The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 115 135 127
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -8
Contract jobs citing COM 7 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.285% 0.031% 0.103%
As % of the Application Development category 1.284% 0.180% 0.418%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
Average daily rate £525 £425 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.52% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £425 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £425 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £9.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-29.03% -11.42%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
545 557 718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 22.22% 17.36% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 251 300
Average daily rate £388 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.42% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £238 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 11 64
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM
South East

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing COM across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire COM Jobs Demand Trend

COM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing COM across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire COM Daily Rate Trend

COM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing COM across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire COM Daily Rate Histogram

COM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing COM across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COM within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +14 5 £575 +35.29%
COM
South East

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing COM also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited COM.

1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 4 (44.44%) HTML
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) CSS
2 4 (44.44%) jQuery
3 3 (33.33%) Publishing
3 3 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (33.33%) Marketing
3 3 (33.33%) Web Development
3 3 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 3 (33.33%) CMS
3 3 (33.33%) Games
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (22.22%) MS Office
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Polycom
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Plesk
5 1 (11.11%) Process Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Lync
5 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (11.11%) MODX
5 1 (11.11%) Change Control
5 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing COM also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited COM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
1 4 (44.44%) CSS
1 4 (44.44%) jQuery
2 1 (11.11%) SOAP
2 1 (11.11%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) XML
2 1 (11.11%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Lync
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (11.11%) MODX
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 3 (33.33%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (22.22%) MS Office
4 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) TOAD
General
1 3 (33.33%) Publishing
1 3 (33.33%) Marketing
1 3 (33.33%) Games
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Coordinator
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (11.11%) Project Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) PHP Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Tester
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Web Development
1 3 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Process Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) SOA
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) C
3 1 (11.11%) PHP
3 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Plesk
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Polycom
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe
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