The first table below looks at the demand for DCOM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DCOM over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing DCOM 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £213 £300 £304
% change year-on-year
-29.16% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.00 -
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
215 278 209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 33.03% 28.45% 24.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 118 92
Average daily rate £388 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 24
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £20.00 £33.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £36.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
DCOM
East of England

DCOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire DCOM Jobs Demand Trend

DCOM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DCOM across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire DCOM Daily Rate Trend

DCOM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DCOM across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire DCOM Hourly Rate Trend