The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OO over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cheltenham 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 13 17 20
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +3
Contract jobs citing OO 3 10 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 3.659% 7.519% 1.818%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.769% 10.31% 3.279%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Average daily rate £375 £375 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.89% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
52 97 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 63.41% 72.93% 55.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 62 25
Average daily rate £346 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.52% +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £395 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £575 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 15
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -30.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.60 £25.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £37.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
OO
Gloucestershire

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham OO Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham OO Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheltenham OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 6 (66.67%) C#
2 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 3 (33.33%) C++
4 3 (33.33%) XML
4 3 (33.33%) C
4 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 3 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) WCF
5 2 (22.22%) Avionics
5 2 (22.22%) DO-178B
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (22.22%) MCAD
5 2 (22.22%) MCSD
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Assembly Language
5 2 (22.22%) CRM
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 1 (11.11%) Embedded C
6 1 (11.11%) Embedded C++
6 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
6 1 (11.11%) PVCS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 5 (55.56%) .NET
1 5 (55.56%) ASP.NET
2 3 (33.33%) XML
3 2 (22.22%) WCF
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) PVCS
2 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Avionics
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (22.22%) Programmer
3 2 (22.22%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) CRM Developer
3 2 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Problem Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Embedded C Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Requirements Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 2 (22.22%) CRM
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) C++
3 3 (33.33%) C
4 2 (22.22%) Assembly Language
5 1 (11.11%) VB6
5 1 (11.11%) VB
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded C
5 1 (11.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCAD
1 2 (22.22%) MCSD
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Serena