IIS Contracts

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 458 481 530
Rank change year-on-year +23 +49 -41
Contract jobs citing IIS 117 206 339
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.37% 0.39%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.75% 3.38% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 163 257
10th Percentile £313 £361 £319
25th Percentile £363 £416 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £572 £700 £600
90th Percentile £688 £835 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £519 £400
% change year-on-year -13.25% +29.69% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £23.07 £48.80 £47.25
25th Percentile £23.54 £54.50 £48.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £64.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.81% +21.90% +50.00%
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 - - +147.06%

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 4,252 6,095 10,952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.88% 10.87% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,959 4,271 7,550
10th Percentile £258 £263 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £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 162 148 208
10th Percentile £13.28 £16.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.08 £51.25 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.31% +125.27% +10.98%
75th Percentile £50.47 £66.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% +116.22% -2.63%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +7 102 £475 -9.52% 52
London +57 61 £450 -30.77% 20
UK excluding London -14 45 £450 -13.25% 36
Work from Home +42 30 £563 -10.00% 22
East of England +22 21 £350 -22.22% 2
North of England +27 9 £563 +7.14% 6
Midlands +16 7 £838 +127.89% 11
West Midlands +15 7 £838 +78.67% 6
Scotland +41 6 £325 -31.58% 6
Yorkshire +22 6 £563 +12.50% 4
South East -14 5 £666 +30.59% 9
North West +22 3 £550 -4.35% 1
South West -19 3 £674 +18.16% 1

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 14 (11.97%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (11.97%) SharePoint
2 13 (11.11%) Tomcat
3 10 (8.55%) Apache
4 5 (4.27%) JBoss
4 5 (4.27%) WebSphere
5 4 (3.42%) CMS
6 3 (2.56%) nginx
6 3 (2.56%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (1.71%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (1.71%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.71%) WordPress
8 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.85%) WildFly
Applications
1 16 (13.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.71%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.85%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.85%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 42 (35.90%) Azure
2 24 (20.51%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (10.26%) Entra ID
3 12 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.40%) AWS
5 6 (5.13%) GitHub
6 4 (3.42%) Mimecast
6 4 (3.42%) PaaS
7 3 (2.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (2.56%) Nutanix
7 3 (2.56%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.56%) Rubrik
8 2 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.71%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.71%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.85%) IaaS
9 1 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.80%) Internet
2 15 (12.82%) DNS
3 10 (8.55%) Firewall
3 10 (8.55%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.84%) NAS
4 8 (6.84%) SAN
5 7 (5.98%) VPN
6 5 (4.27%) DHCP
6 5 (4.27%) Kerberos
6 5 (4.27%) Wireless
6 5 (4.27%) Wireshark
7 4 (3.42%) H.323
7 4 (3.42%) HTTP
7 4 (3.42%) LAN
7 4 (3.42%) Network Security
8 3 (2.56%) DKIM
8 3 (2.56%) DMARC
8 3 (2.56%) Extranet
8 3 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.71%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (32.48%) SQL Server
2 12 (10.26%) Oracle Database
3 7 (5.98%) MySQL
4 6 (5.13%) DB2
5 4 (3.42%) Big Data
5 4 (3.42%) MariaDB
5 4 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.56%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.71%) Power BI
7 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.85%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.85%) Metadata
8 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (7.69%) Git
1 9 (7.69%) JIRA
2 8 (6.84%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.27%) Fiddler
4 4 (3.42%) Vagrant
5 3 (2.56%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.56%) Robot Framework
5 3 (2.56%) Selenium
5 3 (2.56%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.56%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.56%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.71%) GitLab
6 2 (1.71%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.71%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.85%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.85%) Subversion
General
1 25 (21.37%) Finance
2 24 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.13%) Banking
4 6 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.27%) Legal
5 5 (4.27%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.71%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) French Language
7 1 (0.85%) German Language
7 1 (0.85%) Marketing
7 1 (0.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 18 (15.38%) Developer
2 12 (10.26%) C# Developer
2 12 (10.26%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (9.40%) C# WCF Developer
3 11 (9.40%) C# WPF Developer
3 11 (9.40%) WCF Developer
3 11 (9.40%) WPF Developer
4 10 (8.55%) Administrator
4 10 (8.55%) Architect
4 10 (8.55%) Support Engineer
5 9 (7.69%) Applications Support
6 8 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Web Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Applications Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Applications Support Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (5.13%) Data Centre Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Migration Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (40.17%) .NET
2 27 (23.08%) .NET Framework
3 14 (11.97%) Web Services
4 12 (10.26%) WinForms
4 12 (10.26%) WPF
5 11 (9.40%) ASP.NET
5 11 (9.40%) WCF
6 9 (7.69%) LDAP
7 8 (6.84%) CSS
7 8 (6.84%) HTML
8 6 (5.13%) JSON
8 6 (5.13%) SAML
9 5 (4.27%) REST
10 3 (2.56%) .NET Core
10 3 (2.56%) AngularJS
10 3 (2.56%) React
10 3 (2.56%) Software Packaging
10 3 (2.56%) XHTML
11 2 (1.71%) ADSI
11 2 (1.71%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.68%) Data Centre
2 10 (8.55%) PKI
3 9 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (6.84%) Clustering
5 7 (5.98%) Replication
6 5 (4.27%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.27%) Virtual Team
7 4 (3.42%) IVR
8 3 (2.56%) Cloud Native
8 3 (2.56%) Fat Client
8 3 (2.56%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.56%) Thin Client
9 2 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 91 (77.78%) Windows
2 34 (29.06%) Windows Server
3 30 (25.64%) Linux
4 15 (12.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (11.97%) Unix
6 11 (9.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (7.69%) VMS
7 9 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (6.84%) CentOS
9 7 (5.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (5.13%) Debian
10 6 (5.13%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (3.42%) AIX
11 4 (3.42%) Solaris
12 3 (2.56%) Windows 10
13 2 (1.71%) Rocky
13 2 (1.71%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.85%) Android
14 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (30.77%) DevOps
2 21 (17.95%) Agile
3 16 (13.68%) Disaster Recovery
3 16 (13.68%) Migration
4 12 (10.26%) Change Management
4 12 (10.26%) Data Analysis
4 12 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (9.40%) CI/CD
5 11 (9.40%) Load Balancing
6 10 (8.55%) Identity Access Management
6 10 (8.55%) Scrum
6 10 (8.55%) SDLC
6 10 (8.55%) Software Deployment
7 8 (6.84%) High Availability
7 8 (6.84%) Microservices
7 8 (6.84%) Software Engineering
8 7 (5.98%) Capacity Management
8 7 (5.98%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (5.98%) Release Management
9 6 (5.13%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 45 (38.46%) SQL
2 34 (29.06%) PowerShell
3 24 (20.51%) C#
4 17 (14.53%) VB
5 14 (11.97%) T-SQL
6 13 (11.11%) PL/SQL
7 12 (10.26%) JavaScript
7 12 (10.26%) VBA
8 7 (5.98%) Python
9 5 (4.27%) Java
10 3 (2.56%) VBScript
11 1 (0.85%) PHP
11 1 (0.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (13.68%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.97%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.55%) Degree
4 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.98%) MCSA
5 7 (5.98%) MCSE
6 6 (5.13%) RHCT
7 5 (4.27%) OSCP
8 4 (3.42%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.56%) Azure Certification
9 3 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.56%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.71%) CISSP
10 2 (1.71%) SANS
11 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.85%) CCIE
11 1 (0.85%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.53%) QA
2 6 (5.13%) SLA
3 2 (1.71%) GRC
3 2 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.71%) NIST
3 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.85%) Data Quality
System Software
1 58 (49.57%) Active Directory
2 13 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 13 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (5.98%) Docker
5 6 (5.13%) KVM
6 4 (3.42%) vSphere
7 3 (2.56%) BitLocker
7 3 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.85%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.85%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.85%) XenApp
9 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (13.68%) SCCM
2 15 (12.82%) SCOM
3 7 (5.98%) Ansible
4 6 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (4.27%) Kubernetes
5 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.27%) Puppet
6 4 (3.42%) SCVMM
6 4 (3.42%) Terraform
6 4 (3.42%) Tivoli
7 3 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (2.56%) NetBackup
7 3 (2.56%) Netcool
7 3 (2.56%) VxRail
7 3 (2.56%) WSUS
8 2 (1.71%) Kibana
8 2 (1.71%) logstash
8 2 (1.71%) Packer
8 2 (1.71%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.71%) Salt
Vendors
1 39 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 29 (24.79%) Oracle
3 22 (18.80%) Citrix
4 19 (16.24%) VMware
5 15 (12.82%) F5
6 12 (10.26%) IBM
6 12 (10.26%) Red Hat
7 7 (5.98%) AppDynamics
7 7 (5.98%) Avaya
8 6 (5.13%) CA
9 5 (4.27%) Cisco
9 5 (4.27%) SAP
9 5 (4.27%) SolarWinds
10 4 (3.42%) Verint
11 3 (2.56%) Dell Compellent
11 3 (2.56%) MobileIron
11 3 (2.56%) Nintex
11 3 (2.56%) Proofpoint
11 3 (2.56%) Sitecore
11 3 (2.56%) Splunk