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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Herefordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1420
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below4.348 %2.198 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£225
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£250
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£339
% change on same period last year-4.51 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£36.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.58£33.68
% change on same period last year-0.30 %
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Herefordshire
Matching contract IT job ads4691
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.074 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted1722
Average minimum daily rate£202£271
Average daily rate£230£290
% change on same period last year-20.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£258£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted86
Average minimum hourly rate£32.79£27.14
Average hourly rate£34.04£27.75
% change on same period last year+22.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.29£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
OO West MidlandsOO
West Midlands

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire OO Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OO across the Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire OO Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OO across the Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire OO Hourly Rate Trend

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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 Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Hemel HempsteadUp+51--
HerefordNew entry-1--
OO West MidlandsOO
West Midlands

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

15 (71.43 %)CSS
24 (57.14 %)XML
24 (57.14 %)C#
24 (57.14 %)HTML
24 (57.14 %)SQL
24 (57.14 %).NET
24 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
24 (57.14 %)OOP
24 (57.14 %)Web Development
33 (42.86 %)UML
33 (42.86 %)XHTML
33 (42.86 %)SOAP
42 (28.57 %)Java
51 (14.29 %)JavaScript
51 (14.29 %)C++
51 (14.29 %)Ant
51 (14.29 %)JUnit
51 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
51 (14.29 %)Struts
51 (14.29 %)JSP
51 (14.29 %)Servlets
51 (14.29 %)XSLT
51 (14.29 %)UNIX
51 (14.29 %)Linux
51 (14.29 %)Quality Management
51 (14.29 %)Regression Testing
51 (14.29 %)Government
51 (14.29 %)SUSE
51 (14.29 %)Fedora
51 (14.29 %)ClearCase

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (71.43 %)CSS
24 (57.14 %)HTML
24 (57.14 %).NET
24 (57.14 %)ASP.NET
24 (57.14 %)XML
33 (42.86 %)SOAP
33 (42.86 %)XHTML
41 (14.29 %)Middleware
41 (14.29 %)JSF
41 (14.29 %)Struts
41 (14.29 %)XSLT
41 (14.29 %)CORBA
41 (14.29 %)JSP
41 (14.29 %)Servlets
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (14.29 %)Ant
11 (14.29 %)JUnit
11 (14.29 %)Visual Studio
11 (14.29 %)ClearCase
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Government
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (85.71 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Web Developer
23 (42.86 %)Senior Developer
23 (42.86 %)Senior Web Developer
31 (14.29 %)Software Engineer
31 (14.29 %).NET Developer
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Multithreading
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)UNIX
11 (14.29 %)Linux
11 (14.29 %)SUSE
11 (14.29 %)Fedora
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)OOP
14 (57.14 %)Web Development
23 (42.86 %)UML
31 (14.29 %)Use Case
31 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
31 (14.29 %)Data Modelling
31 (14.29 %)Quality Management
31 (14.29 %)Regression Testing
31 (14.29 %)TDD
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (57.14 %)C#
14 (57.14 %)SQL
22 (28.57 %)Java
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript
31 (14.29 %)C++
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)AquaLogic
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)BEA