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The table below looks at the demand for COM+ (COM Plus) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited COM+ over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOM+ (COM Plus)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-124
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads04
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.459 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£272
Average daily rate-£278
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£285
UK excluding London average daily rate£264£347
% change on same period last year-23.97 %
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£37.17£42.86
% change on same period last year-13.28 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads715872
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.999 %0.876 %
Daily rates quoted171172
Average minimum daily rate£289£299
Average daily rate£307£320
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted3773
Average minimum hourly rate£26.30£25.67
Average hourly rate£28.57£28.67
% change on same period last year-0.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.83£31.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
COM+ EnglandCOM+
England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing COM+ across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands COM+ Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing COM+ across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands COM+ Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing COM+ across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands COM+ Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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+.

12 (100.00 %)VB
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)VB6
21 (50.00 %)Insurance
21 (50.00 %)Banking
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)N-Tier

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %)XML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Banking
11 (50.00 %)Insurance
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)VB Developer
12 (100.00 %)VB6 Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)N-Tier
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)VB
12 (100.00 %)VB6