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 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 420 525 446
Rank change year-on-year +105 -79 -113
Permanent jobs citing IIS 337 693 907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.57% 0.71%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.46% 4.86% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 275 574 700
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -

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 5,213 14,258 15,833
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.97% 11.67% 12.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,883 8,496 10,303
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,270 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,944 £50,000 £45,369
% change year-on-year -0.11% +10.21% +0.82%

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 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for IIS in the UK

IIS
Top 16 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 10 December 2023. 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 +61 266 £51,250 -2.38% 122
UK excluding London +124 235 £45,000 -5.26% 98
Work from Home +49 117 £55,000 +4.76% 48
London +113 93 £65,000 +8.33% 23
South East +113 81 £34,000 -35.24% 33
Scotland +68 35 £45,000 -34.61% 2
West Midlands +86 33 £50,000 +21.21% 7
Midlands +71 33 £50,000 +17.65% 15
North of England +109 30 £47,500 -9.52% 27
Wales +36 25 £39,500 -33.05% 3
North West +102 23 £47,500 -17.39% 17
South West +51 17 £45,000 +26.17% 7
East of England +109 10 £65,000 +18.18% 12
Yorkshire +74 6 £55,000 +15.79% 8
Northern Ireland +28 4 £40,750 +3.82%
North East +36 1 £45,000 +20.00% 2

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 33 (9.79%) SharePoint
2 26 (7.72%) WebLogic
3 20 (5.93%) Apache
4 19 (5.64%) MS Exchange
5 15 (4.45%) WebSphere
6 9 (2.67%) CMS
7 8 (2.37%) Tomcat
8 6 (1.78%) Confluence
9 5 (1.48%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.89%) Kentico
10 3 (0.89%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.59%) nginx
11 2 (0.59%) WordPress
12 1 (0.30%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.30%) JBoss
12 1 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
12 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.30%) Tornado
Applications
1 23 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.67%) AutoCAD
2 9 (2.67%) PTC Creo
2 9 (2.67%) SOLIDWORKS
3 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 28 (8.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (3.86%) BusinessWorks
3 8 (2.37%) Unit4 Business World
4 3 (0.89%) Eikon
4 3 (0.89%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.30%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 183 (54.30%) Azure
2 68 (20.18%) AWS
3 61 (18.10%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (12.17%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (8.01%) Entra ID
6 25 (7.42%) Cloud Computing
7 22 (6.53%) Power Platform
8 19 (5.64%) PaaS
9 17 (5.04%) IaaS
9 17 (5.04%) Power Automate
10 16 (4.75%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (4.75%) PowerApps
10 16 (4.75%) SaaS
11 14 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (4.15%) Serverless
12 13 (3.86%) Azure Functions
13 11 (3.26%) GCP
14 7 (2.08%) OneDrive
15 3 (0.89%) Datadog
15 3 (0.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 88 (26.11%) Firewall
2 79 (23.44%) DNS
3 61 (18.10%) DHCP
4 59 (17.51%) WAN
5 35 (10.39%) VPN
6 25 (7.42%) SNMP
7 20 (5.93%) Internet
8 13 (3.86%) LAN
9 11 (3.26%) Structured Cabling
9 11 (3.26%) VLAN
9 11 (3.26%) Wireless
10 10 (2.97%) SAN
11 9 (2.67%) TCP/IP
12 8 (2.37%) VoIP
13 5 (1.48%) Cisco ISE
13 5 (1.48%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (1.48%) NAS
14 4 (1.19%) ADSL
14 4 (1.19%) HTTP
14 4 (1.19%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 218 (64.69%) SQL Server
2 40 (11.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 27 (8.01%) Elasticsearch
3 27 (8.01%) NoSQL
4 22 (6.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 17 (5.04%) Power BI
6 11 (3.26%) Oracle Database
6 11 (3.26%) Relational Database
7 10 (2.97%) Amazon RDS
7 10 (2.97%) MySQL
7 10 (2.97%) SAP HANA
8 8 (2.37%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.89%) Oracle Database 10g
11 2 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.59%) EDMS
11 2 (0.59%) Redis
11 2 (0.59%) SQLPlus
12 1 (0.30%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (12.17%) JIRA
2 39 (11.57%) Git
3 22 (6.53%) GitLab
3 22 (6.53%) Sonatype Nexus
4 17 (5.04%) TeamCity
5 14 (4.15%) Octopus Deploy
6 11 (3.26%) Jenkins
7 10 (2.97%) Chocolatey
7 10 (2.97%) Visual Studio
8 9 (2.67%) Selenium
9 8 (2.37%) NUnit
10 6 (1.78%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.48%) FitNesse
11 5 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.48%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (1.48%) WebDriver
12 4 (1.19%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.89%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.89%) Postman
14 2 (0.59%) SpecFlow
General
1 61 (18.10%) Finance
2 55 (16.32%) Social Skills
3 51 (15.13%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (5.64%) Public Sector
5 15 (4.45%) Banking
6 14 (4.15%) Law
7 8 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.08%) Back Office
9 6 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.78%) Legal
9 6 (1.78%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.78%) Social Housing
9 6 (1.78%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.48%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.48%) Games
10 5 (1.48%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.89%) Publishing
11 3 (0.89%) Retail
12 2 (0.59%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 66 (19.58%) Developer
2 65 (19.29%) Systems Engineer
3 53 (15.73%) Senior
4 52 (15.43%) Analyst
5 44 (13.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 44 (13.06%) Support Analyst
6 39 (11.57%) Applications Support
7 28 (8.31%) Applications Support Analyst
8 27 (8.01%) Windows Engineer
9 26 (7.72%) Windows Systems Engineer
10 24 (7.12%) .NET Developer
11 23 (6.82%) Support Engineer
12 18 (5.34%) Lead
13 17 (5.04%) Senior Developer
14 16 (4.75%) Senior Systems Engineer
15 13 (3.86%) Administrator
15 13 (3.86%) Full Stack Developer
16 12 (3.56%) Full Stack .NET Developer
16 12 (3.56%) IT Support
17 11 (3.26%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (33.83%) .NET
2 54 (16.02%) ASP.NET
3 52 (15.43%) REST
4 47 (13.95%) HTML
5 43 (12.76%) CSS
6 35 (10.39%) XML
7 34 (10.09%) AngularJS
7 34 (10.09%) Web Services
8 28 (8.31%) J2EE
9 27 (8.01%) .NET Framework
10 25 (7.42%) ASP.NET Web API
11 23 (6.82%) .NET Core
12 22 (6.53%) ASP.NET MVC
12 22 (6.53%) Java EE
12 22 (6.53%) Spring
13 21 (6.23%) WebRTC
14 20 (5.93%) JSON
15 18 (5.34%) HTML5
16 17 (5.04%) React
16 17 (5.04%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (13.35%) Clustering
2 33 (9.79%) Public Cloud
3 25 (7.42%) CMDB
4 24 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (3.86%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.67%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.37%) Enterprise Cloud
9 8 (2.37%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.37%) Replication
10 6 (1.78%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.19%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.89%) Handset
13 3 (0.89%) Life Science
13 3 (0.89%) NHS
13 3 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 190 (56.38%) Windows
2 126 (37.39%) Windows Server
3 53 (15.73%) Linux
4 30 (8.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 27 (8.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 25 (7.42%) Android
6 25 (7.42%) Unix
7 22 (6.53%) Windows 10
8 21 (6.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (2.67%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.89%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.89%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.89%) VMS
12 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.30%) Debian
12 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (33.53%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (17.51%) Agile
2 59 (17.51%) CI/CD
3 53 (15.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 50 (14.84%) Customer Service
4 50 (14.84%) ITIL
5 48 (14.24%) DevOps
6 47 (13.95%) Migration
7 46 (13.65%) High Availability
8 40 (11.87%) Mentoring
8 40 (11.87%) MVC
9 39 (11.57%) CRM
10 36 (10.68%) Continuous Integration
11 33 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (9.50%) Software Testing
13 31 (9.20%) Containerisation
14 30 (8.90%) TDD
15 28 (8.31%) Full Stack Development
15 28 (8.31%) Incident Management
16 27 (8.01%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 197 (58.46%) SQL
2 111 (32.94%) C#
3 103 (30.56%) PowerShell
4 63 (18.69%) JavaScript
5 55 (16.32%) Java
6 40 (11.87%) T-SQL
7 15 (4.45%) Python
8 12 (3.56%) Bash
9 11 (3.26%) TypeScript
10 9 (2.67%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.67%) PHP
10 9 (2.67%) PL/SQL
11 7 (2.08%) Go
12 6 (1.78%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.78%) VB.NET
13 5 (1.48%) XAML
14 2 (0.59%) Groovy
15 1 (0.30%) C
15 1 (0.30%) C++
Qualifications
1 99 (29.38%) Security Cleared
2 74 (21.96%) SC Cleared
3 54 (16.02%) Degree
4 27 (8.01%) DV Cleared
5 25 (7.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (4.75%) MCSE
7 15 (4.45%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.86%) MCSA
9 8 (2.37%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.78%) CCNA
10 6 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.48%) MCP
12 4 (1.19%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.89%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.59%) CISSP
14 2 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.87%) SLA
2 19 (5.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (2.37%) QA
5 5 (1.48%) NIST
5 5 (1.48%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.89%) DICOM
6 3 (0.89%) HL7
7 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.30%) FISMA
8 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.30%) HITRUST
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 114 (33.83%) Active Directory
2 66 (19.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (8.01%) VMware NSX
4 14 (4.15%) vSphere
5 13 (3.86%) Docker
5 13 (3.86%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (2.37%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.89%) Ceph
9 3 (0.89%) Firmware
9 3 (0.89%) KVM
9 3 (0.89%) NFS
10 2 (0.59%) Forefront TMG
10 2 (0.59%) ISA Server
10 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 38 (11.28%) SCOM
2 27 (8.01%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (6.53%) AirWatch
3 22 (6.53%) OpenSSO
4 20 (5.93%) Terraform
5 17 (5.04%) SCCM
6 15 (4.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 12 (3.56%) Ansible
7 12 (3.56%) Kubernetes
7 12 (3.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 11 (3.26%) Nessus
9 8 (2.37%) Backup Exec
10 5 (1.48%) Control-M
10 5 (1.48%) WSUS
11 3 (0.89%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.89%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.89%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.89%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.59%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
13 1 (0.30%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 246 (73.00%) Microsoft
2 106 (31.45%) VMware
3 49 (14.54%) Oracle
4 26 (7.72%) Dynatrace
5 21 (6.23%) Cisco
6 17 (5.04%) CheckPoint
6 17 (5.04%) Sophos
7 13 (3.86%) Dell
7 13 (3.86%) Red Hat
7 13 (3.86%) TIBCO
8 12 (3.56%) SAP
9 11 (3.26%) arcserve
9 11 (3.26%) IBM
10 10 (2.97%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.97%) TOWER Software
11 9 (2.67%) MathWorks
11 9 (2.67%) PTC
11 9 (2.67%) Veeam
12 8 (2.37%) Bloomberg
12 8 (2.37%) Reuters