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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 456 474
Rank change year-on-year +37 +18 +288
Permanent jobs citing SMTP 2 39 48
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.012% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.11% 1.05% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2 23 36
10th Percentile £75,625 - £35,875
25th Percentile £78,438 - £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £40,000 £52,170
Median % change year-on-year +115.63% -23.33% +0.26%
75th Percentile £93,438 £59,250 £70,938
90th Percentile £95,875 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +35.29% -22.73% +4.76%

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 1,807 3,729 3,276
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 15.91% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,618 2,743
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% -0.50% -4.29%

SMTP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SMTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SMTP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SMTP
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SMTP

SMTP
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SMTP over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

SMTP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SMTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft