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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COM+ (COM Plus)
Rank 207 - 217
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing COM+ 3 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.057% - 0.016%
As % of the Application Development category 0.122% - 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £25,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+16.88% +10.00%
All Application Development
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2469 2550 2468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 47.06% 45.91% 40.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2237 2281 2203
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,200 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Gloucestershire - 3 £25,000 -
COM+
England

COM+
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) .NET
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (94.44%) VB
2 17 (94.44%) ASP.NET
2 17 (94.44%) XML
2 17 (94.44%) SQL Server 2000
2 17 (94.44%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (61.11%) SQL
4 10 (55.56%) T-SQL
4 10 (55.56%) C++
4 10 (55.56%) HTML
4 10 (55.56%) IIS
4 10 (55.56%) ADO.NET
4 10 (55.56%) XSL
4 10 (55.56%) WSDL
4 10 (55.56%) XML Schema
4 10 (55.56%) Finance
4 10 (55.56%) Web Services
4 10 (55.56%) VB6
4 10 (55.56%) Performance Testing
4 10 (55.56%) Load Testing
4 10 (55.56%) .NET Framework
4 10 (55.56%) Performance Management
4 10 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (55.56%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (44.44%) VB.NET
6 7 (38.89%) Silverlight
7 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (5.556%) TDD

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 18 (100.00%) .NET
2 17 (94.44%) ASP.NET
2 17 (94.44%) XML
3 10 (55.56%) HTML
3 10 (55.56%) ADO.NET
3 10 (55.56%) XSL
3 10 (55.56%) WSDL
3 10 (55.56%) XML Schema
3 10 (55.56%) Web Services
3 10 (55.56%) .NET Framework
4 7 (38.89%) Silverlight
5 1 (5.556%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 10 (55.56%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (94.44%) SQL Server 2000
2 17 (94.44%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (55.56%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (55.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Head of Development
3 5 (27.78%) Development Manager
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Software Development Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Software Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Performance Testing
1 10 (55.56%) Load Testing
1 10 (55.56%) Performance Management
2 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (5.556%) TDD
2 1 (5.556%) Unit Testing
2 1 (5.556%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (5.556%) OO
2 1 (5.556%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C#
2 17 (94.44%) VB
3 11 (61.11%) SQL
4 10 (55.56%) T-SQL
4 10 (55.56%) C++
4 10 (55.56%) VB6
5 8 (44.44%) VB.NET
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft