The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM over the 3 months to 24 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 South Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 31 - 36
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing COM 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.380% - 0.336%
As % of the Application Development category 1.299% - 0.806%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £394 £375
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-36.29% -11.42%
All Application Development
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
77 82 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 29.28% 31.42% 41.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 43 78
Average daily rate £280 £288 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.60% -6.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £185 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 8
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM
Yorkshire

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Sheffield - 1 - -
COM
Yorkshire

COM
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Salesforce.com
2 4 (80.00%) CRM
2 4 (80.00%) Siebel
2 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (80.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (80.00%) NetSuite
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 4 (80.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
1 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM Developer
1 1 (20.00%) CRM Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Salesforce.com
2 4 (80.00%) Siebel
2 4 (80.00%) NetSuite
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco