East of England COM+ Contracts

This section looks at the demand for COM+ (COM Plus) skills within the East of England 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 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

COM+ (COM Plus)
Location Abingdon Batley Berkshire Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Dorset East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Glasgow Halifax Hampshire Hull Knutsford Leeds London Manchester North East North West Oxfordshire Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Sussex UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	146	125
Rank change on same period last year	-21
Matching contract IT job ads	5	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	0.404 %	1.748 %
Daily rates quoted	0	14
Average minimum daily rate	-	£275
Average daily rate	-	£300
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£287	£286
% change on same period last year	+0.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	-
Average hourly rate	£39.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£48.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.60	£41.62
% change on same period last year	-14.47 %
Application Development East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1239	1087
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.634 %	1.153 %
Daily rates quoted	404	316
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£334
Average daily rate	£376	£356
% change on same period last year	+5.64 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	88	130
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.96	£30.18
Average hourly rate	£32.38	£31.95
% change on same period last year	+1.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.79	£33.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
COM+ England

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing COM+ within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	-6	4	-	-
Essex	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 11 (100.00 %) .NET 2 10 (90.91 %) SQL Server 2 10 (90.91 %) XML 2 10 (90.91 %) Microsoft 3 9 (81.82 %) Windows 3 9 (81.82 %) WebServices 4 8 (72.73 %) SQL 5 7 (63.64 %) WCF 6 5 (45.45 %) Workflow 6 5 (45.45 %) MSI 6 5 (45.45 %) InstallShield 6 5 (45.45 %) WF 6 5 (45.45 %) XSD 6 5 (45.45 %) IIS 6 5 (45.45 %) ASP.NET

6 5 (45.45 %) SharePoint 7 4 (36.36 %) VB.NET 7 4 (36.36 %) SQL Server 2005 8 3 (27.27 %) VB6 8 3 (27.27 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 8 3 (27.27 %) .NET Framework 8 3 (27.27 %) VB 9 2 (18.18 %) C# 9 2 (18.18 %) Oracle 9 2 (18.18 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 2 (18.18 %) Unix 9 2 (18.18 %) OO 9 2 (18.18 %) WinForms 10 1 (9.091 %) SSH 10 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft Analysis Services

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 11 (100.00 %) .NET 2 10 (90.91 %) XML 3 9 (81.82 %) WebServices 4 7 (63.64 %) WCF 5 5 (45.45 %) WF 5 5 (45.45 %) ASP.NET 5 5 (45.45 %) XSD 6 3 (27.27 %) .NET Framework 7 2 (18.18 %) WinForms 8 1 (9.091 %) .NET Remoting 8 1 (9.091 %) XSLT 8 1 (9.091 %) XHTML 8 1 (9.091 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 5 (45.45 %) IIS 1 5 (45.45 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 1 (9.091 %) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (90.91 %) SQL Server 2 4 (36.36 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 3 1 (9.091 %) DB2 3 1 (9.091 %) Oracle 9i 3 1 (9.091 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 3 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server Reporting Services	Development Applications 1 5 (45.45 %) MSI 1 5 (45.45 %) InstallShield 2 2 (18.18 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (9.091 %) ClearCase
General 1 1 (9.091 %) Pharmaceutical	Job Titles 1 6 (54.55 %) Developer 1 6 (54.55 %) .NET Developer 2 5 (45.45 %) Installations Engineer 2 5 (45.45 %) Applications Packager 3 4 (36.36 %) VB.NET Developer 4 1 (9.091 %) Senior .NET Developer 4 1 (9.091 %) WinForms Developer 4 1 (9.091 %) Software Developer 4 1 (9.091 %) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) Client/Server 1 1 (9.091 %) N-Tier	Operating Systems 1 9 (81.82 %) Windows 2 2 (18.18 %) Unix 3 1 (9.091 %) HPUX 3 1 (9.091 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (9.091 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (45.45 %) Workflow 2 2 (18.18 %) OO 3 1 (9.091 %) UML	Programming Languages 1 8 (72.73 %) SQL 2 4 (36.36 %) VB.NET 3 3 (27.27 %) VB6 3 3 (27.27 %) VB 4 2 (18.18 %) C# 5 1 (9.091 %) JavaScript
Systems Management 1 3 (27.27 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 10 (90.91 %) Microsoft 2 2 (18.18 %) Oracle 3 1 (9.091 %) BMC 3 1 (9.091 %) Remedy