The first table below looks at the demand for COM+ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 Essex 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
COM+ (COM Plus)
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing COM+ 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.476% - -
As % of the Application Development category 1.770% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £200 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - £42.50
All Application Development
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
113 76 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 26.90% 18.63% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 38 50
Average daily rate £250 £270 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% -35.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £420 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 13
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.25 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.72% +17.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.28 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.22 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM+
East of England

COM+
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex COM+ Hourly Rate Trend

COM+
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COM+ within the Essex region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Colchester - 2 £200 -
COM+
East of England

COM+
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL