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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills within the 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 OOP over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank241335
Rank change on same period last yearUp+94
Matching contract IT job ads393362
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.549 %0.364 %
As % of the category below1.083 %0.768 %
Daily rates quoted17273
Average minimum daily rate£274£369
Average daily rate£318£394
% change on same period last year-19.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£346
% change on same period last year-15.29 %
Hourly rates quoted2130
Average minimum hourly rate£36.76£32.23
Average hourly rate£37.52£34.23
% change on same period last year+9.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.29£36.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.61£34.31
% change on same period last year+9.62 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3628447160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled50.69 %47.38 %
Daily rates quoted1313715832
Average minimum daily rate£386£386
Average daily rate£413£410
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£441£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted23953151
Average minimum hourly rate£27.32£28.37
Average hourly rate£29.12£30.22
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.92£32.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
OOP UKOOP
UK

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.

OOP
Demand Trend

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

England OOP Demand Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England OOP Daily Rate Histogram

OOP
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England OOP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 6 October 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
LondonUp+100293£320-22.18 %
South EastUp+1426£311-14.34 %
South WestUp+1615£218-19.44 %
North WestUp+2315£360-
YorkshireUp+912£300-
West MidlandsUp+1611£313-3.58 %
East of EnglandUp+209£394+31.25 %
East MidlandsNew entry-8--
North EastUp+73--
MidlandsUp+142--
South CoastNew entry-1--
OOP UKOOP
UK

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

1377 (50.88 %)OO
2374 (50.47 %)XML
3352 (47.50 %)JavaScript
4323 (43.59 %)CSS
5307 (41.43 %)HTML
6260 (35.09 %)Flash
7255 (34.41 %)ActionScript
8225 (30.36 %).NET
9211 (28.48 %)C#
10165 (22.27 %)ASP.NET
11164 (22.13 %)PHP
11164 (22.13 %)SQL Server
12151 (20.38 %)MySQL
13150 (20.24 %)AJAX
14143 (19.30 %)Adobe Flex
15129 (17.41 %)WebServices
16123 (16.60 %)XHTML
17105 (14.17 %)SQL
18104 (14.04 %)Java
19101 (13.63 %)PHP5
2084 (11.34 %)OOD
2180 (10.80 %)Microsoft
2267 (9.042 %)SOAP
2366 (8.907 %)UML
2366 (8.907 %)Web Development
2464 (8.637 %)Windows
2464 (8.637 %)Visual Studio
2562 (8.367 %)XSLT
2659 (7.962 %)SQL Server 2005
2758 (7.827 %)Agile Software Development

