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This section looks at the demand for Component Object Model (COM) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited COM over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComponent Object Model (COM)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank210194
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.612 %0.298 %
Daily rates quoted101
Average minimum daily rate£319£600
Average daily rate£360£600
% change on same period last year-40.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£408£320
% change on same period last year+27.63 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.50£40.13
% change on same period last year-46.41 %
Application Development City of LondonApplication Development
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads21251679
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.822 %1.723 %
Daily rates quoted1233741
Average minimum daily rate£399£455
Average daily rate£436£491
% change on same period last year-11.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£526
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£336
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted6030
Average minimum hourly rate£30.51£25.73
Average hourly rate£32.70£29.12
% change on same period last year+12.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.88£32.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.60£33.11
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
COM LondonCOM
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

City of London COM Daily Rate Histogram

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

117 (100.00 %)Microsoft
212 (70.59 %).NET
311 (64.71 %)C#
49 (52.94 %)SQL
49 (52.94 %)MS Excel
58 (47.06 %)XML
66 (35.29 %)UNIX
66 (35.29 %)Windows
75 (29.41 %)C++
75 (29.41 %)MFC
75 (29.41 %)Sybase
75 (29.41 %)Visual Studio
75 (29.41 %)TIBCO
75 (29.41 %)Middleware
75 (29.41 %)Derivative
75 (29.41 %)Equity Derivative
75 (29.41 %)TIBCO EMS
75 (29.41 %)VBA
84 (23.53 %)Finance
84 (23.53 %)SQL Server
93 (17.65 %)VB
93 (17.65 %)XSD
93 (17.65 %)XSL
93 (17.65 %)ASP.NET
93 (17.65 %)WebServices
93 (17.65 %)UML
93 (17.65 %)RUP
93 (17.65 %)OOD
93 (17.65 %)Active Directory
93 (17.65 %)Project Management

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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
112 (70.59 %).NET
28 (47.06 %)XML
35 (29.41 %)Middleware
35 (29.41 %)MFC
43 (17.65 %)ASP.NET
43 (17.65 %)WebServices
43 (17.65 %)XSD
43 (17.65 %)XSL
Application Platforms
15 (29.41 %)TIBCO EMS
21 (5.882 %)MS Exchange
21 (5.882 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2000
21 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
Applications
19 (52.94 %)MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (23.53 %)SQL Server
21 (5.882 %)OLAP
21 (5.882 %)Crystal Reports
21 (5.882 %)DTS
21 (5.882 %)Data Mining
21 (5.882 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
15 (29.41 %)Visual Studio
General
14 (23.53 %)Finance
23 (17.65 %)Front Office
23 (17.65 %)Retail
31 (5.882 %)Investment Banking
31 (5.882 %)Financial Institution
31 (5.882 %)Government
31 (5.882 %)Banking
Job Titles
19 (52.94 %)Developer
25 (29.41 %)C++ Developer
34 (23.53 %)Business Analyst
34 (23.53 %)Analyst
43 (17.65 %).NET Developer
52 (11.76 %)Team Leader
52 (11.76 %)Helpdesk Team Leader
61 (5.882 %)Linux Systems Administrator
61 (5.882 %)Linux Administrator
61 (5.882 %)Messaging Engineer
61 (5.882 %)SQL Developer
61 (5.882 %)Systems Administrator
61 (5.882 %)Administrator
61 (5.882 %)Coordinator
61 (5.882 %)Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)Derivative
15 (29.41 %)Equity Derivative
23 (17.65 %)Fund Management
31 (5.882 %)Blackberry
31 (5.882 %)Replication
31 (5.882 %)CLARiiON
31 (5.882 %)Symmetrix
31 (5.882 %)EMC Centera
Operating Systems
16 (35.29 %)UNIX
16 (35.29 %)Windows
21 (5.882 %)Solaris
21 (5.882 %)Linux
21 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
21 (5.882 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)UML
13 (17.65 %)RUP
13 (17.65 %)OOD
13 (17.65 %)Project Management
13 (17.65 %)E-business
13 (17.65 %)Systems Analysis
22 (11.76 %)Service Management
22 (11.76 %)ITIL
31 (5.882 %)Business Analysis
31 (5.882 %)Security Cleared
Programming Languages
111 (64.71 %)C#
29 (52.94 %)SQL
35 (29.41 %)C++
35 (29.41 %)VBA
43 (17.65 %)VB6
43 (17.65 %)VB
Qualifications
11 (5.882 %)Cisco Certification
11 (5.882 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (11.76 %)SLA
System Software
13 (17.65 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
11 (5.882 %)EMC TimeFinder
Vendors
117 (100.00 %)Microsoft
25 (29.41 %)Sybase
25 (29.41 %)TIBCO
31 (5.882 %)Symantec
31 (5.882 %)Cisco
31 (5.882 %)Adobe
31 (5.882 %)Sun
31 (5.882 %)EMC
31 (5.882 %)VERITAS
31 (5.882 %)Apple
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