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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SMTP over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank56-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.806 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£380
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£27.37
% change on same period last year+46.13 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads124143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.176 %0.144 %
Daily rates quoted3046
Average minimum daily rate£237£286
Average daily rate£270£303
% change on same period last year-10.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£303£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted2924
Average minimum hourly rate£27.24£23.54
Average hourly rate£28.92£26.34
% change on same period last year+9.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.59£29.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
SMTP South WestSMTP
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SMTP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SMTP across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol SMTP Demand Trend

SMTP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SMTP across the Bristol region.

Bristol SMTP Daily Rate Trend

SMTP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SMTP across the Bristol region.

Bristol SMTP Hourly Rate Trend

SMTP
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing SMTP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SMTP.

11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)MCP
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
11 (50.00 %)DHCP
11 (50.00 %)FTP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)DNS
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)CCNA
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)CCA
11 (50.00 %)Citrix Certification
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (50.00 %)Shell Script
11 (50.00 %)X.400
11 (50.00 %)X.500
11 (50.00 %)Clearswift
11 (50.00 %)MAILsweeper
11 (50.00 %)CCSA
11 (50.00 %)CCSE

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing SMTP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SMTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)DHCP
11 (50.00 %)FTP
11 (50.00 %)VPN
11 (50.00 %)DNS
11 (50.00 %)X.400
11 (50.00 %)X.500
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Tester
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)3rd Line Support
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)UNIX
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Perl
11 (50.00 %)Shell Script
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)MCP
11 (50.00 %)CCNA
11 (50.00 %)CCA
11 (50.00 %)Citrix Certification
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (50.00 %)CCSA
11 (50.00 %)CCSE
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (50.00 %)MAILsweeper
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Cisco
11 (50.00 %)IBM
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Citrix
11 (50.00 %)CheckPoint
11 (50.00 %)Clearswift