The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OO over the 3 months to 24 May 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 East of England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 36 49 44
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -5
Contract jobs citing OO 94 98 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 4.395% 3.316% 3.555%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.587% 5.150% 5.471%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 53 42
Average daily rate £400 £350 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -1.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £271 £298 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £427 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £336 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.46% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 6
Average hourly rate £34.25 £51.25 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.17% +97.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £41.80 £23.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £60.00 £30.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
OO
England

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 East of England region.

East of England OO Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

East of England OO Daily Rate Histogram

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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 East of England region.

East of England OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 24 May 2013.

East of England OO Hourly Rate Histogram

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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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire -5 39 £450 +28.57%
Cambridgeshire +5 20 £325 -17.19%
Essex - 20 £285 -
Norfolk +10 11 - -
Bedfordshire -3 4 £400 +14.28%
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 79 (41.58%) C#
2 69 (36.32%) JavaScript
2 69 (36.32%) CSS
3 67 (35.26%) .NET
4 61 (32.11%) TDD
5 60 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
6 55 (28.95%) HTML
6 55 (28.95%) XML
7 53 (27.89%) SQL
8 51 (26.84%) Windows
9 49 (25.79%) Ajax
10 45 (23.68%) Java
11 43 (22.63%) Scrum
12 42 (22.11%) Retail
13 38 (20.00%) Linux
14 34 (17.89%) jQuery
15 33 (17.37%) XHTML
16 32 (16.84%) J2EE
16 32 (16.84%) BDD
17 31 (16.32%) HTML5
17 31 (16.32%) JSP
17 31 (16.32%) SOA
18 26 (13.68%) PHP
19 25 (13.16%) CSS3
20 23 (12.11%) UNIX
20 23 (12.11%) E-Commerce
20 23 (12.11%) Microsoft
21 22 (11.58%) XSLT
21 22 (11.58%) UML
22 21 (11.05%) Web Services

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 69 (36.32%) CSS
2 67 (35.26%) .NET
3 55 (28.95%) HTML
3 55 (28.95%) XML
4 49 (25.79%) Ajax
5 34 (17.89%) jQuery
6 33 (17.37%) XHTML
7 32 (16.84%) J2EE
8 31 (16.32%) HTML5
8 31 (16.32%) JSP
9 25 (13.16%) CSS3
10 22 (11.58%) XSLT
11 21 (11.05%) Web Services
12 20 (10.53%) JSON
13 15 (7.895%) WebSphere
14 14 (7.368%) REST
15 12 (6.316%) .NET Framework
16 11 (5.789%) SOAP
17 10 (5.263%) Struts
17 10 (5.263%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 13 (6.842%) Apache
2 11 (5.789%) CMS
3 8 (4.211%) Drupal
4 6 (3.158%) IIS
4 6 (3.158%) WebSphere Application Server
4 6 (3.158%) MQSeries
5 5 (2.632%) WordPress
6 4 (2.105%) Tomcat
6 4 (2.105%) ESB
6 4 (2.105%) concrete5
6 4 (2.105%) Facebook Platform
7 3 (1.579%) WebLogic
8 2 (1.053%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.053%) nginx
9 1 (0.526%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.526%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.526%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.526%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.526%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.526%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 16 (8.421%) MS Excel
2 14 (7.368%) Photoshop
3 7 (3.684%) Fireworks
4 2 (1.053%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.526%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (3.158%) Tridion
2 3 (1.579%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.526%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.684%) Internet
2 3 (1.579%) HTTP
3 2 (1.053%) 3GPP
3 2 (1.053%) 3G
3 2 (1.053%) 2G
3 2 (1.053%) LTE
4 1 (0.526%) SMTP
4 1 (0.526%) SMS
4 1 (0.526%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.526%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.05%) MySQL
2 20 (10.53%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.737%) RDBMS
4 6 (3.158%) DB2
5 4 (2.105%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.105%) Redis
6 3 (1.579%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (1.579%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.526%) SQLite
7 1 (0.526%) GIS
7 1 (0.526%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.526%) MS Access
7 1 (0.526%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.526%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.526%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 18 (9.474%) Subversion
2 15 (7.895%) JUnit
3 14 (7.368%) Visual Studio
4 13 (6.842%) Ant
5 10 (5.263%) Eclipse
6 9 (4.737%) Git (software)
7 6 (3.158%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 6 (3.158%) Log4j
7 6 (3.158%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (2.632%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (2.632%) Axure RP
8 5 (2.632%) Xcode
9 4 (2.105%) Maven
10 3 (1.579%) WatiN
10 3 (1.579%) Rational Rhapsody
10 3 (1.579%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.579%) Selenium
11 2 (1.053%) ClearCase
12 1 (0.526%) GCC
12 1 (0.526%) GDB
General
1 42 (22.11%) Retail
2 9 (4.737%) Games
3 8 (4.211%) Finance
3 8 (4.211%) Telecoms
4 5 (2.632%) Marketing
5 4 (2.105%) Advertising
5 4 (2.105%) Legal
6 3 (1.579%) Avionics
6 3 (1.579%) Automotive
6 3 (1.579%) Military
7 1 (0.526%) Banking
7 1 (0.526%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.526%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.526%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 149 (78.42%) Developer
2 45 (23.68%) C# Developer
3 42 (22.11%) .NET Developer
4 33 (17.37%) C# .NET Developer
5 23 (12.11%) Architect
6 21 (11.05%) .NET Architect
7 20 (10.53%) C# Architect
8 19 (10.00%) Software Engineer
9 16 (8.421%) Java Developer
9 16 (8.421%) Senior Developer
10 12 (6.316%) JavaScript Developer
10 12 (6.316%) PHP Developer
10 12 (6.316%) Front-End Developer
10 12 (6.316%) Agile .NET Developer
11 11 (5.789%) Agile C# Developer
11 11 (5.789%) Software Developer
12 10 (5.263%) ScrumMaster
13 9 (4.737%) UI Developer
13 9 (4.737%) J2EE Developer
13 9 (4.737%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.789%) Computer Science
2 10 (5.263%) Open Source
3 9 (4.737%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.211%) Social Media
5 7 (3.684%) iPhone
5 7 (3.684%) iPad
6 6 (3.158%) Web 2.0
7 5 (2.632%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.105%) Online Games
9 3 (1.579%) Video on Demand
9 3 (1.579%) Blackberry
10 2 (1.053%) N-Tier
10 2 (1.053%) W3C
10 2 (1.053%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.526%) Telematics
11 1 (0.526%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.526%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.526%) E-Learning
11 1 (0.526%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.526%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 51 (26.84%) Windows
2 38 (20.00%) Linux
3 23 (12.11%) UNIX
4 12 (6.316%) Android
4 12 (6.316%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.684%) Solaris
6 6 (3.158%) HPUX
7 3 (1.579%) Windows Phone 8
7 3 (1.579%) Windows Phone
7 3 (1.579%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.526%) VME
8 1 (0.526%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.526%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (32.11%) TDD
2 60 (31.58%) Agile Software Development
3 43 (22.63%) Scrum
4 32 (16.84%) BDD
5 31 (16.32%) SOA
6 23 (12.11%) E-Commerce
7 22 (11.58%) UML
8 18 (9.474%) Unit Testing
9 17 (8.947%) MVC
10 16 (8.421%) Web Development
11 15 (7.895%) OOP
11 15 (7.895%) OOD
11 15 (7.895%) Software Engineering
12 13 (6.842%) Domain-Driven Design
12 13 (6.842%) RAD
12 13 (6.842%) Content Management
13 11 (5.789%) Web Design
13 11 (5.789%) AOP
14 10 (5.263%) RUP
15 8 (4.211%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 79 (41.58%) C#
2 69 (36.32%) JavaScript
3 53 (27.89%) SQL
4 45 (23.68%) Java
5 26 (13.68%) PHP
6 21 (11.05%) C++
7 16 (8.421%) XPath
8 10 (5.263%) C
9 8 (4.211%) FQL
9 8 (4.211%) PHP5
10 7 (3.684%) Perl
11 6 (3.158%) PowerHouse
11 6 (3.158%) Embedded C++
11 6 (3.158%) Bash shell
12 5 (2.632%) Ruby
13 4 (2.105%) VC++
13 4 (2.105%) Objective-C
14 3 (1.579%) Ada
15 2 (1.053%) Embedded C
15 2 (1.053%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (10.00%) Degree
2 9 (4.737%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.632%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.053%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.526%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.526%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.579%) QA
2 2 (1.053%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.053%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.053%) Varnish
2 1 (0.526%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 23 (12.11%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.421%) Adobe
3 14 (7.368%) Oracle
4 13 (6.842%) IBM
5 12 (6.316%) Facebook
5 12 (6.316%) Twitter
6 10 (5.263%) Zend
7 9 (4.737%) Apple
8 8 (4.211%) ATG
9 7 (3.684%) JBoss
10 6 (3.158%) Interwoven
10 6 (3.158%) Blue Martini
10 6 (3.158%) FatWire
10 6 (3.158%) Elastic Path
11 5 (2.632%) Google
12 2 (1.053%) Omniture
13 1 (0.526%) Telerik
13 1 (0.526%) Perforce
13 1 (0.526%) Fujitsu
13 1 (0.526%) SAP
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