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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Design (OOD) 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 OOD over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Design (OOD)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1822
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.439 %2.804 %
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£324£358
% change on same period last year-9.55 %
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£35.16£37.77
% change on same period last year-6.90 %
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leicester
Matching contract IT job ads41107
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.067 %0.117 %
Daily rates quoted1135
Average minimum daily rate£358£379
Average daily rate£361£410
% change on same period last year-11.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted514
Average minimum hourly rate£25.05£23.74
Average hourly rate£26.55£28.11
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.05£32.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
OOD LeicestershireOOD
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.

OOD
Demand Trend

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

Leicester OOD Demand Trend

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicester OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region citing OOD 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 OOD.

13 (100.00 %)C
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)C++
13 (100.00 %)HTML
13 (100.00 %)JavaScript
13 (100.00 %)VB
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)Oracle
13 (100.00 %)Crystal Reports
13 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)UML
13 (100.00 %)OO
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
13 (100.00 %)AJAX
22 (66.67 %)Degree
22 (66.67 %)QA
22 (66.67 %)Software Engineering
22 (66.67 %)ISO9001
22 (66.67 %)Oracle 10g
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region citing OOD 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 OOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)HTML
13 (100.00 %).NET
13 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
13 (100.00 %)AJAX
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)Crystal Reports
22 (66.67 %)Oracle 10g
31 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (100.00 %)Visual Studio
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
12 (66.67 %)C# Developer
21 (33.33 %)Software Engineer
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)UML
13 (100.00 %)OO
22 (66.67 %)Software Engineering
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)C++
13 (100.00 %)JavaScript
13 (100.00 %)VB
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (66.67 %)Degree
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (66.67 %)ISO9001
12 (66.67 %)QA
Leicester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft