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The table below looks at the demand for COM+ (COM Plus) skills within the Scotland 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOM+ (COM Plus)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-114
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads010
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.179 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£313
Average daily rate-£334
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£260£329
% change on same period last year-21.08 %
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£39.00£42.81
% change on same period last year-8.89 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads444848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.713 %0.911 %
Daily rates quoted113158
Average minimum daily rate£334£318
Average daily rate£361£334
% change on same period last year+8.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2546
Average minimum hourly rate£26.88£26.43
Average hourly rate£27.99£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.10£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
COM+ UKCOM+
UK

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland COM+ Daily Rate Trend

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Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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+.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)ADO
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)N-Tier
11 (100.00 %)Finance

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ADO
11 (100.00 %)XML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (100.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Server Engineer
11 (100.00 %).NET Software Engineer
11 (100.00 %)C Software Engineer
11 (100.00 %)VB Software Engineer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)N-Tier
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)VB
11 (100.00 %)VB.NET