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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 536 465
Rank change year-on-year +54 -71 -102
Permanent jobs citing IIS 480 513 1,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.51% 0.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.49% 4.46% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 419 420 796
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,450 £34,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,375 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £66,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £77,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% +5.88%

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 10,698 11,512 21,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.78% 11.40% 13.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,102 7,724 11,594
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.22% +4.54%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -

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 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IIS in the UK

IIS
Top 17 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 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +75 433 £52,500 -4.55% 55
UK excluding London +23 360 £52,500 - 35
Work from Home +72 271 £60,000 +9.09% 19
Midlands +25 104 £50,000 +5.26% 8
London +56 99 £58,750 -10.31% 17
South East -21 87 £52,500 -4.55% 11
North of England +51 75 £60,000 +20.00% 8
West Midlands +28 70 £52,500 -4.55% 6
North West +16 50 £60,000 +14.29% 5
South West +6 42 £61,500 +95.55% 3
East Midlands -4 34 £50,000 +42.86% 2
Scotland -37 25 £32,500 -38.68% 2
East of England +25 21 £32,000 -41.82% 3
Yorkshire +78 20 £56,250 +26.40% 2
North East -6 5 £35,000 -48.15% 1
Wales -8 4 £49,500 +54.69%
Northern Ireland +18 2 £40,000 +33.33%

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 54 (11.25%) SharePoint
2 50 (10.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (9.58%) CMS
3 46 (9.58%) Umbraco
4 43 (8.96%) Apache
5 40 (8.33%) Tomcat
6 38 (7.92%) Sitecore CMS
7 36 (7.50%) Headless CMS
7 36 (7.50%) Kentico
8 10 (2.08%) WebSphere
9 9 (1.88%) WordPress
10 8 (1.67%) WebLogic
11 7 (1.46%) JBoss
11 7 (1.46%) WildFly
12 6 (1.25%) nginx
13 5 (1.04%) IBM Notes
14 4 (0.83%) ColdFusion
15 2 (0.42%) Liferay
15 2 (0.42%) Moodle
15 2 (0.42%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 37 (7.71%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.04%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.83%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.42%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.21%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 21 (4.38%) NEC Housing
2 15 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.46%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.83%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 294 (61.25%) Azure
2 103 (21.46%) Azure DevOps
3 79 (16.46%) AWS
4 72 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (7.50%) Kontent
6 29 (6.04%) Power Platform
7 28 (5.83%) Cloud Computing
8 21 (4.38%) SaaS
9 20 (4.17%) GCP
10 19 (3.96%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.92%) OneDrive
12 12 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (2.08%) GitHub
13 10 (2.08%) IaaS
14 8 (1.67%) PaaS
14 8 (1.67%) Power Automate
15 7 (1.46%) Google Analytics
16 6 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (1.25%) Nutanix
17 4 (0.83%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 124 (25.83%) Firewall
2 122 (25.42%) DNS
3 76 (15.83%) WAN
4 67 (13.96%) DHCP
5 47 (9.79%) SAN
6 37 (7.71%) SSL
7 35 (7.29%) VPN
8 34 (7.08%) TCP/IP
9 23 (4.79%) Internet
10 22 (4.58%) iSCSI
11 17 (3.54%) LAN
12 13 (2.71%) Fibre Channel
12 13 (2.71%) SD-WAN
12 13 (2.71%) SNMP
13 12 (2.50%) Wireless
13 12 (2.50%) WLAN
14 11 (2.29%) NAS
15 7 (1.46%) FTP
15 7 (1.46%) HTTP
16 5 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 259 (53.96%) SQL Server
2 37 (7.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 36 (7.50%) Oracle Database
