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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) 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 SMTP over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6994
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.837 %0.294 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£350£325
Average daily rate£375£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£443
% change on same period last year-27.40 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£30.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.50£29.11
% change on same period last year-29.57 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads239340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.365 %
Daily rates quoted49106
Average minimum daily rate£340£311
Average daily rate£358£334
% change on same period last year+7.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted1348
Average minimum hourly rate£31.15£24.02
Average hourly rate£32.73£26.08
% change on same period last year+25.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.30£28.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
SMTP East of EnglandSMTP
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.

SMTP
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-1--
SMTP East of EnglandSMTP
East of England

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

19 (100.00 %)HTTP
28 (88.89 %)FTP
35 (55.56 %)DNS
35 (55.56 %)UNIX
44 (44.44 %)MySQL
44 (44.44 %)Oracle
44 (44.44 %)Degree
53 (33.33 %)Telecoms
53 (33.33 %)RTSP
53 (33.33 %)AJAX
53 (33.33 %)Solaris
53 (33.33 %)UML
53 (33.33 %)OO
53 (33.33 %)Blackberry
53 (33.33 %)Firewall
62 (22.22 %)IPsec
62 (22.22 %)Scrum
62 (22.22 %)CCSA
62 (22.22 %)Internet
62 (22.22 %)TACACS
62 (22.22 %)Cisco
62 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
62 (22.22 %)HTTPS
62 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
62 (22.22 %)CCSP
62 (22.22 %)CCNP
62 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
62 (22.22 %)Linux
62 (22.22 %)Windows
62 (22.22 %)XML

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (33.33 %)AJAX
22 (22.22 %).NET
22 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
22 (22.22 %)XML
22 (22.22 %)XSLT
31 (11.11 %)XHTML
31 (11.11 %)WAP
31 (11.11 %)Hibernate
31 (11.11 %)CSS
31 (11.11 %)Struts
31 (11.11 %)WebServices
31 (11.11 %)J2EE
31 (11.11 %)ADO.NET
31 (11.11 %)HTML
31 (11.11 %)WebSphere
31 (11.11 %).NET Framework
31 (11.11 %)Apache Axis
31 (11.11 %)WPF
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)WebLogic
11 (11.11 %)Apache
11 (11.11 %)Tomcat
11 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
11 (11.11 %)Resin
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Project
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (100.00 %)HTTP
28 (88.89 %)FTP
35 (55.56 %)DNS
43 (33.33 %)Firewall
43 (33.33 %)RTSP
52 (22.22 %)IPsec
52 (22.22 %)Network Security
52 (22.22 %)HTTPS
52 (22.22 %)Internet
52 (22.22 %)TACACS
52 (22.22 %)TCP/IP
61 (11.11 %)VPN
61 (11.11 %)SNMP
61 (11.11 %)SMPP
61 (11.11 %)SSL
61 (11.11 %)Cisco PIX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)RequisitePro
11 (11.11 %)ClearQuest
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (33.33 %)Telecoms
21 (11.11 %)Education
21 (11.11 %)Retail
21 (11.11 %)Billing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (33.33 %)Consultant
22 (22.22 %)Security Engineer
22 (22.22 %)Security Consultant
22 (22.22 %)Developer
31 (11.11 %)Software Developer
31 (11.11 %)Architect
31 (11.11 %)Solutions Designer
31 (11.11 %)Administrator
31 (11.11 %).NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)C# Developer
31 (11.11 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
31 (11.11 %)Web Designer
31 (11.11 %)UNIX Administrator
31 (11.11 %)Senior C# Developer
31 (11.11 %)Senior .NET Developer
31 (11.11 %)UNIX Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Web Architect
31 (11.11 %)Data Consultant
31 (11.11 %)UI Designer
31 (11.11 %)Systems Administrator
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (33.33 %)Blackberry
21 (11.11 %)Web 2.0
21 (11.11 %)Computer Science
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (55.56 %)UNIX
23 (33.33 %)Solaris
32 (22.22 %)Linux
32 (22.22 %)Windows
41 (11.11 %)Windows Server 2003
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)UML
13 (33.33 %)OO
22 (22.22 %)Scrum
31 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
31 (11.11 %)Document Management
31 (11.11 %)Software Engineering
31 (11.11 %)Project Planning
31 (11.11 %)Web Development
31 (11.11 %)RAD
31 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (22.22 %)C#
12 (22.22 %)Perl
12 (22.22 %)SQL
12 (22.22 %)Korn
21 (11.11 %)PHP
21 (11.11 %)Java
21 (11.11 %)JavaScript
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (44.44 %)Degree
22 (22.22 %)CCSP
22 (22.22 %)CCNP
22 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
22 (22.22 %)CCSA
22 (22.22 %)CCSE
31 (11.11 %)CCIE
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Oracle
22 (22.22 %)Cisco
22 (22.22 %)CheckPoint
31 (11.11 %)Microsoft