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The table below looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) skills within the Wales 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank101-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads50
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.563 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted50
Average minimum salary£25,000-
Average salary£30,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£35,000-
UK excluding London average salary£37,648£39,676
% change on same period last year-5.11 %
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads320416
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.207 %0.185 %
Salaries quoted302350
Average minimum salary£34,976£33,186
Average salary£39,171£35,888
% change on same period last year+9.14 %
Average maximum salary£43,366£38,590
UK excluding London average salary£37,839£38,392
% change on same period last year-1.43 %
SMTP UKSMTP
UK

SMTP
Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales SMTP Salary Trend

SMTP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMTP across the Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 18 November 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
South WalesNew entry-5£30,000-
SMTP UKSMTP
UK

SMTP
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

16 (85.71 %)Windows
16 (85.71 %)TCP/IP
25 (71.43 %)VPN
25 (71.43 %)Linux
25 (71.43 %)Apache
25 (71.43 %)POP3
25 (71.43 %)Firewall
25 (71.43 %)Samba
25 (71.43 %)IMAP
31 (14.29 %)Performance Management
31 (14.29 %)VBScript
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (14.29 %)Degree
31 (14.29 %)Wireless
31 (14.29 %)Electronics
31 (14.29 %)Change Management
31 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (14.29 %)HTTP
31 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
31 (14.29 %)LAN
31 (14.29 %)WAN
31 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (14.29 %)Internet
31 (14.29 %)Blackberry

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the Wales 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.

Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (71.43 %)Apache
21 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (85.71 %)TCP/IP
25 (71.43 %)VPN
25 (71.43 %)POP3
25 (71.43 %)Firewall
25 (71.43 %)IMAP
31 (14.29 %)Wireless
31 (14.29 %)HTTP
31 (14.29 %)LAN
31 (14.29 %)WAN
31 (14.29 %)Internet
Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Electronics
Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Consultant
15 (71.43 %)Support Consultant
15 (71.43 %)Linux Consultant
15 (71.43 %)Linux Support
21 (14.29 %)Junior Network Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Messaging Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Network Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Junior
Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Blackberry
Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (85.71 %)Windows
25 (71.43 %)Linux
31 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)Performance Management
11 (14.29 %)Change Management
11 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)VBScript
Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)Degree
Wales IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (71.43 %)Samba