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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 544 480
Rank change year-on-year +61 -64 -126
Permanent jobs citing IIS 473 497 1,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.50% 0.76%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.43% 4.40% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 405 400 800
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,450
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £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 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £77,250
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 10,685 11,308 22,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.70% 11.40% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 7,629 11,596
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,663
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,667 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +1.21% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,875 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,710 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.92% +6.02% -

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 18 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 18 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 +75 430 £52,500 -4.55% 65
UK excluding London +9 351 £52,500 - 45
Work from Home +82 274 £60,000 +9.09% 24
London +62 101 £58,750 -10.98% 23
Midlands +32 101 £50,000 -4.76% 11
South East -27 84 £52,500 -4.55% 13
North of England +56 76 £60,000 +20.00% 12
West Midlands +42 66 £52,500 -4.55% 6
North West +19 52 £60,000 +11.63% 3
South West -1 42 £61,500 +95.55% 3
East Midlands +4 35 £50,000 +42.86% 5
East of England +12 21 £32,000 -41.82% 2
Scotland -45 21 £40,000 -24.53% 3
Yorkshire +73 20 £56,250 +25.00% 9
North East -6 4 £35,000 -63.16%
Wales -11 4 £49,500 +54.69%
Northern Ireland +18 2 £40,000 +25.00%

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 (11.42%) SharePoint
2 50 (10.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 49 (10.36%) Apache
4 46 (9.73%) Tomcat
5 44 (9.30%) CMS
5 44 (9.30%) Umbraco
6 38 (8.03%) Sitecore CMS
7 36 (7.61%) Headless CMS
7 36 (7.61%) Kentico
8 11 (2.33%) WebSphere
9 9 (1.90%) WebLogic
9 9 (1.90%) WordPress
10 7 (1.48%) JBoss
10 7 (1.48%) WildFly
11 6 (1.27%) nginx
12 5 (1.06%) IBM Notes
13 4 (0.85%) ColdFusion
14 2 (0.42%) Liferay
14 2 (0.42%) Moodle
14 2 (0.42%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 36 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.06%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.85%) 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 27 (5.71%) NEC Housing
2 14 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.48%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.85%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 281 (59.41%) Azure
2 103 (21.78%) Azure DevOps
3 71 (15.01%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (14.80%) AWS
5 36 (7.61%) Kontent
6 28 (5.92%) Power Platform
7 22 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
7 22 (4.65%) SaaS
8 20 (4.23%) Entra ID
9 19 (4.02%) GCP
10 15 (3.17%) OneDrive
11 12 (2.54%) IaaS
12 10 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (2.11%) GitHub
13 8 (1.69%) PaaS
13 8 (1.69%) Power Automate
14 7 (1.48%) Google Analytics
15 6 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (1.27%) Nutanix
16 4 (0.85%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 121 (25.58%) DNS
1 121 (25.58%) Firewall
2 67 (14.16%) WAN
3 65 (13.74%) DHCP
4 48 (10.15%) SAN
5 37 (7.82%) SSL
6 35 (7.40%) VPN
7 34 (7.19%) TCP/IP
8 22 (4.65%) iSCSI
9 21 (4.44%) Internet
10 17 (3.59%) LAN
11 13 (2.75%) Fibre Channel
11 13 (2.75%) SD-WAN
12 12 (2.54%) SNMP
12 12 (2.54%) Wireless
12 12 (2.54%) WLAN
13 11 (2.33%) NAS
14 7 (1.48%) FTP
15 6 (1.27%) HTTP
15 6 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 249 (52.64%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.88%) Oracle Database
3 35 (7.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 30 (6.34%) Relational Database
5 26 (5.50%) Power BI
6 21 (4.44%) NoSQL
7 15 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (2.96%) MySQL
9 12 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.06%) Redis
12 4 (0.85%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
14 2 (0.42%) DB2
14 2 (0.42%) DTS
14 2 (0.42%) Oracle Database 10g
15 1 (0.21%) Firebird
15 1 (0.21%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (10.36%) Git
2 45 (9.51%) Visual Studio
3 28 (5.92%) Jasmine
3 28 (5.92%) Karma Test Runner
4 19 (4.02%) Octopus Deploy
5 16 (3.38%) TeamCity
6 12 (2.54%) JIRA
7 10 (2.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (1.69%) MSBuild
9 5 (1.06%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.85%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.85%) 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
1 108 (22.83%) Finance
2 72 (15.22%) Social Skills
3 46 (9.73%) Public Sector
4 41 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.55%) Law
6 28 (5.92%) Local Government
7 27 (5.71%) Police
8 19 (4.02%) Aerospace
9 17 (3.59%) Marketing
10 14 (2.96%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.54%) Legal
12 10 (2.11%) Aviation
12 10 (2.11%) Banking
12 10 (2.11%) Military
12 10 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.06%) Electronics
14 5 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.06%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.85%) French Language
Job Titles
1 161 (34.04%) Developer
2 102 (21.56%) Senior
3 73 (15.43%) C# Developer
4 70 (14.80%) .NET Developer
5 62 (13.11%) Systems Engineer
6 48 (10.15%) Applications Support
7 47 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 43 (9.09%) Applications Developer
9 42 (8.88%) Consultant
10 40 (8.46%) C# .NET Developer
11 39 (8.25%) .NET Applications Developer
11 39 (8.25%) Senior Developer
12 38 (8.03%) Senior .NET Developer
13 36 (7.61%) ASP.NET Developer
13 36 (7.61%) C# Application Developer
