The first table below looks at the demand for OOP skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OOP over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Rank 213 219 250
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +31
Contract jobs citing OOP 368 450 392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.870% 0.841% 0.708%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.219% 1.231% 1.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 314 237
Average daily rate £375 £353 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% +0.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £262 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £550 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
Average hourly rate £39.00 £60.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% +60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year
-36.66% -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30182 36546 37754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.34% 68.30% 68.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18435 21484 21848
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £595 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 936 1202 1371
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.12 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £46.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
OOP
UK

OOP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OOP across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England OOP Jobs Demand Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OOP across the England region.

England OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England OOP Daily Rate Histogram

OOP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OOP across the England region.

England OOP Hourly Rate Trend

OOP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London +4 256 £400 -4.19%
South East +24 51 £325 +1.56%
North West -30 13 £265 -3.63%
East Midlands +8 12 £288 -45.23%
East of England +3 12 £288 -17.85%
South West +19 8 £375 +15.38%
West Midlands +19 8 £300 +20.00%
Yorkshire +2 8 £310 +12.72%
North East +10 1 £350 -
OOP
UK

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing OOP 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 OOP.

1 375 (53.96%) OO
2 291 (41.87%) JavaScript
3 248 (35.68%) CSS
4 231 (33.24%) Java
5 218 (31.37%) C#
6 201 (28.92%) SQL
7 196 (28.20%) HTML
8 181 (26.04%) .NET
9 180 (25.90%) PHP
9 180 (25.90%) MVC
10 168 (24.17%) jQuery
11 143 (20.58%) XML
12 140 (20.14%) MySQL
13 129 (18.56%) Agile Software Development
14 128 (18.42%) SQL Server
15 121 (17.41%) Android
15 121 (17.41%) HTML5
16 113 (16.26%) Web Services
17 109 (15.68%) ASP.NET
18 107 (15.40%) TDD
19 101 (14.53%) C++
20 95 (13.67%) Ajax
21 93 (13.38%) JSON
22 92 (13.24%) Scrum
23 91 (13.09%) Finance
24 87 (12.52%) Subversion
25 83 (11.94%) Oracle
26 78 (11.22%) Microsoft
27 76 (10.94%) Visual Studio
28 75 (10.79%) Mobile App

