The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 33 43 45
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +2
Contract jobs citing COM 2 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.664% 0.907% 0.219%
As % of the Application Development category 3.846% 4.032% 0.855%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £313 £463 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.43% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £373 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.67% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-8.06% -11.42%
All Application Development
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
52 124 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 17.28% 22.50% 25.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 66 59
Average daily rate £310 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.06% +3.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £420 £521
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 6
Average hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +105.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.62 £35.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £35.00 £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
COM
England

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Advertising
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (33.33%) WPF

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) WPF Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
North East England
Reporting directly to board level, you must have key experience of implementing large scale ERP systems. The nature of your career to date would indicate that you are...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
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