Component Object Model (COM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for COM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 875 959 1167
Rank change year-on-year +84 +208 -288
Permanent jobs citing COM 21 11 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.011% 0.042%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.10% 0.035% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 21 10 58
10th Percentile £28,750 £61,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £65,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £85,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +61.90% +7.69%
75th Percentile £76,250 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile - £90,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £85,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -52.94% +61.90% +10.53%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

COM is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

COM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing COM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for COM in the UK

COM
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COM.

Salary trend for COM in the UK

COM
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing COM over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for COM in the UK

COM
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COM within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +22 17 £40,000 -52.94% 4
England +114 11 £62,500 -26.47% 3
Northern Ireland - 7 £35,000 - 2
East of England - 6 £62,500 - 1
London +135 4 £39,000 -67.50% 1
Wales - 3 £32,500 -
Work from Home +87 2 £46,750 -45.00% 1
South East +23 1 £44,500 -47.65%

COM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.52%) CMS
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (33.33%) InfoPath
2 7 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (33.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) FTP
1 7 (33.33%) HTTP
2 3 (14.29%) Bluetooth
2 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) Bitbucket
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Marketing
3 4 (19.05%) Electronics
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
3 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
4 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Senior
2 6 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Software Support Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Exchange Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.76%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) QA Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Qualitative Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Quantitative Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (42.86%) HTML
1 9 (42.86%) HTML5
2 4 (19.05%) .NET
3 3 (14.29%) WinForms
4 2 (9.52%) CSS
4 2 (9.52%) XML
5 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
5 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (4.76%) ATL
5 1 (4.76%) CSS3
5 1 (4.76%) Express.js
5 1 (4.76%) Node.js
5 1 (4.76%) React
5 1 (4.76%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
1 1 (4.76%) Credit Derivative
1 1 (4.76%) Derivative
1 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Software Engineering
2 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (38.10%) OO
4 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 7 (33.33%) OOP
5 6 (28.57%) Multithreading
6 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (19.05%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
6 4 (19.05%) Programme Management
7 3 (14.29%) Agile
7 3 (14.29%) Analytics
7 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
7 3 (14.29%) Data Security
7 3 (14.29%) Document Management
7 3 (14.29%) Information Security
7 3 (14.29%) Information Security Management
7 3 (14.29%) Security Management
7 3 (14.29%) User Experience
7 3 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) PowerShell
2 9 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 8 (38.10%) C++
4 7 (33.33%) SQL
5 5 (23.81%) C#
6 4 (19.05%) R
7 3 (14.29%) VB
8 1 (4.76%) C
8 1 (4.76%) Java
8 1 (4.76%) Python
8 1 (4.76%) VBA
8 1 (4.76%) VC++
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) SAP
3 1 (4.76%) Oracle