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This section looks at the demand for Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) skills within the Manchester 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 DCOM over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDistributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8267
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.222 %0.813 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£375-
Average daily rate£383-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£390-
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£294
% change on same period last year+31.00 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£39.80
% change on same period last year-18.34 %
Application Development ManchesterApplication Development
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads491246
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.647 %0.257 %
Daily rates quoted6831
Average minimum daily rate£314£214
Average daily rate£333£240
% change on same period last year+38.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£352£266
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£336
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted5026
Average minimum hourly rate£26.34£26.83
Average hourly rate£28.95£28.29
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.57£29.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.14
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
DCOM North WestDCOM
North West

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.

DCOM
Demand Trend

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

Manchester DCOM Demand Trend

DCOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester DCOM Daily Rate Trend

DCOM
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing DCOM 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 DCOM.

16 (85.71 %)SQL
25 (71.43 %)IIS
25 (71.43 %)COM+
25 (71.43 %)Windows
25 (71.43 %)MCSE
25 (71.43 %)LAN
25 (71.43 %)WAN
25 (71.43 %)POP3
25 (71.43 %)SMTP
25 (71.43 %)Active Directory
25 (71.43 %)Citrix
25 (71.43 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (71.43 %)SAN
25 (71.43 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (71.43 %)VMware
33 (42.86 %)PRINCE2
42 (28.57 %)Finance
42 (28.57 %)C++
51 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
51 (14.29 %)MFC
51 (14.29 %)Oracle
51 (14.29 %)ActiveX
51 (14.29 %)XML
51 (14.29 %)ILOG
51 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
51 (14.29 %)Telecoms
51 (14.29 %)Robotics

DCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing DCOM 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 DCOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
15 (71.43 %)COM+
21 (14.29 %)MFC
21 (14.29 %)ActiveX
21 (14.29 %)XML
Application Platforms
15 (71.43 %)IIS
Communications & Networking
15 (71.43 %)LAN
15 (71.43 %)WAN
15 (71.43 %)POP3
15 (71.43 %)SMTP
15 (71.43 %)SAN
21 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
General
12 (28.57 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
15 (71.43 %)Development Specialist
15 (71.43 %)Infrastructure Specialist
15 (71.43 %)Server Specialist
24 (57.14 %)Server Engineer
32 (28.57 %)Software Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Senior Software Engineer
41 (14.29 %)C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Robotics
Operating Systems
15 (71.43 %)Windows
15 (71.43 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)PRINCE2
Programming Languages
16 (85.71 %)SQL
22 (28.57 %)C++
31 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
Qualifications
15 (71.43 %)MCSE
15 (71.43 %)Microsoft Certification
System Software
15 (71.43 %)Active Directory
Vendors
15 (71.43 %)Citrix
15 (71.43 %)VMware
21 (14.29 %)Oracle
21 (14.29 %)ILOG
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