The first table below looks at the demand for OOD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OOD over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank 28 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing OOD 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.081% 1.418% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.361% 2.020% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £328
% change year-on-year
-6.92% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £34.13 £41.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.77% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 198 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 79.46% 70.21% 72.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 106 104
Average daily rate £350 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
OOD
East of England

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire OOD Jobs Demand Trend

OOD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OOD across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire OOD Daily Rate Trend

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OOD across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing OOD 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 OOD.

1 4 (100.00%) OO
1 4 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 3 (75.00%) Military
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) VxWorks
2 3 (75.00%) Avionics
2 3 (75.00%) Ada
3 2 (50.00%) C++
4 1 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) UML
4 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing OOD 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 OOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Military
1 3 (75.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Ada Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) VxWorks
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OO
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Ada
2 2 (50.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft