The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 117 100 93
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -7
Permanent jobs citing COM 6 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.326% 0.306% 0.215%
As % of the Application Development category 0.910% 0.870% 0.685%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 1
Average salary £32,500 £56,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.22% +18.42%
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-1.25% -
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
659 575 438
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 35.82% 35.19% 31.44%
Number of salaries quoted 591 531 405
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
COM
West Midlands

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham COM Jobs Demand Trend

COM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COM across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham COM Salary Trend

COM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COM across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Birmingham COM Salary Histogram

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited COM.

1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Advertising
3 6 (46.15%) MS Office
3 6 (46.15%) Windows
4 4 (30.77%) Finance
5 3 (23.08%) Financial Institution
5 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
5 3 (23.08%) SQL
5 3 (23.08%) C#
5 3 (23.08%) .NET
5 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
5 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
5 3 (23.08%) Adobe
5 3 (23.08%) HTTP
5 3 (23.08%) Mac OS X
5 3 (23.08%) Apple
6 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
6 2 (15.38%) VPN
6 2 (15.38%) SSL
6 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 2 (15.38%) CRM
6 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) X-Windows
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Firewall
6 2 (15.38%) Wireless
6 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited COM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
2 2 (15.38%) X-Windows
3 1 (7.692%) CSS
3 1 (7.692%) SOAP
3 1 (7.692%) Web Services
3 1 (7.692%) XML
3 1 (7.692%) XSLT
3 1 (7.692%) HTML
3 1 (7.692%) ASP
3 1 (7.692%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.692%) IIS
2 1 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (15.38%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) HTTP
2 2 (15.38%) VPN
2 2 (15.38%) SSL
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless
3 1 (7.692%) DHCP
3 1 (7.692%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (53.85%) Advertising
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.692%) Legal
4 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.692%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Consultant
1 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Author
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Author
2 2 (15.38%) Mac Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Dynamics NAV Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Dynamics CRM Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Junior SharePoint Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Technician
3 1 (7.692%) CRM Technical Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Junior Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) E-Learning
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
1 1 (7.692%) FMCG
1 1 (7.692%) Xserve
1 1 (7.692%) N-Tier
1 1 (7.692%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
2 3 (23.08%) Windows XP
2 3 (23.08%) Mac OS X
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) ERP
1 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
1 2 (15.38%) CRM
1 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 1 (7.692%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (7.692%) OOP
2 1 (7.692%) OO
2 1 (7.692%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
2 1 (7.692%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
1 3 (23.08%) C#
2 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.692%) T-SQL
2 1 (7.692%) VBScript
2 1 (7.692%) VB
2 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
2 1 (7.692%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) APMP
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.692%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
2 1 (7.692%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.692%) vSphere
2 1 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (7.692%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Adobe
2 3 (23.08%) Apple
3 1 (7.692%) VMware
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco
3 1 (7.692%) CheckPoint
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The Role: A leading Microsoft Dynamics Gold Partner is seeking a skilled Dynamics NAV Consultant with excellent client facing skills... Key Requirements: -5 years Microsoft Dynamics NAV experience.
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Dynamics CRM Developer, c£50k , Midlands,gain certificates, great working environment, award winning workplace, career opportunities, work with the latest technologies, home working available, flexible working hours.This...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + benefits, pension, home working
Posted: 4 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Dynamics CRM Developer, £38k - £52k , Midlands, career progression, gain certificates, award winning workplace, relaxed atmosphere to work in, real family feel in the company, international locations, world-wide...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £52000 per annum + certifications, pensions, bonuses
Posted: 5 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Are you an expert in Dynamics CRM?... We deal with both Microsoft Partners & End Users throughout the UK and Europe and we have never had more live requirements &...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills You will be joining this talented team of Engineers as a specialist in C++ / C / Linux / Unix, working on complex enterprise level solutions... They have recently won...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum + bonus (up to £30K) + car allowance
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Rapport Group
Salary: From £45,000 to £60,000 per annum additinal OTE £30k +car,fuel, mobile
Posted: 18 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Salt
Salary: £45000 per annum + Work From Home
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + OTE
Posted: 14 June 2013