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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2524
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads54
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.004 %
As % of the category below6.579 %6.250 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£363
% change on same period last year-5.44 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.35£33.34
% change on same period last year+15.00 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads7664
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.064 %
Daily rates quoted136
Average minimum daily rate£304£318
Average daily rate£310£365
% change on same period last year-15.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£316£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted127
Average minimum hourly rate£22.67£21.67
Average hourly rate£23.33£22.56
% change on same period last year+3.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.00£23.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
OO ScotlandOO
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OO across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Aberdeen OO Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OO across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen OO Daily Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing OO 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited OO.

19 (75.00 %)C#
19 (75.00 %).NET
27 (58.33 %)OOD
35 (41.67 %)WCF
35 (41.67 %)Unit Testing
35 (41.67 %)Continuous Integration
35 (41.67 %)Windows
44 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
44 (33.33 %)Business Analysis
44 (33.33 %)SharePoint Server 2007
53 (25.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
53 (25.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
53 (25.00 %)BAPI
53 (25.00 %)SAP Oil and Gas
53 (25.00 %)SAP ALE
53 (25.00 %)ABAP
53 (25.00 %)SAP
53 (25.00 %)SAPscript
53 (25.00 %)Telecoms
53 (25.00 %)Education
62 (16.67 %)Web Dynpro
62 (16.67 %)W3C
62 (16.67 %)HTML
62 (16.67 %)CSS
62 (16.67 %)WebServices
62 (16.67 %).NET Framework
71 (8.333 %)AJAX
71 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (8.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (8.333 %)Pensions

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing OO also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (75.00 %).NET
25 (41.67 %)WCF
34 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
43 (25.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
43 (25.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
43 (25.00 %)BAPI
43 (25.00 %)SAP ALE
52 (16.67 %)Web Dynpro
52 (16.67 %)HTML
52 (16.67 %)CSS
52 (16.67 %)WebServices
52 (16.67 %).NET Framework
61 (8.333 %)AJAX
61 (8.333 %)XML
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (33.33 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (8.333 %)SharePoint
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (25.00 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Telecoms
13 (25.00 %)Education
21 (8.333 %)Pensions
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (83.33 %)Developer
26 (50.00 %).NET Developer
33 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
42 (16.67 %)ABAP Consultant
42 (16.67 %)Consultant
51 (8.333 %)SQL Server Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Data Analyst
51 (8.333 %)SAP Consultant
51 (8.333 %)ABAP Developer
51 (8.333 %)SQL Developer
51 (8.333 %)SQL Server Developer
51 (8.333 %)Developer Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Server Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Analyst
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)W3C
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (41.67 %)Windows
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (58.33 %)OOD
25 (41.67 %)Unit Testing
25 (41.67 %)Continuous Integration
34 (33.33 %)Business Analysis
41 (8.333 %)SOA
41 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (75.00 %)C#
23 (25.00 %)ABAP
23 (25.00 %)SAPscript
31 (8.333 %)SQL
31 (8.333 %)Transact-SQL
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)SAP