The first table below looks at the demand for IMAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IMAP over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Rank 235 - 233
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing IMAP 8 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.111% - 0.015%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.699% - 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
Average salary £34,000 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
IMAP
England

IMAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IMAP across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West IMAP Jobs Demand Trend

IMAP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IMAP across the North West region.

North West IMAP Salary Trend

IMAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IMAP across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West IMAP Salary Histogram

IMAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IMAP within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire - 8 £34,000 -
IMAP
England

IMAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing IMAP 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 IMAP.

1 15 (88.24%) TCP/IP
2 12 (70.59%) C
2 12 (70.59%) Java
2 12 (70.59%) UNIX
2 12 (70.59%) Linux
2 12 (70.59%) LDAP
3 11 (64.71%) SMTP
4 9 (52.94%) HTTP
5 7 (41.18%) SMS
5 7 (41.18%) Computer Science
5 7 (41.18%) Degree
6 5 (29.41%) Windows Vista
6 5 (29.41%) Product Management
6 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (29.41%) Internet
6 5 (29.41%) Shell Script
6 5 (29.41%) Windows XP
6 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
6 5 (29.41%) DHCP
6 5 (29.41%) DNS
6 5 (29.41%) Cisco
6 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
6 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
6 5 (29.41%) Windows
6 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
6 5 (29.41%) MS Office
7 4 (23.53%) TIBCO
7 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
7 4 (23.53%) Handset

IMAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing IMAP 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 IMAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) ASP
1 2 (11.76%) COM
1 2 (11.76%) MAPI
Application Platforms
1 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
2 4 (23.53%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
1 5 (29.41%) MS Office
2 2 (11.76%) Google Apps
2 2 (11.76%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) TCP/IP
2 12 (70.59%) LDAP
3 11 (64.71%) SMTP
4 9 (52.94%) HTTP
5 7 (41.18%) SMS
6 5 (29.41%) Internet
6 5 (29.41%) DHCP
6 5 (29.41%) DNS
7 3 (17.65%) LAN
7 3 (17.65%) WAN
8 2 (11.76%) DMZ
8 2 (11.76%) VPN
8 2 (11.76%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2012
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (11.76%) MS Access
3 2 (11.76%) MySQL
General
1 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.882%) Financial Institution
2 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Technical Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Trainee
2 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Linux Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Technical Support
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Administrator
2 3 (17.65%) Technical Support
2 3 (17.65%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Support
3 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Linux Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Computer Science
2 4 (23.53%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) UNIX
1 12 (70.59%) Linux
2 5 (29.41%) Windows Vista
2 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (29.41%) Windows XP
2 5 (29.41%) Windows
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (17.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (17.65%) Ubuntu
3 3 (17.65%) AIX
3 3 (17.65%) HPUX
3 3 (17.65%) Solaris
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Product Management
2 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (70.59%) C
1 12 (70.59%) Java
2 5 (29.41%) Shell Script
3 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.76%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) CCNA
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) QA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Cisco
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) TIBCO
3 3 (17.65%) Citrix
3 3 (17.65%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.76%) Apple
4 2 (11.76%) HP
4 2 (11.76%) Google
4 2 (11.76%) Draytek
4 2 (11.76%) NETGEAR
4 2 (11.76%) Kaseya