SMTP Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SMTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SMTP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Rank 394 425 504
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +79
Contract jobs citing SMTP 124 138 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.299% 0.258% 0.121%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.032% 1.644% 0.922%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 74 28
Average daily rate £400 £320 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £234 £225 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £392
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+54.54% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 8
Average hourly rate £20.25 £40.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-49.37% +6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £19.50 £13.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.45 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £45.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-56.66% +25.00%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6103 8393 7485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.70% 15.72% 13.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3062 3926 3458
Average daily rate £350 £366 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.29% +4.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 498 565 757
Average hourly rate £22.00 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £12.24
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
SMTP
UK

SMTP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SMTP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England SMTP Jobs Demand Trend

SMTP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SMTP Daily Rate Trend

SMTP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMTP across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England SMTP Daily Rate Histogram

SMTP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SMTP Hourly Rate Trend

SMTP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMTP across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England SMTP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +21 58 £375 +9.09%
South East +2 35 £462 +92.50%
North West +22 12 £232 -
West Midlands +17 10 £250 -33.33%
East of England +20 3 £225 -
South West +23 2 £275 -72.47%
Yorkshire -3 1 - -
SMTP
UK

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 115 (52.04%) Windows
2 96 (43.44%) DNS
3 92 (41.63%) TCP/IP
4 82 (37.10%) MS Exchange
4 82 (37.10%) Windows Server 2008
5 77 (34.84%) Active Directory
6 69 (31.22%) HTTP
7 67 (30.32%) Microsoft
8 66 (29.86%) VMware
9 65 (29.41%) SAN
10 62 (28.05%) Internet
11 55 (24.89%) Windows Server 2003
11 55 (24.89%) Cisco
12 53 (23.98%) Exchange Server 2010
13 52 (23.53%) Linux
14 50 (22.62%) Firewall
15 49 (22.17%) Blackberry
16 44 (19.91%) LDAP
16 44 (19.91%) SSL
17 43 (19.46%) DHCP
17 43 (19.46%) SNMP
17 43 (19.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
18 42 (19.00%) Migration
18 42 (19.00%) PowerShell
19 40 (18.10%) VMware Infrastructure
20 39 (17.65%) Symantec
20 39 (17.65%) Solaris
21 37 (16.74%) SQL
22 36 (16.29%) Juniper
22 36 (16.29%) Clustering

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 13 (5.882%) XML
2 12 (5.430%) HTML
2 12 (5.430%) Web Services
3 9 (4.072%) .NET
3 9 (4.072%) SOAP
4 8 (3.620%) LAMP
4 8 (3.620%) JDBC
5 7 (3.167%) CSS
6 6 (2.715%) Ajax
7 5 (2.262%) JMS
7 5 (2.262%) Middleware
7 5 (2.262%) WebSphere
8 4 (1.810%) XSL
8 4 (1.810%) ASP
9 3 (1.357%) STL
9 3 (1.357%) OLE
9 3 (1.357%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 3 (1.357%) Memcached
9 3 (1.357%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 2 (0.905%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 82 (37.10%) MS Exchange
2 53 (23.98%) Exchange Server 2010
3 43 (19.46%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 33 (14.93%) Exchange Server 2003
5 29 (13.12%) Apache
6 24 (10.86%) Exchange Server 2007
7 23 (10.41%) IIS
8 18 (8.145%) Lotus Notes
9 17 (7.692%) Tomcat
10 15 (6.787%) Lync
10 15 (6.787%) Lotus Domino
11 14 (6.335%) SharePoint
12 10 (4.525%) Exchange Server 2013
13 8 (3.620%) Liferay
13 8 (3.620%) Office Communications Server
14 4 (1.810%) WebSphere Application Server
15 3 (1.357%) WebLogic
15 3 (1.357%) SharePoint 2010
15 3 (1.357%) Amazon AWS
16 1 (0.452%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 18 (8.145%) MS Office
2 14 (6.335%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.357%) Office 365
4 2 (0.905%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.452%) MS Project
5 1 (0.452%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 96 (43.44%) DNS
2 92 (41.63%) TCP/IP
3 69 (31.22%) HTTP
4 65 (29.41%) SAN
5 62 (28.05%) Internet
6 50 (22.62%) Firewall
7 44 (19.91%) LDAP
7 44 (19.91%) SSL
8 43 (19.46%) DHCP
8 43 (19.46%) SNMP
9 34 (15.38%) WAN
9 34 (15.38%) NAS
10 31 (14.03%) FTP
11 27 (12.22%) POP3
11 27 (12.22%) LAN
12 25 (11.31%) VPN
13 20 (9.050%) Intrusion Detection
14 18 (8.145%) iSCSI
15 17 (7.692%) HTTPS
16 15 (6.787%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.76%) MySQL
2 18 (8.145%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.620%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (3.620%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.715%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (2.262%) Oracle 10g
5 5 (2.262%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (1.810%) DB2
7 3 (1.357%) Big Data
8 2 (0.905%) MarkLogic
9 1 (0.452%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.452%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (4.977%) Hudson
1 11 (4.977%) Git (software)
1 11 (4.977%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.262%) Subversion
3 2 (0.905%) JIRA
4 1 (0.452%) Ant
4 1 (0.452%) Maven
4 1 (0.452%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 27 (12.22%) Finance
1 27 (12.22%) Banking
2 25 (11.31%) Telecoms
3 8 (3.620%) Investment Banking
3 8 (3.620%) Law
4 4 (1.810%) Back Office
5 2 (0.905%) Legal
5 2 (0.905%) Advertising
6 1 (0.452%) Military
6 1 (0.452%) Publishing
6 1 (0.452%) Dutch Language
6 1 (0.452%) Billing
6 1 (0.452%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (14.48%) Architect
2 31 (14.03%) Administrator
3 26 (11.76%) Analyst
3 26 (11.76%) Consultant
4 18 (8.145%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (5.882%) Messaging Consultant
6 12 (5.430%) Messaging Engineer
6 12 (5.430%) Systems Engineer
7 11 (4.977%) Linux Administrator
8 10 (4.525%) Exchange Administrator
8 10 (4.525%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.072%) Exchange Engineer
10 8 (3.620%) Security Engineer
10 8 (3.620%) Exchange Consultant
10 8 (3.620%) Linux Engineer
10 8 (3.620%) Systems Administrator
10 8 (3.620%) Network Engineer
11 7 (3.167%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 7 (3.167%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.167%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 49 (22.17%) Blackberry
2 36 (16.29%) Clustering
3 13 (5.882%) Open Source
4 11 (4.977%) Cryptography
5 10 (4.525%) EqualLogic
6 7 (3.167%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.167%) PKI
7 6 (2.715%) iPhone
8 3 (1.357%) N-Tier
8 3 (1.357%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.357%) Replication
8 3 (1.357%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.357%) Psychology
8 3 (1.357%) Social Media
9 2 (0.905%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.905%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.905%) SaaS
9 2 (0.905%) Statistics
9 2 (0.905%) SecurID
9 2 (0.905%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 115 (52.04%) Windows
2 82 (37.10%) Windows Server 2008
3 55 (24.89%) Windows Server 2003
4 52 (23.53%) Linux
5 39 (17.65%) Solaris
6 19 (8.597%) UNIX
7 13 (5.882%) Windows XP
8 12 (5.430%) Ubuntu
8 12 (5.430%) Debian
9 10 (4.525%) Windows 8
9 10 (4.525%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (4.072%) CentOS
10 9 (4.072%) Windows 7
11 8 (3.620%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 8 (3.620%) Windows Mobile
12 7 (3.167%) FreeBSD
13 6 (2.715%) Gentoo
14 5 (2.262%) SUSE
15 4 (1.810%) Windows Vista
15 4 (1.810%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (19.00%) Migration
2 28 (12.67%) ITIL
3 25 (11.31%) Network Load Balancing
4 16 (7.240%) Incident Management
5 15 (6.787%) Project Management
6 13 (5.882%) CRM
6 13 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (5.882%) Load Balancing
7 12 (5.430%) Business Continuity
7 12 (5.430%) Configuration Management
8 9 (4.072%) Fault Management
9 7 (3.167%) Memory Management
