The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 27 37 35
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -2
Contract jobs citing COM 1 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 0.532% 1.493% 0.375%
As % of the Application Development category 2.326% 5.000% 1.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £463 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £394 £375
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.75 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-36.29% -11.42%
All Application Development
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
43 100 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 22.87% 29.85% 26.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 55 45
Average daily rate £275 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £238 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 2
Average hourly rate £13.11 £35.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-62.54% +250.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
COM
North East

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear COM Daily Rate Trend

COM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Tyne and Wear COM Hourly Rate Trend

COM
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft