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This section looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMTP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank94-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads100
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.786 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted90
Average minimum salary£34,000-
Average salary£35,056-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£36,111-
UK excluding London average salary£36,661£39,374
% change on same period last year-6.89 %
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads359325
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.193 %0.135 %
Salaries quoted320277
Average minimum salary£34,018£29,224
Average salary£36,341£31,155
% change on same period last year+16.64 %
Average maximum salary£38,664£33,085
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
SMTP South EastSMTP
South East

SMTP
Demand Trend

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

Kent SMTP Demand Trend

SMTP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SMTP across the Kent region.

Kent SMTP Salary Trend

SMTP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMTP across the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Kent SMTP Salary Histogram

SMTP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SMTP within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
FolkestoneNew entry-4£40,000-
MaidstoneNew entry-1--
SMTP South EastSMTP
South East

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Kent 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SMTP.

18 (72.73 %)Linux
18 (72.73 %)Apache
27 (63.64 %)JavaScript
27 (63.64 %)PHP
27 (63.64 %)MySQL
27 (63.64 %)CSS
27 (63.64 %)XHTML
27 (63.64 %)AJAX
27 (63.64 %)JSON
36 (54.55 %)Insurance
45 (45.45 %)Finance
54 (36.36 %)Migration
54 (36.36 %)MVC
54 (36.36 %)Games
54 (36.36 %)Windows
54 (36.36 %)Blog
54 (36.36 %)Social Network
63 (27.27 %)DNS
72 (18.18 %)W3C
72 (18.18 %)Time Management
72 (18.18 %)Change Management
72 (18.18 %)Pensions
81 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2000
81 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (9.091 %)Windows Vista
81 (9.091 %)Subversion
81 (9.091 %)IMAP
81 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2007

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Kent 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SMTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (63.64 %)CSS
17 (63.64 %)XHTML
17 (63.64 %)AJAX
17 (63.64 %)JSON
24 (36.36 %)MVC
31 (9.091 %)LAMP
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (72.73 %)Apache
21 (9.091 %)Tomcat
21 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
21 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2007
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (27.27 %)DNS
21 (9.091 %)Internet
21 (9.091 %)IPsec
21 (9.091 %)IMAP
21 (9.091 %)POP3
21 (9.091 %)DHCP
21 (9.091 %)SNMP
21 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (63.64 %)MySQL
21 (9.091 %)RDBMS
21 (9.091 %)PostgreSQL
Kent IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (9.091 %)Subversion
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (54.55 %)Insurance
25 (45.45 %)Finance
34 (36.36 %)Games
42 (18.18 %)Pensions
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (45.45 %)Developer
15 (45.45 %)PHP Developer
22 (18.18 %)Consultant
22 (18.18 %)1st Line Support
31 (9.091 %)Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Technical Engineer
31 (9.091 %)Systems Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Linux Systems Administrator
31 (9.091 %)Linux Administrator
Kent IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (36.36 %)Blog
14 (36.36 %)Social Network
22 (18.18 %)W3C
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (72.73 %)Linux
24 (36.36 %)Windows
31 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
31 (9.091 %)Windows XP
31 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (9.091 %)Windows Vista
31 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (36.36 %)Migration
22 (18.18 %)Time Management
22 (18.18 %)Change Management
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (63.64 %)JavaScript
17 (63.64 %)PHP
Kent IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (9.091 %)NFS
11 (9.091 %)Active Directory
11 (9.091 %)Samba