Middlesex DCOM Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DCOM over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
Location Berkshire Cardiff City of London Docklands, London Dundee East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Farnham Hampshire Hull London Manchester Middlesex North West Oxford Oxfordshire Scotland South East South Wales Southampton Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	47
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	1.887 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£225
Average daily rate	-	£263
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£303	£317
% change on same period last year	-4.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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	£43.33
% change on same period last year	-24.99 %
Application Development Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads	89	106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.120 %	0.105 %
Daily rates quoted	12	38
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£298
Average daily rate	£382	£305
% change on same period last year	+25.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£423	£312
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£336
% change on same period last year	+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.25	£23.18
Average hourly rate	£39.19	£25.38
% change on same period last year	+54.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.13	£27.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.38	£32.95
% change on same period last year	-1.71 %
DCOM South East

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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

DCOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

DCOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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