COM Job Trends in the Midlands

Component Object Model (COM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring COM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 - 313
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing COM 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.008% - 0.008%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.12% - 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £45,000
75th Percentile £38,750 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £37,500 £61,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -38.78% +22.50% -41.18%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

COM falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 820 720 1,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.18% 14.86% 15.66%
Number of salaries quoted 617 500 1,635
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £66,367 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.06% +10.61% -11.11%

COM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

COM job vacancy trend in the Midlands

COM
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing COM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing COM

COM
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
West Midlands - 1 £37,500 - 1
COM
England

COM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) DCOM
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce