 4 (4.65%) Java
14 2 (2.33%) Bicep
14 2 (2.33%) TypeScript
15 1 (1.16%) CodeQL
15 1 (1.16%) F#
15 1 (1.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 22 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 21 (24.42%) SC Cleared
3 15 (17.44%) Degree
4 5 (5.81%) PMI Certification
4 5 (5.81%) PMP
5 4 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.16%) CCSP
7 1 (1.16%) CISA
7 1 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.16%) CISM
7 1 (1.16%) CISSP
7 1 (1.16%) CLAS
7 1 (1.16%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.16%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.26%) QA
2 9 (10.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (8.14%) PCI DSS
4 6 (6.98%) GDPR
4 6 (6.98%) GRC
5 5 (5.81%) HIPAA
5 5 (5.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (5.81%) SLA
6 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.16%) DICOM
6 1 (1.16%) HL7
6 1 (1.16%) ISO 31000
6 1 (1.16%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.16%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (27.91%) Active Directory
2 13 (15.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.49%) Docker
3 3 (3.49%) Dovecot
3 3 (3.49%) Postfix
3 3 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.33%) XenApp
4 2 (2.33%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.16%) ISA Server
5 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (9.30%) Ansible
2 5 (5.81%) SCCM
3 3 (3.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (3.49%) HAProxy
3 3 (3.49%) WSUS
4 2 (2.33%) AirWatch
4 2 (2.33%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.16%) CASB
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.16%) NetApp OnCommand
5 1 (1.16%) Tivoli
5 1 (1.16%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (1.16%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.16%) vMotion
Vendors
1 37 (43.02%) Oracle
2 23 (26.74%) Microsoft
3 20 (23.26%) Citrix
4 13 (15.12%) VMware
5 5 (5.81%) OpenText
6 4 (4.65%) Cisco
6 4 (4.65%) F5
6 4 (4.65%) IBM
7 3 (3.49%) HP
7 3 (3.49%) Juniper
7 3 (3.49%) Okta
7 3 (3.49%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.33%) Bloomberg
8 2 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.33%) Sitecore
9 1 (1.16%) Centrify
9 1 (1.16%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (1.16%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.16%) Proofpoint
9 1 (1.16%) Splunk