The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol 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 38 42 40
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing OO 12 22 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 2.326% 2.632% 1.548%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.934% 3.873% 2.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 6
Average daily rate £333 £315 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.79% +35.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £225 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £375 £313
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
305 568 435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 59.11% 67.94% 67.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 379 249
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £230 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 22
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.70 £16.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.25 £37.50 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
OO
South West

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol OO Daily Rate Trend

OO
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol OO Daily Rate Histogram

OO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol OO Hourly Rate Trend

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 15 (41.67%) .NET
2 13 (36.11%) MySQL
2 13 (36.11%) C#
3 12 (33.33%) PHP
3 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 10 (27.78%) HTML
4 10 (27.78%) Oracle
4 10 (27.78%) ASP.NET
4 10 (27.78%) CSS
5 9 (25.00%) jQuery
6 8 (22.22%) Linux
6 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 7 (19.44%) SQL
7 7 (19.44%) XML
7 7 (19.44%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (16.67%) LAMP
8 6 (16.67%) PHP5
8 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
8 6 (16.67%) CakePHP
8 6 (16.67%) Zend
8 6 (16.67%) JavaScript
9 5 (13.89%) VB
9 5 (13.89%) Java
9 5 (13.89%) Delphi
9 5 (13.89%) Oracle 10g
9 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
9 5 (13.89%) MVC
9 5 (13.89%) Web Services
9 5 (13.89%) Oracle 11g

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 15 (41.67%) .NET
2 10 (27.78%) HTML
2 10 (27.78%) ASP.NET
2 10 (27.78%) CSS
3 9 (25.00%) jQuery
4 7 (19.44%) XML
5 6 (16.67%) LAMP
5 6 (16.67%) CakePHP
6 5 (13.89%) Web Services
6 5 (13.89%) .NET Framework
7 4 (11.11%) WCF
7 4 (11.11%) Zend Framework
7 4 (11.11%) HTML5
8 3 (8.333%) iOS SDK
8 3 (8.333%) JDBC
8 3 (8.333%) JSON
8 3 (8.333%) RESTful
9 2 (5.556%) Ajax
9 2 (5.556%) Silverlight
9 2 (5.556%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.556%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (5.556%) WordPress
2 2 (5.556%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.778%) IIS
3 1 (2.778%) Apache Solr
3 1 (2.778%) Mule
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (2.778%) SAP R/3
2 1 (2.778%) Visualfiles
2 1 (2.778%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (36.11%) MySQL
2 8 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (13.89%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (13.89%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (5.556%) DB2
7 1 (2.778%) MarkLogic
7 1 (2.778%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Subversion
1 4 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.778%) JUnit
General
1 3 (8.333%) Electronics
1 3 (8.333%) Finance
2 2 (5.556%) Back Office
3 1 (2.778%) Legal
3 1 (2.778%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.778%) Marketing
3 1 (2.778%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (69.44%) Developer
2 10 (27.78%) PHP Developer
3 4 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 4 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 4 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (8.333%) iOS Developer
4 3 (8.333%) Software Engineer
5 2 (5.556%) TIBCO Consultant
5 2 (5.556%) SharePoint Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (5.556%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Architect
5 2 (5.556%) Technical Architect
5 2 (5.556%) Web Developer
5 2 (5.556%) Consultant
6 1 (2.778%) Electrical Design Engineer
6 1 (2.778%) PLC Programmer
6 1 (2.778%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 1 (2.778%) Development Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Open Source
2 3 (8.333%) Mobile App
2 3 (8.333%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.778%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Linux
2 3 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (13.89%) MVC
2 5 (13.89%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (11.11%) TDD
3 4 (11.11%) Multithreading
3 4 (11.11%) Web Development
3 4 (11.11%) Refactoring
3 4 (11.11%) E-Commerce
3 4 (11.11%) OOP
4 3 (8.333%) Memory Management
4 3 (8.333%) Scrum
5 2 (5.556%) Workflow
5 2 (5.556%) Migration
5 2 (5.556%) SOA
5 2 (5.556%) ETL
5 2 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.556%) Configuration Management
5 2 (5.556%) UML
5 2 (5.556%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.778%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) C#
2 12 (33.33%) PHP
3 7 (19.44%) SQL
4 6 (16.67%) PHP5
4 6 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 5 (13.89%) VB
5 5 (13.89%) Java
5 5 (13.89%) Delphi
5 5 (13.89%) VB6
6 3 (8.333%) C
6 3 (8.333%) C++
6 3 (8.333%) Objective-C
7 2 (5.556%) XPath
7 2 (5.556%) PL/SQL
7 2 (5.556%) Python
8 1 (2.778%) ABAP
8 1 (2.778%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) Degree
2 1 (2.778%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.778%) BC Cleared
2 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) Oracle
3 6 (16.67%) Zend
4 2 (5.556%) CA
4 2 (5.556%) TIBCO
4 2 (5.556%) SAP
5 1 (2.778%) Allen-Bradley
5 1 (2.778%) Siemens
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