10 6 (2.715%) Customer Engagement
10 6 (2.715%) Capacity Management
10 6 (2.715%) Problem Management
10 6 (2.715%) Change Management
10 6 (2.715%) Information Security
11 5 (2.262%) Service Delivery
11 5 (2.262%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (2.262%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.00%) PowerShell
2 37 (16.74%) SQL
3 25 (11.31%) Perl
4 21 (9.502%) Bash shell
5 14 (6.335%) Java
6 12 (5.430%) Shell Script
6 12 (5.430%) C
7 11 (4.977%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.977%) Python
8 7 (3.167%) PHP
9 6 (2.715%) AWK
9 6 (2.715%) C++
9 6 (2.715%) sed
10 4 (1.810%) VB
11 3 (1.357%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.905%) C-shell
12 2 (0.905%) Korn
12 2 (0.905%) VBScript
13 1 (0.452%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.452%) C#
Qualifications
1 32 (14.48%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.597%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (8.597%) MCSE
2 19 (8.597%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.525%) Degree
3 10 (4.525%) MCTS
3 10 (4.525%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (4.072%) MCITP
5 7 (3.167%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.715%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (2.715%) ISEB
6 6 (2.715%) RHCE
6 6 (2.715%) CCNA
7 5 (2.262%) CISSP
7 5 (2.262%) MCSA
8 4 (1.810%) MCP
8 4 (1.810%) CCSP
9 3 (1.357%) CCNP
10 2 (0.905%) CCIE
11 1 (0.452%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.882%) SLA
2 11 (4.977%) QA
3 9 (4.072%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 77 (34.84%) Active Directory
2 40 (18.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (9.502%) NFS
4 20 (9.050%) Postfix
5 17 (7.692%) vSphere
6 16 (7.240%) Hyper-V
7 12 (5.430%) VMware ESX
8 9 (4.072%) Squid
9 8 (3.620%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (2.262%) Nmap
11 4 (1.810%) XenApp
11 4 (1.810%) XenServer
12 3 (1.357%) Samba
12 3 (1.357%) ISA Server
13 2 (0.905%) SRDF
13 2 (0.905%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.905%) Varnish
13 2 (0.905%) ProxySG
14 1 (0.452%) NDS
14 1 (0.452%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (11.76%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 21 (9.502%) SCOM
3 18 (8.145%) Nagios
4 15 (6.787%) Puppet
5 13 (5.882%) MAILsweeper
5 13 (5.882%) Norton AntiVirus
6 10 (4.525%) SCVMM
6 10 (4.525%) Tivoli
6 10 (4.525%) Backup Exec
7 9 (4.072%) WSUS
8 7 (3.167%) SCCM
8 7 (3.167%) Cacti
9 5 (2.262%) OpenView
10 3 (1.357%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.905%) MIMEsweeper
11 2 (0.905%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 2 (0.905%) MOM
11 2 (0.905%) Cisco IPCC
11 2 (0.905%) CiscoWorks
12 1 (0.452%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 67 (30.32%) Microsoft
2 66 (29.86%) VMware
3 55 (24.89%) Cisco
4 39 (17.65%) Symantec
5 36 (16.29%) Juniper
6 32 (14.48%) McAfee
7 31 (14.03%) Red Hat
8 28 (12.67%) HP
9 25 (11.31%) Citrix
10 24 (10.86%) Oracle
11 20 (9.050%) Dell
12 18 (8.145%) Lotus
13 15 (6.787%) Radware
14 13 (5.882%) Sun
15 12 (5.430%) EMC
16 11 (4.977%) CheckPoint
17 10 (4.525%) F5
17 10 (4.525%) SAP
17 10 (4.525%) Compaq
18 9 (4.072%) NetApp
Data centre Technician
Redditch, Worcestershire
knowledge of hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £18 - £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Data Centre Support Engineer
Redditch, West Midlands
Knowledge of Hardware, including PC (Compaq, Dell, Sun, etc.), Windows OSs, DNS, SMTP, SNMP, Modems, Disc Packs and Tape drives. "Working knowledge of Windows Sun Solaris and their...
Fulcrum Telecom
Rate: £19.00 - £20.00 per hour
Posted: 18 May 2013
Exchange Consultant - Windows Server / Exchange 2010 / AD
South West London
My client is in urgent need of a Microsoft Exchange Engineer / Consultant 2003 2010, Active Directory, BlackBerry Enterprise Server and also be Skilled in TCPIP and common networking...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Network Analyst - Juniper/Cisco
West Sussex
Detailed technical working knowledge of most of the following areas: Essential: Core network protocols - TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, HTTP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP Cisco - LAN switching \ Routing \...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £31000 - 35000 Per Annum bonus & benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
DV Cleared Messaging Engineer
London
Capita Resourcing are the Managed Service Provider for various Central Government Clients which require the Highest level of UK Security Clearance... You must have a strong background in...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
3rd line Exchange / Messaging Support Consultant (Contract)
City of London
SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and knowledge of basic network troubleshooting. Outlook Client Support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Lotus Domino Server, Lotus Notes Client E-Mail Migration and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
DevOps Engineer
City, London
A technology start-up company, operating in the latest and greatest in cloud computing technology, would like to hire a number of DevOps Engineers to create a new...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £300 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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