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This section looks at the demand for Component Object Model (COM) skills within the Essex 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComponent Object Model (COM)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank110129
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.142 %0.106 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£26,000£35,000
Average salary£30,500£42,500
% change on same period last year-28.23 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,458£37,570
% change on same period last year+2.36 %
Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads706946
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.385 %0.397 %
Salaries quoted591868
Average minimum salary£36,637£36,899
Average salary£38,891£38,927
% change on same period last year-0.09 %
Average maximum salary£41,145£40,954
UK excluding London average salary£35,939£36,846
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
COM East of EnglandCOM
East of England

COM
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex COM Salary Trend

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

17 (100.00 %)C#
17 (100.00 %).NET
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft
26 (85.71 %)SQL Server
35 (71.43 %)ASP
35 (71.43 %)ASP.NET
44 (57.14 %)Front Office
44 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (57.14 %)XML
44 (57.14 %)MTS
44 (57.14 %)MS Excel
44 (57.14 %)Visual Studio
44 (57.14 %)VBScript
44 (57.14 %)VB
44 (57.14 %)DHTML
44 (57.14 %)HTML
44 (57.14 %)JavaScript
44 (57.14 %)VB6
44 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (28.57 %)Document Management
52 (28.57 %)C++
52 (28.57 %)MFC
52 (28.57 %)DCOM
52 (28.57 %)STL
52 (28.57 %)CRM
52 (28.57 %)VC++
52 (28.57 %)ERP
61 (14.29 %)BT
61 (14.29 %)Finance
61 (14.29 %)Intranet

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %).NET
25 (71.43 %)ASP
25 (71.43 %)ASP.NET
34 (57.14 %)HTML
34 (57.14 %)XML
42 (28.57 %)MFC
42 (28.57 %)DCOM
42 (28.57 %)STL
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)MTS
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (57.14 %)MS Excel
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)Intranet
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (85.71 %)SQL Server
24 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (57.14 %)SQL Server 2005
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (57.14 %)Visual Studio
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Front Office
21 (14.29 %)Finance
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %).NET Developer
23 (42.86 %)C# Developer
32 (28.57 %)Software Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Software Developer
41 (14.29 %)Delphi Developer
41 (14.29 %)Microsoft Developer
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Client/Server
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)CRM
12 (28.57 %)ERP
12 (28.57 %)Document Management
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)C#
24 (57.14 %)DHTML
24 (57.14 %)JavaScript
24 (57.14 %)VBScript
24 (57.14 %)VB
24 (57.14 %)VB6
32 (28.57 %)VC++
32 (28.57 %)C++
41 (14.29 %)Delphi
41 (14.29 %)SQL
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (100.00 %)Microsoft
21 (14.29 %)BT