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This section looks at the demand for COM+ (COM Plus) skills within the Midlands 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.

LinkCOM+ (COM Plus)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-93
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads02
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.485 %
Salaries quoted02
Average minimum salary-£40,000
Average salary-£42,500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,999£34,615
% change on same period last year+1.10 %
Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads198412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.108 %0.173 %
Salaries quoted132323
Average minimum salary£36,176£40,163
Average salary£42,272£44,889
% change on same period last year-5.82 %
Average maximum salary£48,368£49,614
UK excluding London average salary£35,939£36,846
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
COM+ EnglandCOM+
England

COM+
Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands COM+ Salary Trend

COM+
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)IIS
11 (100.00 %)Solaris
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)Citrix
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)IIS
Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Administrator
Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Solaris
11 (100.00 %)Linux
Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Citrix