4 30 (6.25%) Relational Database
5 27 (5.63%) NoSQL
6 26 (5.42%) Power BI
7 15 (3.13%) MySQL
7 15 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 12 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.04%) Redis
11 3 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.42%) DB2
12 2 (0.42%) DTS
13 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database 10g
13 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.21%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 48 (10.00%) Git
2 44 (9.17%) Visual Studio
3 28 (5.83%) Jasmine
3 28 (5.83%) Karma Test Runner
4 21 (4.38%) Octopus Deploy
5 17 (3.54%) TeamCity
6 12 (2.50%) JIRA
7 10 (2.08%) Team Foundation Server
8 9 (1.88%) MSBuild
9 5 (1.04%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.83%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.83%) Subversion
11 3 (0.63%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (0.63%) FitNesse
11 3 (0.63%) Selenium
11 3 (0.63%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.63%) WebDriver
12 2 (0.42%) Bower
12 2 (0.42%) gulp
12 2 (0.42%) Moq
General
1 101 (21.04%) Finance
2 72 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 41 (8.54%) Public Sector
4 40 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (6.25%) Law
6 22 (4.58%) Local Government
7 21 (4.38%) Police
8 19 (3.96%) Aerospace
9 17 (3.54%) Marketing
10 14 (2.92%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.50%) Legal
12 11 (2.29%) Banking
13 10 (2.08%) Aviation
13 10 (2.08%) Military
13 10 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.04%) Electronics
15 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (1.04%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.83%) French Language
Job Titles
1 162 (33.75%) Developer
2 107 (22.29%) Senior
3 73 (15.21%) Systems Engineer
4 72 (15.00%) C# Developer
5 69 (14.38%) .NET Developer
6 46 (9.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 43 (8.96%) Applications Developer
7 43 (8.96%) Consultant
8 41 (8.54%) Applications Support
8 41 (8.54%) Senior Developer
9 39 (8.13%) .NET Applications Developer
9 39 (8.13%) C# .NET Developer
10 38 (7.92%) Senior .NET Developer
11 36 (7.50%) ASP.NET Developer
11 36 (7.50%) C# Application Developer
11 36 (7.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
11 36 (7.50%) CMS Developer
12 34 (7.08%) Senior .NET Applications Developer
12 34 (7.08%) Senior C# .NET Developer
12 34 (7.08%) Senior C# Application Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (40.21%) .NET
2 142 (29.58%) ASP.NET
3 117 (24.38%) REST
4 85 (17.71%) Web Services
5 81 (16.88%) AngularJS
6 77 (16.04%) React
7 76 (15.83%) HTML
8 71 (14.79%) XML
9 70 (14.58%) CSS
10 69 (14.38%) ASP.NET MVC
11 68 (14.17%) JSON
12 58 (12.08%) .NET Core
13 56 (11.67%) .NET Framework
14 45 (9.38%) SOAP
15 41 (8.54%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 38 (7.92%) RESTful
17 37 (7.71%) jQuery
18 36 (7.50%) Next.js
19 33 (6.88%) Sass
20 28 (5.83%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 75 (15.63%) Self-Motivation
2 67 (13.96%) Clustering
3 53 (11.04%) Public Cloud
4 29 (6.04%) Management Information System
5 26 (5.42%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.92%) Data Centre
7 13 (2.71%) CMDB
7 13 (2.71%) Replication
8 12 (2.50%) CESG
8 12 (2.50%) PMI
9 10 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.88%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.67%) PKI
12 6 (1.25%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.25%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.25%) IoT
13 5 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
14 4 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 216 (45.00%) Windows
2 111 (23.13%) Linux
3 107 (22.29%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 23 (4.79%) Unix
6 22 (4.58%) Solaris
7 21 (4.38%) VMS
7 21 (4.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.29%) Ubuntu
9 10 (2.08%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (1.88%) Windows 10
11 6 (1.25%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (1.04%) CentOS
13 4 (0.83%) Windows 7
14 3 (0.63%) Debian
15 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.21%) Android
16 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (28.54%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (27.71%) DevOps
3 85 (17.71%) MVC
4 84 (17.50%) Continuous Integration
5 75 (15.63%) High Availability
6 67 (13.96%) Web Development
7 63 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 62 (12.92%) Agile
9 59 (12.29%) CI/CD
10 56 (11.67%) CRM
10 56 (11.67%) Customer Service
11 51 (10.63%) Project Management
12 49 (10.21%) API Development
12 49 (10.21%) E-Commerce
13 43 (8.96%) TDD
14 42 (8.75%) ERP
15 41 (8.54%) Cybersecurity
15 41 (8.54%) Presales
16 40 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
16 40 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 257 (53.54%) SQL
2 168 (35.00%) C#
3 133 (27.71%) JavaScript
4 85 (17.71%) PowerShell
5 78 (16.25%) T-SQL
6 42 (8.75%) Java
7 38 (7.92%) VB.NET
8 34 (7.08%) TypeScript
9 31 (6.46%) VB
10 28 (5.83%) VB6
11 24 (5.00%) XAML
12 23 (4.79%) Shell Script
13 13 (2.71%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.88%) PHP
14 9 (1.88%) Python
15 7 (1.46%) XPath
16 6 (1.25%) C
16 6 (1.25%) C++
17 4 (0.83%) CFML
18 2 (0.42%) Bash
Qualifications
1 103 (21.46%) Security Cleared
2 78 (16.25%) Degree
3 37 (7.71%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.58%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (2.71%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.50%) CISMP
7 12 (2.50%) IISP
7 12 (2.50%) PMI Certification
8 10 (2.08%) MCSE
9 9 (1.88%) CCNA
9 9 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (1.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.04%) MCSA
12 4 (0.83%) CCA
12 4 (0.83%) CCDA
12 4 (0.83%) Citrix Certification
13 3 (0.63%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.75%) QA
2 25 (5.21%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.33%) NIST
4 12 (2.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 12 (2.50%) JSP 440
4 12 (2.50%) NIST 800
5 11 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.29%) RMADS
6 10 (2.08%) SLA
7 6 (1.25%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.42%) PMO
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.21%) FISMA
9 1 (0.21%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.21%) HITRUST
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 151 (31.46%) Active Directory
2 104 (21.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (7.71%) VMware NSX
4 31 (6.46%) Hyper-V
5 28 (5.83%) vSphere
6 13 (2.71%) Docker
6 13 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.88%) Forefront TMG
8 9 (1.88%) VMware Workstation
9 8 (1.67%) VMware Server
10 6 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
11 5 (1.04%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.63%) Firmware
12 3 (0.63%) KVM
13 1 (0.21%) Samba
13 1 (0.21%) Shibboleth
13 1 (0.21%) Varnish
13 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (6.04%) SCOM
2 24 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 20 (4.17%) WSUS
4 15 (3.13%) Kubernetes
4 15 (3.13%) ZABBIX
5 12 (2.50%) Opsgenie
5 12 (2.50%) VxRail
6 11 (2.29%) SCCM
7 10 (2.08%) Ansible
7 10 (2.08%) Terraform
8 9 (1.88%) Microsoft Clustering
9 8 (1.67%) vCenter Server
10 6 (1.25%) SCOrch
11 5 (1.04%) Pingdom
11 5 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.83%) PowerCLI
12 4 (0.83%) vRealize
12 4 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
12 4 (0.83%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 322 (67.08%) Microsoft
2 146 (30.42%) VMware
3 48 (10.00%) Oracle
4 38 (7.92%) Sitecore
5 36 (7.50%) Optimizely
6 27 (5.63%) Cisco
7 22 (4.58%) Dell
8 21 (4.38%) NEC
8 21 (4.38%) SolarWinds
9 20 (4.17%) Veeam
10 18 (3.75%) NetApp
11 14 (2.92%) Aruba
11 14 (2.92%) Fortinet
12 13 (2.71%) CheckPoint
12 13 (2.71%) Citrix
12 13 (2.71%) Dynatrace
12 13 (2.71%) HP
13 11 (2.29%) Palo Alto
13 11 (2.29%) Zerto
14 10 (2.08%) Anaplan