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The table below looks at the demand for Component Object Model (COM) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComponent Object Model (COM)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank317312
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads2614
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.430 %0.254 %
Salaries quoted2413
Average minimum salary£41,708£40,769
Average salary£47,687£43,654
% change on same period last year+9.24 %
Average maximum salary£53,667£46,538
UK excluding London average salary£38,548£41,450
% change on same period last year-7.00 %
City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads60525518
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.503 %2.375 %
Salaries quoted53464462
Average minimum salary£46,401£49,114
Average salary£51,691£54,063
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Average maximum salary£56,981£59,012
UK excluding London average salary£35,990£36,664
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
COM LondonCOM
London

COM
Demand Trend

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

City of London COM Demand Trend

COM
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COM across the City of London region.

City of London COM Salary Trend

COM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COM across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London COM Salary Histogram

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

166 (100.00 %)Microsoft
239 (59.09 %)C++
337 (56.06 %)C#
434 (51.52 %).NET
532 (48.48 %)MS Excel
627 (40.91 %)MFC
726 (39.39 %)SQL Server
726 (39.39 %)SQL
726 (39.39 %)Degree
825 (37.88 %)Windows
919 (28.79 %)OO
1018 (27.27 %)VC++
1117 (25.76 %)Visual Studio
1215 (22.73 %)STL
1215 (22.73 %)Internet
1215 (22.73 %)Front Office
1313 (19.70 %)Derivative
1313 (19.70 %)WinForms
1412 (18.18 %)WebServices
1412 (18.18 %)Sybase
1511 (16.67 %)VB
1511 (16.67 %)Java
1511 (16.67 %)Finance
1610 (15.15 %)ASP.NET
1610 (15.15 %)ATL
1610 (15.15 %)Integration Testing
179 (13.64 %)Release Management
179 (13.64 %)Linux
179 (13.64 %)UNIX
179 (13.64 %)XML

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
134 (51.52 %).NET
227 (40.91 %)MFC
315 (22.73 %)STL
413 (19.70 %)WinForms
512 (18.18 %)WebServices
610 (15.15 %)ASP.NET
610 (15.15 %)ATL
79 (13.64 %)Hibernate
79 (13.64 %)XML
79 (13.64 %)Spring
88 (12.12 %)J2EE
88 (12.12 %)ASP
88 (12.12 %)DCOM
96 (9.091 %)XSL
104 (6.061 %)WebSphere
104 (6.061 %).NET Framework
104 (6.061 %)WCF
104 (6.061 %)WPF
113 (4.545 %)Swing
113 (4.545 %)J2SE
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (12.12 %)SharePoint
25 (7.576 %)IIS
34 (6.061 %)MS Exchange
34 (6.061 %)WebSphere MQ
42 (3.030 %)CMS
42 (3.030 %)Oracle Workflow
42 (3.030 %)BizTalk Server
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
132 (48.48 %)MS Excel
21 (1.515 %)MS Office
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (6.061 %)RMDS
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (22.73 %)Internet
24 (6.061 %)SSL
31 (1.515 %)Wireless
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (39.39 %)SQL Server
23 (4.545 %)Crystal Reports
23 (4.545 %)RDBMS
32 (3.030 %)BusinessObjects
41 (1.515 %)SQL Server 2005
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (25.76 %)Visual Studio
23 (4.545 %)Oracle Forms
32 (3.030 %)InterDev
41 (1.515 %)ClearCase
41 (1.515 %)ClearQuest
41 (1.515 %)VSS/SourceSafe
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (22.73 %)Front Office
211 (16.67 %)Finance
37 (10.61 %)Education
43 (4.545 %)Banking
43 (4.545 %)Retail
43 (4.545 %)Insurance
43 (4.545 %)Health
43 (4.545 %)Pharmaceutical
52 (3.030 %)Law
52 (3.030 %)Government
61 (1.515 %)Back Office
61 (1.515 %)Pensions
61 (1.515 %)Legal
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
143 (65.15 %)Developer
218 (27.27 %)C++ Developer
315 (22.73 %)Graduate
414 (21.21 %)Graduate Developer
511 (16.67 %)C# Developer
610 (15.15 %)Graduate C++ Developer
610 (15.15 %).NET Developer
79 (13.64 %)Front Office Developer
86 (9.091 %)Analyst
95 (7.576 %)C++/C# Developer
104 (6.061 %)Architect
104 (6.061 %)Analyst Programmer
104 (6.061 %)Programmer
113 (4.545 %)Project Leader
113 (4.545 %)Java Developer
113 (4.545 %)Software Developer
113 (4.545 %)Junior
113 (4.545 %)CSharp Software Developer
113 (4.545 %)Applications Architect
122 (3.030 %)BizTalk Developer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (19.70 %)Derivative
28 (12.12 %)Equity Derivative
28 (12.12 %)Multithreading
37 (10.61 %)Computer Science
44 (6.061 %)Credit Derivative
53 (4.545 %)PACS
62 (3.030 %)NHS
62 (3.030 %)Taxonomies
71 (1.515 %)Client/Server
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (37.88 %)Windows
29 (13.64 %)Linux
29 (13.64 %)UNIX
33 (4.545 %)Windows Vista
33 (4.545 %)Windows XP
42 (3.030 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (3.030 %)Windows 2000
42 (3.030 %)Windows NT
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (28.79 %)OO
210 (15.15 %)Integration Testing
39 (13.64 %)Refactoring
39 (13.64 %)Release Management
48 (12.12 %)Agile Software Development
57 (10.61 %)UML
64 (6.061 %)OOD
64 (6.061 %)SOA
64 (6.061 %)Document Management
64 (6.061 %)Software Engineering
73 (4.545 %)CAD
73 (4.545 %)SSADM
73 (4.545 %)E-Commerce
82 (3.030 %)Process Management
82 (3.030 %)Service Delivery
82 (3.030 %)Workflow
82 (3.030 %)Time Management
91 (1.515 %)TDD
91 (1.515 %)Extreme Programming
91 (1.515 %)Business Analysis
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
139 (59.09 %)C++
237 (56.06 %)C#
326 (39.39 %)SQL
418 (27.27 %)VC++
511 (16.67 %)VB
511 (16.67 %)Java
67 (10.61 %)JavaScript
75 (7.576 %)VBA
84 (6.061 %)VB6
84 (6.061 %)C
84 (6.061 %)VB.NET
93 (4.545 %)MUMPS
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (39.39 %)Degree
21 (1.515 %)Microsoft Certification
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (7.576 %)HL7
23 (4.545 %)DICOM
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (6.061 %)Active Directory
21 (1.515 %)MSMQ
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
166 (100.00 %)Microsoft
212 (18.18 %)Sybase
35 (7.576 %)Citrix
35 (7.576 %)Oracle
44 (6.061 %)Reuters
52 (3.030 %)RedDot
52 (3.030 %)Interwoven
52 (3.030 %)Business Objects
61 (1.515 %)Adobe