The first table below looks at the demand for SMTP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SMTP over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Rank 117 126 100
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -26
Permanent jobs citing SMTP 15 7 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.712% 0.310% 0.752%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.956% 1.222% 3.846%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 12
Average salary £46,250 £35,000 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.14% +21.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,750 £34,600 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £35,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
767 573 364
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 36.42% 25.37% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 617 462 298
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SMTP
Berkshire

SMTP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading SMTP Jobs Demand Trend

SMTP
Salary Trend

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

Reading SMTP Salary Trend

SMTP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMTP across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading SMTP Salary Histogram

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 24 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 23 (71.88%) DNS
3 20 (62.50%) DHCP
3 20 (62.50%) SQL
4 19 (59.38%) Windows
5 18 (56.25%) MS Exchange
5 18 (56.25%) LDAP
5 18 (56.25%) Active Directory
6 16 (50.00%) Degree
7 15 (46.88%) Firewall
7 15 (46.88%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
8 14 (43.75%) Lotus
9 13 (40.63%) MS Excel
10 12 (37.50%) Cisco
11 11 (34.38%) SNMP
11 11 (34.38%) 3G
11 11 (34.38%) POP3
11 11 (34.38%) SSL
11 11 (34.38%) Radio Access Network
12 10 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
12 10 (31.25%) Linux
12 10 (31.25%) Back Office
13 9 (28.13%) Billing
13 9 (28.13%) Retail
13 9 (28.13%) Exchange Server 2003
13 9 (28.13%) Application Packaging
13 9 (28.13%) Time Management
13 9 (28.13%) CRM
13 9 (28.13%) MS Office

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Application Development
1 9 (28.13%) Application Packaging
2 2 (6.250%) COM
Application Platforms
1 18 (56.25%) MS Exchange
2 10 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (28.13%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (21.88%) Lotus Notes
4 7 (21.88%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
5 1 (3.125%) Lync
Applications
1 13 (40.63%) MS Excel
2 9 (28.13%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 24 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 23 (71.88%) DNS
3 20 (62.50%) DHCP
4 18 (56.25%) LDAP
5 15 (46.88%) Firewall
6 11 (34.38%) SSL
6 11 (34.38%) Radio Access Network
6 11 (34.38%) POP3
6 11 (34.38%) SNMP
6 11 (34.38%) 3G
7 9 (28.13%) Broadband
7 9 (28.13%) Internet
8 7 (21.88%) Cisco PIX
8 7 (21.88%) BIG-IP
8 7 (21.88%) FWSM
8 7 (21.88%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (21.88%) OpenLDAP
9 6 (18.75%) Network Security
9 6 (18.75%) WAN
10 5 (15.63%) VoIP
General
1 10 (31.25%) Back Office
2 9 (28.13%) Retail
2 9 (28.13%) Billing
3 8 (25.00%) French Language
3 8 (25.00%) German Language
4 6 (18.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (37.50%) Support Engineer
2 11 (34.38%) IP Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) Technical Support
3 9 (28.13%) Senior Support Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Security Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Technical Support Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Support Analyst
4 7 (21.88%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Systems Support
6 1 (3.125%) Consultant
6 1 (3.125%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.125%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.125%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (3.125%) Administrator
6 1 (3.125%) Systems Support Engineer
6 1 (3.125%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.125%) iPhone
2 1 (3.125%) Open Source
2 1 (3.125%) iPad
2 1 (3.125%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (59.38%) Windows
2 10 (31.25%) Linux
3 7 (21.88%) Solaris
3 7 (21.88%) UNIX
4 3 (9.375%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.125%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.125%) Windows 8
5 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.125%) Windows Phone
5 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.125%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) CRM
1 9 (28.13%) Time Management
2 3 (9.375%) ITIL
3 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2
3 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
3 1 (3.125%) Validation
3 1 (3.125%) Load Balancing
3 1 (3.125%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (62.50%) SQL
2 1 (3.125%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) Degree
2 15 (46.88%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (25.00%) CCNP
4 7 (21.88%) CCNA
5 5 (15.63%) CCSA
6 4 (12.50%) CCSE
6 4 (12.50%) CCIP
6 4 (12.50%) CCDP
6 4 (12.50%) CCIE
7 2 (6.250%) MCSE
7 2 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.125%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (3.125%) MCITP
8 1 (3.125%) MCP
8 1 (3.125%) HND
8 1 (3.125%) CCA
8 1 (3.125%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (3.125%) VCP4
System Software
1 18 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 7 (21.88%) ProxySG
2 7 (21.88%) Sendmail
3 4 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 3 (9.375%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (3.125%) XenApp
5 1 (3.125%) XenServer
5 1 (3.125%) XenDesktop
5 1 (3.125%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (3.125%) Terminal Services
5 1 (3.125%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) OpenView
1 4 (12.50%) CiscoWorks
1 4 (12.50%) HP NNM
2 2 (6.250%) Plesk
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
1 14 (43.75%) Lotus
2 12 (37.50%) Cisco
3 8 (25.00%) Novell
4 7 (21.88%) Blue Coat
4 7 (21.88%) F5
4 7 (21.88%) Oracle
5 6 (18.75%) CheckPoint
5 6 (18.75%) Websense
6 4 (12.50%) HP
6 4 (12.50%) Redback
6 4 (12.50%) Juniper
6 4 (12.50%) VMware
7 1 (3.125%) AppSense
7 1 (3.125%) PlateSpin
7 1 (3.125%) Vizioncore
7 1 (3.125%) Citrix
7 1 (3.125%) Wyse
Reading, Berkshire
The successful applicant will have experience in the following: Linux and Windows environment down to server level (Windows 2008). Strong Bash Scripting and SMTP knowledge Ability to support...
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
UNIX (Linux and/or Solaris) administration. Demonstrated web and application-level experience with protocols such as HTTP/HTML, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, and MAPI... Experience with PERL or C/...
Henderson Scott
Salary: £42,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013