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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Lancashire 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-30
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads014
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.000 %4.778 %
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£320£338
% change on same period last year-5.38 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.58£33.64
% change on same period last year-0.19 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads189293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.307 %0.320 %
Daily rates quoted3756
Average minimum daily rate£331£325
Average daily rate£353£341
% change on same period last year+3.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted5949
Average minimum hourly rate£25.88£25.11
Average hourly rate£27.09£27.32
% change on same period last year-0.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.30£29.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
OO North WestOO
North West

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)JDBC
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)Internet
12 (100.00 %)QA
21 (50.00 %)Hibernate
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)Servlets

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)JDBC
21 (50.00 %)JSP
21 (50.00 %)Servlets
21 (50.00 %)Hibernate
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)Internet
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)UML
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (100.00 %)QA