The first table below looks at the demand for COM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM over the 3 months to 22 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Component Object Model (COM)
Rank - 35 -
Permanent jobs citing COM 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull - 1.220% -
As % of the Application Development category - 2.597% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £32,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -
All Application Development
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
111 77 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 45.49% 46.95% 42.41%
Number of salaries quoted 105 61 78
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,800 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
COM
West Midlands

COM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull COM Salary Trend

COM
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) MSI
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) SCOM
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (50.00%) Software Packaging
3 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) MS Project
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) MS Visio

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 (50.00%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) SCCM Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) SCCM Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
1 3 (75.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix