The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 199 236 215
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -21
Contract jobs citing COM 21 11 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.262% 0.110% 0.292%
As % of the Application Development category 1.068% 0.500% 1.123%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 10
Average daily rate £376 £225 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.88% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £180 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £428 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £373 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.67% -0.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Average hourly rate - £31.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-8.06% -11.42%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1966 2202 2760
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.55% 22.03% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1034 1092 1307
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 105 184
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £19.00 £26.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
COM
England

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East COM Daily Rate Trend

COM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing COM across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East COM Daily Rate Histogram

COM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing COM across the South East region.

South East COM Hourly 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +21 7 £428 +90.00% 14
Hampshire -4 6 £475 +10.46% 15
Surrey +22 3 £225 +50.00% 16
Kent - 2 £225 - 9
Oxfordshire - 1 £376 - 11
Buckinghamshire - - - - 6
East Sussex - - - -
COM
England

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 36 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (47.22%) MS Excel
3 10 (27.78%) ITIL
3 10 (27.78%) SQL
4 9 (25.00%) Oracle
4 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 9 (25.00%) MS Office
4 9 (25.00%) Windows
5 7 (19.44%) Linux
5 7 (19.44%) JavaScript
5 7 (19.44%) HTML
6 6 (16.67%) NHS
6 6 (16.67%) VMware
7 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
7 5 (13.89%) HP
7 5 (13.89%) Management Information System
7 5 (13.89%) PRINCE2
7 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
7 5 (13.89%) MS Visio
7 5 (13.89%) LAN
7 5 (13.89%) WAN
7 5 (13.89%) HTTP
8 4 (11.11%) CRM
8 4 (11.11%) .NET
8 4 (11.11%) Visual Studio
8 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
8 4 (11.11%) CSS
8 4 (11.11%) XML
8 4 (11.11%) Risk Management

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 7 (19.44%) HTML
2 4 (11.11%) .NET
2 4 (11.11%) ASP.NET
2 4 (11.11%) CSS
2 4 (11.11%) XML
2 4 (11.11%) jQuery
3 3 (8.333%) .NET Framework
3 3 (8.333%) ADO.NET
3 3 (8.333%) ASP
4 2 (5.556%) ADO
4 2 (5.556%) XSLT
4 2 (5.556%) SAML
5 1 (2.778%) WinForms
5 1 (2.778%) SOAP
5 1 (2.778%) Web Services
5 1 (2.778%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.333%) CMS
2 3 (8.333%) IIS
3 2 (5.556%) Apache
3 2 (5.556%) Tomcat
3 2 (5.556%) GlassFish
4 1 (2.778%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.778%) Lync
4 1 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.778%) MODX
4 1 (2.778%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 17 (47.22%) MS Excel
2 9 (25.00%) MS Office
3 5 (13.89%) MS Visio
4 4 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (2.778%) Acrobat
5 1 (2.778%) MS Project
5 1 (2.778%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (5.556%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.778%) Google Analytics
2 1 (2.778%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.778%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) LAN
1 5 (13.89%) WAN
1 5 (13.89%) HTTP
2 4 (11.11%) SAN
3 2 (5.556%) PSTN
3 2 (5.556%) VoIP
3 2 (5.556%) LDAP
3 2 (5.556%) GPRS
3 2 (5.556%) Wireless
3 2 (5.556%) IPsec
3 2 (5.556%) Firewall
3 2 (5.556%) 3G
3 2 (5.556%) SSL
4 1 (2.778%) Network Security
4 1 (2.778%) NetScaler
4 1 (2.778%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.778%) HTTPS
4 1 (2.778%) MPLS
4 1 (2.778%) Intranet
4 1 (2.778%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.333%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (8.333%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (8.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.556%) Oracle OWB
3 2 (5.556%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (5.556%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.778%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (2.778%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.778%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.778%) SAP BI
4 1 (2.778%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.556%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (5.556%) LoadRunner
2 2 (5.556%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (2.778%) MSBuild
3 1 (2.778%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (11.11%) Finance
1 4 (11.11%) Marketing
2 3 (8.333%) Publishing
2 3 (8.333%) Games
3 2 (5.556%) Banking
4 1 (2.778%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.778%) Advertising
4 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Analyst
2 6 (16.67%) Developer
3 5 (13.89%) Consultant
4 4 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 3 (8.333%) Architect
5 3 (8.333%) Applications Support
6 2 (5.556%) Applications Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) DBA
6 2 (5.556%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.556%) Support Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) Applications Support Specialist
6 2 (5.556%) Test Consultant
7 1 (2.778%) Digital Marketing Manager
7 1 (2.778%) Report Developer
7 1 (2.778%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.778%) Desktop Analyst
7 1 (2.778%) Service Desk Manager
7 1 (2.778%) Marketing Manager
7 1 (2.778%) Deskside Analyst
7 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) NHS
2 5 (13.89%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.556%) Open Source
4 1 (2.778%) Informatics
4 1 (2.778%) Blog
4 1 (2.778%) Clustering
4 1 (2.778%) Social Media
4 1 (2.778%) SystemC
4 1 (2.778%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.00%) Windows
2 7 (19.44%) Linux
3 3 (8.333%) Oracle Linux
3 3 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (8.333%) UNIX
4 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.778%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.778%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) ITIL
2 5 (13.89%) PRINCE2
3 4 (11.11%) CRM
3 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 4 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 4 (11.11%) Project Management
3 4 (11.11%) Information Security
3 4 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 3 (8.333%) Problem Management
4 3 (8.333%) Web Development
4 3 (8.333%) Migration
4 3 (8.333%) Change Control
4 3 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.556%) Data Modelling
5 2 (5.556%) Identity Management
5 2 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.556%) Test Automation
5 2 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (5.556%) Data Transformation
5 2 (5.556%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) SQL
2 7 (19.44%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.333%) VB6
3 3 (8.333%) PHP
3 3 (8.333%) VB
3 3 (8.333%) Java
4 2 (5.556%) C#
4 2 (5.556%) Perl
4 2 (5.556%) T-SQL
4 2 (5.556%) VB.NET
4 2 (5.556%) VBA
5 1 (2.778%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.778%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.333%) Degree
3 2 (5.556%) ISEB
3 2 (5.556%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.556%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (2.778%) HP AIS
4 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.778%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.778%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.333%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (5.556%) Terminal Services
3 2 (5.556%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.778%) Xen
4 1 (2.778%) XenApp
4 1 (2.778%) vSphere
4 1 (2.778%) Shibboleth
4 1 (2.778%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.778%) SCOM
2 1 (2.778%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.778%) Plesk
Vendors
1 36 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.00%) Oracle
3 6 (16.67%) VMware
4 5 (13.89%) HP
5 3 (8.333%) Cisco
5 3 (8.333%) Red Hat
6 2 (5.556%) SAP
6 2 (5.556%) Adobe
6 2 (5.556%) Twitter
7 1 (2.778%) LANDesk
7 1 (2.778%) Omniture
7 1 (2.778%) Google
7 1 (2.778%) Facebook
7 1 (2.778%) Polycom
7 1 (2.778%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.778%) 3PAR
7 1 (2.778%) Citrix
7 1 (2.778%) Juniper
7 1 (2.778%) NetApp
7 1 (2.778%) BMC
Berkshire, Thames Valley
A client based in Hertfordshire are looking for multiple Microsoft Dynamics Navision developers to join their existing team. Ideally you will have experience of the following - - Microsoft Dynamics...
Computer Futures
Posted: 3 June 2013
Banbury, Oxfordshire
This is a long term piece of work and the incumbent will be able to demonstrate string analysis skills, allied with an understanding of the SDLC and Microsoft...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £400 - £450 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Hampshire
Validate the quality of the solution with the quality assurance team... * Object-oriented OOD software development methodologies and practices. Experience: * C#, MSSQL,.NET, JavaEE and BizTalk... * Microsoft based...
Parallel Consulting
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Excellent programming abilities and proven experience in Microsoft .NET, C#, SQL, HTML, CSS, and Javascript, as well as recent experience in LINQ, Entity Framework, MVC, jQuery, and delivery...
Computer Futures
Posted: 3 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
They are looking for a SQL Developer with excellent SQL and TSQL knowledge, ideally with good Microsoft BI Stack ( SSRS / SSIS ) skills... Successful candidates will have the following: -...
Venturi
Rate: £35000 - £39000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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