COM Job Trends in the South East

Component Object Model (COM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring COM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 268
Rank change year-on-year - - +180
Permanent jobs citing COM 0 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East - - 0.027%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +35.87% +2.22% -33.33%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 888 2,420 1,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.32% 21.54% 24.13%
Number of salaries quoted 706 1,421 1,416
10th Percentile £34,375 £36,250 £36,938
25th Percentile £44,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -

COM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

COM job vacancy trend in the South East

COM
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing COM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing COM