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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) skills within the East of England 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
Rank125149
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.014 %
As % of the category below1.238 %1.637 %
Daily rates quoted55
Average minimum daily rate£370£385
Average daily rate£385£415
% change on same period last year-7.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£445
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 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads646855
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.918 %0.863 %
Daily rates quoted176195
Average minimum daily rate£296£307
Average daily rate£314£327
% change on same period last year-3.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted125191
Average minimum hourly rate£23.94£27.35
Average hourly rate£26.12£29.39
% change on same period last year-11.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.31£31.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
SMTP EnglandSMTP
England

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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England SMTP Daily Rate Trend

SMTP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMTP across the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

East of England SMTP Daily Rate Histogram

SMTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England SMTP Hourly Rate Trend

SMTP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SMTP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordshireUp+118£385-7.22 %
SMTP EnglandSMTP
England

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

128 (87.50 %)FTP
227 (84.38 %)HTTP
324 (75.00 %)AJAX
423 (71.88 %)TCP/IP
423 (71.88 %)XML
521 (65.63 %)ASP.NET
521 (65.63 %).NET
521 (65.63 %)Internet
620 (62.50 %)C#
719 (59.38 %)SQL
818 (56.25 %)XSLT
818 (56.25 %)OO
917 (53.13 %)Scrum
1016 (50.00 %)WPF
1016 (50.00 %)RAD
1115 (46.88 %)ADO.NET
1115 (46.88 %)BizTalk Server
1115 (46.88 %)Retail
1213 (40.63 %)E-Commerce
1310 (31.25 %)Games
149 (28.13 %)Serena
149 (28.13 %)VSS/SourceSafe
158 (25.00 %)MySQL
158 (25.00 %)DNS
167 (21.88 %)HTML
167 (21.88 %)JavaScript
167 (21.88 %)Windows
167 (21.88 %)Change Management
176 (18.75 %)Firewall
176 (18.75 %)SSH

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (75.00 %)AJAX
223 (71.88 %)XML
321 (65.63 %).NET
321 (65.63 %)ASP.NET
418 (56.25 %)XSLT
516 (50.00 %)WPF
615 (46.88 %)ADO.NET
77 (21.88 %)HTML
85 (15.63 %)XHTML
85 (15.63 %)CSS
85 (15.63 %)XSL
94 (12.50 %)ASP
94 (12.50 %)DOM
103 (9.375 %)J2EE
103 (9.375 %)JSP
112 (6.250 %)J2SE
121 (3.125 %)WAP
121 (3.125 %)Hibernate
121 (3.125 %)XSD
121 (3.125 %)Struts
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (46.88 %)BizTalk Server
26 (18.75 %)Apache
35 (15.63 %)IIS
43 (9.375 %)Tomcat
52 (6.250 %)Joomla!
52 (6.250 %)Mambo
61 (3.125 %)Resin
61 (3.125 %)WebLogic
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (9.375 %)Photoshop
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
128 (87.50 %)FTP
227 (84.38 %)HTTP
323 (71.88 %)TCP/IP
421 (65.63 %)Internet
58 (25.00 %)DNS
66 (18.75 %)Firewall
66 (18.75 %)SSH
73 (9.375 %)RTSP
73 (9.375 %)SMPP
82 (6.250 %)IPsec
82 (6.250 %)Intrusion Detection
82 (6.250 %)HTTPS
82 (6.250 %)TACACS
82 (6.250 %)VPN
82 (6.250 %)Network Security
91 (3.125 %)SSL
91 (3.125 %)Cisco PIX
91 (3.125 %)DHCP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (25.00 %)MySQL
23 (9.375 %)SQL Server
23 (9.375 %)RDBMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (28.13 %)VSS/SourceSafe
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (46.88 %)Retail
210 (31.25 %)Games
35 (15.63 %)Telecoms
43 (9.375 %)Graphic Design
52 (6.250 %)Multimedia
61 (3.125 %)Billing
61 (3.125 %)Education
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (46.88 %)Developer
27 (21.88 %)Development Manager
27 (21.88 %).NET Developer
27 (21.88 %)C# Developer
34 (12.50 %)Web Developer
43 (9.375 %)Consultant
52 (6.250 %)Project Manager
52 (6.250 %)Applications Developer
52 (6.250 %)Security Consultant
52 (6.250 %)Security Engineer
52 (6.250 %)Web Manager
52 (6.250 %)UI Developer
61 (3.125 %)Web Architect
61 (3.125 %)Data Consultant
61 (3.125 %)IT Operations Manager
61 (3.125 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (3.125 %)UI Designer
61 (3.125 %).NET Web Developer
61 (3.125 %)Senior C# Developer
61 (3.125 %)Senior .NET Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (15.63 %)Web 2.0
24 (12.50 %)W3C
33 (9.375 %)Blackberry
41 (3.125 %)Computer Science
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (21.88 %)Windows
24 (12.50 %)Linux
24 (12.50 %)UNIX
33 (9.375 %)Solaris
41 (3.125 %)Windows Server 2003
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (56.25 %)OO
217 (53.13 %)Scrum
316 (50.00 %)RAD
413 (40.63 %)E-Commerce
57 (21.88 %)Change Management
65 (15.63 %)Web Development
73 (9.375 %)UML
82 (6.250 %)ITIL
82 (6.250 %)Project Management
82 (6.250 %)Agile Software Development
91 (3.125 %)Software Engineering
91 (3.125 %)Supplier Management
91 (3.125 %)Release Management
91 (3.125 %)Data Modelling
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
120 (62.50 %)C#
219 (59.38 %)SQL
37 (21.88 %)JavaScript
46 (18.75 %)Java
46 (18.75 %)PHP
54 (12.50 %)XPath
62 (6.250 %)Korn
62 (6.250 %)Perl
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (9.375 %)Cisco Certification
13 (9.375 %)Degree
22 (6.250 %)CCSA
22 (6.250 %)CCSE
22 (6.250 %)CCSP
22 (6.250 %)CCNP
31 (3.125 %)CCNA
31 (3.125 %)CCIE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (12.50 %)WCAG
14 (12.50 %)WAI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.125 %)ISA Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (28.13 %)Serena
24 (12.50 %)Oracle
33 (9.375 %)Cisco
33 (9.375 %)CheckPoint
41 (3.125 %)Microsoft
41 (3.125 %)Nokia
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