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The table below looks at the demand for Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) skills within the South Wales 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDistributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank49-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.878 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£340-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£380-
UK excluding London average daily rate£303£304
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
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£35.50£33.00
% change on same period last year+7.57 %
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads139123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.196 %0.124 %
Daily rates quoted5221
Average minimum daily rate£304£311
Average daily rate£329£370
% change on same period last year-11.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted73
Average minimum hourly rate£28.14£21.11
Average hourly rate£34.27£22.94
% change on same period last year+49.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.41£24.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
DCOM WalesDCOM
Wales

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 South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales DCOM Daily Rate Trend

DCOM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DCOM across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South Wales DCOM Daily Rate Histogram

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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
CardiffNew entry-2--
DCOM WalesDCOM
Wales

DCOM
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)Ant
14 (100.00 %)JUnit
14 (100.00 %)EJB
14 (100.00 %)Struts
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)ODBC
14 (100.00 %)UML
14 (100.00 %)Swing
14 (100.00 %)LDAP
14 (100.00 %)JBuilder
14 (100.00 %)Java
14 (100.00 %)JRules
22 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
22 (50.00 %)Government
22 (50.00 %)Unified Process
22 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)N-Tier
22 (50.00 %)Solaris
22 (50.00 %)PVCS

DCOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)EJB
14 (100.00 %)Struts
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)ODBC
14 (100.00 %)Swing
14 (100.00 %)JRules
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (100.00 %)LDAP
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (100.00 %)Ant
14 (100.00 %)JUnit
14 (100.00 %)JBuilder
22 (50.00 %)PVCS
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Government
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)Java Developer
22 (50.00 %)J2EE Developer
22 (50.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)N-Tier
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Solaris
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)UML
22 (50.00 %)Unified Process
22 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)SQL