The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Runcorn 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 Runcorn region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing COM 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Runcorn 22.73% - -
As % of the Application Development category 62.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Runcorn
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
8 20 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Runcorn 36.36% 40.82% 68.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 15
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COM
Cheshire

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Runcorn 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 Runcorn region.

Runcorn COM Salary Trend

COM
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Runcorn 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 7 (100.00%) C++
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (71.43%) C#
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) .NET
2 5 (71.43%) Scrum
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
3 3 (42.86%) CAD
4 2 (28.57%) Games
4 2 (28.57%) Perforce
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (28.57%) TDD
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
4 2 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) Assembly Language
4 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
4 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 2 (28.57%) Twitter
4 2 (28.57%) Windows 8

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Runcorn 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 5 (71.43%) .NET
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (28.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Software Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Games Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) C++ Programmer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) C++ Games Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) CAD
3 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) TDD
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C++
2 5 (71.43%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Perforce
2 2 (28.57%) Twitter
Runcorn, WA7 1TN, North West
The bulk of work is around web forms and general back-end business logic, which will often require refactoring and optimising, however there will be elements of DBA...
Centrica
Salary: Salary Range: £25,000 - £28,000 (depending on experience)
Posted: 23 May 2013