The first table below looks at the demand for COM+ skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM+ over the 3 months to 19 June 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
COM+ (COM Plus)
Rank 835 787 726
Rank change year-on-year
-48 -61
Permanent jobs citing COM+ 33 98 157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.081% 0.122%
As % of the Application Development category 0.075% 0.195% 0.305%
Number of salaries quoted 32 81 152
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,750 £31,500 £30,100
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £60,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+16.88% +10.00%
All Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
43829 50279 51552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 40.24% 41.72% 40.16%
Number of salaries quoted 38095 44608 45685
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%

COM+
Jobs Demand Trend

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

COM+ Jobs Demand Trend

COM+
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COM+ within the UK.

COM+ Salary Trend

COM+
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COM+ over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

COM+ Salary Histogram

COM+
Top 19 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -29 33 £45,000 +12.50% 1
East of England +6 13 £45,000 +42.85%
Hertford - 13 £45,000 -
Hertfordshire - 13 £45,000 -
London 0 10 £42,500 -20.56% 1
Surrey +13 3 £45,000 +5.88%
Thames Ditton +12 3 £45,000 -5.26%
South East +3 3 £45,000 +5.88%
South West - 3 £25,000 -
Gloucestershire - 3 £25,000 -
Cirencester - 3 £25,000 -
Yorkshire +8 2 £28,750 -14.17%
West Yorkshire -2 2 £28,750 -28.12%
Leeds - 2 £28,750 -
North West +4 1 £45,000 +29.49%
Staffordshire -6 1 £37,500 -6.25%
Manchester -12 1 £45,000 +29.49%
West Midlands -17 1 £37,500 -
Erith - 1 - - 1

COM+
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 75 (84.27%) .NET
2 65 (73.03%) SQL Server
3 61 (68.54%) C#
4 44 (49.44%) Microsoft
5 40 (44.94%) ASP.NET
6 38 (42.70%) SQL
7 35 (39.33%) VB
7 35 (39.33%) Windows
8 31 (34.83%) IIS
9 27 (30.34%) C++
10 26 (29.21%) MS Excel
11 25 (28.09%) SQL Server 2008
12 23 (25.84%) WPF
12 23 (25.84%) ITIL
13 21 (23.60%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (22.47%) Finance
14 20 (22.47%) XML
15 19 (21.35%) ASP
15 19 (21.35%) VB6
16 18 (20.22%) JavaScript
17 17 (19.10%) SharePoint
17 17 (19.10%) SAN
18 16 (17.98%) MCTS
19 15 (16.85%) Agile Software Development
19 15 (16.85%) ASP.NET MVC
19 15 (16.85%) Scrum
19 15 (16.85%) MVC
19 15 (16.85%) VB.NET
20 14 (15.73%) ATL
20 14 (15.73%) DCOM

