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The table below looks at the demand for Component Object Model (COM) skills within the West Yorkshire region 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 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkComponent Object Model (COM)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank184198
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching permanent IT job ads41
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.214 %0.042 %
Salaries quoted41
Average minimum salary£44,500£22,000
Average salary£44,500£24,000
% change on same period last year+85.41 %
Average maximum salary£44,500£26,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,548£41,450
% change on same period last year-7.00 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads18702358
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.083 %1.015 %
Salaries quoted17051989
Average minimum salary£30,469£29,802
Average salary£32,973£32,722
% change on same period last year+0.76 %
Average maximum salary£35,476£35,642
UK excluding London average salary£35,990£36,664
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
COM YorkshireCOM
Yorkshire

COM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COM across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Yorkshire COM Demand Trend

COM
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COM across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire COM Salary Trend

COM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COM across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

West Yorkshire COM Salary Histogram

COM
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+274£44,500+85.41 %
COM YorkshireCOM
Yorkshire

COM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

115 (100.00 %)Microsoft
212 (80.00 %)C#
212 (80.00 %).NET
311 (73.33 %)C++
48 (53.33 %)OO
48 (53.33 %)VC++
57 (46.67 %)SQL Server
66 (40.00 %)VB.NET
66 (40.00 %)DCOM
75 (33.33 %)UML
75 (33.33 %)ATL
75 (33.33 %)MFC
75 (33.33 %)OOD
84 (26.67 %)MS Excel
84 (26.67 %)OOP
84 (26.67 %)XML
84 (26.67 %)HTML
93 (20.00 %)SQL
93 (20.00 %)VB
93 (20.00 %)ODBC
93 (20.00 %)SharePoint
93 (20.00 %)NUnit
93 (20.00 %)IPTV
93 (20.00 %)Degree
93 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
102 (13.33 %)MS Office
102 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
111 (6.667 %)ADO
111 (6.667 %)ADO.NET
111 (6.667 %)ASP

COM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (80.00 %).NET
26 (40.00 %)DCOM
35 (33.33 %)MFC
35 (33.33 %)ATL
44 (26.67 %)HTML
44 (26.67 %)XML
53 (20.00 %)ODBC
61 (6.667 %).NET Framework
61 (6.667 %)ADO
61 (6.667 %)ADO.NET
61 (6.667 %)ASP
61 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (20.00 %)SharePoint
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (26.67 %)MS Excel
22 (13.33 %)MS Office
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft CRM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (46.67 %)SQL Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (20.00 %)NUnit
22 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Finance
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (80.00 %)Developer
210 (66.67 %).NET Developer
33 (20.00 %)Software Developer
33 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
33 (20.00 %)Lead Developer
42 (13.33 %)Junior Developer
42 (13.33 %)Senior C++ Developer
42 (13.33 %)Junior
42 (13.33 %)Senior Developer
42 (13.33 %)C++ Developer
42 (13.33 %)C# Developer
51 (6.667 %)VB.NET Developer
51 (6.667 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (6.667 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (6.667 %)CSharp Software Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (20.00 %)IPTV
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (53.33 %)OO
25 (33.33 %)UML
25 (33.33 %)OOD
34 (26.67 %)OOP
43 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
51 (6.667 %)CRM
51 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (80.00 %)C#
211 (73.33 %)C++
38 (53.33 %)VC++
46 (40.00 %)VB.NET
53 (20.00 %)SQL
53 (20.00 %)VB
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (20.00 %)Degree
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (100.00 %)Microsoft