IIS Job Trends in the South West

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring IIS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 185 191
Rank change year-on-year +37 +6 +52
Permanent jobs citing IIS 29 4 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.57% 0.096% 0.57%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.81% 0.96% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 29 1 17
10th Percentile £36,250 - £29,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £53,384 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £54,321 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.26% +20.71% +26.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 £55,257 £50,000
90th Percentile - - £58,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%

All Application Platform Skills
South West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 329 415 544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.48% 10.01% 11.46%
Number of salaries quoted 192 242 459
10th Percentile £26,050 £30,750 £30,408
25th Percentile £30,750 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £49,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,750 £57,001 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.97% +8.57% -4.55%

IIS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IIS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

IIS job vacancy trend in the South West

IIS
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IIS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing IIS

IIS
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IIS in the South West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IIS in the South West

IIS
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IIS within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire - 16 £67,500 -
Bristol - 12 £42,500 -
Devon - 1 £42,750 -
IIS
England

IIS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) DHCP
1 12 (41.38%) DNS
1 12 (41.38%) Firewall
2 9 (31.03%) Internet
3 8 (27.59%) Kerberos
3 8 (27.59%) LAN
3 8 (27.59%) WAN
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (13.79%) IPsec
4 4 (13.79%) VLAN
4 4 (13.79%) VoIP
4 4 (13.79%) VPN
4 4 (13.79%) Wireless
5 1 (3.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 8 (27.59%) Law
3 4 (13.79%) Electronics
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 4 (13.79%) Marketing
3 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (68.97%) Senior
2 16 (55.17%) Consultant
2 16 (55.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 16 (55.17%) Security Consultant
2 16 (55.17%) Senior Consultant
2 16 (55.17%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
2 16 (55.17%) Senior Security Consultant
3 9 (31.03%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (27.59%) Analyst
5 7 (24.14%) Support Analyst
6 6 (20.69%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (13.79%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 4 (13.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
8 4 (13.79%) IT Support
8 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (13.79%) Senior IT Engineer
8 4 (13.79%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (27.59%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (55.17%) CESG
1 16 (55.17%) Management Information System
2 8 (27.59%) PKI
3 4 (13.79%) Clustering
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 13 (44.83%) Windows
1 13 (44.83%) Windows Server
2 8 (27.59%) Windows 10
2 8 (27.59%) Windows Server 2016
2 8 (27.59%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (13.79%) Linux
3 4 (13.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Active Listening
1 16 (55.17%) Creative Thinking
1 16 (55.17%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (55.17%) Information Assurance
1 16 (55.17%) Information Security
1 16 (55.17%) Information Security Management
1 16 (55.17%) Innovative Thinking
1 16 (55.17%) ISMS
1 16 (55.17%) Matrix Organization
1 16 (55.17%) Risk Management
1 16 (55.17%) Security Management
2 8 (27.59%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (27.59%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
3 5 (17.24%) Server Management
4 4 (13.79%) Coaching
4 4 (13.79%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (13.79%) Containerisation
4 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
4 4 (13.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (41.38%) PowerShell
2 8 (27.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (55.17%) CESG Certified Professional
1 16 (55.17%) CISM
1 16 (55.17%) CISMP
1 16 (55.17%) CISSP
1 16 (55.17%) IISP
2 4 (13.79%) ACMT
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (55.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 16 (55.17%) JSP 440
1 16 (55.17%) NCSC
1 16 (55.17%) NIST
1 16 (55.17%) NIST 800
1 16 (55.17%) RMADS
2 8 (27.59%) SLA
3 4 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.79%) Docker
2 4 (13.79%) Hyper-V
2 4 (13.79%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (27.59%) WSUS
2 4 (13.79%) Autotask
2 4 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (13.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Apple
2 4 (13.79%) Cisco
2 4 (13.79%) Datto
2 4 (13.79%) Oracle
2 4 (13.79%) SAP
2 4 (13.79%) Sophos
2 4 (13.79%) Veeam
2 4 (13.79%) VMware