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 75 (84.27%) .NET
2 40 (44.94%) ASP.NET
3 23 (25.84%) WPF
4 20 (22.47%) XML
5 19 (21.35%) ASP
6 15 (16.85%) ASP.NET MVC
7 14 (15.73%) ATL
7 14 (15.73%) DCOM
7 14 (15.73%) WinForms
8 13 (14.61%) MFC
9 12 (13.48%) SOAP
9 12 (13.48%) WCF
10 11 (12.36%) Web Services
11 10 (11.24%) MSMQ
12 7 (7.865%) CSS
12 7 (7.865%) .NET Framework
12 7 (7.865%) ASP.NET 2.0
13 6 (6.742%) Silverlight
13 6 (6.742%) XHTML
14 4 (4.494%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 31 (34.83%) IIS
2 17 (19.10%) SharePoint
3 9 (10.11%) BizTalk Server
4 7 (7.865%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (3.371%) MTS
6 1 (1.124%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.124%) Apache
Applications
1 26 (29.21%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.371%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.10%) SAN
2 14 (15.73%) LAN
2 14 (15.73%) WAN
3 13 (14.61%) Internet
4 8 (8.989%) NetScreen
4 8 (8.989%) TCP/IP
5 7 (7.865%) Firewall
6 2 (2.247%) HSPA
6 2 (2.247%) LTE
6 2 (2.247%) CDMA
6 2 (2.247%) GPRS
6 2 (2.247%) GSM
6 2 (2.247%) 3GPP
6 2 (2.247%) UMTS
6 2 (2.247%) Wireless
7 1 (1.124%) DMZ
7 1 (1.124%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (73.03%) SQL Server
2 25 (28.09%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (14.61%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (13.48%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (6.742%) MySQL
6 1 (1.124%) MS Access
6 1 (1.124%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 1 (1.124%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.124%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (1.124%) NUnit
1 1 (1.124%) MSBuild
1 1 (1.124%) MSTest
General
1 20 (22.47%) Finance
2 7 (7.865%) Advertising
2 7 (7.865%) Investment Banking
2 7 (7.865%) Banking
3 6 (6.742%) Private Banking
4 5 (5.618%) French Language
4 5 (5.618%) German Language
5 3 (3.371%) Electronics
6 2 (2.247%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.247%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.124%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 57 (64.04%) Developer
2 27 (30.34%) Software Developer
3 21 (23.60%) .NET Developer
4 19 (21.35%) C# Developer
4 19 (21.35%) C# Software Developer
5 18 (20.22%) Support Analyst
5 18 (20.22%) Analyst
6 17 (19.10%) C++ Developer
7 15 (16.85%) Senior Software Developer
7 15 (16.85%) Senior Developer
8 14 (15.73%) C++ Software Developer
9 13 (14.61%) Senior C# Developer
9 13 (14.61%) Senior C++ Developer
9 13 (14.61%) C++/C# Developer
10 12 (13.48%) Administrator
10 12 (13.48%) Microsoft Developer
11 10 (11.24%) Applications Support
12 9 (10.11%) .NET Software Developer
12 9 (10.11%) Applications Support Analyst
13 8 (8.989%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Client/Server
1 13 (14.61%) N-Tier
2 10 (11.24%) Computer Science
3 5 (5.618%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.124%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.124%) NHS
4 1 (1.124%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 35 (39.33%) Windows
2 11 (12.36%) Windows Server 2008
2 11 (12.36%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (7.865%) Windows 7
4 2 (2.247%) UNIX
4 2 (2.247%) Linux
5 1 (1.124%) VMS
5 1 (1.124%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.84%) ITIL
2 15 (16.85%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (16.85%) Scrum
2 15 (16.85%) MVC
3 14 (15.73%) Automated Testing
4 13 (14.61%) Unit Testing
4 13 (14.61%) User Stories
4 13 (14.61%) OO
5 9 (10.11%) Asset Management
6 7 (7.865%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (6.742%) Data Validation
7 6 (6.742%) Investment Management
7 6 (6.742%) Multithreading
7 6 (6.742%) Release Management
7 6 (6.742%) Load Testing
7 6 (6.742%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (6.742%) TDD
7 6 (6.742%) Change Control
7 6 (6.742%) Capacity Planning
7 6 (6.742%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 61 (68.54%) C#
2 38 (42.70%) SQL
3 35 (39.33%) VB
4 27 (30.34%) C++
5 19 (21.35%) VB6
6 18 (20.22%) JavaScript
7 15 (16.85%) VB.NET
8 6 (6.742%) T-SQL
9 5 (5.618%) PHP
9 5 (5.618%) PowerShell
10 3 (3.371%) MUMPS
11 2 (2.247%) VBA
11 2 (2.247%) Java
12 1 (1.124%) MATLAB
12 1 (1.124%) C
12 1 (1.124%) Perl
12 1 (1.124%) ActionScript
12 1 (1.124%) Python
12 1 (1.124%) Lua
12 1 (1.124%) DCL
Qualifications
1 21 (23.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (17.98%) MCTS
3 10 (11.24%) MCSE
3 10 (11.24%) Degree
4 9 (10.11%) MCPD
5 7 (7.865%) CCNA
5 7 (7.865%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.865%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (7.865%) MCITP
6 3 (3.371%) MCAD
6 3 (3.371%) MCSD
7 1 (1.124%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.742%) QA
System Software
1 8 (8.989%) Active Directory
2 7 (7.865%) vSphere
2 7 (7.865%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.124%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 7 (7.865%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 44 (49.44%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.989%) EMC
2 8 (8.989%) Cisco
2 8 (8.989%) VMware
3 1 (1.124%) HP
3 1 (1.124%) Oracle
3 1 (1.124%) JBoss
3 1 (1.124%) Telerik
Erith, Kent
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Posted: 12 June 2013
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