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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Leicester 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1618
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.009 %
As % of the category below5.882 %7.317 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£475
Average daily rate-£475
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£363
% change on same period last year-4.56 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.11£33.44
% change on same period last year+13.98 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads68123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.123 %
Daily rates quoted1328
Average minimum daily rate£387£418
Average daily rate£425£448
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£463£479
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted69
Average minimum hourly rate£19.25£17.22
Average hourly rate£20.16£18.61
% change on same period last year+8.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.07£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
OO LeicestershireOO
Leicestershire

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)C#
33 (60.00 %)C++
33 (60.00 %)SQL
33 (60.00 %)VB
33 (60.00 %)VB.NET
42 (40.00 %)Web Design
42 (40.00 %)EPoS
42 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (40.00 %)AJAX
42 (40.00 %)C
42 (40.00 %)HTML
42 (40.00 %)JavaScript
42 (40.00 %)OOD
42 (40.00 %)Oracle
42 (40.00 %)Crystal Reports
42 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
42 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (40.00 %)Windows
42 (40.00 %)UML
51 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
51 (20.00 %)ISO9001
51 (20.00 %)Microsoft
51 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
51 (20.00 %)Pensions
51 (20.00 %)Degree
51 (20.00 %)QA
51 (20.00 %)Project Management
51 (20.00 %)VB6
51 (20.00 %)Software Engineering

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
22 (40.00 %)AJAX
22 (40.00 %)HTML
22 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)Crystal Reports
21 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
21 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Pensions
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Software Developer
22 (40.00 %)Software Engineer
31 (20.00 %)C# Developer
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)EPoS
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (40.00 %)Windows
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Web Design
12 (40.00 %)OOD
12 (40.00 %)UML
21 (20.00 %)Project Management
21 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)C#
23 (60.00 %)C++
23 (60.00 %)SQL
23 (60.00 %)VB
23 (60.00 %)VB.NET
32 (40.00 %)C
32 (40.00 %)JavaScript
41 (20.00 %)VB6
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Degree
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)ISO9001
11 (20.00 %)QA
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Oracle
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft