The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM over the 3 months to 19 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 546 572 535
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -37
Permanent jobs citing COM 315 313 354
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.309% 0.276% 0.291%
As % of the Application Development category 0.764% 0.654% 0.717%
Number of salaries quoted 235 289 286
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £32,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £75,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Application Development
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
41221 47891 49369
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 40.49% 42.25% 40.64%
Number of salaries quoted 36155 42700 43917
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
COM
UK

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England COM Salary Trend

COM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COM across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England COM Salary Histogram

COM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COM within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -3 123 £50,000 -23.07% 139
South East +59 72 £40,000 -11.11% 79
East of England +16 41 £37,500 -11.76% 31
North West +25 29 £32,000 -20.00% 57
West Midlands -11 20 £45,000 +36.36% 31
Yorkshire +16 15 £52,500 +143.65% 22
East Midlands +8 8 £39,000 -2.50% 14
South West -37 4 £37,500 - 60
COM
UK

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 776 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 331 (42.65%) .NET
3 293 (37.76%) MS Excel
4 292 (37.63%) C#
5 286 (36.86%) SQL Server
5 286 (36.86%) Windows
6 259 (33.38%) SQL
7 179 (23.07%) HTTP
8 167 (21.52%) Finance
9 164 (21.13%) Degree
10 159 (20.49%) ASP.NET
11 135 (17.40%) XML
12 134 (17.27%) SharePoint
13 119 (15.34%) JavaScript
14 118 (15.21%) Web Services
15 112 (14.43%) HTML
15 112 (14.43%) MS Office
16 104 (13.40%) SQL Server 2008
17 98 (12.63%) Advertising
18 97 (12.50%) Oracle
19 95 (12.24%) VB
20 92 (11.86%) Active Directory
21 90 (11.60%) C++
22 89 (11.47%) Windows Server 2008
23 88 (11.34%) Java
24 83 (10.70%) Salesforce.com
25 79 (10.18%) VMware
25 79 (10.18%) Agile Software Development
25 79 (10.18%) SQL Server 2005
26 78 (10.05%) T-SQL

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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
1 331 (42.65%) .NET
2 159 (20.49%) ASP.NET
3 135 (17.40%) XML
4 118 (15.21%) Web Services
5 112 (14.43%) HTML
6 77 (9.923%) WPF
7 75 (9.665%) CSS
8 68 (8.763%) WCF
9 63 (8.119%) .NET Framework
10 46 (5.928%) jQuery
11 38 (4.897%) Ajax
12 36 (4.639%) Silverlight
13 32 (4.124%) ASP
14 30 (3.866%) DCOM
15 26 (3.351%) XSL
15 26 (3.351%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 25 (3.222%) WebSphere
16 25 (3.222%) MDX
17 24 (3.093%) Middleware
18 22 (2.835%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 134 (17.27%) SharePoint
2 50 (6.443%) IIS
3 49 (6.314%) Tomcat
4 40 (5.155%) SharePoint 2010
5 38 (4.897%) MS Exchange
6 30 (3.866%) BizTalk Server
7 29 (3.737%) Apache
8 25 (3.222%) WebLogic
9 19 (2.448%) Exchange Server 2010
10 17 (2.191%) Alfresco
10 17 (2.191%) SharePoint Server
11 16 (2.062%) Force.com
12 15 (1.933%) Windows Azure
13 14 (1.804%) CMS
14 12 (1.546%) Lync
15 9 (1.160%) Exchange Server 2003
16 6 (0.773%) Exchange Server 2007
16 6 (0.773%) SharePoint 2013
17 4 (0.515%) Commerce Server
17 4 (0.515%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 293 (37.76%) MS Excel
2 112 (14.43%) MS Office
3 20 (2.577%) MS PowerPoint
4 14 (1.804%) InfoPath
5 8 (1.031%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.902%) Office 365
7 6 (0.773%) MS Project
7 6 (0.773%) Google Apps
8 5 (0.644%) Photoshop
9 3 (0.387%) PowerPivot
10 2 (0.258%) Fireworks
11 1 (0.129%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.129%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.129%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 65 (8.376%) Dynamics AX
2 52 (6.701%) Dynamics CRM
3 47 (6.057%) Dynamics NAV
4 21 (2.706%) SAP Business One
5 9 (1.160%) Dynamics GP
6 6 (0.773%) Lawson
7 4 (0.515%) SalesLogix
8 3 (0.387%) Oracle HRMS
9 2 (0.258%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (0.258%) WebTrends
9 2 (0.258%) Agresso
9 2 (0.258%) SiteCatalyst
9 2 (0.258%) GoldMine
9 2 (0.258%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.129%) Taleo
10 1 (0.129%) Documaker
10 1 (0.129%) SAP BPC
10 1 (0.129%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.129%) Oracle CRM
10 1 (0.129%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 179 (23.07%) HTTP
2 46 (5.928%) TCP/IP
3 41 (5.284%) Internet
4 28 (3.608%) Firewall
5 27 (3.479%) DNS
6 25 (3.222%) SAN
7 21 (2.706%) DHCP
7 21 (2.706%) HTTPS
8 20 (2.577%) LDAP
9 15 (1.933%) WAN
10 14 (1.804%) LAN
10 14 (1.804%) VPN
11 13 (1.675%) Unified Communications
12 12 (1.546%) Intranet
12 12 (1.546%) PBX
13 8 (1.031%) Wireless
14 7 (0.902%) VLAN
14 7 (0.902%) SSL
15 6 (0.773%) VoIP
15 6 (0.773%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 286 (36.86%) SQL Server
2 104 (13.40%) SQL Server 2008
3 79 (10.18%) SQL Server 2005
4 67 (8.634%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 62 (7.990%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 47 (6.057%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 41 (5.284%) Data Warehouse
7 41 (5.284%) MySQL
8 28 (3.608%) SQL Server 2012
9 21 (2.706%) PostgreSQL
10 18 (2.320%) OLAP
10 18 (2.320%) Oracle 8/8i
11 12 (1.546%) RDBMS
12 11 (1.418%) TOAD
12 11 (1.418%) SQL Server 2000
13 9 (1.160%) OLTP
14 6 (0.773%) SQLPlus
14 6 (0.773%) MS Access
14 6 (0.773%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.773%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (7.603%) Visual Studio
2 19 (2.448%) Selenium
2 19 (2.448%) Team Foundation Server
3 11 (1.418%) JIRA
4 10 (1.289%) NUnit
5 7 (0.902%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 6 (0.773%) Rational Robot
6 6 (0.773%) MSI
6 6 (0.773%) TestComplete
7 5 (0.644%) Subversion
8 4 (0.515%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.515%) QuickTest Pro
8 4 (0.515%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.515%) ClearCase
8 4 (0.515%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (0.515%) MorphX
9 3 (0.387%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.387%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
9 3 (0.387%) C++Builder
10 2 (0.258%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 167 (21.52%) Finance
2 98 (12.63%) Advertising
3 60 (7.732%) Marketing
4 42 (5.412%) Retail
5 24 (3.093%) Manufacturing
6 23 (2.964%) Banking
7 19 (2.448%) Law
8 18 (2.320%) Telecoms
9 14 (1.804%) Legal
10 10 (1.289%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.160%) German Language
12 8 (1.031%) Front Office
12 8 (1.031%) Games
13 7 (0.902%) Financial Institution
14 6 (0.773%) Back Office
14 6 (0.773%) Local Government
15 5 (0.644%) Aerospace
16 4 (0.515%) Military
16 4 (0.515%) General Ledger
17 3 (0.387%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 246 (31.70%) Developer
2 119 (15.34%) Analyst
3 91 (11.73%) Consultant
4 67 (8.634%) Senior Developer
5 60 (7.732%) .NET Developer
5 60 (7.732%) C# Developer
6 44 (5.670%) Administrator
7 41 (5.284%) Support Analyst
8 37 (4.768%) Software Developer
9 36 (4.639%) Software Engineer
10 28 (3.608%) Web Developer
11 25 (3.222%) C# .NET Developer
11 25 (3.222%) Technical Consultant
12 24 (3.093%) Senior C# Developer
12 24 (3.093%) Business Intelligence Developer
13 23 (2.964%) Architect
13 23 (2.964%) Applications Support
14 22 (2.835%) SharePoint Developer
15 21 (2.706%) QA Analyst
15 21 (2.706%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 50 (6.443%) Computer Science
2 37 (4.768%) Open Source
3 28 (3.608%) Management Information System
4 24 (3.093%) SaaS
4 24 (3.093%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (2.964%) Mobile App
6 17 (2.191%) Mathematics
7 15 (1.933%) EPoS
7 15 (1.933%) Clustering
8 13 (1.675%) Replication
9 12 (1.546%) N-Tier
10 9 (1.160%) Handset
11 8 (1.031%) Social Media
12 7 (0.902%) Hedge funds
12 7 (0.902%) Data Integration
12 7 (0.902%) Blackberry
13 6 (0.773%) PMI
13 6 (0.773%) Client/Server
13 6 (0.773%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (0.644%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 286 (36.86%) Windows
2 89 (11.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 77 (9.923%) Linux
4 61 (7.861%) Windows 7
5 49 (6.314%) Windows Server 2003
6 48 (6.186%) UNIX
7 36 (4.639%) Windows XP
8 27 (3.479%) Solaris
9 21 (2.706%) Windows Vista
10 20 (2.577%) OpenVMS
11 17 (2.191%) Mac OS X
12 10 (1.289%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (1.160%) Windows 2000 Server
14 8 (1.031%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.773%) Windows 8
16 5 (0.644%) CentOS
17 4 (0.515%) Debian
17 4 (0.515%) Ubuntu
18 3 (0.387%) Android
19 2 (0.258%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (10.18%) Agile Software Development
2 75 (9.665%) CRM
3 68 (8.763%) E-Commerce
4 67 (8.634%) OO
5 65 (8.376%) Business Intelligence
6 57 (7.345%) ITIL
7 56 (7.216%) MVC
8 53 (6.830%) ERP
9 47 (6.057%) Scrum
10 42 (5.412%) Project Management
11 34 (4.381%) TDD
12 33 (4.253%) Continuous Improvement
12 33 (4.253%) Web Development
13 32 (4.124%) Migration
14 31 (3.995%) Workflow
15 30 (3.866%) SOA
15 30 (3.866%) Time Management
16 28 (3.608%) ETL
17 24 (3.093%) Change Management
18 20 (2.577%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 292 (37.63%) C#
2 259 (33.38%) SQL
3 119 (15.34%) JavaScript
4 95 (12.24%) VB
5 90 (11.60%) C++
6 88 (11.34%) Java
7 78 (10.05%) T-SQL
8 32 (4.124%) C
9 30 (3.866%) VB.NET
10 27 (3.479%) VB6
11 25 (3.222%) VBA
11 25 (3.222%) Perl
12 23 (2.964%) Python
13 20 (2.577%) PHP
14 19 (2.448%) X++
15 18 (2.320%) PL/SQL
16 17 (2.191%) PowerShell
17 15 (1.933%) VBScript
17 15 (1.933%) XAML
18 12 (1.546%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 164 (21.13%) Degree
2 71 (9.149%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (3.093%) ISEB
4 16 (2.062%) MCSE
5 13 (1.675%) Security Cleared
6 12 (1.546%) MCITP
7 11 (1.418%) PhD
8 8 (1.031%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.031%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.031%) SC Cleared
9 6 (0.773%) PMI Certification
9 6 (0.773%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (0.644%) MCP
10 5 (0.644%) CCNA
10 5 (0.644%) CIMA
11 4 (0.515%) ACCA
11 4 (0.515%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.387%) Microsoft Certified Architect
12 3 (0.387%) APMP
12 3 (0.387%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.284%) QA
2 21 (2.706%) SLA
3 4 (0.515%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.515%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.258%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.258%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.258%) Basel III
5 1 (0.129%) COBIT
5 1 (0.129%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.129%) TickIT
System Software
1 92 (11.86%) Active Directory
2 52 (6.701%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.062%) VMware ESX
4 14 (1.804%) Hyper-V
5 13 (1.675%) vSphere
6 10 (1.289%) VMware Workstation
7 8 (1.031%) XenApp
8 7 (0.902%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.773%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.387%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.387%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.258%) NFS
11 2 (0.258%) XenServer
11 2 (0.258%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.258%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (0.258%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.129%) vCloud
12 1 (0.129%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.129%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 24 (3.093%) SCCM
2 15 (1.933%) SCOM
3 7 (0.902%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 5 (0.644%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (0.515%) Foglight
5 4 (0.515%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.515%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 3 (0.387%) WMI
7 2 (0.258%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.258%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.258%) Nagios
7 2 (0.258%) Netcool
7 2 (0.258%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.258%) Splunk
8 1 (0.129%) WebInspect
8 1 (0.129%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.129%) BladeLogic
8 1 (0.129%) AppDNA
8 1 (0.129%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.129%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 776 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 97 (12.50%) Oracle
3 83 (10.70%) Salesforce.com
4 79 (10.18%) VMware
5 53 (6.830%) SAP
6 37 (4.768%) Citrix
6 37 (4.768%) Cisco
7 34 (4.381%) HP
7 34 (4.381%) Twitter
8 31 (3.995%) JBoss
9 23 (2.964%) IBM
10 16 (2.062%) Apple
11 13 (1.675%) JD Edwards
12 12 (1.546%) Sage
12 12 (1.546%) Google
13 10 (1.289%) Red Hat
13 10 (1.289%) Siebel
14 9 (1.160%) Facebook
14 9 (1.160%) Epicor
15 8 (1.031%) Baan
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