The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 66 44 54
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +10
Permanent jobs citing COM 1 14 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.163% 2.840% 2.083%
As % of the Application Development category 0.362% 6.195% 4.878%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 12
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
276 226 246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 45.10% 45.84% 42.71%
Number of salaries quoted 250 201 197
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -4.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,000 £38,500
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset COM Salary Trend

COM
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Advertising
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (33.33%) LANDesk
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 1 (33.33%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Support Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) LANDesk
Dorset, South West
We deal with both Microsoft Partners and End Users throughout the UK and Europe and we have never had more live requirements jobs for Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Navision...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
The successful candidate will ideally have had experience in, but will not be limited to; *Delivering medium-large scale data analysis applications *Delivering web based multi-user applications *...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £52000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Key skills - SQL, Oracle, MI operations, SSIS, SSAS, Oracle MI Delivery Manager needed for a brand new role for a leading organisation based in Bournemouth... From a technical...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £56500 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Dorset, South West
MS Dynamics NAV, NAV Project Manager, £55k-£60k, DorsetMy client is a reputable market leading end user who is urgently seeking an experienced MS Dynamics NAV Project Manager...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Key skills - SQL, SSAS, Oracle, PL/SQL, ETC, Cubes, Agile, Datawarehouse, MI / BI A brand new opportunity has become available to join a leading and well established organisation...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £38000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013