Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkComponent Object Model (COM)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank493564549
Rank change year-on-year
Up+71Down-15
Matching permanent IT job ads186106484
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.216 %0.125 %0.237 %
As % of the Application Development category0.594 %0.359 %0.734 %
Salaries quoted16083415
Average salary£43,000£36,000£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.44 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£53,250£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %+2.940 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

COM
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COM within 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 citing COM within the UK.

COM Salary Trend

COM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COM over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

COM Salary Histogram

COM
Top 30 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 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+73182£45,000+25.00 %
LondonUp+27106£50,000+11.11 %
South EastUp+435£37,500+4.89 %
City of LondonDown-4522£52,500+23.52 %
North WestUp+3020£36,000-20.44 %
BerkshireUp+1113£45,000+20.00 %
ManchesterUp+1113£36,000+10.76 %
HampshireUp+3111£30,000-10.44 %
MaidenheadNew entry-10£45,000-
SouthamptonDown-19£30,000-10.44 %
South WestUp+56£21,500-40.27 %
OxfordshireNew entry-6£45,000-
West MidlandsUp+275£55,000+83.33 %
HertfordshireUp+95£55,000-26.66 %
East of EnglandDown-25£55,000+80.32 %
CoventryDown-45£55,000-
TwickenhamNew entry-5£28,000-
BuckinghamshireDown-64£31,500-37.00 %
CheshireNew entry-4--
DorsetNew entry-4£21,500-
ScotlandUp+163£37,500+25.00 %
WatfordUp+83£55,000+10.00 %
East MidlandsUp+63£29,000-3.33 %
GlasgowNew entry-3£37,500-
FarehamNew entry-3£27,500-
LancashireUp+212£37,500-35.34 %
SurreyUp+62£40,000+11.11 %
YorkshireUp+32£17,000-49.62 %
ThameNew entry-2£35,000-
WorksopNew entry-2£29,000-

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1273 (100.00 %)Microsoft
2175 (64.10 %)SQL Server
3167 (61.17 %)C#
4160 (58.61 %).NET
5115 (42.12 %)C++
5115 (42.12 %)ASP.NET
6110 (40.29 %)MS Excel
7105 (38.46 %)Windows
7105 (38.46 %)SQL Server 2005
874 (27.11 %)XML
969 (25.27 %)SQL
1064 (23.44 %)Active Directory
1159 (21.61 %)Finance
1159 (21.61 %)Web Services
1258 (21.25 %)Degree
1356 (20.51 %)TCP/IP
1452 (19.05 %)Agile Software Development
1452 (19.05 %)WMI
1550 (18.32 %)Windows Server 2003
1649 (17.95 %)SQL Server 2008
1742 (15.38 %)WPF
1841 (15.02 %)JavaScript
1939 (14.29 %)WCF
2037 (13.55 %)Windows Vista
2136 (13.19 %)OO
2235 (12.82 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2333 (12.09 %)Salesforce.com
2432 (11.72 %)VB
2432 (11.72 %)Silverlight
2530 (10.99 %)Banking

