The first table below looks at the demand for OOD skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OOD 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 Hampshire 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 Design (OOD)
Rank 57 91 82
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -9
Contract jobs citing OOD 49 4 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 3.137% 0.251% 1.315%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.636% 0.391% 2.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 1 4
Average daily rate £323 £350 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.85% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £350 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £350 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
-6.92% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 10
Average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% +2.56%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1057 1022 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.67% 64.20% 64.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 483 533
Average daily rate £365 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £270 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 101 125
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.84 £14.78 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
OOD
South East

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire OOD Daily Rate Trend

OOD
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hampshire OOD Daily Rate Histogram

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the Hampshire 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
Basingstoke +2 20 £350 -
Southampton +1 5 £400 -
Farnborough - 1 £325 -
OOD
South East

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 69 (84.15%) UML
2 51 (62.20%) SQL
3 47 (57.32%) SQL Server
4 45 (54.88%) JavaScript
5 44 (53.66%) HTML
5 44 (53.66%) jQuery
6 43 (52.44%) Java
6 43 (52.44%) CSS
7 41 (50.00%) JUnit
8 39 (47.56%) Web Services
9 38 (46.34%) Hibernate
10 37 (45.12%) Web Development
10 37 (45.12%) Software Architecture
11 36 (43.90%) Spring
12 35 (42.68%) OO
13 34 (41.46%) SOAP
13 34 (41.46%) Mockito
14 33 (40.24%) BDD
14 33 (40.24%) Continuous Integration
14 33 (40.24%) Git (software)
15 32 (39.02%) REST
15 32 (39.02%) MVC
16 31 (37.80%) JTA
16 31 (37.80%) Maven
16 31 (37.80%) Java EE
16 31 (37.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 31 (37.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 31 (37.80%) EJB
16 31 (37.80%) JBoss
16 31 (37.80%) Linux

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Application Development
1 44 (53.66%) HTML
1 44 (53.66%) jQuery
2 43 (52.44%) CSS
3 39 (47.56%) Web Services
4 38 (46.34%) Hibernate
5 36 (43.90%) Spring
6 34 (41.46%) SOAP
7 32 (39.02%) REST
8 31 (37.80%) JTA
8 31 (37.80%) Java EE
8 31 (37.80%) EJB
8 31 (37.80%) JMS
8 31 (37.80%) JAXB
8 31 (37.80%) JPA
8 31 (37.80%) Spring Security
8 31 (37.80%) Spring Web Flow
8 31 (37.80%) JSON
8 31 (37.80%) Spring MVC
9 26 (31.71%) XML
10 20 (24.39%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 18 (21.95%) BizTalk Server
2 9 (10.98%) IIS
3 8 (9.756%) ESB
4 2 (2.439%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.220%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (10.98%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.220%) Doxygen
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.659%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.220%) Intranet
2 1 (1.220%) Internet
2 1 (1.220%) Extranet
2 1 (1.220%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (57.32%) SQL Server
2 31 (37.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 31 (37.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (19.51%) NoSQL
4 14 (17.07%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (17.07%) Ingres
5 11 (13.41%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (3.659%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (2.439%) RDBMS
7 2 (2.439%) GIS
8 1 (1.220%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 41 (50.00%) JUnit
2 34 (41.46%) Mockito
3 33 (40.24%) Git (software)
4 31 (37.80%) Maven
5 29 (35.37%) NUnit
6 22 (26.83%) ClearCase
7 20 (24.39%) Ant
8 19 (23.17%) Subversion
9 18 (21.95%) GoogleTest
9 18 (21.95%) Selenium
10 17 (20.73%) CppUnit
11 14 (17.07%) CruiseControl
12 13 (15.85%) JBehave
13 11 (13.41%) Visual Studio
14 10 (12.20%) Rational Rose
14 10 (12.20%) Eclipse
14 10 (12.20%) ClearQuest
15 9 (10.98%) VSS/SourceSafe
15 9 (10.98%) JSUnit
16 4 (4.878%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (6.098%) Finance
2 1 (1.220%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (76.83%) Developer
2 40 (48.78%) Java Developer
3 11 (13.41%) Technical Leader
3 11 (13.41%) C++ Developer
3 11 (13.41%) Software Engineer
4 6 (7.317%) .NET Developer
4 6 (7.317%) C++ Software Engineer
5 5 (6.098%) Java Swing Developer
6 4 (4.878%) C# Developer
6 4 (4.878%) VB.NET Developer
6 4 (4.878%) Software Developer
6 4 (4.878%) Lead Developer
7 3 (3.659%) Analyst Programmer
7 3 (3.659%) Programmer
7 3 (3.659%) Analyst
7 3 (3.659%) Agile .NET Developer
7 3 (3.659%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 3 (3.659%) Technical Developer
8 2 (2.439%) C# Software Developer
8 2 (2.439%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.20%) N-Tier
1 10 (12.20%) Client/Server
2 5 (6.098%) Derivative
3 1 (1.220%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.220%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 31 (37.80%) Linux
2 23 (28.05%) UNIX
3 17 (20.73%) Windows
4 4 (4.878%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (84.15%) UML
2 37 (45.12%) Web Development
2 37 (45.12%) Software Architecture
3 35 (42.68%) OO
4 33 (40.24%) BDD
4 33 (40.24%) Continuous Integration
5 32 (39.02%) MVC
6 28 (34.15%) Agile Software Development
6 28 (34.15%) Pair Programming
7 21 (25.61%) Dependency Injection
8 18 (21.95%) Multithreading
9 17 (20.73%) Configuration Management
10 15 (18.29%) TDD
11 14 (17.07%) Unified Process
11 14 (17.07%) RUP
11 14 (17.07%) Unit Testing
12 12 (14.63%) Software Engineering
13 8 (9.756%) Memory Management
13 8 (9.756%) Data Security
14 7 (8.537%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 51 (62.20%) SQL
2 45 (54.88%) JavaScript
3 43 (52.44%) Java
4 24 (29.27%) C++
5 21 (25.61%) C
6 13 (15.85%) T-SQL
7 10 (12.20%) VB
7 10 (12.20%) VB.NET
7 10 (12.20%) Python
8 9 (10.98%) C#
9 1 (1.220%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (20.73%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.756%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (1.220%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 31 (37.80%) JBoss
2 16 (19.51%) Oracle
3 13 (15.85%) Twitter
4 9 (10.98%) Aquila
4 9 (10.98%) Telerik
5 7 (8.537%) webMethods
5 7 (8.537%) Software AG
5 7 (8.537%) Microsoft
6 4 (4.878%) Red Hat
7 3 (3.659%) Cognizant
8 2 (2.439%) Coverity
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