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The table below looks at the demand for Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited POP3 over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPost Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank113-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.688 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£283-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00-
Average hourly rate£11.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£12.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£11.00£38.33
% change on same period last year-71.30 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads436452
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.691 %0.481 %
Daily rates quoted8896
Average minimum daily rate£336£312
Average daily rate£352£337
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£336
% change on same period last year+3.00 %
Hourly rates quoted79120
Average minimum hourly rate£24.72£31.22
Average hourly rate£26.59£35.39
% change on same period last year-24.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.45£39.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.77£28.62
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
POP3 EnglandPOP3
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.

POP3
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing POP3 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands POP3 Demand Trend

POP3
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing POP3 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands POP3 Daily Rate Trend

POP3
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing POP3 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands POP3 Hourly Rate Trend

POP3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing POP3 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 1 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
WarwickshireNew entry-2--
BirminghamNew entry-1£350-
POP3 EnglandPOP3
England

POP3
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing POP3 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 POP3.

14 (100.00 %)Windows
14 (100.00 %)MS Office
23 (75.00 %)Microsoft
23 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
23 (75.00 %)SMTP
23 (75.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (50.00 %)Internet
32 (50.00 %)Citrix
32 (50.00 %)Active Directory
41 (25.00 %)HP
41 (25.00 %)XML
41 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (25.00 %)SAN
41 (25.00 %)Project Management
41 (25.00 %)MCSA
41 (25.00 %)MS Excel
41 (25.00 %)Windows XP
41 (25.00 %)DHCP
41 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (25.00 %)DNS
41 (25.00 %)IBM
41 (25.00 %)Firewall
41 (25.00 %)Migration
41 (25.00 %)VMware
41 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (25.00 %)HTML

POP3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing POP3 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 POP3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
11 (25.00 %)XML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)MS Exchange
13 (75.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (100.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)SMTP
22 (50.00 %)Internet
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)DHCP
31 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)DNS
31 (25.00 %)SAN
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Migration Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Support
21 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Server Analyst
21 (25.00 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (50.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (25.00 %)Windows XP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
11 (25.00 %)Migration
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)MCSA
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)Citrix
31 (25.00 %)VMware
31 (25.00 %)HP
31 (25.00 %)IBM