The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 68 80 77
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -3
Contract jobs citing COM 5 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.584% 0.090% 0.194%
As % of the Application Development category 2.315% 0.599% 0.855%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £575 £425 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.29% +41.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £9.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-29.03% -11.42%
All Application Development
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
216 167 234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 25.23% 15.11% 22.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 63 111
Average daily rate £369 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £484 £426
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 9
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -23.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM
Berkshire

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
3 3 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) Publishing
3 3 (50.00%) CMS
3 3 (50.00%) Games
3 3 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (50.00%) Marketing
3 3 (50.00%) Web Development
3 3 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (50.00%) jQuery
4 2 (33.33%) MS Office
4 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 1 (16.67%) C
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 1 (16.67%) SOA
5 1 (16.67%) HTTP
5 1 (16.67%) TOAD
5 1 (16.67%) SOAP
5 1 (16.67%) Web Services
5 1 (16.67%) XML
5 1 (16.67%) SQL
5 1 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (16.67%) Process Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 3 (50.00%) HTML
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (16.67%) SOAP
2 1 (16.67%) Web Services
2 1 (16.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) TOAD
General
1 3 (50.00%) Publishing
1 3 (50.00%) Games
1 3 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Project Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Web Development
1 3 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) Process Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Java
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
Reading, Berkshire
Job purpose Support the purchasing processes in accordance with policy and procedures. Ensure adherence to the Transnational corporate purchasing policy which encourages vendor competition. Responsablitites * Extract spend data...
SEC Recruitment Limited
Rate: £85 - £90 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013