The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM over the 3 months to 21 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 65 73 56
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -17
Permanent jobs citing COM 1 1 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.145% 0.114% 1.697%
As % of the Application Development category 0.366% 0.333% 4.110%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 12
Average salary £18,500 £65,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-71.53% +78.08%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
273 300 292
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 39.62% 34.29% 41.30%
Number of salaries quoted 254 241 255
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COM
England

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East COM Salary Trend

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 North East region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Tyne and Wear -7 1 £18,500 -71.53%
COM
England

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) HTTP
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (50.00%) Scrum
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
4 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) OO
4 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) .NET
4 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (33.33%) Web Services
5 1 (16.67%) XML
5 1 (16.67%) Windows
5 1 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 1 (16.67%) MS Office
5 1 (16.67%) MVC
5 1 (16.67%) Law
5 1 (16.67%) Advertising
5 1 (16.67%) ISEB
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (16.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (16.67%) Law
1 1 (16.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Deskside Support
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Development Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Development Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
North East
They are doing modulised moving of a web system from Java/Oracle to .Net/SQL so this will be a very large project... The successful candidate will have...
TEKsystems
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
My client urgently requires a Systems IT Manager to manage the IT infrastructure and perform maintenance of the existing NAV/Navision system... Your remit will be the management...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Houghton Le Spring, Tyne and Wear
You will get the opportunity to play a part in a large scale migration to a collocated Cisco and Netapp Flexpod environment... You will ideally have 2 or...
UK Independent Medical
Salary: From £14,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
An experienced Business Intelligence / Management Information professional is required to take control of the strategic and operational running of a mid-sized BI team on a permanent basis...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + pension, car, bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013