COM Contracts in England

Component Object Model (COM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for COM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COM over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 662 765
Rank change year-on-year +113 +103 -150
Contract jobs citing COM 1 3 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.003% 0.006% 0.027%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.013% 0.025% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 14
10th Percentile - - £416
25th Percentile £325 £525 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £375 £575 £528
90th Percentile - - £555
UK median daily rate £350 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -26.32% -5.00% -35.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
UK median hourly rate - - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +71.43%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

COM is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,511 11,830 19,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 20.18% 23.22% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,348 8,740 14,514
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £428 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +0.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £760
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 139 218
10th Percentile £21.25 £25.75 £21.70
25th Percentile £39.92 £45.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing COM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for COM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COM in England.

Daily rate trend for COM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COM in England.

Hourly rate trend for COM in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COM within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +101 1 £350 - 1
COM
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker