Component Object Model (COM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for COM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COM over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 589 701 841
Rank change year-on-year +112 +140 -163
Contract jobs citing COM 2 6 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.010% 0.024%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.022% 0.043% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 15
10th Percentile - £413 £406
25th Percentile £325 £431 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% -5.00% -35.48%
75th Percentile £375 £531 £519
90th Percentile - £558 £553
UK excluding London median daily rate - £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £60.00

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,954 14,101 24,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.51% 23.38% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,227 10,287 17,814
10th Percentile £334 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £656
90th Percentile £768 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 154 245
10th Percentile £20.77 £30.23 £21.40
25th Percentile £37.63 £46.56 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.78 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COM.

Daily rate trend for COM in the UK

COM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COM.

Hourly rate trend for COM in the UK

COM
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COM within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +117 1 £350 -36.36% 1
England +113 1 £350 -36.36% 3
London +101 1 £350 - 1
UK excluding London +54 1 - - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4

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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) InfoPath
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) FTP
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) NumPy
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) OOP
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SAP