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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) skills within the North West 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank211257
Rank change on same period last yearUp+46
Matching permanent IT job ads4023
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.010 %
As % of the category below2.441 %1.141 %
Salaries quoted4020
Average minimum salary£27,588£36,091
Average salary£29,694£39,045
% change on same period last year-23.95 %
Average maximum salary£31,800£42,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,271£40,276
% change on same period last year-9.94 %
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads16392015
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.944 %0.879 %
Salaries quoted14391723
Average minimum salary£30,690£33,985
Average salary£33,210£36,559
% change on same period last year-9.16 %
Average maximum salary£35,730£39,133
UK excluding London average salary£37,908£38,946
% change on same period last year-2.66 %
SMTP EnglandSMTP
England

SMTP
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West SMTP Salary Trend

SMTP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMTP across the North West region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

North West SMTP Salary Histogram

SMTP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SMTP within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 October 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
CheshireUp+1124£30,073-38.31 %
ManchesterUp+4616£29,125-8.50 %
SMTP EnglandSMTP
England

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

139 (86.67 %)Internet
228 (62.22 %)IIS
228 (62.22 %)ASP
327 (60.00 %)XML
327 (60.00 %).NET
426 (57.78 %)SQL Server
426 (57.78 %)C#
426 (57.78 %)JavaScript
426 (57.78 %)ASP.NET
525 (55.56 %)XSLT
525 (55.56 %)DHTML
525 (55.56 %)Visual Studio
525 (55.56 %)VBScript
525 (55.56 %)Adobe
525 (55.56 %)Dreamweaver
525 (55.56 %)Graphic Design
624 (53.33 %)SQL Server 2000
624 (53.33 %)Photoshop
722 (48.89 %)MySQL
816 (35.56 %)Intranet
912 (26.67 %)IMAP
912 (26.67 %)UNIX
912 (26.67 %)Linux
912 (26.67 %)Apache
912 (26.67 %)Tomcat
1011 (24.44 %)Flash
1011 (24.44 %)Shell Script
1011 (24.44 %)Nagios
1110 (22.22 %)Solaris
1110 (22.22 %)JSP

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (62.22 %)ASP
227 (60.00 %).NET
227 (60.00 %)XML
326 (57.78 %)ASP.NET
425 (55.56 %)XSLT
510 (22.22 %)JSP
64 (8.889 %)Middleware
72 (4.444 %)CSS
81 (2.222 %)ADO.NET
81 (2.222 %)HTML
81 (2.222 %)XHTML
81 (2.222 %)AJAX
81 (2.222 %).NET Framework
81 (2.222 %)ASP.NET 2.0
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
128 (62.22 %)IIS
212 (26.67 %)Apache
212 (26.67 %)Tomcat
33 (6.667 %)MS Exchange
42 (4.444 %)Exchange Server 2003
51 (2.222 %)Lotus Notes
51 (2.222 %)Lotus Domino
51 (2.222 %)Exchange Server 5.5
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (53.33 %)Photoshop
210 (22.22 %)Adobe Director
32 (4.444 %)MS Excel
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
139 (86.67 %)Internet
216 (35.56 %)Intranet
312 (26.67 %)IMAP
47 (15.56 %)DNS
47 (15.56 %)FTP
47 (15.56 %)TCP/IP
55 (11.11 %)Firewall
64 (8.889 %)Wireless
73 (6.667 %)HTTP
73 (6.667 %)SNMP
73 (6.667 %)POP3
82 (4.444 %)DHCP
82 (4.444 %)VoIP
82 (4.444 %)VPN
91 (2.222 %)Broadband
91 (2.222 %)SSL
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (57.78 %)SQL Server
224 (53.33 %)SQL Server 2000
322 (48.89 %)MySQL
41 (2.222 %)DB2
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
125 (55.56 %)Visual Studio
125 (55.56 %)Dreamweaver
211 (24.44 %)Flash
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (55.56 %)Graphic Design
21 (2.222 %)Animation
21 (2.222 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (2.222 %)Telecoms
21 (2.222 %)Finance
21 (2.222 %)Health
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (55.56 %)Developer
215 (33.33 %).NET Developer
215 (33.33 %)C# Developer
215 (33.33 %)ASP.NET Developer
215 (33.33 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
314 (31.11 %)C# Web Developer
314 (31.11 %).NET Web Developer
314 (31.11 %)Web Developer
412 (26.67 %)Systems Engineer
510 (22.22 %)Software Developer
510 (22.22 %)Software Engineer
69 (20.00 %)UNIX Engineer
69 (20.00 %)UNIX Systems Engineer
69 (20.00 %)Linux Engineer
72 (4.444 %)Head Of IT
72 (4.444 %)IT Manager
72 (4.444 %)Systems Administrator
72 (4.444 %)Administrator
81 (2.222 %)Service Manager
81 (2.222 %)Network Engineer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (4.444 %)Blackberry
21 (2.222 %)W3C
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (26.67 %)UNIX
112 (26.67 %)Linux
210 (22.22 %)Solaris
210 (22.22 %)Debian
210 (22.22 %)Fedora
210 (22.22 %)CentOS
210 (22.22 %)Red Hat Linux
37 (15.56 %)Windows
43 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (4.444 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (4.444 %)Windows XP
61 (2.222 %)Windows 2000
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (4.444 %)ITIL
21 (2.222 %)B2C
21 (2.222 %)SEO
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (57.78 %)C#
126 (57.78 %)JavaScript
225 (55.56 %)DHTML
225 (55.56 %)VBScript
311 (24.44 %)Shell Script
410 (22.22 %)ActionScript
410 (22.22 %)Perl
410 (22.22 %)PHP
51 (2.222 %)SQL
51 (2.222 %)Java
51 (2.222 %)C++
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (20.00 %)Degree
23 (6.667 %)MCSE
23 (6.667 %)Microsoft Certification
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (8.889 %)Active Directory
21 (2.222 %)Backup Exec
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (24.44 %)Nagios
22 (4.444 %)Norton AntiVirus
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (55.56 %)Adobe
210 (22.22 %)Oracle
210 (22.22 %)Red Hat
35 (11.11 %)Microsoft
44 (8.889 %)NetApp
53 (6.667 %)IBM
62 (4.444 %)Avaya
62 (4.444 %)Apple
62 (4.444 %)Sage
62 (4.444 %)Symantec
62 (4.444 %)WatchGuard
62 (4.444 %)IronPort
71 (2.222 %)Lotus
71 (2.222 %)Cisco