COM Contracts in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 21 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 Birmingham 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 47 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs citing COM 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.444% 0.161% -
As % of the Application Development category 1.905% 0.578% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £500 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-29.03% -11.42%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 105 173 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 23.33% 27.81% 25.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 107 72
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £375 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
Average hourly rate £37.00 £36.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.36% -8.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM
West Midlands

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham COM Daily Rate Trend

COM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) NetApp
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) MDX
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Server
3 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (14.29%) Lync
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) Logistics
3 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) ISEB
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 1 (14.29%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics AX Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) ERP Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (14.29%) ERP Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
1 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
1 1 (14.29%) Logistics
1 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
1 1 (14.29%) Change Management
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
1 1 (14.29%) CRM
1 1 (14.29%) ERP
1 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
1 1 (14.29%) ETL
1 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
1 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Server
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) NetApp
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Remedy
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
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