The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 17 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 Portsmouth 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank - - 25
Contract jobs citing COM 0 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth - - 3.185%
As % of the Application Development category - - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -
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
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
24 21 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 29.27% 19.63% 22.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 5
Average daily rate £363 £350 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% +27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 20
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM
Hampshire

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Avionics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper