SMTP Job Trends in the East of England

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SMTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 131 -
Rank change year-on-year -45 - -
Permanent jobs citing SMTP 9 16 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.15% 0.62% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.16% 4.76% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 16 0
10th Percentile £31,425 £50,500 -
25th Percentile £33,000 £51,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.87% - -
75th Percentile £36,125 £63,500 -
90th Percentile £38,450 - -
England median annual salary £60,600 £59,750 £47,100
% change year-on-year +1.42% +26.86% -0.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 777 336 999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 13.12% 13.07% 17.06%
Number of salaries quoted 277 265 770
10th Percentile £27,100 £28,125 £24,984
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% -5.00%

SMTP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SMTP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

SMTP job vacancy trend in the East of England

SMTP
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SMTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SMTP

SMTP
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SMTP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 10 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Norfolk - 9 £34,000 - 1
SMTP
England

SMTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) DHCP
1 9 (100.00%) DNS
1 9 (100.00%) IMAP
1 9 (100.00%) POP3
1 9 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (55.56%) EIGRP
2 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 5 (55.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (55.56%) LAN
2 5 (55.56%) Network Security
2 5 (55.56%) OSPF
2 5 (55.56%) VLAN
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 5 (55.56%) WAN
2 5 (55.56%) Wireless
2 5 (55.56%) Wireshark
3 3 (33.33%) 4G
3 3 (33.33%) VoIP
3 3 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 3 (33.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 4 (44.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Time Management
2 5 (55.56%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (44.44%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CCNA
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 9 (100.00%) DBS Check
2 5 (55.56%) CCNP
3 4 (44.44%) MCSE
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) SolarWinds