The first table below looks at the demand for COM+ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM+ over the 3 months to 23 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 Scotland 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COM+ (COM Plus)
Rank 117 104 101
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -3
Contract jobs citing COM+ 3 4 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.123% 0.152% 0.533%
As % of the Application Development category 0.371% 0.973% 2.660%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
Average daily rate £300 £400 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +19.40%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - £42.50
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
809 411 564
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 33.14% 15.57% 20.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 175 292
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £210 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 4
Average hourly rate £43.25 £31.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.51% +77.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £27.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £32.50 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM+
UK

COM+
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland COM+ Daily Rate Trend

COM+
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COM+ within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow -26 3 £300 -25.00%
COM+
UK

COM+
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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+.

1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) SOAP
2 5 (83.33%) WPF
3 4 (66.67%) VB
3 4 (66.67%) VB6
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (33.33%) WCF
5 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (33.33%) WinForms
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (16.67%) QA
6 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (16.67%) SQL
6 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
6 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Multithreading

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) .NET
2 5 (83.33%) SOAP
2 5 (83.33%) WPF
3 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 2 (33.33%) WCF
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (33.33%) WinForms
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Developer
2 3 (50.00%) .NET Developer
2 3 (50.00%) C# Developer
2 3 (50.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) VB
2 4 (66.67%) VB6
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft