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This section looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) skills within the Redditch 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank115
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below5.882 %25.00 %
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£361£347
% change on same period last year+4.13 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£20.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£21.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.86£26.87
% change on same period last year-3.76 %
Redditch IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Redditch
Matching contract IT job ads1712
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£215-
Average daily rate£225-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£234-
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£36.53-
Average hourly rate£38.07-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£39.60-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
SMTP WorcestershireSMTP
Worcestershire

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

Redditch SMTP Demand 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 Redditch region.

Redditch SMTP Hourly Rate Trend

SMTP
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Redditch 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Solaris
12 (100.00 %)SNMP
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)DNS
12 (100.00 %)Sun
12 (100.00 %)Compaq
12 (100.00 %)Dell
21 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)Electric

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Redditch 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.

Redditch IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)SNMP
12 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
12 (100.00 %)DNS
Redditch IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
11 (50.00 %)Electric
Redditch IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Technical Support
11 (50.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Technical Support Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Technical Engineer
Redditch IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Solaris
Redditch IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Sun
12 (100.00 %)Compaq
12 (100.00 %)Dell