The first part of the table below looks at the demand for IMAP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IMAP over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank820791728
Rank change year-on-year
Down-29Down-63
Matching permanent IT job ads557424
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.046 %0.060 %0.025 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.260 %0.383 %0.163 %
Number of salaries quoted525618
Average salary£35,000£35,000£33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+5.26 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,250£29,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£53,750£77,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
211741929914719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK17.56 %15.74 %15.42 %
Number of salaries quoted176421597812153
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

IMAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IMAP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

IMAP Demand Trend

IMAP
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IMAP within the UK.

IMAP Salary Trend

IMAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IMAP over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

IMAP Salary Histogram

IMAP
Top 21 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-3751£35,000-
LondonDown-2421£40,000+14.28 %
South EastDown-4913£35,000-2.77 %
East of EnglandUp+1212£35,000-33.33 %
CambridgeNew entry-12£35,000-
CambridgeshireNew entry-12£35,000-
ChertseyNew entry-10£35,000-
SurreyNew entry-10£35,000-
South WestNew entry-5£32,500-
CornwallNew entry-4£31,250-
City of LondonUp+92£60,000-2.04 %
HampshireDown-162£30,000-7.69 %
SouthamptonDown-322£30,000-7.69 %
BromleyNew entry-2£47,500-
BerkshireDown-441£62,500+73.61 %
West WalesNew entry-1£18,000-
ScotlandNew entry-1£30,000-
WalesNew entry-1£18,000-
DevonNew entry-1£55,000-
SwanseaNew entry-1£18,000-
ExeterNew entry-1£55,000-

IMAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1113 (86.26 %)SMTP
2107 (81.68 %)DNS
3100 (76.34 %)Linux
481 (61.83 %)Apache
561 (46.56 %)MySQL
658 (44.27 %)Cisco
750 (38.17 %)Firewall
849 (37.40 %)TCP/IP
849 (37.40 %)Red Hat
948 (36.64 %)Windows
948 (36.64 %)VMware
1046 (35.11 %)Internet
1145 (34.35 %)VPN
1145 (34.35 %)IIS
1242 (32.06 %)POP3
1242 (32.06 %)FTP
1335 (26.72 %)Microsoft
1433 (25.19 %)SQL Server
1532 (24.43 %)PHP
1532 (24.43 %)VMware Infrastructure
1631 (23.66 %)SSH
1631 (23.66 %)MS Exchange
1730 (22.90 %)Nagios
1730 (22.90 %)Load Balancing
1730 (22.90 %)Open Source
1829 (22.14 %)Degree
1928 (21.37 %)Active Directory
1928 (21.37 %)LDAP
1928 (21.37 %)Perl
2027 (20.61 %)UNIX

IMAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
124 (18.32 %)Web Services
222 (16.79 %)CSS
316 (12.21 %)HTML
414 (10.69 %)Memcached
513 (9.924 %)XML
612 (9.160 %).NET
612 (9.160 %)ASP.NET
711 (8.397 %)JSON
711 (8.397 %)LAMP
711 (8.397 %)Lucene
711 (8.397 %)Ajax
711 (8.397 %)XSL
711 (8.397 %)Flash
711 (8.397 %)JSP
711 (8.397 %)Servlets
87 (5.344 %)jQuery
87 (5.344 %)HTML5
96 (4.580 %)CSS3
96 (4.580 %)Smarty
96 (4.580 %)CakePHP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
181 (61.83 %)Apache
245 (34.35 %)IIS
331 (23.66 %)MS Exchange
427 (20.61 %)Exchange Server 2003
518 (13.74 %)SharePoint
617 (12.98 %)CMS
617 (12.98 %)Tomcat
716 (12.21 %)Exchange Server 2010
814 (10.69 %)Amazon AWS
911 (8.397 %)Oracle Workflow
911 (8.397 %)Exchange Server 2000
911 (8.397 %)Exchange Server 2007
911 (8.397 %)Drupal
107 (5.344 %)WordPress
116 (4.580 %)osCommerce
116 (4.580 %)Magento
116 (4.580 %)Joomla!
125 (3.817 %)Amazon EC2
134 (3.053 %)WebLogic
143 (2.290 %)Alfresco
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (11.45 %)MS Office
214 (10.69 %)MS Excel
31 (0.763 %)MS Visio
31 (0.763 %)Google Apps
31 (0.763 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (4.580 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1113 (86.26 %)SMTP
2107 (81.68 %)DNS
350 (38.17 %)Firewall
449 (37.40 %)TCP/IP
546 (35.11 %)Internet
645 (34.35 %)VPN
742 (32.06 %)POP3
742 (32.06 %)FTP
831 (23.66 %)SSH
928 (21.37 %)LDAP
1023 (17.56 %)VLAN
1120 (15.27 %)Wireless
1219 (14.50 %)DHCP
1318 (13.74 %)HTTP
1318 (13.74 %)HTTPS
1417 (12.98 %)SSL
1417 (12.98 %)TELNET
1516 (12.21 %)SNMP
1516 (12.21 %)ADSL
1516 (12.21 %)VoIP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
161 (46.56 %)MySQL
233 (25.19 %)SQL Server
313 (9.924 %)PostgreSQL
411 (8.397 %)RDBMS
510 (7.634 %)Apache Cassandra
64 (3.053 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (3.053 %)SQL Server 2008
64 (3.053 %)MongoDB
72 (1.527 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
72 (1.527 %)OLAP
72 (1.527 %)Data Warehouse
72 (1.527 %)ETL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (9.924 %)Subversion
21 (0.763 %)Git (software)
21 (0.763 %)Mercurial
21 (0.763 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
122 (16.79 %)Finance
211 (8.397 %)French Language
211 (8.397 %)German Language
211 (8.397 %)Italian Language
211 (8.397 %)Spanish Language
37 (5.344 %)Telecoms
42 (1.527 %)Billing
51 (0.763 %)Law
51 (0.763 %)Games
51 (0.763 %)Retail
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
143 (32.82 %)Administrator
241 (31.30 %)Systems Administrator
319 (14.50 %)Developer
417 (12.98 %)Linux Administrator
516 (12.21 %)Linux Systems Administrator
516 (12.21 %)Systems Engineer
613 (9.924 %)Technical Support
613 (9.924 %)3rd Line Support
712 (9.160 %)Field Engineer
712 (9.160 %)Field Service Engineer
712 (9.160 %)3rd Line Technical Support
811 (8.397 %)Support Engineer
910 (7.634 %)Linux Engineer
109 (6.870 %)Linux Support
109 (6.870 %)Linux Support Engineer
117 (5.344 %)Senior Systems Administrator
117 (5.344 %)Senior Developer
117 (5.344 %)Analyst
126 (4.580 %)Web Developer
134 (3.053 %)Infrastructure Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (22.90 %)Open Source
223 (17.56 %)Computer Science
311 (8.397 %)PKI
410 (7.634 %)Management Information System
