The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OO over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank - 26 -
Contract jobs citing OO 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen - 0.513% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.758% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
96 132 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 68.57% 67.69% 71.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 63 54
Average daily rate £397 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 10
Average hourly rate £26.25 £14.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -53.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £14.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £64.50 £35.20 £40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
OO
Scotland

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen OO Jobs Demand Trend

OO
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 9 (69.23%) C#
1 9 (69.23%) .NET
1 9 (69.23%) SharePoint
1 9 (69.23%) SharePoint 2010
2 8 (61.54%) CSS
2 8 (61.54%) Web Services
2 8 (61.54%) HTML
2 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
3 7 (53.85%) XML
3 7 (53.85%) XSLT
3 7 (53.85%) OOP
3 7 (53.85%) Lotus Notes
3 7 (53.85%) ISO 9001
3 7 (53.85%) Lotus
3 7 (53.85%) Intranet
3 7 (53.85%) Finance
3 7 (53.85%) Document Management
3 7 (53.85%) Kindle
3 7 (53.85%) jQuery
3 7 (53.85%) CAML
4 3 (23.08%) SAP Smart Forms
4 3 (23.08%) Web Dynpro
4 3 (23.08%) SAPscript
4 3 (23.08%) Adobe
4 3 (23.08%) SAP
4 3 (23.08%) ABAP
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (15.38%) SAP FI
5 2 (15.38%) BAPI

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 9 (69.23%) .NET
2 8 (61.54%) CSS
2 8 (61.54%) Web Services
2 8 (61.54%) HTML
3 7 (53.85%) XML
3 7 (53.85%) XSLT
3 7 (53.85%) jQuery
3 7 (53.85%) CAML
4 3 (23.08%) SAP Smart Forms
4 3 (23.08%) Web Dynpro
5 2 (15.38%) BAPI
6 1 (7.692%) SAP Business Workflow
Application Platforms
1 9 (69.23%) SharePoint
1 9 (69.23%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (53.85%) Lotus Notes
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (15.38%) SAP FI
1 2 (15.38%) SAP CO
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (7.692%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Intranet
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Developer
2 9 (69.23%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Developer
3 2 (15.38%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) ABAP Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Kindle
2 1 (7.692%) Streaming Media
2 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.692%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Android
1 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) OOP
1 7 (53.85%) Document Management
2 1 (7.692%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (7.692%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) C#
2 8 (61.54%) JavaScript
3 3 (23.08%) SAPscript
3 3 (23.08%) ABAP
4 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 1 (7.692%) PHP
5 1 (7.692%) C++
5 1 (7.692%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Lotus
2 3 (23.08%) Adobe
2 3 (23.08%) SAP