The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 20 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 Leeds 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 68 70 55
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -15
Contract jobs citing COM 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.134% 0.111% 0.164%
As % of the Application Development category 0.382% 0.412% 0.735%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £405 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-29.03% -11.42%
All Application Development
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
262 243 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 35.22% 27.06% 22.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 160 77
Average daily rate £290 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
Average hourly rate £33.00 £18.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+83.33% -57.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM
West Yorkshire

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft