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This section looks at the demand for COM+ (COM Plus) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COM+ over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkCOM+ (COM Plus)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank514332
Rank change on same period last yearDown-182
Matching permanent IT job ads5401161
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.519 %
As % of the category below0.820 %1.626 %
Salaries quoted4301005
Average minimum salary£37,978£35,289
Average salary£42,719£39,382
% change on same period last year+8.47 %
Average maximum salary£47,460£43,475
UK excluding London average salary£37,030£35,707
% change on same period last year+3.70 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6588071417
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.11 %31.91 %
Salaries quoted5587158773
Average minimum salary£37,334£38,453
Average salary£41,047£42,292
% change on same period last year-2.94 %
Average maximum salary£44,760£46,131
UK excluding London average salary£36,011£36,651
% change on same period last year-1.74 %

COM+
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing COM+ across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

COM+ Demand Trend

COM+
Salary Trend

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

COM+ Salary Trend

COM+
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COM+ across the UK over the past 3 months.

COM+ Salary Histogram

COM+
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COM+ within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-173533£42,914+9.01 %
2LondonDown-145203£54,702+25.10 %
3South EastDown-86126£37,513-5.15 %
4South WestUp+1374£40,711+17.27 %
5City of LondonDown-5353£60,882+12.73 %
6BristolNew entry-45£43,753-
7BerkshireUp+3543£36,800-23.18 %
8East of EnglandDown-1536£37,290+9.35 %
9SurreyDown-3929£39,885-4.57 %
9North WestDown-4129£33,063+10.63 %
10YorkshireDown-3926£30,500+1.73 %
11West MidlandsDown-3624£37,059+10.00 %
12GloucestershireDown-922£35,182+20.89 %
12BracknellNew entry-22£38,205-
13LancashireDown-320£33,625+14.63 %
14West YorkshireDown-2315£28,250-4.59 %
14KentDown-315£35,633+3.28 %
15MiddlesexUp+614£35,500-10.45 %
15HampshireDown-5614£35,885+1.01 %
16CirencesterDown-412£35,833+25.73 %
16IpswichNew entry-12£57,143-
16SuffolkNew entry-12£57,143-
17EssexDown-109£30,500-9.62 %
17CambridgeshireDown-229£27,944-13.21 %
17North EastNew entry-9£30,944-
17FarnboroughDown-389£33,800-8.29 %
17BirminghamDown-279£35,000+4.94 %
18South YorkshireDown-248£33,750+9.22 %
18DorkingDown-88£33,000+20.00 %
19GuildfordDown-67£47,143+29.15 %

COM+
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing COM+ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing COM+.

1799 (79.42 %).NET
2652 (64.81 %)SQL Server
3569 (56.56 %)C#
4511 (50.80 %)XML
5485 (48.21 %)VB
6458 (45.53 %)ASP.NET
7441 (43.84 %)SQL
8369 (36.68 %)Microsoft
9335 (33.30 %)VB.NET
10333 (33.10 %)VB6
11297 (29.52 %)Windows
12250 (24.85 %)Finance
13236 (23.46 %)ASP
14234 (23.26 %)SQL Server 2000
15228 (22.66 %)C++
16203 (20.18 %)SQL Server 2005
17186 (18.49 %)JavaScript
18165 (16.40 %)IIS
19159 (15.81 %)BizTalk Server
20158 (15.71 %)HTML
21157 (15.61 %)Visual Studio
22154 (15.31 %)Degree
23148 (14.71 %)VC++
24142 (14.12 %)Oracle
25141 (14.02 %)SharePoint
26138 (13.72 %)OO
27117 (11.63 %)UML
27117 (11.63 %)WebServices
27117 (11.63 %)Transact-SQL
28107 (10.64 %).NET Framework

COM+
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing COM+ also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing COM+. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1799 (79.42 %).NET
2511 (50.80 %)XML
3458 (45.53 %)ASP.NET
4236 (23.46 %)ASP
5158 (15.71 %)HTML
6117 (11.63 %)WebServices
7107 (10.64 %).NET Framework
898 (9.742 %)XSLT
996 (9.543 %)ADO.NET
1079 (7.853 %)J2EE
1175 (7.455 %)WinForms
1274 (7.356 %)ADO
1369 (6.859 %)XSL
1456 (5.567 %)MFC
1552 (5.169 %)WCF
1650 (4.970 %)DCOM
1739 (3.877 %)STL
1837 (3.678 %).NET Remoting
1936 (3.579 %)AJAX
2035 (3.479 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
1165 (16.40 %)IIS
2159 (15.81 %)BizTalk Server
3141 (14.02 %)SharePoint
481 (8.052 %)SharePoint Server 2007
559 (5.865 %)CMS
644 (4.374 %)MTS
741 (4.076 %)MS Exchange
828 (2.783 %)Apache
925 (2.485 %)Commerce Server
1024 (2.386 %)WebLogic
1116 (1.590 %)MQSeries
1214 (1.392 %)WebLogic Portal
136 (0.596 %)Exchange Server 2003
145 (0.497 %)Tomcat
154 (0.398 %)JBoss
161 (0.099 %)Exchange Server 5.5
161 (0.099 %)iPlanet
Applications
179 (7.853 %)MS Office
264 (6.362 %)MS Excel
311 (1.093 %)MS Project
47 (0.696 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
17 (0.696 %)Applix TM1
25 (0.497 %)Eagle PACE
33 (0.298 %)Microsoft CRM
33 (0.298 %)Dynamics CRM
33 (0.298 %)Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
181 (8.052 %)Internet
222 (2.187 %)TCP/IP
313 (1.292 %)Intranet
49 (0.895 %)Firewall
58 (0.795 %)DNS
58 (0.795 %)SSL
67 (0.696 %)HTTP
67 (0.696 %)VoIP
74 (0.398 %)WINS
74 (0.398 %)VLAN
83 (0.298 %)IP Telephony
92 (0.199 %)MD110
92 (0.199 %)SNMP
92 (0.199 %)RTCP
92 (0.199 %)RTP
92 (0.199 %)SMTP
92 (0.199 %)LDAP
92 (0.199 %)VPN
101 (0.099 %)PPP
101 (0.099 %)DECT
Database & Business Intelligence
1652 (64.81 %)SQL Server
2234 (23.26 %)SQL Server 2000
3203 (20.18 %)SQL Server 2005
465 (6.461 %)DTS
545 (4.473 %)Crystal Reports
637 (3.678 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
734 (3.380 %)SQL Server Integration Services
832 (3.181 %)OLAP
928 (2.783 %)Datawarehouse
1021 (2.087 %)MySQL
1021 (2.087 %)DB2
1120 (1.988 %)SQL Server 7
1120 (1.988 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1218 (1.789 %)Oracle Reports
1316 (1.590 %)Oracle 10g
1415 (1.491 %)Oracle 9i
1513 (1.292 %)RDBMS
1513 (1.292 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
167 (0.696 %)Oracle OLAP
167 (0.696 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1157 (15.61 %)Visual Studio
233 (3.280 %)VSS/SourceSafe
326 (2.584 %)NUnit
422 (2.187 %)TestDirector
516 (1.590 %)InstallShield
68 (0.795 %)Rational Rose
77 (0.696 %)Eclipse
77 (0.696 %)QuickTest Pro
86 (0.596 %)ClearQuest
95 (0.497 %)InterDev
103 (0.298 %)CruiseControl
112 (0.199 %)Flash
121 (0.099 %)ClearCase
121 (0.099 %)StarTeam
121 (0.099 %)JUnit
General
1250 (24.85 %)Finance
284 (8.350 %)Insurance
376 (7.555 %)Retail
470 (6.958 %)Banking
555 (5.467 %)Health
654 (5.368 %)Pensions
746 (4.573 %)Front Office
843 (4.274 %)Back Office
940 (3.976 %)Marketing
1023 (2.286 %)Investment Banking
1117 (1.690 %)Games
1214 (1.392 %)Telecoms
1312 (1.193 %)Publishing
1411 (1.093 %)Automotive
1510 (0.994 %)Music
168 (0.795 %)Multimedia
176 (0.596 %)Telemarketing
176 (0.596 %)Financial Institution
176 (0.596 %)Education
184 (0.398 %)Aerospace
Job Titles
1660 (65.61 %)Developer
2257 (25.55 %).NET Developer
3137 (13.62 %)Analyst
4132 (13.12 %)C# Developer
5101 (10.04 %)Software Developer
698 (9.742 %)Senior Developer
781 (8.052 %)VB.NET Developer
867 (6.660 %)SharePoint Developer
961 (6.064 %)SQL Developer
1060 (5.964 %)VB Developer
1156 (5.567 %)ASP.NET Developer
1251 (5.070 %)Senior .NET Developer
1350 (4.970 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1449 (4.871 %)Software Engineer
1548 (4.771 %)Architect
1548 (4.771 %)Applications Developer
1647 (4.672 %)Applications Support
1746 (4.573 %)Senior C# Developer
1845 (4.473 %)Support Analyst
1937 (3.678 %)Programmer
Miscellaneous
198 (9.742 %)N-Tier
263 (6.262 %)Client/Server
329 (2.883 %)Multithreading
420 (1.988 %)Computer Science
518 (1.789 %)Mathematics
615 (1.491 %)Replication
710 (0.994 %)French Language
88 (0.795 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
88 (0.795 %)PKI
88 (0.795 %)Clustering
97 (0.696 %)Fund Management
105 (0.497 %)Fixed Income
114 (0.398 %)Mainframe
114 (0.398 %)BBC
123 (0.298 %)Equities
123 (0.298 %)Asset Management
132 (0.199 %)Derivative
132 (0.199 %)Thin Client
132 (0.199 %)Smartcard
132 (0.199 %)Fat Client
Operating Systems
1297 (29.52 %)Windows
257 (5.666 %)Unix
352 (5.169 %)Windows 2000
439 (3.877 %)Windows XP
528 (2.783 %)Windows Server 2003
624 (2.386 %)Linux
722 (2.187 %)Windows NT
821 (2.087 %)Solaris
917 (1.690 %)Windows Vista
107 (0.696 %)HPUX
112 (0.199 %)Fedora
121 (0.099 %)NetWare
121 (0.099 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1138 (13.72 %)OO
2117 (11.63 %)UML
366 (6.561 %)Agile Software Development
455 (5.467 %)Risk Management
542 (4.175 %)OOD
640 (3.976 %)Project Management
739 (3.877 %)Software Engineering
837 (3.678 %)Scrum
933 (3.280 %)Web Development
1032 (3.181 %)Configuration Management
1131 (3.082 %)E-Commerce
1230 (2.982 %)Extreme Programming
1328 (2.783 %)Business Intelligence
1426 (2.584 %)Data Modelling
1525 (2.485 %)BPM
1624 (2.386 %)RUP
1624 (2.386 %)TDD
1723 (2.286 %)Unit Testing
1822 (2.187 %)PRINCE2
1921 (2.087 %)CRM
Programming Languages
1569 (56.56 %)C#
2485 (48.21 %)VB
3441 (43.84 %)SQL
4335 (33.30 %)VB.NET
5333 (33.10 %)VB6
6228 (22.66 %)C++
7186 (18.49 %)JavaScript
8148 (14.71 %)VC++
9117 (11.63 %)Transact-SQL
1098 (9.742 %)Java
1195 (9.443 %)VBScript
1236 (3.579 %)DHTML
1334 (3.380 %)VBA
1426 (2.584 %)PL/SQL
1517 (1.690 %)Perl
1517 (1.690 %)C
1517 (1.690 %)Delphi
165 (0.497 %)Python
172 (0.199 %)AWK
181 (0.099 %)Embedded C++
Qualifications
1154 (15.31 %)Degree
272 (7.157 %)Microsoft Certification
338 (3.777 %)MCSD
412 (1.193 %)MCSE
55 (0.497 %)MCAD
64 (0.398 %)MCP
73 (0.298 %)CCNP
73 (0.298 %)CCNA
73 (0.298 %)ITIL Certification
73 (0.298 %)Cisco Certification
82 (0.199 %)MCTS
82 (0.199 %)ISEB
82 (0.199 %)CCA
82 (0.199 %)Citrix Certification
91 (0.099 %)PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
114 (1.392 %)QA
26 (0.596 %)SLA
26 (0.596 %)TickIT
26 (0.596 %)WAI
31 (0.099 %)ISO9001
System Software
199 (9.841 %)MSMQ
275 (7.455 %)Active Directory
38 (0.795 %)MetaFrame
46 (0.596 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.199 %)ISA Server
61 (0.099 %)NetBackup
61 (0.099 %)Terminal Server
Systems Management
114 (1.392 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (0.298 %)WSUS
32 (0.199 %)MOM
Vendors
1369 (36.68 %)Microsoft
2142 (14.12 %)Oracle
345 (4.473 %)Citrix
431 (3.082 %)Sybase
516 (1.590 %)TIBCO
611 (1.093 %)Reuters
611 (1.093 %)Bloomberg
611 (1.093 %)Metastorm
79 (0.895 %)Cisco
87 (0.696 %)Red Hat
87 (0.696 %)Business Objects
87 (0.696 %)Symantec
87 (0.696 %)Applix
94 (0.398 %)thinkFolio
94 (0.398 %)Charles River
103 (0.298 %)Mitel
103 (0.298 %)Onyx
103 (0.298 %)Ericsson
112 (0.199 %)Novell
112 (0.199 %)Sun
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