59 (6.870 %)Clustering
68 (6.107 %)Social Media
75 (3.817 %)SaaS
84 (3.053 %)Replication
84 (3.053 %)Client/Server
84 (3.053 %)N-Tier
92 (1.527 %)Video Conferencing
101 (0.763 %)iPhone
101 (0.763 %)Visualisation
101 (0.763 %)Hedge funds
101 (0.763 %)Kindle
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1100 (76.34 %)Linux
248 (36.64 %)Windows
327 (20.61 %)UNIX
424 (18.32 %)CentOS
522 (16.79 %)Debian
618 (13.74 %)Ubuntu
715 (11.45 %)Mac OS X
813 (9.924 %)Windows XP
912 (9.160 %)Windows 7
1011 (8.397 %)SUSE
119 (6.870 %)Windows Server 2003
126 (4.580 %)Solaris
126 (4.580 %)Windows Server 2008
131 (0.763 %)Windows 2000 Server
131 (0.763 %)OpenBSD
131 (0.763 %)Gentoo
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
130 (22.90 %)Load Balancing
214 (10.69 %)Content Management
214 (10.69 %)Project Management
312 (9.160 %)Migration
411 (8.397 %)Web Analytics
411 (8.397 %)PRINCE2
411 (8.397 %)SEO
411 (8.397 %)Workflow
510 (7.634 %)Configuration Management
69 (6.870 %)Information Architecture
78 (6.107 %)Security Management
86 (4.580 %)MVC
86 (4.580 %)OOP
86 (4.580 %)E-Commerce
86 (4.580 %)Web Design
94 (3.053 %)Identity Management
94 (3.053 %)Network Design
94 (3.053 %)ITIL
94 (3.053 %)Service Delivery
103 (2.290 %)UML
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
132 (24.43 %)PHP
228 (21.37 %)Perl
321 (16.03 %)Bash shell
419 (14.50 %)JavaScript
517 (12.98 %)SQL
517 (12.98 %)Shell Script
612 (9.160 %)Python
711 (8.397 %)ActionScript
88 (6.107 %)Java
88 (6.107 %)PowerShell
97 (5.344 %)PHP5
106 (4.580 %)PHP4
106 (4.580 %)C
106 (4.580 %)C++
112 (1.527 %)SAS Macro
121 (0.763 %)Tcl
121 (0.763 %)Ruby
121 (0.763 %)Korn
121 (0.763 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
129 (22.14 %)Degree
215 (11.45 %)Cisco Certification
313 (9.924 %)CCNP
313 (9.924 %)CCNA
45 (3.817 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (3.817 %)MCP
53 (2.290 %)MCSE
62 (1.527 %)CCIE
62 (1.527 %)HND
71 (0.763 %)RHCE
71 (0.763 %)CCIP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.527 %)SLA
21 (0.763 %)Solvency II
21 (0.763 %)ISO 9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
132 (24.43 %)VMware Infrastructure
228 (21.37 %)Active Directory
325 (19.08 %)Sendmail
417 (12.98 %)Postfix
514 (10.69 %)XenServer
514 (10.69 %)vSphere
612 (9.160 %)VMware ESXi
612 (9.160 %)Hyper-V
612 (9.160 %)Xen
711 (8.397 %)qmail
87 (5.344 %)NFS
94 (3.053 %)VMware Server
94 (3.053 %)Terminal Services
102 (1.527 %)Samba
102 (1.527 %)SpamAssassin
111 (0.763 %)FreeRADIUS
111 (0.763 %)VirtualBox
111 (0.763 %)Varnish
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
130 (22.90 %)Nagios
220 (15.27 %)Puppet
316 (12.21 %)Cacti
414 (10.69 %)vCenter
511 (8.397 %)Munin
67 (5.344 %)Plesk
75 (3.817 %)ZABBIX
84 (3.053 %)BladeLogic
84 (3.053 %)Sysprep
84 (3.053 %)HP SIM
93 (2.290 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
158 (44.27 %)Cisco
249 (37.40 %)Red Hat
348 (36.64 %)VMware
435 (26.72 %)Microsoft
527 (20.61 %)HP
625 (19.08 %)Oracle
719 (14.50 %)Juniper
816 (12.21 %)Citrix
912 (9.160 %)Fujitsu
1011 (8.397 %)Vignette
1110 (7.634 %)Intel
1110 (7.634 %)Sage
127 (5.344 %)EMC
136 (4.580 %)NetApp
136 (4.580 %)Facebook
144 (3.053 %)CA
152 (1.527 %)Websense
152 (1.527 %)Webroot
161 (0.763 %)Google
161 (0.763 %)Sybase