Hybrid/Remote SMTP Job Trends

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SMTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 446 427 482
Rank change year-on-year -19 +55 +15
Permanent jobs citing SMTP 7 6 26
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.031% 0.036% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.30% 0.31% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 20
10th Percentile - £40,750 -
25th Percentile - £53,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% +42.20% +9.96%
75th Percentile - £89,375 £64,500
90th Percentile - £94,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £61,375 £45,250
% change year-on-year -18.53% +35.64% -8.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,362 1,952 3,771
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.31% 11.80% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 1,187 1,959
10th Percentile £29,400 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

SMTP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SMTP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SMTP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SMTP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SMTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SMTP

SMTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) WAN
2 4 (57.14%) FTP
2 4 (57.14%) HTTP
2 4 (57.14%) Internet
2 4 (57.14%) LAN
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) DNS
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) CyberArk Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Professional Services Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) LDAP
2 2 (28.57%) REST
2 2 (28.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Defence
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) CentOS
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) SIEM
2 4 (57.14%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
2 4 (57.14%) SOAR
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (57.14%) Swim Lanes
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) QRadar
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) ArcSight
1 4 (57.14%) Splunk
2 2 (28.57%) CyberArk
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam
3 1 (14.29%) VMware