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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3337
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads170171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.227 %0.173 %
As % of the category below7.703 %7.349 %
Daily rates quoted5841
Average minimum daily rate£381£362
Average daily rate£415£393
% change on same period last year+5.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£364
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Hourly rates quoted1239
Average minimum hourly rate£38.00£33.99
Average hourly rate£39.92£34.60
% change on same period last year+15.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.83£35.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.61£33.71
% change on same period last year+11.56 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads22072327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.942 %2.354 %
Daily rates quoted810817
Average minimum daily rate£375£362
Average daily rate£399£383
% change on same period last year+4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted209236
Average minimum hourly rate£29.47£28.76
Average hourly rate£30.60£30.20
% change on same period last year+1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.74£31.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
OO EnglandOO
England

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England 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 jobs citing OO within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 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
HertfordshireUp+1984£448+19.62 %
CambridgeshireUp+746£317+2.77 %
EssexDown-1530£428-8.35 %
SuffolkUp+109£346-30.83 %
BedfordshireUp+111--
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1179 (50.14 %)SQL
2165 (46.22 %)UML
3161 (45.10 %)Java
4118 (33.05 %)XML
5115 (32.21 %)J2EE
6107 (29.97 %).NET
799 (27.73 %)Finance
890 (25.21 %)Oracle
987 (24.37 %)Hibernate
1085 (23.81 %)JUnit
1182 (22.97 %)WebServices
1281 (22.69 %)Spring
1377 (21.57 %)ASP.NET
1377 (21.57 %)Eclipse
1473 (20.45 %)RAD
1569 (19.33 %)C#
1668 (19.05 %)SOA
1767 (18.77 %)JavaScript
1866 (18.49 %)CSS
1965 (18.21 %)XSLT
2063 (17.65 %)UNIX
2157 (15.97 %)PL/SQL
2157 (15.97 %)Banking
2256 (15.69 %)SQL Server
2354 (15.13 %)Agile Software Development
2453 (14.85 %)HTML
2551 (14.29 %)AJAX
2648 (13.45 %)WebLogic
2744 (12.32 %)C++
2744 (12.32 %)E-Commerce

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1118 (33.05 %)XML
2115 (32.21 %)J2EE
3107 (29.97 %).NET
487 (24.37 %)Hibernate
582 (22.97 %)WebServices
681 (22.69 %)Spring
777 (21.57 %)ASP.NET
866 (18.49 %)CSS
965 (18.21 %)XSLT
1053 (14.85 %)HTML
1151 (14.29 %)AJAX
1242 (11.76 %)WebSphere
1341 (11.48 %)Struts
1436 (10.08 %)Java EE
1532 (8.964 %)WPF
1625 (7.003 %)ADO.NET
1724 (6.723 %)JSF
1823 (6.443 %)JSP
1823 (6.443 %)Servlets
1823 (6.443 %)DOM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (13.45 %)WebLogic
220 (5.602 %)BizTalk Server
312 (3.361 %)WebSphere Application Server
410 (2.801 %)JBoss
59 (2.521 %)IIS
59 (2.521 %)WebLogic Portal
68 (2.241 %)Apache
77 (1.961 %)Tuxedo
77 (1.961 %)CMS
85 (1.401 %)MQSeries
94 (1.120 %)Joomla!
102 (0.560 %)IBM HTTP Server
102 (0.560 %)Oracle HTTP Server
102 (0.560 %)Tomcat
102 (0.560 %)DotNetNuke
111 (0.280 %)SharePoint
111 (0.280 %)ESB
111 (0.280 %)Office Project Server
111 (0.280 %)SharePoint Server 2007
111 (0.280 %)Zope
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (1.120 %)MS Excel
21 (0.280 %)InfoPath
21 (0.280 %)MS Project
21 (0.280 %)MS Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.280 %)SAP PS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (8.683 %)HTTP
230 (8.403 %)Internet
323 (6.443 %)TCP/IP
421 (5.882 %)SMTP
421 (5.882 %)FTP
516 (4.482 %)3G
613 (3.641 %)RNC
711 (3.081 %)2G
810 (2.801 %)GSM
99 (2.521 %)SS7
103 (0.840 %)DVB
112 (0.560 %)Firewall
112 (0.560 %)UMTS
112 (0.560 %)LDAP
121 (0.280 %)Bluetooth
121 (0.280 %)CDMA
121 (0.280 %)GPRS
121 (0.280 %)Ethernet
121 (0.280 %)Wireless
121 (0.280 %)HSDPA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (15.69 %)SQL Server
219 (5.322 %)SQL Server 2005
315 (4.202 %)DB2
411 (3.081 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (2.241 %)Crystal Reports
67 (1.961 %)MySQL
76 (1.681 %)Oracle Reports
85 (1.401 %)RDBMS
85 (1.401 %)Oracle 10g
94 (1.120 %)Oracle 9i
103 (0.840 %)Oracle 8/8i
112 (0.560 %)MS Access
121 (0.280 %)DTS
121 (0.280 %)Oracle Discoverer
121 (0.280 %)BusinessObjects
121 (0.280 %)SQL Server 7
121 (0.280 %)GIS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
185 (23.81 %)JUnit
277 (21.57 %)Eclipse
326 (7.283 %)Ant
417 (4.762 %)Visual Studio
417 (4.762 %)Subversion
515 (4.202 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
613 (3.641 %)VSS/SourceSafe
712 (3.361 %)ClearCase
712 (3.361 %)IntelliJ
811 (3.081 %)ClearQuest
811 (3.081 %)CruiseControl
811 (3.081 %)JIRA
811 (3.081 %)Atlassian Bamboo
96 (1.681 %)FitNesse
96 (1.681 %)NUnit
104 (1.120 %)Log4j
113 (0.840 %)Flash
122 (0.560 %)JBuilder
122 (0.560 %)PVCS
122 (0.560 %)JDeveloper
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
199 (27.73 %)Finance
257 (15.97 %)Banking
343 (12.04 %)Back Office
442 (11.76 %)Retail
529 (8.123 %)Telecoms
613 (3.641 %)Games
712 (3.361 %)Government
811 (3.081 %)Marketing
811 (3.081 %)Financial Institution
95 (1.401 %)Insurance
104 (1.120 %)Automotive
113 (0.840 %)Pharmaceutical
122 (0.560 %)Electronics
122 (0.560 %)Education
122 (0.560 %)Multimedia
131 (0.280 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.280 %)Advertising
131 (0.280 %)Construction
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1238 (66.67 %)Developer
288 (24.65 %)Java Developer
368 (19.05 %).NET Developer
437 (10.36 %)Senior Developer
530 (8.403 %)C# Developer
628 (7.843 %)Architect
628 (7.843 %)Senior Java Developer
727 (7.563 %)Software Engineer
826 (7.283 %)Analyst
925 (7.003 %)VB.NET Developer
1023 (6.443 %)J2EE Developer
1121 (5.882 %)ASP.NET Developer
1216 (4.482 %)Web Developer
1315 (4.202 %)Technical Analyst
1315 (4.202 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1413 (3.641 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1413 (3.641 %)Software Architect
1512 (3.361 %)Software Developer
1611 (3.081 %)Team Leader
1611 (3.081 %)Senior J2EE Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
132 (8.964 %)N-Tier
219 (5.322 %)W3C
39 (2.521 %)Computer Science
47 (1.961 %)Client/Server
53 (0.840 %)Device Driver
53 (0.840 %)IVR
62 (0.560 %)E-Learning
62 (0.560 %)SCORM
62 (0.560 %)Multithreading
62 (0.560 %)Management Information System
62 (0.560 %)Firmware
71 (0.280 %)ASIC
71 (0.280 %)Handset
71 (0.280 %)Blog
71 (0.280 %)Verilog
71 (0.280 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
71 (0.280 %)Web 2.0
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
163 (17.65 %)UNIX
241 (11.48 %)Linux
324 (6.723 %)Windows
417 (4.762 %)Solaris
512 (3.361 %)HPUX
64 (1.120 %)AIX
73 (0.840 %)Windows NT
82 (0.560 %)Windows XP
91 (0.280 %)Windows 2000
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1165 (46.22 %)UML
273 (20.45 %)RAD
368 (19.05 %)SOA
454 (15.13 %)Agile Software Development
544 (12.32 %)E-Commerce
638 (10.64 %)OOD
736 (10.08 %)Scrum
830 (8.403 %)CRM
922 (6.162 %)Change Management
1018 (5.042 %)OOP
1117 (4.762 %)RUP
1117 (4.762 %)Web Development
1216 (4.482 %)Unit Testing
1315 (4.202 %)Continuous Integration
1315 (4.202 %)OOA/OOD
1413 (3.641 %)Software Engineering
158 (2.241 %)Supplier Management
158 (2.241 %)TDD
158 (2.241 %)Use Case
167 (1.961 %)Content Management
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1179 (50.14 %)SQL
2161 (45.10 %)Java
369 (19.33 %)C#
467 (18.77 %)JavaScript
557 (15.97 %)PL/SQL
644 (12.32 %)C++
742 (11.76 %)VB.NET
839 (10.92 %)C
925 (7.003 %)Transact-SQL
1022 (6.162 %)VB
1022 (6.162 %)VB6
1117 (4.762 %)Perl
1212 (3.361 %)DHTML
1310 (2.801 %)PHP
148 (2.241 %)Delphi
155 (1.401 %)VBScript
164 (1.120 %)ActionScript
164 (1.120 %)ECMAScript
173 (0.840 %)ABAP
173 (0.840 %)Ruby
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (1.961 %)Degree
25 (1.401 %)Sun Certification
34 (1.120 %)PhD
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (3.361 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.280 %)QA
21 (0.280 %)PCI DSS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.681 %)AquaLogic
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.280 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
190 (25.21 %)Oracle
225 (7.003 %)BEA
323 (6.443 %)Microsoft
419 (5.322 %)ILOG
515 (4.202 %)IBM
611 (3.081 %)Serena
78 (2.241 %)Sun
78 (2.241 %)FatWire
86 (1.681 %)Zend
94 (1.120 %)SAP
103 (0.840 %)Sybase
103 (0.840 %)Brocade
103 (0.840 %)StorageTek
111 (0.280 %)Tridion
111 (0.280 %)Borland
111 (0.280 %)CheckPoint
111 (0.280 %)Mercator
111 (0.280 %)Business Objects
111 (0.280 %)Interwoven
111 (0.280 %)Adobe
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