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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited OO over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6055
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.005 %
As % of the category below3.069 %1.316 %
Daily rates quoted91
Average minimum daily rate£316£250
Average daily rate£340£300
% change on same period last year+13.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£354
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£41.33-
Average hourly rate£44.17-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£47.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.24£33.71
% change on same period last year+10.47 %
Processes & Methodologies CheshireProcesses & Methodologies
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads619380
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.822 %0.390 %
Daily rates quoted213124
Average minimum daily rate£346£316
Average daily rate£359£332
% change on same period last year+8.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£375
% change on same period last year+1.52 %
Hourly rates quoted5816
Average minimum hourly rate£25.67£21.41
Average hourly rate£27.52£22.52
% change on same period last year+22.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.36£23.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.43£30.35
% change on same period last year-3.02 %
OO North WestOO
North West

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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire OO Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cheshire OO Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cheshire OO Hourly Rate Histogram

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing OO within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonUp+17£350-
Alderley EdgeNew entry-5£333-
ChesterDown-22£355+18.33 %
MacclesfieldNew entry-1£325-
OO North WestOO
North West

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

117 (60.71 %)XML
215 (53.57 %)Java
215 (53.57 %)J2EE
314 (50.00 %)CSS
412 (42.86 %)UNIX
412 (42.86 %)Oracle
511 (39.29 %).NET
511 (39.29 %)WebServices
610 (35.71 %)UML
610 (35.71 %)HTML
79 (32.14 %)OOD
88 (28.57 %)SOA
88 (28.57 %)Microsoft
88 (28.57 %)JavaScript
97 (25.00 %)C#
97 (25.00 %)SQL
97 (25.00 %)MS Office
97 (25.00 %)Servlets
97 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
106 (21.43 %)Hibernate
106 (21.43 %)JDBC
106 (21.43 %)Windows
115 (17.86 %)JSP
115 (17.86 %)ASP.NET
115 (17.86 %)SQL Server
115 (17.86 %)Oracle 10g
115 (17.86 %)AJAX
124 (14.29 %)TDD
124 (14.29 %)Subversion
124 (14.29 %)e-GIF

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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
117 (60.71 %)XML
215 (53.57 %)J2EE
314 (50.00 %)CSS
411 (39.29 %).NET
411 (39.29 %)WebServices
510 (35.71 %)HTML
67 (25.00 %)Servlets
76 (21.43 %)JDBC
76 (21.43 %)Hibernate
85 (17.86 %)ASP.NET
85 (17.86 %)JSP
85 (17.86 %)AJAX
94 (14.29 %)XSLT
103 (10.71 %)XHTML
103 (10.71 %)SOAP
112 (7.143 %)WinForms
112 (7.143 %).NET Framework
121 (3.571 %)Drupal
121 (3.571 %)ASP.NET 2.0
121 (3.571 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
17 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (7.143 %)CMS
31 (3.571 %)IIS
Applications
17 (25.00 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
12 (7.143 %)Internet
21 (3.571 %)VoIP
21 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
15 (17.86 %)SQL Server
15 (17.86 %)Oracle 10g
22 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (7.143 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (7.143 %)Oracle 9i
31 (3.571 %)Crystal Reports
31 (3.571 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
14 (14.29 %)Ant
14 (14.29 %)Eclipse
14 (14.29 %)Subversion
22 (7.143 %)Visual Studio
31 (3.571 %)Oracle Forms
31 (3.571 %)Flash
31 (3.571 %)ClearCase
31 (3.571 %)Oracle APEX
31 (3.571 %)CruiseControl
General
13 (10.71 %)Finance
22 (7.143 %)Education
22 (7.143 %)Government
22 (7.143 %)Advertising
31 (3.571 %)Publishing
31 (3.571 %)Military
31 (3.571 %)Multimedia
31 (3.571 %)Local Government
31 (3.571 %)Health
31 (3.571 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
118 (64.29 %)Developer
28 (28.57 %)Programmer
28 (28.57 %)Java Developer
35 (17.86 %).NET Developer
35 (17.86 %)J2EE Developer
35 (17.86 %)Java Programmer
44 (14.29 %)Java/J2EE Developer
53 (10.71 %)Analyst Programmer
53 (10.71 %)Analyst
53 (10.71 %)Web Developer
62 (7.143 %)C# Developer
71 (3.571 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.571 %)Software Engineer
71 (3.571 %)Configuration Manager
71 (3.571 %).NET Web Developer
71 (3.571 %)Senior Java Developer
71 (3.571 %)Senior Programmer
71 (3.571 %)Senior Java Programmer
71 (3.571 %)VB.NET Developer
71 (3.571 %)C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
14 (14.29 %)N-Tier
21 (3.571 %)RIA
Operating Systems
112 (42.86 %)UNIX
26 (21.43 %)Windows
31 (3.571 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
110 (35.71 %)UML
29 (32.14 %)OOD
38 (28.57 %)SOA
44 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
44 (14.29 %)TDD
44 (14.29 %)e-GIF
53 (10.71 %)Agile Software Development
61 (3.571 %)B2B
61 (3.571 %)Use Case
61 (3.571 %)Configuration Management
61 (3.571 %)Validation
61 (3.571 %)Migration
61 (3.571 %)Unified Process
61 (3.571 %)SSADM
61 (3.571 %)RUP
61 (3.571 %)CRM
Programming Languages
115 (53.57 %)Java
28 (28.57 %)JavaScript
37 (25.00 %)C#
37 (25.00 %)SQL
44 (14.29 %)PL/SQL
53 (10.71 %)PHP
62 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
62 (7.143 %)VB.NET
62 (7.143 %)PHP5
71 (3.571 %)PHP4
71 (3.571 %)ActionScript
71 (3.571 %)Ruby
71 (3.571 %)VB
71 (3.571 %)C++
71 (3.571 %)Delphi
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (10.71 %)WCAG
13 (10.71 %)WAI
22 (7.143 %)QA
Vendors
112 (42.86 %)Oracle
28 (28.57 %)Microsoft
31 (3.571 %)Interwoven
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