The first table below looks at the demand for OOD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OOD over the 3 months to 17 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 Gloucestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank - - 47
Contract jobs citing OOD 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - 0.466%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.763%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £328
% change year-on-year
-6.92% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
180 525 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 65.69% 75.65% 61.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 309 104
Average daily rate £380 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 36
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.84 £25.00 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
OOD
South West

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire OOD Jobs Demand Trend

OOD
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire OOD Daily Rate Trend

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing OOD 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 OOD.

1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Avionics
3 1 (33.33%) DO-178B
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Finance

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing OOD 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 OOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Avionics
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) DO-178B