The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM over the 3 months to 24 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 115 109 110
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +1
Permanent jobs citing COM 3 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.174% 0.231% 0.325%
As % of the Application Development category 0.318% 0.571% 0.755%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 6
Average salary £27,500 £40,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.09% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +1.26%
All Application Development
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
942 700 795
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 54.64% 40.46% 43.02%
Number of salaries quoted 864 656 704
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £48,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COM
South West

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol COM Salary Trend

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) MS Excel
3 5 (41.67%) C
3 5 (41.67%) Windows
4 4 (33.33%) C++
5 3 (25.00%) Linux
5 3 (25.00%) MS Office
5 3 (25.00%) HTTP
5 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (16.67%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (16.67%) TDD
6 2 (16.67%) System Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) OOD
6 2 (16.67%) CRM
6 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 2 (16.67%) Python
6 2 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
6 2 (16.67%) C#
6 2 (16.67%) SQL
6 2 (16.67%) .NET
6 2 (16.67%) MFC
6 2 (16.67%) Finance
6 2 (16.67%) OLE
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
7 1 (8.333%) MVC
7 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
7 1 (8.333%) Electronics

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) MFC
1 2 (16.67%) OLE
2 1 (8.333%) ASP
2 1 (8.333%) ODBC
2 1 (8.333%) Ajax
2 1 (8.333%) LINQ
2 1 (8.333%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) MS Excel
2 3 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (8.333%) MS Project
3 1 (8.333%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) HTTP
2 1 (8.333%) LDAP
2 1 (8.333%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) Informix
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio
1 1 (8.333%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (8.333%) NUnit
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Electronics
2 1 (8.333%) Aerospace
2 1 (8.333%) Legal
2 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.333%) Advertising
2 1 (8.333%) Military
2 1 (8.333%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) C++ Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Tools Programmer
3 2 (16.67%) Tools Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) C Developer
3 2 (16.67%) C Programmer
3 2 (16.67%) IT Trainer
3 2 (16.67%) C++ Programmer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Trainer
3 2 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Programmer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Applications Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) C++ Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (8.333%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (8.333%) UNIX
3 1 (8.333%) Android
3 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (16.67%) TDD
2 2 (16.67%) System Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (16.67%) OOD
2 2 (16.67%) CRM
2 2 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) MVC
3 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
3 1 (8.333%) Validation
3 1 (8.333%) Migration
3 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
3 1 (8.333%) Information Security
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.333%) ERP
3 1 (8.333%) ETL
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) C
2 4 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
4 1 (8.333%) VB
4 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle
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