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing OOP 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 OOP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 248 (35.68%) CSS
2 196 (28.20%) HTML
3 181 (26.04%) .NET
4 168 (24.17%) jQuery
5 143 (20.58%) XML
6 121 (17.41%) HTML5
7 113 (16.26%) Web Services
8 109 (15.68%) ASP.NET
9 95 (13.67%) Ajax
10 93 (13.38%) JSON
11 65 (9.353%) CSS3
12 54 (7.770%) WCF
13 43 (6.187%) LAMP
13 43 (6.187%) REST
14 39 (5.612%) ASP.NET MVC
15 37 (5.324%) RESTful
16 36 (5.180%) .NET Framework
17 33 (4.748%) Flash
18 30 (4.317%) XHTML
19 27 (3.885%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 46 (6.619%) SharePoint
2 45 (6.475%) CMS
3 35 (5.036%) Drupal
4 30 (4.317%) Apache
5 17 (2.446%) IIS
5 17 (2.446%) WordPress
6 16 (2.302%) Magento
7 14 (2.014%) SharePoint 2010
8 8 (1.151%) Confluence
9 6 (0.863%) Joomla!
9 6 (0.863%) nginx
10 5 (0.719%) concrete5
11 4 (0.576%) Moodle
11 4 (0.576%) GlassFish
11 4 (0.576%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.576%) BizTalk Server
12 3 (0.432%) JCAPS
13 2 (0.288%) Orchard CMS
13 2 (0.288%) SharePoint 2013
13 2 (0.288%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 34 (4.892%) MS Excel
2 12 (1.727%) MS Office
3 11 (1.583%) Photoshop
4 8 (1.151%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.432%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.288%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.144%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.144%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.144%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.295%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.432%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (0.288%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.288%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.288%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.144%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.144%) Tridion
4 1 (0.144%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.144%) Front Arena
4 1 (0.144%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.748%) HTTP
2 29 (4.173%) Internet
3 8 (1.151%) Intranet
4 7 (1.007%) FTP
4 7 (1.007%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.007%) NFC
5 2 (0.288%) LDAP
5 2 (0.288%) DNS
5 2 (0.288%) SSL
5 2 (0.288%) Firewall
6 1 (0.144%) Wireless
6 1 (0.144%) Extranet
6 1 (0.144%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (20.14%) MySQL
2 128 (18.42%) SQL Server
3 36 (5.180%) SQL Server 2008
4 27 (3.885%) TOAD
5 26 (3.741%) OLAP
6 24 (3.453%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 23 (3.309%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 19 (2.734%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (2.590%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 17 (2.446%) SQLite
11 15 (2.158%) QlikView
12 14 (2.014%) SQL Server 2005
13 12 (1.727%) Oracle OLAP
13 12 (1.727%) SQLPlus
14 11 (1.583%) PostgreSQL
15 10 (1.439%) SQL Server 2012
15 10 (1.439%) MongoDB
16 6 (0.863%) CouchDB
16 6 (0.863%) MS Access
16 6 (0.863%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 87 (12.52%) Subversion
2 76 (10.94%) Visual Studio
3 71 (10.22%) Git (software)
4 27 (3.885%) Mercurial
5 25 (3.597%) Cucumber
6 24 (3.453%) Xcode
7 23 (3.309%) Eclipse
7 23 (3.309%) Selenium
7 23 (3.309%) Maven
8 22 (3.165%) JUnit
9 18 (2.590%) WebDriver
10 16 (2.302%) GitHub
10 16 (2.302%) Ant
11 15 (2.158%) Team Foundation Server
11 15 (2.158%) PHPUnit
11 15 (2.158%) Hudson
12 11 (1.583%) Trac
13 10 (1.439%) CruiseControl
14 9 (1.295%) SpecFlow
15 8 (1.151%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 91 (13.09%) Finance
2 51 (7.338%) Banking
3 28 (4.029%) Front Office
3 28 (4.029%) Games
4 18 (2.590%) Investment Banking
4 18 (2.590%) Retail
5 14 (2.014%) Marketing
6 12 (1.727%) Publishing
7 8 (1.151%) Telecoms
8 5 (0.719%) Advertising
8 5 (0.719%) Electronics
9 4 (0.576%) Back Office
10 3 (0.432%) Law
10 3 (0.432%) Legal
10 3 (0.432%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.432%) Music
11 2 (0.288%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.288%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.144%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.144%) German Language
Job Titles
1 614 (88.35%) Developer
2 102 (14.68%) PHP Developer
3 85 (12.23%) Android Developer
4 66 (9.496%) .NET Developer
5 48 (6.906%) Senior Developer
6 37 (5.324%) Web Developer
6 37 (5.324%) Front-End Developer
7 34 (4.892%) C# Developer
8 31 (4.460%) iOS Developer
9 27 (3.885%) ASP.NET Developer
10 25 (3.597%) Drupal Developer
11 24 (3.453%) Mobile Developer
12 23 (3.309%) C# .NET Developer
13 18 (2.590%) Java Developer
14 16 (2.302%) Software Engineer
15 15 (2.158%) C# ASP.NET Developer
15 15 (2.158%) SharePoint Developer
16 13 (1.871%) Analyst
16 13 (1.871%) Software Developer
16 13 (1.871%) Flash Developer
Miscellaneous
1 75 (10.79%) Mobile App
2 32 (4.604%) N-Tier
3 31 (4.460%) Computer Science
4 27 (3.885%) iPhone
5 25 (3.597%) Open Source
6 19 (2.734%) Blackberry
6 19 (2.734%) Derivative
7 18 (2.590%) New Media
8 16 (2.302%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.727%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.727%) Credit Derivative
10 11 (1.583%) Digital Media
10 11 (1.583%) iPad
10 11 (1.583%) Hedge funds
11 9 (1.295%) Smartphone
11 9 (1.295%) Graphic Design
11 9 (1.295%) Social Media
11 9 (1.295%) Video on Demand
12 7 (1.007%) NHS
12 7 (1.007%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 121 (17.41%) Android
2 72 (10.36%) Windows
3 57 (8.201%) Apple iOS
4 42 (6.043%) Linux
5 19 (2.734%) UNIX
6 12 (1.727%) Windows Mobile
7 5 (0.719%) Windows XP
7 5 (0.719%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.288%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.288%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.288%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.144%) VxWorks
9 1 (0.144%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.144%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (53.96%) OO
2 180 (25.90%) MVC
3 129 (18.56%) Agile Software Development
4 107 (15.40%) TDD
5 92 (13.24%) Scrum
6 69 (9.928%) Multithreading
7 48 (6.906%) Unit Testing
8 39 (5.612%) BDD
9 37 (5.324%) Continuous Integration
10 35 (5.036%) E-Commerce
11 34 (4.892%) OOD
12 33 (4.748%) Risk Management
13 32 (4.604%) Web Development
14 29 (4.173%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (3.741%) Waterfall
16 25 (3.597%) Memory Management
17 19 (2.734%) Dependency Injection
17 19 (2.734%) Web Application Development
18 18 (2.590%) Software Engineering
18 18 (2.590%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 291 (41.87%) JavaScript
2 231 (33.24%) Java
3 218 (31.37%) C#
4 201 (28.92%) SQL
5 180 (25.90%) PHP
6 101 (14.53%) C++
7 60 (8.633%) Objective-C
8 49 (7.050%) PHP5
9 44 (6.331%) T-SQL
10 38 (5.468%) PL/SQL
11 35 (5.036%) Python
12 32 (4.604%) VB.NET
13 30 (4.317%) Perl
14 29 (4.173%) ActionScript
14 29 (4.173%) Ruby
15 27 (3.885%) C
16 23 (3.309%) ActionScript 3.0
17 18 (2.590%) VB
18 15 (2.158%) ActionScript 2.0
19 13 (1.871%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (6.619%) Degree
2 8 (1.151%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (1.151%) Sun Certification
3 7 (1.007%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.576%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.144%) GIAC
5 1 (0.144%) SSCP
5 1 (0.144%) CISSP
5 1 (0.144%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.144%) PMP
5 1 (0.144%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.144%) PhD
5 1 (0.144%) MCSD
5 1 (0.144%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.741%) QA
2 7 (1.007%) Basel II
2 7 (1.007%) SLA
3 3 (0.432%) HL7
4 2 (0.288%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.144%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 1 (0.144%) ISO/IEC 7816
System Software
1 3 (0.432%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.288%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.288%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.144%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 3 (0.432%) Data Guard
2 2 (0.288%) Sun Identity Manager
Vendors
1 83 (11.94%) Oracle
2 78 (11.22%) Microsoft
3 51 (7.338%) Zend
4 28 (4.029%) Google
5 20 (2.878%) Business Objects
6 19 (2.734%) Adobe
7 18 (2.590%) Telerik
7 18 (2.590%) DevExpress
8 16 (2.302%) Twitter
9 14 (2.014%) Apple
10 13 (1.871%) Facebook
11 11 (1.583%) Reuters
11 11 (1.583%) Bloomberg
11 11 (1.583%) Trayport
12 10 (1.439%) SAP
13 3 (0.432%) OpenTV
13 3 (0.432%) Sencha
13 3 (0.432%) Appcelerator
14 2 (0.288%) Tableau
14 2 (0.288%) SunGard
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