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This section looks at the demand for Short Message Peer-to-peer Protocol (SMPP) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SMPP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkShort Message Peer-to-peer Protocol (SMPP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank84-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.901 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£320-
Average daily rate£355-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£390-
UK excluding London average daily rate£355-
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads263312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.351 %0.316 %
Daily rates quoted111110
Average minimum daily rate£354£349
Average daily rate£380£368
% change on same period last year+3.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted3134
Average minimum hourly rate£27.48£18.23
Average hourly rate£31.86£20.39
% change on same period last year+56.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.23£22.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
SMPP East of EnglandSMPP
East of 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.

SMPP
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire SMPP Demand Trend

SMPP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SMPP Daily Rate Trend

SMPP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SMPP across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Hertfordshire SMPP Daily Rate Histogram

SMPP
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SMPP 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 SMPP.

17 (100.00 %)Java
17 (100.00 %)PHP
17 (100.00 %)MySQL
17 (100.00 %)Telecoms
25 (71.43 %)Shell Script
25 (71.43 %)Apache Axis
25 (71.43 %)Resin
25 (71.43 %)WebLogic
25 (71.43 %)WebServices
25 (71.43 %)UNIX
25 (71.43 %)Apache
25 (71.43 %)Tomcat
25 (71.43 %)SOA
25 (71.43 %)Perl
33 (42.86 %)Sun
33 (42.86 %)Solaris
33 (42.86 %)Linux
42 (28.57 %)Joomla!
42 (28.57 %)Multimedia
42 (28.57 %)AJAX
42 (28.57 %)Web Development
42 (28.57 %)Mambo
42 (28.57 %)J2EE
42 (28.57 %)JavaScript
42 (28.57 %)SMTP
42 (28.57 %)J2SE
51 (14.29 %)SMS
51 (14.29 %)WSDL
51 (14.29 %)Degree

SMPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SMPP 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 SMPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (71.43 %)WebServices
15 (71.43 %)Apache Axis
22 (28.57 %)J2SE
22 (28.57 %)J2EE
22 (28.57 %)AJAX
31 (14.29 %)WSDL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (71.43 %)WebLogic
15 (71.43 %)Apache
15 (71.43 %)Tomcat
15 (71.43 %)Resin
22 (28.57 %)Mambo
22 (28.57 %)Joomla!
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)SMTP
21 (14.29 %)SMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (100.00 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (100.00 %)Telecoms
22 (28.57 %)Multimedia
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Web Developer
32 (28.57 %)Java Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (71.43 %)UNIX
23 (42.86 %)Solaris
23 (42.86 %)Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (71.43 %)SOA
22 (28.57 %)Web Development
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)Java
17 (100.00 %)PHP
25 (71.43 %)Shell Script
25 (71.43 %)Perl
32 (28.57 %)JavaScript
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Sun
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