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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) 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 OOP over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£277£350
% change on same period last year-20.74 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.79£33.40
% change on same period last year+10.13 %
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 %
OOP West MidlandsOOP
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.

OOP
Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)OO
24 (80.00 %)Web Development
24 (80.00 %)C#
24 (80.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (80.00 %)CSS
33 (60.00 %)SOAP
33 (60.00 %)XML
33 (60.00 %)HTML
33 (60.00 %)XHTML
41 (20.00 %)Visual Studio

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (80.00 %)CSS
33 (60.00 %)SOAP
33 (60.00 %)XML
33 (60.00 %)XHTML
33 (60.00 %)HTML
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (60.00 %)Web Developer
23 (60.00 %)Senior Developer
23 (60.00 %)Senior Web Developer
32 (40.00 %).NET Developer
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)OO
14 (80.00 %)Web Development
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)SQL
24 (80.00 %)C#