SMTP Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring SMTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing SMTP 10 15 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 3.52% 9.55% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% 28.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £680 £550 -
% change year-on-year +23.64% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -10.34% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stevenage

SMTP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 55 53 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 19.37% 33.76% 32.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 10
10th Percentile £248 £300 £368
25th Percentile £489 £338 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% +31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £567
90th Percentile - - £593
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £506 £438
% change year-on-year -6.17% +15.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 19 50
10th Percentile £41.25 £35.00 £54.50
25th Percentile £45.00 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £67.50 -
90th Percentile £72.20 £71.00 £70.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.38%

SMTP
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SMTP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

SMTP job vacancy trend in Stevenage

SMTP
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SMTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SMTP

SMTP
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SMTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SMTP

SMTP
Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SMTP in Stevenage over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SMTP in Stevenage

SMTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) DNS
1 10 (100.00%) FTP
1 10 (100.00%) HTTP
1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
1 10 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Analyst
1 10 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Cyberattack
2 8 (80.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (80.00%) CSOC
2 8 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
2 9 (90.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (90.00%) SIEM
3 8 (80.00%) AI
3 8 (80.00%) Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 8 (80.00%) Information Management
3 8 (80.00%) Machine Learning
3 8 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (80.00%) Runbook
3 8 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 8 (80.00%) SOAR
3 8 (80.00%) Threat Detection
4 7 (70.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared