Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DCOM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DCOM over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 715 -
Rank change year-on-year +130 - -
Contract jobs citing DCOM 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.011% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

DCOM 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 8,931 14,159 24,504
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.46% 23.34% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,208 10,343 18,013
10th Percentile £337 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £653
90th Percentile £768 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +16.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 150 252
10th Percentile £20.77 £29.58 £21.10
25th Percentile £37.35 £45.31 £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 £81.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -24.00% +27.55% +8.89%

DCOM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DCOM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DCOM in the UK

DCOM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DCOM.

Daily rate trend for DCOM in the UK

DCOM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DCOM.

Hourly rate trend for DCOM in the UK

DCOM
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DCOM within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +115 1 - - 2
London +108 1 - - 1
Work from Home - 1 - - 1

DCOM
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Service Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Workshops
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared