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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Design (OOD) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OOD over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Design (OOD)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2528
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the category below4.196 %1.887 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£358
% change on same period last year-9.55 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.16£37.77
% change on same period last year-6.90 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads143106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.232 %0.116 %
Daily rates quoted1715
Average minimum daily rate£303£268
Average daily rate£306£281
% change on same period last year+9.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£294
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted397
Average minimum hourly rate£24.98£31.21
Average hourly rate£26.12£31.21
% change on same period last year-16.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.27£31.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
OOD CheshireOOD
Cheshire

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.

OOD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OOD across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Chester OOD Demand Trend

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

16 (100.00 %)C#
16 (100.00 %)OOA/OOD
25 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
25 (83.33 %)SOAP
25 (83.33 %)WebServices
25 (83.33 %).NET
25 (83.33 %)OOP
34 (66.67 %)German Language
42 (33.33 %)SQL
42 (33.33 %)C++
51 (16.67 %)Java
51 (16.67 %)JavaScript
51 (16.67 %)Perl
51 (16.67 %)C
51 (16.67 %)Oracle
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server
51 (16.67 %)UNIX
51 (16.67 %)Windows
51 (16.67 %)OO
51 (16.67 %)Java RMI
51 (16.67 %)VMS
51 (16.67 %)Informatica
51 (16.67 %)Banking
51 (16.67 %)AJAX
51 (16.67 %)Dutch Language
51 (16.67 %)Finance
51 (16.67 %)Perforce

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (83.33 %).NET
15 (83.33 %)ASP.NET
15 (83.33 %)SOAP
15 (83.33 %)WebServices
21 (16.67 %)Java RMI
21 (16.67 %)AJAX
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Finance
11 (16.67 %)Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (100.00 %)Developer
16 (100.00 %)C# Developer
25 (83.33 %).NET Developer
34 (66.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
34 (66.67 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
41 (16.67 %)C++/C# Developer
41 (16.67 %).NET Web Developer
41 (16.67 %)C# Web Developer
41 (16.67 %)C Developer
41 (16.67 %)C++ Developer
41 (16.67 %)Web Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (66.67 %)German Language
21 (16.67 %)Dutch Language
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
11 (16.67 %)Windows
11 (16.67 %)VMS
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (100.00 %)OOA/OOD
25 (83.33 %)OOP
31 (16.67 %)OO
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)C#
22 (33.33 %)C++
22 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)C
31 (16.67 %)Java
31 (16.67 %)JavaScript
31 (16.67 %)Perl
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Oracle
11 (16.67 %)Informatica
11 (16.67 %)Perforce