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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Hertfordshire 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
Rank4868
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads2328
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.030 %
As % of the category below3.698 %3.189 %
Daily rates quoted46
Average minimum daily rate£400£337
Average daily rate£413£366
% change on same period last year+12.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£395
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£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.58£33.68
% change on same period last year-0.30 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads622878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.999 %0.943 %
Daily rates quoted209370
Average minimum daily rate£338£346
Average daily rate£364£369
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7291
Average minimum hourly rate£31.59£32.37
Average hourly rate£32.56£33.73
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.53£35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
OO East of EnglandOO
East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire OO Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire OO Daily Rate Histogram

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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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
Potters BarDown-69--
StevenageNew entry-1--
OO East of EnglandOO
East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

141 (73.21 %)Java
233 (58.93 %)WebServices
327 (48.21 %)SOA
426 (46.43 %)Hibernate
525 (44.64 %)UML
621 (37.50 %)Finance
720 (35.71 %)Java EE
819 (33.93 %)Spring
918 (32.14 %)SQL
918 (32.14 %)Oracle
918 (32.14 %)JUnit
1017 (30.36 %)JavaScript
1017 (30.36 %)AJAX
1116 (28.57 %)WebLogic
1215 (26.79 %)RAD
1314 (25.00 %)Back Office
1413 (23.21 %)Java SE
1512 (21.43 %)Eclipse
1512 (21.43 %)J2EE
1611 (19.64 %)IBM
1611 (19.64 %)Agile Software Development
1611 (19.64 %)WebSphere
1710 (17.86 %)SQL Server
1710 (17.86 %)XML
189 (16.07 %).NET
189 (16.07 %)PL/SQL
189 (16.07 %)HTML
189 (16.07 %)Struts
189 (16.07 %)Web Development
198 (14.29 %)DB2

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
133 (58.93 %)WebServices
226 (46.43 %)Hibernate
320 (35.71 %)Java EE
419 (33.93 %)Spring
517 (30.36 %)AJAX
613 (23.21 %)Java SE
712 (21.43 %)J2EE
811 (19.64 %)WebSphere
910 (17.86 %)XML
109 (16.07 %)HTML
109 (16.07 %).NET
109 (16.07 %)Struts
118 (14.29 %)JSF
127 (12.50 %)Apache Beehive
136 (10.71 %)XSLT
136 (10.71 %)CSS
145 (8.929 %)ASP.NET
145 (8.929 %)XHTML
154 (7.143 %)ASP
154 (7.143 %)SOAP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (28.57 %)WebLogic
28 (14.29 %)WebLogic Portal
28 (14.29 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (3.571 %)Apache
32 (3.571 %)Tomcat
41 (1.786 %)BizTalk Server
41 (1.786 %)IIS
41 (1.786 %)JBoss
41 (1.786 %)Resin
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.786 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (8.929 %)Internet
24 (7.143 %)HTTP
33 (5.357 %)SMTP
42 (3.571 %)FTP
42 (3.571 %)TCP/IP
42 (3.571 %)Intranet
42 (3.571 %)Extranet
51 (1.786 %)DVB
51 (1.786 %)SMPP
51 (1.786 %)Firewall
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (17.86 %)SQL Server
28 (14.29 %)DB2
37 (12.50 %)DB2 UDB
46 (10.71 %)MySQL
52 (3.571 %)RDBMS
61 (1.786 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (1.786 %)MS Access
61 (1.786 %)Datawarehouse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (32.14 %)JUnit
212 (21.43 %)Eclipse
33 (5.357 %)ClearQuest
33 (5.357 %)ClearCase
41 (1.786 %)Subversion
41 (1.786 %)Visual Studio
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (37.50 %)Finance
214 (25.00 %)Back Office
36 (10.71 %)Banking
44 (7.143 %)Financial Institution
52 (3.571 %)Insurance
52 (3.571 %)Retail
52 (3.571 %)Health
52 (3.571 %)Telecoms
61 (1.786 %)Education
61 (1.786 %)Government
61 (1.786 %)Advertising
61 (1.786 %)Billing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
140 (71.43 %)Developer
227 (48.21 %)Java Developer
320 (35.71 %)Senior Developer
418 (32.14 %)Senior Java Developer
58 (14.29 %)Architect
67 (12.50 %)Analyst
76 (10.71 %)Software Architect
85 (8.929 %)Technical Analyst
94 (7.143 %)Software Developer
103 (5.357 %).NET Developer
103 (5.357 %)Lead Developer
103 (5.357 %)PHP Developer
103 (5.357 %)J2EE Developer
112 (3.571 %)Senior C# Developer
112 (3.571 %)Senior .NET Developer
112 (3.571 %)C# Developer
112 (3.571 %)Software Engineer
112 (3.571 %)Lead Software Developer
121 (1.786 %)Developer Analyst
121 (1.786 %)Business Analyst
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (12.50 %)Web 2.0
26 (10.71 %)Computer Science
33 (5.357 %)Client/Server
41 (1.786 %)W3C
41 (1.786 %)Multithreading
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (8.929 %)Windows
23 (5.357 %)UNIX
32 (3.571 %)Linux
41 (1.786 %)Windows XP
41 (1.786 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.786 %)Windows Vista
41 (1.786 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (1.786 %)Solaris
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (48.21 %)SOA
225 (44.64 %)UML
315 (26.79 %)RAD
411 (19.64 %)Agile Software Development
59 (16.07 %)Web Development
67 (12.50 %)Configuration Management
76 (10.71 %)Code Coverage
76 (10.71 %)Continuous Integration
85 (8.929 %)OOP
94 (7.143 %)Scrum
103 (5.357 %)RUP
103 (5.357 %)EAI
103 (5.357 %)Project Management
112 (3.571 %)Change Management
112 (3.571 %)Use Case
121 (1.786 %)Service Delivery
121 (1.786 %)PRINCE2
121 (1.786 %)Software Engineering
121 (1.786 %)Systems Analysis
121 (1.786 %)Supplier Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
141 (73.21 %)Java
218 (32.14 %)SQL
317 (30.36 %)JavaScript
49 (16.07 %)PL/SQL
55 (8.929 %)PHP
55 (8.929 %)C#
55 (8.929 %)C++
63 (5.357 %)XPath
72 (3.571 %)PHP5
81 (1.786 %)PHP4
81 (1.786 %)C
81 (1.786 %)Perl
81 (1.786 %)VBScript
81 (1.786 %)VB
81 (1.786 %)Python
81 (1.786 %)Shell Script
81 (1.786 %)VB6
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (32.14 %)Oracle
211 (19.64 %)IBM
34 (7.143 %)Microsoft
43 (5.357 %)InterSystems
52 (3.571 %)BEA
61 (1.786 %)StorageTek
61 (1.786 %)Mercator
61 (1.786 %)Brocade
61 (1.786 %)Sun