The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM over the 3 months to 17 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 91 92 95
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +3
Permanent jobs citing COM 1 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.095% 0.075% 0.389%
As % of the Application Development category 0.225% 0.215% 1.205%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -4.41%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
444 466 498
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 42.01% 34.78% 32.30%
Number of salaries quoted 284 368 369
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £29,950 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COM
Scotland

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh COM Salary Trend

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) C#
2 4 (57.14%) .NET
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) HTTP
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) CMS
4 2 (28.57%) MIIS
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) MS Project
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 2 (28.57%) Content Management
4 2 (28.57%) Umbraco
4 2 (28.57%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (28.57%) Sitecore
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
5 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (14.29%) WCF
5 1 (14.29%) WPF
5 1 (14.29%) Silverlight
5 1 (14.29%) jQuery

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) ASP
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) WCF
2 1 (14.29%) WPF
2 1 (14.29%) Silverlight
2 1 (14.29%) jQuery
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) CMS
2 2 (28.57%) Umbraco
2 2 (28.57%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (14.29%) IIS
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) HTTP
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Development Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Development Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Software Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior C# Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Development Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Silverlight Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Silverlight Developer
2 1 (14.29%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
1 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (28.57%) Content Management
1 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
1 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) RDF
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) MIIS
2 1 (14.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Sitecore
3 1 (14.29%) BMC
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