Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for IIS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited IIS over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 442 492 512
Rank change year-on-year +50 +20 -74
Contract jobs citing IIS 137 210 372
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.35% 0.42%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.29% 3.18% 3.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 164 280
10th Percentile £313 £360 £323
25th Percentile £350 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.38% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £569 £700 £603
90th Percentile £700 £819 £663
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £519 £425
% change year-on-year -13.25% +22.06% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £22.23 £48.80 £47.25
25th Percentile £22.56 £54.50 £48.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £64.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.81% +21.90% +13.51%
75th Percentile £24.41 £73.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £25.52 £79.20 £57.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 4,168 6,614 11,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.57% 11.03% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,864 4,637 7,590
10th Percentile £250 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £510 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% -1.45% +8.95%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 152 211
10th Percentile £13.03 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.42 £18.44 £16.12
Median hourly rate £28.01 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.10% +93.18% -2.22%
75th Percentile £46.18 £66.00 £47.98
90th Percentile £67.70 £79.19 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.09 £26.24 £18.75
% change year-on-year -8.19% +39.95% -6.25%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +41 106 £450 -14.29% 63
London +81 59 £438 -21.38% 14
UK excluding London +24 59 £450 -13.25% 49
Work from Home +66 46 £563 +7.14% 30
East of England +31 24 £350 -51.72% 5
Scotland +45 15 £463 +2.78% 4
North of England +37 15 £550 +4.76% 18
North West +27 9 £350 -39.13% 10
Yorkshire +24 6 £563 +12.50% 5
West Midlands +28 3 £1,000 +113.33% 9
Midlands +16 3 £1,000 +172.11% 12
South West 0 1 £650 +14.04% 3
South East -9 1 £438 -14.22% 7

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 27 (19.71%) Tomcat
2 24 (17.52%) Apache
3 16 (11.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (10.95%) SharePoint
5 7 (5.11%) WebSphere
6 5 (3.65%) JBoss
7 4 (2.92%) Confluence
8 3 (2.19%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (2.19%) WebLogic
8 3 (2.19%) WordPress
9 2 (1.46%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (1.46%) CMS
9 2 (1.46%) nginx
10 1 (0.73%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.73%) WildFly
Applications
1 25 (18.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.19%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 46 (33.58%) Azure
2 30 (21.90%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (10.95%) Entra ID
4 14 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (7.30%) AWS
6 6 (4.38%) GitHub
7 5 (3.65%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.92%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.92%) PaaS
9 3 (2.19%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.19%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.46%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.46%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.46%) Rubrik
11 1 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.73%) IaaS
11 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.73%) OCI
11 1 (0.73%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (20.44%) DNS
2 22 (16.06%) TCP/IP
3 18 (13.14%) Internet
4 16 (11.68%) H.323
4 16 (11.68%) HTTP
5 14 (10.22%) Firewall
6 13 (9.49%) SAN
7 10 (7.30%) Network Security
8 8 (5.84%) LAN
8 8 (5.84%) NAS
8 8 (5.84%) VPN
9 6 (4.38%) DHCP
9 6 (4.38%) SSL
9 6 (4.38%) WAN
10 5 (3.65%) Wireless
11 4 (2.92%) Wireshark
12 3 (2.19%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (2.19%) iSCSI
13 2 (1.46%) IPsec
13 2 (1.46%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (29.93%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.03%) Oracle Database
3 7 (5.11%) DB2
4 4 (2.92%) Big Data
4 4 (2.92%) MySQL
5 3 (2.19%) MariaDB
5 3 (2.19%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.46%) DTS
6 2 (1.46%) Power BI
7 1 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 13 (9.49%) Git
2 12 (8.76%) JIRA
3 8 (5.84%) Jenkins
4 7 (5.11%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (2.92%) Fiddler
5 4 (2.92%) Vagrant
6 3 (2.19%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.19%) Robot Framework
6 3 (2.19%) Selenium
6 3 (2.19%) SonarQube
6 3 (2.19%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.46%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.46%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.73%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.73%) GitLab
8 1 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.73%) Subversion
General
1 29 (21.17%) Finance
2 24 (17.52%) Social Skills
3 17 (12.41%) Telecoms
4 16 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (10.95%) Public Sector
6 13 (9.49%) Legal
7 10 (7.30%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (5.11%) Banking
9 2 (1.46%) Marketing
9 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.73%) Electronics
10 1 (0.73%) French Language
10 1 (0.73%) German Language
10 1 (0.73%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.73%) Local Government
10 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (15.33%) Developer
2 15 (10.95%) Architect
3 12 (8.76%) DevOps Engineer
3 12 (8.76%) Support Engineer
4 11 (8.03%) Lead
4 11 (8.03%) Web Engineer
5 10 (7.30%) Azure Engineer
6 9 (6.57%) Applications Support
6 9 (6.57%) C# Developer
7 8 (5.84%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 8 (5.84%) C# WCF Developer
7 8 (5.84%) C# WPF Developer
7 8 (5.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (5.84%) Support Specialist
7 8 (5.84%) Technical Support
7 8 (5.84%) WCF Developer
7 8 (5.84%) WPF Developer
8 7 (5.11%) Applications Engineer
8 7 (5.11%) Applications Support Engineer
9 6 (4.38%) Avaya Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (39.42%) .NET
2 27 (19.71%) .NET Framework
3 14 (10.22%) Web Services
4 11 (8.03%) ASP.NET
5 9 (6.57%) JSON
5 9 (6.57%) WinForms
5 9 (6.57%) WPF
6 8 (5.84%) CSS
6 8 (5.84%) HTML
6 8 (5.84%) REST
6 8 (5.84%) WCF
7 6 (4.38%) XML
8 5 (3.65%) ARM Templates
8 5 (3.65%) SAML
9 4 (2.92%) LDAP
10 3 (2.19%) .NET Remoting
10 3 (2.19%) J2EE
10 3 (2.19%) JSP
10 3 (2.19%) LAMP
10 3 (2.19%) XHTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.41%) IVR
2 15 (10.95%) Data Centre
3 14 (10.22%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.84%) Clustering
4 8 (5.84%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.65%) PKI
6 3 (2.19%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.19%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.19%) Replication
6 3 (2.19%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.46%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.46%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.73%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.73%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 108 (78.83%) Windows
2 47 (34.31%) Windows Server
3 45 (32.85%) Linux
4 19 (13.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (13.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (10.22%) VMS
6 13 (9.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 12 (8.76%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (7.30%) Unix
9 7 (5.11%) CentOS
10 6 (4.38%) Debian
10 6 (4.38%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (2.92%) AIX
11 4 (2.92%) Solaris
12 3 (2.19%) Ubuntu
13 2 (1.46%) Windows 10
14 1 (0.73%) Android
14 1 (0.73%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.73%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (32.12%) DevOps
2 23 (16.79%) Agile
3 21 (15.33%) Migration
4 20 (14.60%) Change Management
5 17 (12.41%) Proactive Maintenance
6 16 (11.68%) Capacity Management
6 16 (11.68%) Load Balancing
7 13 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (9.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (9.49%) WFM
7 13 (9.49%) Workforce Optimisation
8 12 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (8.76%) SDLC
9 10 (7.30%) CI/CD
9 10 (7.30%) Software Deployment
10 9 (6.57%) Data Analysis
10 9 (6.57%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (5.84%) RBAC
11 8 (5.84%) Scrum
11 8 (5.84%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 50 (36.50%) PowerShell
2 46 (33.58%) SQL
3 25 (18.25%) C#
4 14 (10.22%) VB
5 12 (8.76%) JavaScript
6 11 (8.03%) T-SQL
7 10 (7.30%) Python
8 9 (6.57%) PL/SQL
8 9 (6.57%) VBA
9 7 (5.11%) Java
10 4 (2.92%) VBScript
11 3 (2.19%) Bash
12 1 (0.73%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (9.49%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.03%) Degree
2 11 (8.03%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (5.11%) MCSA
4 7 (5.11%) MCSE
5 6 (4.38%) RHCT
6 4 (2.92%) CCNA
6 4 (2.92%) CCNP
7 3 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (2.19%) CISSP
7 3 (2.19%) SANS
8 2 (1.46%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.46%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.73%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.76%) QA
2 3 (2.19%) GRC
2 3 (2.19%) SLA
3 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.46%) NIST
3 2 (1.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (47.45%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.49%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.11%) Docker
4 7 (5.11%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.38%) KVM
6 5 (3.65%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (3.65%) vSphere
7 2 (1.46%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.46%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.46%) XenApp
8 1 (0.73%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.73%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.73%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 30 (21.90%) SCCM
2 18 (13.14%) SCOM
3 7 (5.11%) Ansible
4 6 (4.38%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.65%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.92%) Puppet
6 4 (2.92%) SCVMM
6 4 (2.92%) Terraform
6 4 (2.92%) Tivoli
7 3 (2.19%) NetBackup
7 3 (2.19%) Netcool
7 3 (2.19%) WSUS
8 2 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.46%) Control-M
8 2 (1.46%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.46%) Kibana
8 2 (1.46%) logstash
8 2 (1.46%) SCOrch
8 2 (1.46%) VxRail
Vendors
1 52 (37.96%) Microsoft
2 28 (20.44%) Oracle
3 25 (18.25%) VMware
4 24 (17.52%) Red Hat
5 19 (13.87%) Avaya
5 19 (13.87%) Citrix
5 19 (13.87%) F5
6 13 (9.49%) Verint
7 12 (8.76%) IBM
8 8 (5.84%) AppDynamics
9 5 (3.65%) SAP
10 4 (2.92%) Dynatrace
10 4 (2.92%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.19%) Commvault
11 3 (2.19%) Dell Compellent
11 3 (2.19%) Nintex
11 3 (2.19%) Palo Alto
11 3 (2.19%) Proofpoint
11 3 (2.19%) Synology
11 3 (2.19%) Zerto