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1374 (50.47 %)XML
2323 (43.59 %)CSS
3307 (41.43 %)HTML
4225 (30.36 %).NET
5165 (22.27 %)ASP.NET
6150 (20.24 %)AJAX
7143 (19.30 %)Adobe Flex
8129 (17.41 %)WebServices
9123 (16.60 %)XHTML
1067 (9.042 %)SOAP
1162 (8.367 %)XSLT
1251 (6.883 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1348 (6.478 %)MVC
1446 (6.208 %)J2EE
1542 (5.668 %)WinForms
1636 (4.858 %)Hibernate
1734 (4.588 %)Spring
1833 (4.453 %)LAMP
1833 (4.453 %)XSL
1924 (3.239 %)JDBC
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (4.588 %)Apache
227 (3.644 %)CMS
323 (3.104 %)WebLogic
419 (2.564 %)IIS
513 (1.754 %)Tomcat
612 (1.619 %)JBoss
77 (0.945 %)SharePoint
86 (0.810 %)ColdFusion
95 (0.675 %)SharePoint Server 2007
95 (0.675 %)Mule
104 (0.540 %)MS Exchange
113 (0.405 %)BizTalk Server
122 (0.270 %)Flash Media Server
131 (0.135 %)Exchange Server 2007
131 (0.135 %)Zope
131 (0.135 %)TYPO3
131 (0.135 %)ColdFusion MX
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (5.128 %)MS Excel
227 (3.644 %)Photoshop
38 (1.080 %)Fireworks
38 (1.080 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (0.270 %)MS Visio
51 (0.135 %)MS Project
51 (0.135 %)MS Office
51 (0.135 %)InfoPath
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.405 %)SAP CRM
22 (0.270 %)SAP Oil and Gas
31 (0.135 %)Global One
31 (0.135 %)Sophis RISQUE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
128 (3.779 %)Internet
214 (1.889 %)Intranet
310 (1.350 %)DNS
48 (1.080 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.270 %)DVB
52 (0.270 %)RTP
61 (0.135 %)Wireless
61 (0.135 %)RTSP
61 (0.135 %)Extranet
61 (0.135 %)3G
61 (0.135 %)DOCSIS
61 (0.135 %)HTTPS
61 (0.135 %)SSL
61 (0.135 %)GPRS
61 (0.135 %)SMS
61 (0.135 %)HTTP
61 (0.135 %)SNMP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1164 (22.13 %)SQL Server
2151 (20.38 %)MySQL
359 (7.962 %)SQL Server 2005
433 (4.453 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (1.080 %)RDBMS
66 (0.810 %)TOAD
74 (0.540 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
74 (0.540 %)BusinessObjects
83 (0.405 %)Datawarehouse
83 (0.405 %)PostgreSQL
92 (0.270 %)Informix
101 (0.135 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.135 %)Adabas
101 (0.135 %)ETL
101 (0.135 %)Sybase IQ
101 (0.135 %)GIS
101 (0.135 %)Sybase ASE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1260 (35.09 %)Flash
264 (8.637 %)Visual Studio
334 (4.588 %)NUnit
426 (3.509 %)Subversion
520 (2.699 %)Eclipse
617 (2.294 %)Ant
713 (1.754 %)ClearCase
89 (1.215 %)VSS/SourceSafe
98 (1.080 %)CruiseControl
98 (1.080 %)Selenium
98 (1.080 %)FitNesse
105 (0.675 %)Dreamweaver
114 (0.540 %)JUnit
123 (0.405 %)ARTiSAN
123 (0.405 %)Mylyn
131 (0.135 %)Log4Net
131 (0.135 %)FrontPage
131 (0.135 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
131 (0.135 %)Rational Rose
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
148 (6.478 %)Finance
237 (4.993 %)Games
323 (3.104 %)Banking
421 (2.834 %)Investment Banking
514 (1.889 %)Marketing
514 (1.889 %)Health
612 (1.619 %)Publishing
612 (1.619 %)Music
711 (1.484 %)Online Games
810 (1.350 %)Animation
97 (0.945 %)Telecoms
106 (0.810 %)Education
106 (0.810 %)Front Office
106 (0.810 %)Flash Games
106 (0.810 %)Music Industry
115 (0.675 %)Advertising
115 (0.675 %)Interactive Media
124 (0.540 %)Graphic Design
124 (0.540 %)Insurance
124 (0.540 %)Back Office
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1657 (88.66 %)Developer
2203 (27.40 %)Flash Developer
3111 (14.98 %)PHP Developer
4101 (13.63 %).NET Developer
576 (10.26 %)Web Developer
670 (9.447 %)Senior Developer
767 (9.042 %)C# Developer
865 (8.772 %)ActionScript Developer
932 (4.318 %)Java Developer
1025 (3.374 %)Senior Flash Developer
1121 (2.834 %)Programmer
1121 (2.834 %)Architect
1220 (2.699 %)J2EE Developer
1220 (2.699 %)ASP.NET Developer
1317 (2.294 %)Flex Developer
1414 (1.889 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1513 (1.754 %)Applications Developer
1513 (1.754 %)Software Developer
1513 (1.754 %)Software Engineer
1513 (1.754 %)Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (2.834 %)W3C
219 (2.564 %)N-Tier
219 (2.564 %)Computer Science
316 (2.159 %)Web 2.0
412 (1.619 %)Equities
510 (1.350 %)NHS
68 (1.080 %)RIA
68 (1.080 %)iPhone
77 (0.945 %)Multithreading
77 (0.945 %)Social Network
77 (0.945 %)Derivative
77 (0.945 %)German Language
86 (0.810 %)Flash Lite
86 (0.810 %)E-Learning
94 (0.540 %)AS400
94 (0.540 %)French Language
94 (0.540 %)Mathematics
103 (0.405 %)Dutch Language
103 (0.405 %)Data Integration
112 (0.270 %)Handset
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
164 (8.637 %)Windows
243 (5.803 %)Linux
326 (3.509 %)UNIX
410 (1.350 %)Red Hat Linux
57 (0.945 %)Android
57 (0.945 %)Mac OS X
65 (0.675 %)Solaris
74 (0.540 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (0.405 %)Debian
92 (0.270 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (0.270 %)Windows CE
101 (0.135 %)MVS
101 (0.135 %)Windows XP
101 (0.135 %)AIX
101 (0.135 %)Embedded Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1377 (50.88 %)OO
284 (11.34 %)OOD
366 (8.907 %)UML
366 (8.907 %)Web Development
458 (7.827 %)Agile Software Development
556 (7.557 %)TDD
633 (4.453 %)OOA/OOD
722 (2.969 %)Content Management
821 (2.834 %)E-Commerce
919 (2.564 %)SOA
919 (2.564 %)Web Design
1018 (2.429 %)Migration
1117 (2.294 %)Scrum
1216 (2.159 %)Unit Testing
1310 (1.350 %)Security Cleared
149 (1.215 %)Refactoring
149 (1.215 %)SEO
149 (1.215 %)B2B
158 (1.080 %)RUP
158 (1.080 %)Service Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1352 (47.50 %)JavaScript
2255 (34.41 %)ActionScript
3211 (28.48 %)C#
4164 (22.13 %)PHP
5105 (14.17 %)SQL
6104 (14.04 %)Java
7101 (13.63 %)PHP5
851 (6.883 %)C++
945 (6.073 %)PHP4
1028 (3.779 %)VB.NET
1126 (3.509 %)VB
1221 (2.834 %)C
1318 (2.429 %)DHTML
1417 (2.294 %)XPath
1513 (1.754 %)Perl
168 (1.080 %)PL/SQL
177 (0.945 %)VB6
177 (0.945 %)Python
186 (0.810 %)Shell Script
186 (0.810 %)Transact-SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (2.834 %)Degree
218 (2.429 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (0.810 %)Sun Certification
43 (0.405 %)MySQL Certification
51 (0.135 %)MOS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (2.159 %)QA
23 (0.405 %)ISO9001
31 (0.135 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.135 %)WAI
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.810 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.270 %)Tivoli
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
180 (10.80 %)Microsoft
241 (5.533 %)Oracle
324 (3.239 %)Adobe
420 (2.699 %)Zend
513 (1.754 %)Sybase
610 (1.350 %)Red Hat
77 (0.945 %)Macromedia
77 (0.945 %)Sun
85 (0.675 %)SAP
94 (0.540 %)Business Objects
103 (0.405 %)Google
112 (0.270 %)Lagan
112 (0.270 %)Perforce
112 (0.270 %)PeopleSoft
112 (0.270 %)Cognos
112 (0.270 %)Symbian
112 (0.270 %)IBM
121 (0.135 %)Apple
121 (0.135 %)TIBCO
121 (0.135 %)Sony