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

LinkComponent Object Model (COM)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank31-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.818 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£327
% change on same period last year+15.10 %
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£27.81£35.00
% change on same period last year-20.53 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads8894
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.119 %0.093 %
Daily rates quoted3220
Average minimum daily rate£332£287
Average daily rate£360£320
% change on same period last year+12.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted68
Average minimum hourly rate£16.08£25.69
Average hourly rate£17.25£27.38
% change on same period last year-37.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.42£29.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
COM OxfordshireCOM
Oxfordshire

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.

COM
Demand Trend

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

Oxford COM Demand Trend

COM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford COM Daily Rate Trend

COM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing COM across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Oxford COM Daily Rate Histogram

COM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

19 (100.00 %)C#
19 (100.00 %).NET
19 (100.00 %)Microsoft
27 (77.78 %)Microsoft CRM
27 (77.78 %)salesforce.com
27 (77.78 %)SAP
27 (77.78 %)CRM
27 (77.78 %)Dynamics CRM
27 (77.78 %)Marketing
27 (77.78 %)NetSuite
27 (77.78 %)SAP Business One
32 (22.22 %)VB6
32 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
32 (22.22 %)ASP
32 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
32 (22.22 %)DCOM
32 (22.22 %)XML
32 (22.22 %)XSLT
32 (22.22 %)UML
32 (22.22 %)OO
32 (22.22 %)RUP
32 (22.22 %)MTS
32 (22.22 %)Intranet
32 (22.22 %)Internet
32 (22.22 %)SQL Server
32 (22.22 %)SQL
32 (22.22 %)VB

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %).NET
22 (22.22 %)ASP
22 (22.22 %)ASP.NET
22 (22.22 %)DCOM
22 (22.22 %)XML
22 (22.22 %)XSLT
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)MTS
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (77.78 %)Microsoft CRM
17 (77.78 %)Dynamics CRM
17 (77.78 %)SAP Business One
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)Intranet
12 (22.22 %)Internet
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)SQL Server
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (77.78 %)Marketing
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (77.78 %)Consultant
17 (77.78 %)CRM Consultant
22 (22.22 %)Software Engineer
22 (22.22 %)Senior Software Engineer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (77.78 %)CRM
22 (22.22 %)E-Commerce
22 (22.22 %)UML
22 (22.22 %)OO
22 (22.22 %)RUP
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)C#
22 (22.22 %)SQL
22 (22.22 %)VB
22 (22.22 %)VB6
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (100.00 %)Microsoft
27 (77.78 %)salesforce.com
27 (77.78 %)NetSuite
27 (77.78 %)SAP