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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Devon region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2019
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1333
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.033 %
As % of the category below13.13 %16.10 %
Daily rates quoted030
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£361
% change on same period last year-3.22 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£15.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.89£33.24
% change on same period last year+14.00 %
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Devon
Matching contract IT job ads99205
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.134 %0.202 %
Daily rates quoted5073
Average minimum daily rate£321£347
Average daily rate£341£357
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted828
Average minimum hourly rate£27.38£28.76
Average hourly rate£30.00£32.23
% change on same period last year-6.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.63£35.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
OO South WestOO
South 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 Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon OO Daily Rate Trend

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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 Devon region.

Devon OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Devon region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
PlymouthDown-64--
OO South WestOO
South West

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

118 (85.71 %)Java
215 (71.43 %)J2EE
314 (66.67 %)Oracle
413 (61.90 %)JSP
512 (57.14 %)Eclipse
512 (57.14 %)Ant
611 (52.38 %)XML
611 (52.38 %)Windows
710 (47.62 %)HTML
89 (42.86 %)Solaris
89 (42.86 %)XSD
89 (42.86 %)HTTP
89 (42.86 %)Tomcat
89 (42.86 %)Oracle 9i
89 (42.86 %)Windows NT
89 (42.86 %)XPath
89 (42.86 %)Sun
89 (42.86 %)Sun Certification
89 (42.86 %)Extranet
89 (42.86 %)Shell Script
89 (42.86 %)ATG
89 (42.86 %)ATG Dynamo
89 (42.86 %)Extreme Programming
89 (42.86 %)Castor
98 (38.10 %)SQL
105 (23.81 %)C#
105 (23.81 %).NET
105 (23.81 %)Struts
105 (23.81 %)Hibernate
105 (23.81 %)Spring

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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.

Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (71.43 %)J2EE
213 (61.90 %)JSP
311 (52.38 %)XML
410 (47.62 %)HTML
59 (42.86 %)XSD
59 (42.86 %)Castor
65 (23.81 %)Struts
65 (23.81 %).NET
65 (23.81 %)Hibernate
65 (23.81 %)Spring
65 (23.81 %)JSF
74 (19.05 %).NET Framework
74 (19.05 %)CSS
83 (14.29 %)XHTML
92 (9.524 %)WebServices
92 (9.524 %)Ext JS
101 (4.762 %)ASP.NET 2.0
101 (4.762 %)AJAX
101 (4.762 %)ASP.NET
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (42.86 %)Tomcat
19 (42.86 %)ATG Dynamo
21 (4.762 %)Apache
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.762 %)Photoshop
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (42.86 %)HTTP
19 (42.86 %)Extranet
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (42.86 %)Oracle 9i
21 (4.762 %)MySQL
21 (4.762 %)SQL Server
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (57.14 %)Ant
112 (57.14 %)Eclipse
23 (14.29 %)JUnit
31 (4.762 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (9.524 %)Education
21 (4.762 %)Games
21 (4.762 %)Pensions
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (95.24 %)Developer
212 (57.14 %)J2EE Developer
39 (42.86 %)Lead Developer
44 (19.05 %)Java Developer
53 (14.29 %)Senior J2EE Developer
53 (14.29 %)Senior Developer
62 (9.524 %)Applications Developer
71 (4.762 %)ASP.NET Developer
71 (4.762 %)PHP Developer
71 (4.762 %).NET Developer
71 (4.762 %)C# Developer
71 (4.762 %)Technical Lead
71 (4.762 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (52.38 %)Windows
29 (42.86 %)Solaris
29 (42.86 %)Windows NT
34 (19.05 %)UNIX
43 (14.29 %)Linux
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (42.86 %)Extreme Programming
23 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
23 (14.29 %)Continuous Integration
23 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
32 (9.524 %)Agile Software Development
32 (9.524 %)Web Development
41 (4.762 %)UML
41 (4.762 %)OOA/OOD
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (85.71 %)Java
29 (42.86 %)Shell Script
29 (42.86 %)XPath
38 (38.10 %)SQL
45 (23.81 %)C#
54 (19.05 %)JavaScript
63 (14.29 %)PHP
71 (4.762 %)VB.NET
71 (4.762 %)PHP5
71 (4.762 %)PHP4
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (42.86 %)Sun Certification
Devon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (66.67 %)Oracle
29 (42.86 %)Sun
29 (42.86 %)ATG
31 (4.762 %)Microsoft
31 (4.762 %)Adobe