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This section looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) skills within the Cheshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank-60
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.752 %
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£385£333
% change on same period last year+15.57 %
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£23.43£25.18
% change on same period last year-6.95 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads229133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.305 %0.135 %
Daily rates quoted6438
Average minimum daily rate£324£277
Average daily rate£350£283
% change on same period last year+23.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£288
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2210
Average minimum hourly rate£20.93£20.36
Average hourly rate£21.94£21.80
% change on same period last year+0.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.95£23.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
SMTP North WestSMTP
North 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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire SMTP Daily Rate Trend

SMTP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

17 (87.50 %)SQL
17 (87.50 %)IIS
17 (87.50 %)COM+
17 (87.50 %)DCOM
17 (87.50 %)LAN
17 (87.50 %)WAN
17 (87.50 %)POP3
17 (87.50 %)Windows
17 (87.50 %)Citrix
17 (87.50 %)SAN
26 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (75.00 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (75.00 %)MCSE
26 (75.00 %)Active Directory
26 (75.00 %)VMware
34 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
43 (37.50 %)Finance
51 (12.50 %)Cisco IPT
51 (12.50 %)Banking
51 (12.50 %)VPN
51 (12.50 %)DNS
51 (12.50 %)Cisco
51 (12.50 %)Microsoft
51 (12.50 %)CheckPoint

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %)COM+
17 (87.50 %)DCOM
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (87.50 %)IIS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (87.50 %)LAN
17 (87.50 %)WAN
17 (87.50 %)POP3
17 (87.50 %)SAN
21 (12.50 %)Cisco IPT
21 (12.50 %)VPN
21 (12.50 %)DNS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Finance
21 (12.50 %)Banking
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Infrastructure Specialist
15 (62.50 %)Server Specialist
24 (50.00 %)Development Specialist
24 (50.00 %)Server Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Support Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Senior Infrastructure Specialist
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (87.50 %)Windows
26 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (87.50 %)SQL
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (75.00 %)MCSE
16 (75.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (75.00 %)Active Directory
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (87.50 %)Citrix
26 (75.00 %)VMware
31 (12.50 %)CheckPoint
31 (12.50 %)Cisco
31 (12.50 %)Microsoft
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