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This section looks at the demand for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) skills within the West Midlands 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank211218
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads248
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.722 %0.527 %
Salaries quoted238
Average minimum salary£32,893£26,250
Average salary£34,982£29,875
% change on same period last year+17.09 %
Average maximum salary£37,071£33,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,556£38,702
% change on same period last year-5.54 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13941519
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.736 %0.622 %
Salaries quoted11831254
Average minimum salary£31,506£33,018
Average salary£33,724£35,598
% change on same period last year-5.26 %
Average maximum salary£35,943£38,178
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands SMTP Salary Trend

SMTP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SMTP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Midlands SMTP Salary Histogram

SMTP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SMTP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
HerefordshireNew entry-15£36,100-
BirminghamDown-67£35,143+30.15 %
WorcestershireNew entry-4£32,500-
StaffordshireNew entry-3£31,000-
SMTP EnglandSMTP
England

SMTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

135 (70.00 %)Microsoft Certification
135 (70.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
135 (70.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
234 (68.00 %)Windows
333 (66.00 %)MS Exchange
333 (66.00 %)Microsoft
333 (66.00 %)MCP
431 (62.00 %)Active Directory
530 (60.00 %)MAILsweeper
530 (60.00 %)SLA
618 (36.00 %)Windows 2000
716 (32.00 %)Telecoms
814 (28.00 %)Sophos
913 (26.00 %)DNS
1010 (20.00 %)MySQL
119 (18.00 %)Internet
128 (16.00 %)Linux
137 (14.00 %)HTTP
137 (14.00 %)TCP/IP
137 (14.00 %)PHP
137 (14.00 %)UNIX
146 (12.00 %)MCSE
155 (10.00 %)AJAX
155 (10.00 %)Apache
155 (10.00 %)CSS
155 (10.00 %)SOAP
155 (10.00 %)XML
155 (10.00 %)JavaScript
155 (10.00 %)Broadband
155 (10.00 %)W3C

SMTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (10.00 %)CSS
15 (10.00 %)SOAP
15 (10.00 %)XML
15 (10.00 %)AJAX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (70.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
135 (70.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
233 (66.00 %)MS Exchange
35 (10.00 %)Apache
43 (6.000 %)IIS
52 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2007
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.000 %)MS Office
12 (4.000 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (26.00 %)DNS
29 (18.00 %)Internet
37 (14.00 %)HTTP
37 (14.00 %)TCP/IP
45 (10.00 %)Broadband
53 (6.000 %)FTP
62 (4.000 %)Cisco IOS
62 (4.000 %)LAN
62 (4.000 %)VoIP
62 (4.000 %)WAN
71 (2.000 %)IPCC
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (20.00 %)MySQL
21 (2.000 %)PostgreSQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (32.00 %)Telecoms
22 (4.000 %)Pensions
31 (2.000 %)Government
31 (2.000 %)Health
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (64.00 %)Messaging Specialist
227 (54.00 %)Technical Specialist
38 (16.00 %)Developer
46 (12.00 %)Exchange Specialist
54 (8.000 %)Senior Developer
54 (8.000 %)Support Engineer
63 (6.000 %)Web Developer
63 (6.000 %)Network Engineer
63 (6.000 %)Server Engineer
72 (4.000 %)Network Support
72 (4.000 %)Technical Engineer
72 (4.000 %)Perl Developer
72 (4.000 %)Technical Support Engineer
72 (4.000 %)Network Support Engineer
72 (4.000 %)Desktop Engineer
72 (4.000 %)Technical Support
81 (2.000 %)1st Line Support
81 (2.000 %)Administrator
81 (2.000 %)Desktop Support Engineer
81 (2.000 %)Systems Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (10.00 %)W3C
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (68.00 %)Windows
218 (36.00 %)Windows 2000
38 (16.00 %)Linux
47 (14.00 %)UNIX
53 (6.000 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (2.000 %)Debian
61 (2.000 %)Windows NT
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (4.000 %)Security Cleared
21 (2.000 %)B2B
21 (2.000 %)Service Delivery
21 (2.000 %)SC Cleared
21 (2.000 %)BC Cleared
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (14.00 %)PHP
25 (10.00 %)JavaScript
34 (8.000 %)Perl
43 (6.000 %)C
52 (4.000 %)SQL
61 (2.000 %)Shell Script
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
135 (70.00 %)Microsoft Certification
233 (66.00 %)MCP
36 (12.00 %)MCSE
42 (4.000 %)CCNA
42 (4.000 %)Cisco Certification
51 (2.000 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (60.00 %)SLA
21 (2.000 %)ISO9001
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
131 (62.00 %)Active Directory
21 (2.000 %)Squid
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
130 (60.00 %)MAILsweeper
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
133 (66.00 %)Microsoft
214 (28.00 %)Sophos
33 (6.000 %)Oracle
33 (6.000 %)Cisco
42 (4.000 %)Red Hat
51 (2.000 %)Avaya
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