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The table below looks at the demand for Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) 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 DCOM over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDistributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank92123
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.225 %0.118 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£230
% change on same period last year+47.82 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£33.00£18.00
Average hourly rate£35.50£19.00
% change on same period last year+86.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.50£20.75
% change on same period last year+71.08 %
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 %
DCOM UKDCOM
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.

DCOM
Demand Trend

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

Scotland DCOM Demand Trend

DCOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland DCOM Daily Rate Trend

DCOM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland DCOM Hourly Rate Trend

DCOM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DCOM within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DundeeNo change01--
DCOM UKDCOM
UK

DCOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

14 (100.00 %)C++
23 (75.00 %)Java
32 (50.00 %)JBoss
32 (50.00 %)J2EE
32 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (50.00 %)ActiveX
32 (50.00 %)Tomcat
32 (50.00 %)Device Driver
32 (50.00 %)AJAX
41 (25.00 %)Marketing
41 (25.00 %)SCADA
41 (25.00 %)C
41 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
41 (25.00 %)Finance
41 (25.00 %)Windows NT
41 (25.00 %)SOA
41 (25.00 %)Assembly Language
41 (25.00 %)ILOG
41 (25.00 %)OS/2
41 (25.00 %)Internet
41 (25.00 %)OLE
41 (25.00 %)OLE DB
41 (25.00 %)MFC
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server
41 (25.00 %)OLAP
41 (25.00 %)WebLogic
41 (25.00 %)ASP
41 (25.00 %)ATL
41 (25.00 %)WebServices
41 (25.00 %)XML

DCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing DCOM 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 DCOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)J2EE
12 (50.00 %)ActiveX
12 (50.00 %)AJAX
21 (25.00 %)OLE
21 (25.00 %)OLE DB
21 (25.00 %)HTML
21 (25.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)MFC
21 (25.00 %)ASP
21 (25.00 %)ATL
21 (25.00 %)WebServices
21 (25.00 %)XML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)JBoss
12 (50.00 %)Tomcat
21 (25.00 %)WebLogic
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Internet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)OLAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
11 (25.00 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Software Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)Device Driver
21 (25.00 %)SCADA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)Linux
11 (25.00 %)Windows NT
11 (25.00 %)OS/2
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
11 (25.00 %)OO
11 (25.00 %)SOA
11 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)C++
23 (75.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)VB
31 (25.00 %)VC++
31 (25.00 %)Assembly Language
31 (25.00 %)DHTML
31 (25.00 %)C
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)ILOG