13 36 (7.61%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 36 (7.61%) CMS Developer
14 34 (7.19%) Senior .NET Applications Developer
14 34 (7.19%) Senior C# .NET Developer
14 34 (7.19%) Senior C# Application Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 189 (39.96%) .NET
2 142 (30.02%) ASP.NET
3 114 (24.10%) REST
4 92 (19.45%) Web Services
5 82 (17.34%) AngularJS
6 77 (16.28%) React
7 76 (16.07%) HTML
8 71 (15.01%) XML
9 70 (14.80%) CSS
10 69 (14.59%) ASP.NET MVC
11 68 (14.38%) JSON
12 58 (12.26%) .NET Core
13 54 (11.42%) .NET Framework
14 45 (9.51%) SOAP
15 41 (8.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 38 (8.03%) RESTful
17 37 (7.82%) jQuery
18 36 (7.61%) Next.js
19 33 (6.98%) Sass
20 28 (5.92%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 75 (15.86%) Self-Motivation
2 59 (12.47%) Clustering
3 53 (11.21%) Public Cloud
4 29 (6.13%) Management Information System
5 20 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (2.96%) Data Centre
6 14 (2.96%) Replication
7 12 (2.54%) CESG
7 12 (2.54%) CMDB
7 12 (2.54%) PMI
8 10 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.90%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.69%) PKI
11 7 (1.48%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.27%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.27%) IoT
13 5 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.85%) Algorithms
14 4 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 220 (46.51%) Windows
2 115 (24.31%) Linux
3 106 (22.41%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 29 (6.13%) Unix
6 28 (5.92%) Solaris
7 22 (4.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 21 (4.44%) VMS
9 11 (2.33%) Ubuntu
10 10 (2.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (1.90%) Windows 10
12 6 (1.27%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (1.06%) CentOS
14 4 (0.85%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.63%) Debian
16 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.21%) Android
17 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
17 1 (0.21%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (28.12%) DevOps
2 129 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (17.97%) MVC
4 78 (16.49%) Continuous Integration
5 67 (14.16%) Web Development
6 66 (13.95%) High Availability
7 63 (13.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 62 (13.11%) Agile
9 55 (11.63%) CRM
9 55 (11.63%) Customer Service
10 51 (10.78%) Project Management
11 50 (10.57%) CI/CD
12 49 (10.36%) E-Commerce
13 43 (9.09%) API Development
14 42 (8.88%) ERP
14 42 (8.88%) Server Management
15 41 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
15 41 (8.67%) Presales
16 40 (8.46%) Deployment Automation
16 40 (8.46%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 243 (51.37%) SQL
2 165 (34.88%) C#
3 133 (28.12%) JavaScript
4 83 (17.55%) PowerShell
5 78 (16.49%) T-SQL
6 38 (8.03%) VB.NET
7 36 (7.61%) Java
8 34 (7.19%) TypeScript
9 31 (6.55%) VB
10 29 (6.13%) Shell Script
11 28 (5.92%) VB6
12 24 (5.07%) XAML
13 14 (2.96%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.90%) Python
15 8 (1.69%) PHP
16 7 (1.48%) XPath
17 6 (1.27%) C
17 6 (1.27%) C++
18 4 (0.85%) CFML
19 2 (0.42%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 98 (20.72%) Security Cleared
2 83 (17.55%) Degree
3 32 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.44%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.75%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.54%) CISMP
7 12 (2.54%) IISP
7 12 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 9 (1.90%) CCNA
8 9 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.90%) MCSE
8 9 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (1.48%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.06%) MCSA
11 4 (0.85%) CCA
11 4 (0.85%) CCDA
11 4 (0.85%) Citrix Certification
12 3 (0.63%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.88%) QA
2 31 (6.55%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.38%) NIST
4 12 (2.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 12 (2.54%) JSP 440
4 12 (2.54%) NIST 800
5 11 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.33%) RMADS
6 9 (1.90%) SLA
7 6 (1.27%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.42%) PMO
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
1 150 (31.71%) Active Directory
2 100 (21.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (6.77%) Hyper-V
4 29 (6.13%) VMware NSX
5 28 (5.92%) vSphere
6 14 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (2.75%) Docker
8 10 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
9 9 (1.90%) Forefront TMG
9 9 (1.90%) VMware Workstation
10 8 (1.69%) VMware Server
11 6 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (1.06%) Terminal Services
13 3 (0.63%) Firmware
13 3 (0.63%) KVM
14 1 (0.21%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.21%) Samba
14 1 (0.21%) Shibboleth
14 1 (0.21%) Varnish
14 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (5.92%) SCOM
2 24 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (4.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 20 (4.23%) WSUS
4 15 (3.17%) Kubernetes
4 15 (3.17%) ZABBIX
5 12 (2.54%) Opsgenie
5 12 (2.54%) VxRail
6 11 (2.33%) Microsoft Clustering
6 11 (2.33%) SCCM
6 11 (2.33%) Terraform
7 10 (2.11%) Ansible
8 8 (1.69%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.27%) SCOrch
10 5 (1.06%) Pingdom
10 5 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.85%) PowerCLI
11 4 (0.85%) vRealize
11 4 (0.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
11 4 (0.85%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 316 (66.81%) Microsoft
2 136 (28.75%) VMware
3 54 (11.42%) Oracle
4 38 (8.03%) Sitecore
5 36 (7.61%) Optimizely
6 27 (5.71%) Cisco
6 27 (5.71%) NEC
7 22 (4.65%) Dell
8 21 (4.44%) SolarWinds
9 20 (4.23%) Veeam
10 18 (3.81%) NetApp
11 14 (2.96%) Aruba
11 14 (2.96%) Fortinet
12 13 (2.75%) Citrix
12 13 (2.75%) HP
13 12 (2.54%) Dynatrace
14 11 (2.33%) CheckPoint
14 11 (2.33%) Palo Alto
14 11 (2.33%) Zerto
15 10 (2.11%) Anaplan