The first table below looks at the demand for COM+ skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COM+ over the 3 months to 21 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 West 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COM+ (COM Plus)
Rank - 94 -
Contract jobs citing COM+ 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.062% -
As % of the Application Development category - 0.274% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - £42.50
All Application Development
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
376 365 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 29.28% 22.76% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 214 121
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 3
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.11% -60.00%
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 West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire COM+ Hourly Rate Trend

COM+
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 7 (100.00%) ASP
1 7 (100.00%) MTS
1 7 (100.00%) MSMQ
1 7 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 7 (100.00%) VB6
1 7 (100.00%) Subversion
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) SOA
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 7 (100.00%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) MTS
1 7 (100.00%) MSMQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 7 (100.00%) Subversion
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Leader
3 3 (42.86%) VB Developer
4 2 (28.57%) ASP Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Lead Developer
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Developer
5 1 (14.29%) VB6 Developer
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (71.43%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) VB6
2 5 (71.43%) SQL