COM+ (COM Plus)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for COM+ skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COM+ over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 584 | 718 | 830 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +134 | +112 | -153 |
| Contract jobs citing COM+ | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.005% | 0.007% | 0.001% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.022% | 0.029% | 0.004% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £613 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £400 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +56.25% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £625 | £400 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +56.25% | - | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK
COM+ is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 8,955 | 14,016 | 24,108 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 20.52% | 23.35% | 27.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,226 | 10,231 | 17,684 |
| 10th Percentile | £338 | £400 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +15.61% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 218 | 156 | 243 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.77 | £30.38 | £21.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £39.92 | £45.94 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £46.18 | £65.00 | £49.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.95% | +32.65% | +8.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £80.63 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £47.50 | £63.25 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.90% | +29.08% | +8.89% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing COM+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COM+.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COM+.
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Top 4 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COM+ within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +69 | 2 | £625 | +56.25% | 1 |
| Scotland | +25 | 1 | - | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | £625 | - | |
| England | - | 1 | £625 | - | 12 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: