Post Office Protocol, version 3 (POP3)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring POP3 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited POP3 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 906 | 967 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +61 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing POP3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.001% | 0.001% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | 0.007% | 0.006% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £36,250 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £37,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -25.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £38,750 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | £50,000 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 10,094 | 13,581 | 15,458 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 18.08% | 13.10% | 16.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,436 | 9,413 | 7,713 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,504 | £26,250 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,625 | £32,500 | £35,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £42,500 | £47,500 | £50,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.53% | -5.94% | -3.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £63,750 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £77,500 | £87,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £35,000 | £44,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.45% | -2.22% | -5.26% |
POP3
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing POP3 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
POP3
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing POP3.