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The table below looks at the demand for Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IMAP over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank317431
Rank change on same period last yearUp+114
Matching permanent IT job ads6052
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.027 %
As % of the category below1.253 %0.662 %
Salaries quoted4850
Average minimum salary£28,705£36,774
Average salary£30,308£38,340
% change on same period last year-20.94 %
Average maximum salary£31,911£39,906
UK excluding London average salary£30,682£37,982
% change on same period last year-19.22 %
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads47907854
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.124 %4.010 %
Salaries quoted40026453
Average minimum salary£36,905£36,786
Average salary£39,727£39,911
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
Average maximum salary£42,550£43,036
UK excluding London average salary£37,534£37,929
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
IMAP EnglandIMAP
England

IMAP
Demand Trend

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

South East IMAP Demand Trend

IMAP
Salary Trend

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

South East IMAP Salary Trend

IMAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IMAP across the South East region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HampshireUp+5125£28,450-32.36 %
BerkshireUp+5414£36,944-7.22 %
MiddlesexNew entry-12£24,900-
SurreyUp+5310£32,875+40.89 %
West SussexNew entry-5£24,800-
BuckinghamshireUp+334£35,500-14.91 %
IMAP EnglandIMAP
England

IMAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the South East 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.

183 (82.18 %)SMTP
244 (43.56 %)Windows
339 (38.61 %)DNS
438 (37.62 %)Linux
537 (36.63 %)UNIX
537 (36.63 %)Internet
636 (35.64 %)TCP/IP
734 (33.66 %)Cisco
833 (32.67 %)POP3
930 (29.70 %)VPN
1029 (28.71 %)MySQL
1029 (28.71 %)Firewall
1128 (27.72 %)MCSE
1128 (27.72 %)Microsoft Certification
1226 (25.74 %)SQL
1324 (23.76 %)MCSA
1324 (23.76 %)Nokia
1324 (23.76 %)CheckPoint
1324 (23.76 %)Cisco PIX
1422 (21.78 %)German Language
1422 (21.78 %)Windows Server 2003
1520 (19.80 %)HTTP
1619 (18.81 %)Apache
1717 (16.83 %)Oracle
1717 (16.83 %)Perl
1717 (16.83 %)Sybase
1816 (15.84 %)CCNP
1816 (15.84 %)ISA Server
1816 (15.84 %)Cisco Certification
1816 (15.84 %)Windows 2000 Server

IMAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (6.931 %)LAMP
22 (1.980 %)CGI
22 (1.980 %)ASP
31 (0.990 %)XSD
31 (0.990 %)J2SE
31 (0.990 %)WAP
31 (0.990 %)WSDL
31 (0.990 %)J2EE
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (18.81 %)Apache
212 (11.88 %)MS Exchange
36 (5.941 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (3.960 %)IIS
53 (2.970 %)Tomcat
61 (0.990 %)WebLogic
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (2.970 %)MS Office
21 (0.990 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
183 (82.18 %)SMTP
239 (38.61 %)DNS
337 (36.63 %)Internet
436 (35.64 %)TCP/IP
533 (32.67 %)POP3
630 (29.70 %)VPN
729 (28.71 %)Firewall
824 (23.76 %)Cisco PIX
920 (19.80 %)HTTP
1015 (14.85 %)HTTPS
1015 (14.85 %)Wireless
1113 (12.87 %)Network Security
127 (6.931 %)OSPF
127 (6.931 %)BGP
136 (5.941 %)LDAP
145 (4.950 %)SMS
145 (4.950 %)VLAN
154 (3.960 %)IPsec
154 (3.960 %)RTP
154 (3.960 %)H.323
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (28.71 %)MySQL
28 (7.921 %)Informix
32 (1.980 %)RDBMS
32 (1.980 %)PostgreSQL
32 (1.980 %)SQL Server
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (7.921 %)Subversion
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (9.901 %)Education
27 (6.931 %)Telecoms
34 (3.960 %)Pensions
34 (3.960 %)Health
42 (1.980 %)Retail
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (22.77 %)Technical Support
220 (19.80 %)Network Engineer
319 (18.81 %)Administrator
414 (13.86 %)Firewall Engineer
513 (12.87 %)Support Engineer
611 (10.89 %)Systems Administrator
76 (5.941 %)Principal Engineer
85 (4.950 %)Software Engineer
93 (2.970 %)Deployment Engineer
102 (1.980 %)Linux Administrator
102 (1.980 %)Incident Manager
102 (1.980 %)Senior Server Engineer
102 (1.980 %)Linux Systems Administrator
102 (1.980 %)Network Manager
102 (1.980 %)Technical Engineer
102 (1.980 %)Server Engineer
102 (1.980 %)Senior Systems Administrator
102 (1.980 %)2nd Line Support
102 (1.980 %)Technical Support Engineer
102 (1.980 %)Network Administrator
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (21.78 %)German Language
26 (5.941 %)Blackberry
35 (4.950 %)Dutch Language
41 (0.990 %)PDA
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (43.56 %)Windows
238 (37.62 %)Linux
337 (36.63 %)UNIX
422 (21.78 %)Windows Server 2003
516 (15.84 %)Windows 2000 Server
69 (8.911 %)Solaris
78 (7.921 %)Windows 2000
87 (6.931 %)Windows XP
94 (3.960 %)Red Hat Linux
102 (1.980 %)FreeBSD
102 (1.980 %)SUSE
102 (1.980 %)Fedora
111 (0.990 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.990 %)OpenVMS
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (4.950 %)Project Management
22 (1.980 %)Change Management
22 (1.980 %)ITIL
22 (1.980 %)Incident Management
22 (1.980 %)Problem Management
31 (0.990 %)SOA
31 (0.990 %)Software Engineering
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (25.74 %)SQL
217 (16.83 %)Perl
38 (7.921 %)PHP
38 (7.921 %)Ruby
44 (3.960 %)Shell Script
52 (1.980 %)AWK
52 (1.980 %)VB
52 (1.980 %)C
61 (0.990 %)Java
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (27.72 %)MCSE
128 (27.72 %)Microsoft Certification
224 (23.76 %)MCSA
316 (15.84 %)CCNP
316 (15.84 %)Cisco Certification
415 (14.85 %)Degree
513 (12.87 %)CISSP
513 (12.87 %)CCSP
611 (10.89 %)CCNA
77 (6.931 %)SC Cleared
77 (6.931 %)Security Cleared
82 (1.980 %)RHCE
82 (1.980 %)CCSA
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (10.89 %)SLA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (15.84 %)ISA Server
27 (6.931 %)MailMarshal
27 (6.931 %)WebMarshal
34 (3.960 %)NFS
42 (1.980 %)Terminal Services
42 (1.980 %)Samba
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (5.941 %)Nagios
22 (1.980 %)CiscoWorks
22 (1.980 %)MOM
31 (0.990 %)Norton AntiVirus
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (33.66 %)Cisco
224 (23.76 %)Nokia
224 (23.76 %)CheckPoint
317 (16.83 %)Oracle
317 (16.83 %)Sybase
412 (11.88 %)Microsoft
57 (6.931 %)Sun
65 (4.950 %)HP
74 (3.960 %)Red Hat
82 (1.980 %)Redback
82 (1.980 %)VERITAS
82 (1.980 %)Dell
82 (1.980 %)IBM
91 (0.990 %)BEA
91 (0.990 %)Symantec