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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) 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 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
Rank7092
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.161 %0.342 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
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 %
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 %
OOP East of EnglandOOP
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.

OOP
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire OOP Hourly Rate Trend

OOP
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (62.50 %)OO
15 (62.50 %)Computer Science
22 (25.00 %)PHP5
22 (25.00 %)PHP
22 (25.00 %)MySQL
22 (25.00 %)XML
31 (12.50 %)Linux
31 (12.50 %)CSS
31 (12.50 %)ActionScript
31 (12.50 %)HTML
31 (12.50 %)JavaScript
31 (12.50 %)AJAX
31 (12.50 %)Apache
31 (12.50 %)Flash
31 (12.50 %)XHTML
31 (12.50 %)PHP4
31 (12.50 %)Adobe Flex

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (25.00 %)XML
21 (12.50 %)XHTML
21 (12.50 %)AJAX
21 (12.50 %)Adobe Flex
21 (12.50 %)HTML
21 (12.50 %)CSS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)Apache
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Architect
15 (62.50 %)Software Architect
23 (37.50 %)Developer
32 (25.00 %)PHP Developer
41 (12.50 %)ActionScript Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (62.50 %)Computer Science
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)Linux
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (62.50 %)OO
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)PHP
12 (25.00 %)PHP5
21 (12.50 %)PHP4
21 (12.50 %)ActionScript
21 (12.50 %)JavaScript