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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 879 961 1164
Rank change year-on-year +82 +203 -271
Permanent jobs citing COM 23 11 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.011% 0.041%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.036% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 23 10 56
10th Percentile £28,750 £61,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £65,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £85,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -51.76% +61.90% +2.44%
75th Percentile £64,375 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £90,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,500 £85,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -52.35% +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 21,062 30,550 63,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.25% 30.15% 40.74%
Number of salaries quoted 15,764 18,827 29,914
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,750 £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 £78,750 £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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for COM in the UK

COM
Top 10 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 9 May 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 +13 18 £40,500 -52.35% 6
England +102 13 £50,000 -41.18% 8
Northern Ireland - 7 £35,000 - 3
East of England - 6 £62,500 - 1
London +109 5 £49,000 -59.17% 5
Wales - 3 £32,500 -
Work from Home +67 2 £46,750 -45.00% 2
South East -7 1 £44,500 -47.65%
East Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £45,000 - 1

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 8 (34.78%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (8.70%) CMS
4 1 (4.35%) Apache
4 1 (4.35%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (34.78%) InfoPath
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (34.78%) OneDrive
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) GCP
3 1 (4.35%) IaaS
3 1 (4.35%) PaaS
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) FTP
1 8 (34.78%) HTTP
2 3 (13.04%) Bluetooth
2 3 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Firebird
1 1 (4.35%) MySQL
1 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) Bitbucket
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Electronics
3 6 (26.09%) Manufacturing
3 6 (26.09%) Marketing
4 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
4 5 (21.74%) Telecoms
5 3 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 8 (34.78%) Software Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Senior
2 6 (26.09%) Senior Software Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Exchange Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Software Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Web Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) QA Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) HTML
2 10 (43.48%) HTML5
3 6 (26.09%) .NET
4 3 (13.04%) WinForms
5 2 (8.70%) CSS
6 1 (4.35%) .NET Core
6 1 (4.35%) AngularJS
6 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (4.35%) ATL
6 1 (4.35%) CSS3
6 1 (4.35%) Express.js
6 1 (4.35%) JSON
6 1 (4.35%) LAMP
6 1 (4.35%) Node.js
6 1 (4.35%) React
6 1 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (4.35%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (4.35%) FPGA
2 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 13 (56.52%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Android
2 2 (8.70%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.35%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (4.35%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (4.35%) Ubuntu
3 1 (4.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Software Engineering
2 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (39.13%) OO
4 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
4 8 (34.78%) OOP
5 6 (26.09%) Multithreading
6 5 (21.74%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (21.74%) Digital Marketing
6 5 (21.74%) Programme Management
7 4 (17.39%) Process Improvement
7 4 (17.39%) User Experience
8 3 (13.04%) Agile
8 3 (13.04%) Analytics
8 3 (13.04%) Data Collection
8 3 (13.04%) Data Protection
8 3 (13.04%) Document Management
8 3 (13.04%) Information Security
8 3 (13.04%) Information Security Management
8 3 (13.04%) Validation
8 3 (13.04%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (47.83%) JavaScript
1 11 (47.83%) PowerShell
2 9 (39.13%) C++
3 7 (30.43%) SQL
4 6 (26.09%) C#
5 4 (17.39%) R
6 3 (13.04%) VB
7 2 (8.70%) C
7 2 (8.70%) Java
7 2 (8.70%) Python
8 1 (4.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (65.22%) Degree
2 8 (34.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) JTAG
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) SAP