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This section looks at the demand for COM+ (COM Plus) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited COM+ over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOM+ (COM Plus)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank37-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads80
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.000 %
As % of the category below7.080 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£315-
Average daily rate£335-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£355-
UK excluding London average daily rate£258£328
% change on same period last year-21.40 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£33.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£42.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.93£41.61
% change on same period last year-18.46 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads113155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.149 %0.154 %
Daily rates quoted3028
Average minimum daily rate£310£287
Average daily rate£337£294
% change on same period last year+14.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted1421
Average minimum hourly rate£25.38£34.37
Average hourly rate£30.15£35.71
% change on same period last year-15.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.92£37.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
COM+ CambridgeshireCOM+
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

COM+
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing COM+ across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cambridge COM+ Demand Trend

COM+
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge COM+ Daily Rate Trend

COM+
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing COM+ across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Cambridge COM+ Daily Rate Histogram

COM+
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge COM+ Hourly Rate Trend

COM+
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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+.

111 (100.00 %)SQL
111 (100.00 %).NET
210 (90.91 %)SQL Server
210 (90.91 %)XML
210 (90.91 %)ASP.NET
210 (90.91 %)Microsoft
210 (90.91 %)MSI
210 (90.91 %)InstallShield
39 (81.82 %)WebServices
39 (81.82 %)WCF
48 (72.73 %)WF
48 (72.73 %)SharePoint
57 (63.64 %)XSD
57 (63.64 %)PowerShell
66 (54.55 %)Windows
75 (45.45 %)Workflow
83 (27.27 %)XML Schema
92 (18.18 %)Continuous Integration
101 (9.091 %)WinForms
101 (9.091 %)OO
101 (9.091 %)MS Excel
101 (9.091 %)IIS
101 (9.091 %)VB.NET

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (100.00 %).NET
210 (90.91 %)XML
210 (90.91 %)ASP.NET
39 (81.82 %)WebServices
39 (81.82 %)WCF
48 (72.73 %)WF
57 (63.64 %)XSD
63 (27.27 %)XML Schema
71 (9.091 %)WinForms
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (72.73 %)SharePoint
21 (9.091 %)IIS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (90.91 %)SQL Server
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (90.91 %)MSI
110 (90.91 %)InstallShield
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (81.82 %)Installations Engineer
25 (45.45 %)Applications Packager
31 (9.091 %)Deployment Engineer
31 (9.091 %)WinForms Developer
31 (9.091 %).NET Developer
31 (9.091 %)VB.NET Developer
31 (9.091 %)Developer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (54.55 %)Windows
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (45.45 %)Workflow
22 (18.18 %)Continuous Integration
31 (9.091 %)OO
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (100.00 %)SQL
27 (63.64 %)PowerShell
31 (9.091 %)VB.NET
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (90.91 %)Microsoft