The first table below looks at the demand for COM+ skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM+ over the 3 months to 23 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COM+ (COM Plus)
Rank 145 - 111
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing COM+ 4 0 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.155% - 0.483%
As % of the Application Development category 0.378% - 1.038%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 9
Average salary £30,000 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+16.88% +10.00%
All Application Development
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1059 1033 867
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 40.92% 49.00% 46.51%
Number of salaries quoted 855 938 779
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COM+
West Yorkshire

COM+
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds COM+ Salary Trend

COM+
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 21 (100.00%) .NET
2 20 (95.24%) SQL
3 17 (80.95%) C#
4 16 (76.19%) SAN
5 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 14 (66.67%) IIS
6 13 (61.90%) C++
6 13 (61.90%) LAN
6 13 (61.90%) WAN
6 13 (61.90%) Internet
6 13 (61.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (61.90%) Capacity Planning
6 13 (61.90%) PowerShell
7 12 (57.14%) Time Management
7 12 (57.14%) Finance
7 12 (57.14%) OO
8 11 (52.38%) Web Services
8 11 (52.38%) ITIL
9 8 (38.10%) MS Excel
10 7 (33.33%) .NET Framework
10 7 (33.33%) Load Balancing
11 6 (28.57%) VBA
12 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
12 5 (23.81%) MCAD
12 5 (23.81%) MCSD
12 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (14.29%) MS Access
13 3 (14.29%) CRM
13 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
13 3 (14.29%) SOAP

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 21 (100.00%) .NET
2 11 (52.38%) Web Services
3 7 (33.33%) .NET Framework
4 3 (14.29%) SOAP
5 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 14 (66.67%) IIS
2 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (38.10%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (76.19%) SAN
2 13 (61.90%) LAN
2 13 (61.90%) WAN
2 13 (61.90%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (14.29%) MS Access
3 2 (9.524%) Data Mining
General
1 12 (57.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Analyst
1 16 (76.19%) Support Analyst
2 15 (71.43%) Applications Support
3 10 (47.62%) Applications Support Analyst
4 6 (28.57%) Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Software Developer
5 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Applications Developer
5 3 (14.29%) CRM Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.762%) Senior Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Disaster Recovery
1 13 (61.90%) Capacity Planning
2 12 (57.14%) Time Management
2 12 (57.14%) OO
3 11 (52.38%) ITIL
4 7 (33.33%) Load Balancing
5 3 (14.29%) CRM
5 3 (14.29%) RAD
5 3 (14.29%) Unit Testing
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) TDD
5 3 (14.29%) Requirements Management
6 2 (9.524%) Data Analytics
6 2 (9.524%) Analytics
7 1 (4.762%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (4.762%) Software Engineering
7 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 20 (95.24%) SQL
2 17 (80.95%) C#
3 13 (61.90%) C++
3 13 (61.90%) PowerShell
4 6 (28.57%) VBA
5 3 (14.29%) VB.NET
6 2 (9.524%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) MCAD
1 5 (23.81%) MCSD
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft