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This section looks at the demand for Component Object Model (COM) 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 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComponent Object Model (COM)
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank526555
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching permanent IT job ads509510
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.249 %0.219 %
As % of the category below0.776 %0.688 %
Salaries quoted443424
Average minimum salary£37,709£37,933
Average salary£41,549£41,785
% change on same period last year-0.56 %
Average maximum salary£45,388£45,638
UK excluding London average salary£38,375£36,705
% change on same period last year+4.54 %
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads6562074124
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled32.10 %31.83 %
Salaries quoted5561960941
Average minimum salary£37,312£38,474
Average salary£41,019£42,306
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Average maximum salary£44,726£46,139
UK excluding London average salary£35,982£36,639
% change on same period last year-1.79 %

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
1EnglandUp+28490£41,200-1.56 %
2LondonDown-14202£46,638+0.20 %
3South EastUp+59138£37,455-6.87 %
4East of EnglandUp+4888£40,891-6.29 %
5HampshireUp+1762£37,331-24.25 %
6City of LondonDown-2351£47,794+2.40 %
7HertfordshireUp+1636£44,597+2.20 %
8SurreyUp+3428£40,125+6.23 %
9OxfordshireUp+722£32,523-18.69 %
9CambridgeshireNew entry-22£31,400-
9YorkshireDown-2122£32,312+21.75 %
10BerkshireUp+2520£37,158+6.61 %
11South WestDown-4519£34,853+10.06 %
12EalingNew entry-17£54,853-
12West MidlandsDown-417£33,500-10.26 %
13Welwyn Garden CityUp+816£55,000+46.66 %
14ReadingUp+1313£34,615-7.38 %
14BedfordshireNew entry-13£60,000-
14West YorkshireDown-1113£33,615+28.73 %
15HammersmithNew entry-10£33,600-
16North WestUp+19£30,636-15.30 %
16EssexDown-39£24,083-
16BasingstokeNew entry-9£32,667-
17BedfordNew entry-8£60,000-
17BirminghamDown-28£37,000-0.89 %
18AbingdonNew entry-7£31,071-
18North YorkshireDown-167£30,071+9.35 %
18DorsetDown-197£34,000+8.79 %
18BuckinghamshireUp+87£41,333+0.20 %
18YorkNew entry-7£30,071-

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.

1932 (100.00 %)Microsoft
2603 (64.70 %).NET
3537 (57.62 %)C#
4415 (44.53 %)SQL Server
5376 (40.34 %)C++
6342 (36.70 %)XML
7321 (34.44 %)ASP.NET
8313 (33.58 %)MS Excel
9292 (31.33 %)SQL
10224 (24.03 %)VB
11216 (23.18 %)MFC
12198 (21.24 %)Windows
13187 (20.06 %)JavaScript
14181 (19.42 %)ASP
15179 (19.21 %)Visual Studio
16174 (18.67 %)OO
17170 (18.24 %)SQL Server 2005
18160 (17.17 %)VC++
19156 (16.74 %)WebServices
19156 (16.74 %)HTML
20146 (15.67 %)VB.NET
21113 (12.12 %)VB6
22110 (11.80 %)E-Commerce
23108 (11.59 %)Pensions
24107 (11.48 %)WinForms
25106 (11.37 %)Degree
26103 (11.05 %)Health
2799 (10.62 %)ATL
2896 (10.30 %).NET Framework
2990 (9.657 %)STL

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
1603 (64.70 %).NET
2342 (36.70 %)XML
3321 (34.44 %)ASP.NET
4216 (23.18 %)MFC
5181 (19.42 %)ASP
6156 (16.74 %)HTML
6156 (16.74 %)WebServices
7107 (11.48 %)WinForms
899 (10.62 %)ATL
996 (10.30 %).NET Framework
1090 (9.657 %)STL
1188 (9.442 %)DCOM
1281 (8.691 %)XSLT
1369 (7.403 %)ADO
1452 (5.579 %)ADO.NET
1547 (5.043 %)CSS
1547 (5.043 %)AJAX
1645 (4.828 %)XHTML
1744 (4.721 %)XSL
1835 (3.755 %)ActiveX
Application Platforms
160 (6.438 %)SharePoint
258 (6.223 %)IIS
347 (5.043 %)BizTalk Server
440 (4.292 %)MS Exchange
537 (3.970 %)CMS
625 (2.682 %)MTS
716 (1.717 %)Apache
813 (1.395 %)Rhythmyx
910 (1.073 %)Exchange Server 2003
109 (0.966 %)Exchange Server 2000
117 (0.751 %)Tomcat
117 (0.751 %)WebSphere Application Server
126 (0.644 %)Lotus Notes
134 (0.429 %)Exchange Server 2007
143 (0.322 %)Content Management Server
143 (0.322 %)WebSphere MQ
152 (0.215 %)Rendezvous
152 (0.215 %)ColdFusion MX
152 (0.215 %)TIBCO EMS
161 (0.107 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
1313 (33.58 %)MS Excel
219 (2.039 %)MS Visio
316 (1.717 %)Fireworks
316 (1.717 %)Photoshop
415 (1.609 %)MS Office
58 (0.858 %)MS PowerPoint
65 (0.536 %)MS Project
Business Applications
146 (4.936 %)Microsoft CRM
238 (4.077 %)Dynamics CRM
323 (2.468 %)Pivotal CRM
418 (1.931 %)SAP Business One
514 (1.502 %)SalesLogix
610 (1.073 %)GoldMine
610 (1.073 %)SAP CRM
79 (0.966 %)Dynamics AX
86 (0.644 %)Axapta
86 (0.644 %)Summit
95 (0.536 %)SageCRM MME
95 (0.536 %)Dynamics NAV
104 (0.429 %)Navision
112 (0.215 %)MFGPRO
112 (0.215 %)Kondor+
112 (0.215 %)Beauchamp
Communications & Networking
149 (5.258 %)Internet
227 (2.897 %)TCP/IP
324 (2.575 %)Intranet
423 (2.468 %)3G
520 (2.146 %)UTRAN
618 (1.931 %)3GPP
76 (0.644 %)VoIP
76 (0.644 %)Extranet
84 (0.429 %)SNMP
84 (0.429 %)NetScreen
84 (0.429 %)Firewall
84 (0.429 %)Cisco PIX
84 (0.429 %)Network Security
93 (0.322 %)LDAP
102 (0.215 %)GPRS
102 (0.215 %)WCDMA
102 (0.215 %)WINS
102 (0.215 %)DNS
102 (0.215 %)HSDPA
102 (0.215 %)Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1415 (44.53 %)SQL Server
2170 (18.24 %)SQL Server 2005
383 (8.906 %)SQL Server 2000
434 (3.648 %)DTS
531 (3.326 %)MySQL
629 (3.112 %)MS Access
725 (2.682 %)RDBMS
820 (2.146 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
919 (2.039 %)SQL Server 7
1014 (1.502 %)GIS
1014 (1.502 %)Crystal Reports
1111 (1.180 %)VLDB
125 (0.536 %)Oracle Reports
132 (0.215 %)BusinessObjects
132 (0.215 %)SQL Server Integration Services
141 (0.107 %)Data Mining
Development Applications
1179 (19.21 %)Visual Studio
263 (6.760 %)VSS/SourceSafe
324 (2.575 %)NUnit
418 (1.931 %)Dreamweaver
517 (1.824 %)PVCS
616 (1.717 %)Flash
710 (1.073 %)Subversion
84 (0.429 %)TestDirector
92 (0.215 %)InterDev
92 (0.215 %)Oracle Forms
101 (0.107 %)Rational Rose
101 (0.107 %)Ant
101 (0.107 %)JUnit
General
1108 (11.59 %)Pensions
2103 (11.05 %)Health
388 (9.442 %)Finance
479 (8.476 %)Insurance
542 (4.506 %)Banking
640 (4.292 %)Front Office
733 (3.541 %)Telecoms
832 (3.433 %)Marketing
922 (2.361 %)Back Office
922 (2.361 %)Construction
1016 (1.717 %)Legal
1016 (1.717 %)Retail
1113 (1.395 %)Law
1113 (1.395 %)Automotive
1212 (1.288 %)Education
136 (0.644 %)Games
145 (0.536 %)Publishing
145 (0.536 %)Electronics
154 (0.429 %)Financial Institution
154 (0.429 %)Military
Job Titles
1565 (60.62 %)Developer
2185 (19.85 %).NET Developer
3176 (18.88 %)C# Developer
4150 (16.09 %)Software Engineer
5126 (13.52 %)C++ Developer
674 (7.940 %)Consultant
674 (7.940 %)Software Developer
765 (6.974 %)ASP.NET Developer
859 (6.330 %)Senior Developer
950 (5.365 %)Web Developer
1047 (5.043 %)VB.NET Developer
1144 (4.721 %)C++ Software Engineer
1243 (4.614 %)Programmer
1243 (4.614 %)Analyst
1342 (4.506 %)Senior Software Engineer
1439 (4.185 %)C++/CSharp Developer
1536 (3.863 %).NET Web Developer
1634 (3.648 %)Project Manager
1733 (3.541 %)VB Developer
1733 (3.541 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
141 (4.399 %)Computer Science
230 (3.219 %)Client/Server
329 (3.112 %)Device Driver
425 (2.682 %)Management Information System
523 (2.468 %)N-Tier
619 (2.039 %)Multithreading
713 (1.395 %)IVR
89 (0.966 %)Fixed Income
97 (0.751 %)Clustering
97 (0.751 %)Derivative
106 (0.644 %)PMI
115 (0.536 %)SCORM
115 (0.536 %)DTV
115 (0.536 %)Mathematics
124 (0.429 %)CCTV
133 (0.322 %)French Language
133 (0.322 %)German Language
133 (0.322 %)Italian Language
133 (0.322 %)Spanish Language
133 (0.322 %)Handset
Operating Systems
1198 (21.24 %)Windows
251 (5.472 %)Linux
341 (4.399 %)Unix
421 (2.253 %)Windows 2000
510 (1.073 %)Windows Mobile
65 (0.536 %)Windows NT
74 (0.429 %)Windows XP
74 (0.429 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.107 %)Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies
1174 (18.67 %)OO
2110 (11.80 %)E-Commerce
389 (9.549 %)UML
478 (8.369 %)CRM
575 (8.047 %)Agile Software Development
661 (6.545 %)Scrum
751 (5.472 %)OOD
846 (4.936 %)OOP
846 (4.936 %)Integration Testing
939 (4.185 %)Web Development
1037 (3.970 %)Refactoring
1135 (3.755 %)Software Engineering
1135 (3.755 %)Project Management
1224 (2.575 %)Time Management
1322 (2.361 %)Document Management
1421 (2.253 %)ITIL
1520 (2.146 %)ERP
1619 (2.039 %)SOA
1619 (2.039 %)Content Management
1619 (2.039 %)Release Management
Programming Languages
1537 (57.62 %)C#
2376 (40.34 %)C++
3292 (31.33 %)SQL
4224 (24.03 %)VB
5187 (20.06 %)JavaScript
6160 (17.17 %)VC++
7146 (15.67 %)VB.NET
8113 (12.12 %)VB6
979 (8.476 %)Java
1045 (4.828 %)VBScript
1136 (3.863 %)Transact-SQL
1235 (3.755 %)PHP
1328 (3.004 %)DHTML
1427 (2.897 %)C
1513 (1.395 %)PowerHouse
1611 (1.180 %)Delphi
179 (0.966 %)VBA
186 (0.644 %)XPath
186 (0.644 %)Perl
195 (0.536 %)PL/SQL
Qualifications
1106 (11.37 %)Degree
275 (8.047 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (0.858 %)MCP
47 (0.751 %)MCSE
54 (0.429 %)MCSD
63 (0.322 %)HND
63 (0.322 %)PMI Certification
63 (0.322 %)SAP Certification
63 (0.322 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.107 %)Avaya Certification
71 (0.107 %)MCSA
71 (0.107 %)CCNA
71 (0.107 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.107 %)CIW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
124 (2.575 %)QA
25 (0.536 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
34 (0.429 %)ISO9000
41 (0.107 %)SLA
System Software
143 (4.614 %)Active Directory
28 (0.858 %)MSMQ
35 (0.536 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
44 (0.429 %)MetaFrame
Systems Management
127 (2.897 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.215 %)MOM
Vendors
1932 (100.00 %)Microsoft
265 (6.974 %)salesforce.com
348 (5.150 %)Oracle
444 (4.721 %)SAP
537 (3.970 %)NetSuite
634 (3.648 %)Citrix
729 (3.112 %)Siebel
824 (2.575 %)Sybase
824 (2.575 %)Macromedia
913 (1.395 %)Intel
913 (1.395 %)Percussion
913 (1.395 %)Onyx
1011 (1.180 %)Cisco
1110 (1.073 %)Sage
129 (0.966 %)PeopleSoft
137 (0.751 %)FileNet
137 (0.751 %)Altova
146 (0.644 %)ESRI
146 (0.644 %)Lotus
146 (0.644 %)Adobe
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