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1160 (58.61 %).NET
2115 (42.12 %)ASP.NET
374 (27.11 %)XML
459 (21.61 %)Web Services
552 (19.05 %)WMI
642 (15.38 %)WPF
739 (14.29 %)WCF
832 (11.72 %)Silverlight
929 (10.62 %)MFC
1026 (9.524 %)XSL
1123 (8.425 %)ASP
1123 (8.425 %)CSS
1222 (8.059 %).NET Framework
1320 (7.326 %)ATL
1416 (5.861 %)ADO.NET
1513 (4.762 %)STL
1513 (4.762 %)AJAX
1612 (4.396 %)XHTML
1710 (3.663 %)DHTML
189 (3.297 %)HTML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
130 (10.99 %)IIS
219 (6.960 %)SharePoint
313 (4.762 %)CMS
412 (4.396 %)SharePoint Server 2007
59 (3.297 %)BizTalk Server
59 (3.297 %)SharePoint Portal Server
67 (2.564 %)Rendezvous
74 (1.465 %)WebSphere MQ
74 (1.465 %)Force.com
83 (1.099 %)MS Exchange
83 (1.099 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.366 %)Apache
91 (0.366 %)MTS
91 (0.366 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
91 (0.366 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.366 %)Exchange Server 2007
91 (0.366 %)Umbraco
91 (0.366 %)Moodle
91 (0.366 %)SugarCRM
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1110 (40.29 %)MS Excel
219 (6.960 %)MS Office
315 (5.495 %)MS Visio
49 (3.297 %)InfoPath
53 (1.099 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.366 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.366 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (4.762 %)Dynamics CRM
27 (2.564 %)Kondor+
27 (2.564 %)Beauchamp
27 (2.564 %)Microsoft CRM
36 (2.198 %)SalesLogix
45 (1.832 %)Pivotal CRM
53 (1.099 %)Dynamics AX
61 (0.366 %)SAP CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
156 (20.51 %)TCP/IP
226 (9.524 %)Internet
318 (6.593 %)Intranet
44 (1.465 %)HTTP
44 (1.465 %)NAS
53 (1.099 %)SAN
62 (0.733 %)LDAP
62 (0.733 %)Wireless
71 (0.366 %)LTE
71 (0.366 %)3GPP
71 (0.366 %)VoIP
71 (0.366 %)DMZ
71 (0.366 %)3G
71 (0.366 %)UTRAN
71 (0.366 %)SMPP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1175 (64.10 %)SQL Server
2105 (38.46 %)SQL Server 2005
349 (17.95 %)SQL Server 2008
416 (5.861 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (2.198 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
64 (1.465 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
64 (1.465 %)SQL Server Integration Services
64 (1.465 %)Datawarehouse
64 (1.465 %)Crystal Reports
73 (1.099 %)OLAP
73 (1.099 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.366 %)MySQL
81 (0.366 %)MS Access
81 (0.366 %)ETL
81 (0.366 %)GIS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
126 (9.524 %)Visual Studio
211 (4.029 %)Subversion
38 (2.930 %)VSS/SourceSafe
43 (1.099 %)ClearCase
52 (0.733 %)MorphX
52 (0.733 %)Team Foundation Server
52 (0.733 %)PowerBuilder
61 (0.366 %)InstallShield
61 (0.366 %)NUnit
61 (0.366 %)Visual Studio Tools for Office
61 (0.366 %)NCover
61 (0.366 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
159 (21.61 %)Finance
230 (10.99 %)Banking
324 (8.791 %)Retail
420 (7.326 %)Education
519 (6.960 %)Investment Banking
610 (3.663 %)Marketing
79 (3.297 %)Front Office
86 (2.198 %)Legal
86 (2.198 %)Insurance
86 (2.198 %)Pensions
95 (1.832 %)Billing
104 (1.465 %)Health
113 (1.099 %)Manufacturing
113 (1.099 %)Advertising
113 (1.099 %)Social Media
122 (0.733 %)Back Office
131 (0.366 %)Telecoms
131 (0.366 %)Games
131 (0.366 %)Telemarketing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1155 (56.78 %)Developer
262 (22.71 %)C# Developer
338 (13.92 %).NET Developer
437 (13.55 %)C++ Developer
532 (11.72 %)Senior Developer
629 (10.62 %)Software Developer
727 (9.890 %)Software Engineer
826 (9.524 %)ASP.NET Developer
921 (7.692 %)C++/C# Developer
1020 (7.326 %)Consultant
1116 (5.861 %)Analyst
1215 (5.495 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1314 (5.128 %)Administrator
1314 (5.128 %)VB.NET Developer
1413 (4.762 %)Salesforce.com Administrator
1413 (4.762 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
1413 (4.762 %)Senior C# Developer
1512 (4.396 %)Junior
1512 (4.396 %)Senior Consultant
1610 (3.663 %)Web Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
128 (10.26 %)Mathematics
219 (6.960 %)SaaS
318 (6.593 %)Multithreading
415 (5.495 %)Client/Server
59 (3.297 %)Equities
68 (2.930 %)Derivative
68 (2.930 %)Computer Science
68 (2.930 %)Fixed Income
77 (2.564 %)N-Tier
77 (2.564 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
77 (2.564 %)Credit Risk
85 (1.832 %)Data Protection Act
85 (1.832 %)Cloud Computing
94 (1.465 %)Tandem
103 (1.099 %)Credit Derivative
103 (1.099 %)Replication
103 (1.099 %)Social Network
112 (0.733 %)Google App Engine
112 (0.733 %)Amazon AWS
112 (0.733 %)Blackberry
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1105 (38.46 %)Windows
250 (18.32 %)Windows Server 2003
337 (13.55 %)Windows Vista
425 (9.158 %)Linux
425 (9.158 %)Windows XP
513 (4.762 %)Windows 2000
65 (1.832 %)Windows 7
73 (1.099 %)Windows Server 2008
73 (1.099 %)UNIX
73 (1.099 %)Windows CE
81 (0.366 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
152 (19.05 %)Agile Software Development
236 (13.19 %)OO
327 (9.890 %)Unit Testing
425 (9.158 %)Continuous Integration
425 (9.158 %)CRM
520 (7.326 %)OOD
610 (3.663 %)Information Management
79 (3.297 %)PRINCE2
88 (2.930 %)UML
88 (2.930 %)E-Commerce
97 (2.564 %)Business Intelligence
97 (2.564 %)MVC
106 (2.198 %)Project Management
106 (2.198 %)PRINCE
106 (2.198 %)Software Engineering
106 (2.198 %)Web Development
115 (1.832 %)Data Protection
115 (1.832 %)Business Analysis
115 (1.832 %)Content Management
115 (1.832 %)Scrum
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1167 (61.17 %)C#
2115 (42.12 %)C++
369 (25.27 %)SQL
441 (15.02 %)JavaScript
532 (11.72 %)VB
627 (9.890 %)VB.NET
725 (9.158 %)Java
821 (7.692 %)T-SQL
919 (6.960 %)VBA
1014 (5.128 %)VBScript
119 (3.297 %)VB6
126 (2.198 %)F#
135 (1.832 %)VC++
144 (1.465 %)C
153 (1.099 %)Haskell
153 (1.099 %)Erlang
153 (1.099 %)Python
153 (1.099 %)Perl
162 (0.733 %)PowerShell
162 (0.733 %)X++
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
158 (21.25 %)Degree
27 (2.564 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (1.832 %)PRINCE2 Certification
42 (0.733 %)MCSE
51 (0.366 %)MCDBA
51 (0.366 %)ISEB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.099 %)WAI
21 (0.366 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
164 (23.44 %)Active Directory
26 (2.198 %)MSMQ
33 (1.099 %)Hyper-V
41 (0.366 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
135 (12.82 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
223 (8.425 %)SCCM
31 (0.366 %)SCOM
31 (0.366 %)MSI
31 (0.366 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1273 (100.00 %)Microsoft
233 (12.09 %)Salesforce.com
310 (3.663 %)Oracle
47 (2.564 %)TIBCO
47 (2.564 %)Sophis
56 (2.198 %)Google
56 (2.198 %)Intel
65 (1.832 %)Siebel
65 (1.832 %)Sage
74 (1.465 %)Citrix
74 (1.465 %)Reuters
74 (1.465 %)Bloomberg
83 (1.099 %)Tridion
83 (1.099 %)Lotus
83 (1.099 %)NetSuite
92 (0.733 %)Yahoo!
92 (0.733 %)Adobe
92 (0.733 %)SAP
101 (0.366 %)Cisco
101 (0.366 %)HP