POP3 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring POP3 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 599 -
Rank change year-on-year +76 - -
Permanent jobs citing POP3 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.008% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.022% 0.073% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,375 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -52.50% - -
75th Percentile £36,125 £72,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £33,250 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year -52.50% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

POP3 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,608 5,508 5,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.29% 11.51% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,128 2,695 4,245
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,750 £25,878
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -4.76%

POP3
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing POP3 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

POP3 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

POP3
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing POP3.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing POP3

POP3
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing POP3 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
East of England +22 1 £33,250 -52.50% 4
POP3
UK

POP3
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) IMAP
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft