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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills within the London 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank170271
Rank change on same period last yearUp+101
Matching contract IT job ads302226
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.399 %0.225 %
As % of the category below1.596 %0.921 %
Daily rates quoted17863
Average minimum daily rate£277£394
Average daily rate£325£412
% change on same period last year-20.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£308£283
% change on same period last year+8.59 %
Hourly rates quoted82
Average minimum hourly rate£39.13£33.50
Average hourly rate£39.31£36.00
% change on same period last year+9.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.50£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.00£32.44
% change on same period last year+17.13 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1892424528
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.97 %24.43 %
Daily rates quoted86089608
Average minimum daily rate£411£416
Average daily rate£442£443
% change on same period last year-0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted627906
Average minimum hourly rate£26.18£28.82
Average hourly rate£27.93£30.78
% change on same period last year-9.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.68£32.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
OOP EnglandOOP
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London 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 London region.

London OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London OOP Daily Rate Histogram

OOP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London OOP Hourly Rate Trend

OOP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London OOP Hourly Rate Histogram

OOP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
City of LondonNo change031£335-17.45 %
BarkingNew entry-4--
LutonUp+82--
TwickenhamNew entry-2£388-
Canary WharfDown-42--
HendonNew entry-1--
Docklands, LondonUp+251£265-51.50 %
ClaphamNew entry-1--
OOP EnglandOOP
England

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1298 (55.60 %)XML
2287 (53.54 %)JavaScript
3274 (51.12 %)OO
4263 (49.07 %)HTML
5232 (43.28 %)CSS
6226 (42.16 %)Flash
7223 (41.60 %)ActionScript
8150 (27.99 %)PHP
9117 (21.83 %)MySQL
10116 (21.64 %)Adobe Flex
11115 (21.46 %)C#
12114 (21.27 %).NET
13107 (19.96 %)AJAX
1489 (16.60 %)Java
1489 (16.60 %)ASP.NET
1489 (16.60 %)XHTML
1587 (16.23 %)PHP5
1675 (13.99 %)SQL
1773 (13.62 %)SQL Server
1852 (9.701 %)WebServices
1852 (9.701 %)OOD
1951 (9.515 %)C++
2048 (8.955 %)Visual Studio
2146 (8.582 %)Finance
2242 (7.836 %)XSLT
2338 (7.090 %)Agile Software Development
2437 (6.903 %)J2EE
2536 (6.716 %)UML
2536 (6.716 %)LAMP
2536 (6.716 %)Games

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1298 (55.60 %)XML
2263 (49.07 %)HTML
3232 (43.28 %)CSS
4116 (21.64 %)Adobe Flex
5114 (21.27 %).NET
6107 (19.96 %)AJAX
789 (16.60 %)ASP.NET
789 (16.60 %)XHTML
852 (9.701 %)WebServices
942 (7.836 %)XSLT
1037 (6.903 %)J2EE
1136 (6.716 %)LAMP
1229 (5.410 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1327 (5.037 %)SOAP
1423 (4.291 %)MVC
1518 (3.358 %)Struts
1617 (3.172 %)JSP
1617 (3.172 %)WinForms
1617 (3.172 %)Hibernate
1617 (3.172 %).NET Framework
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (4.104 %)Apache
217 (3.172 %)CMS
315 (2.799 %)WebLogic
414 (2.612 %)IIS
55 (0.933 %)SharePoint
55 (0.933 %)Mule
64 (0.746 %)SharePoint Server 2007
64 (0.746 %)JBoss
73 (0.560 %)ColdFusion
73 (0.560 %)Flash Media Server
82 (0.373 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.187 %)MS Exchange
91 (0.187 %)Tomcat
91 (0.187 %)GlassFish
91 (0.187 %)Exchange Server 2007
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (3.731 %)Photoshop
211 (2.052 %)MS Excel
39 (1.679 %)Adobe Illustrator
48 (1.493 %)Fireworks
54 (0.746 %)Quicktime
63 (0.560 %)MS Visio
71 (0.187 %)MS Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.746 %)SAP CRM
21 (0.187 %)Global One
21 (0.187 %)SAP Retail
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (3.358 %)Internet
210 (1.866 %)DNS
38 (1.493 %)TCP/IP
47 (1.306 %)Intranet
52 (0.373 %)HTTP
61 (0.187 %)HTTPS
61 (0.187 %)SSL
61 (0.187 %)GPRS
61 (0.187 %)SMS
61 (0.187 %)DVB
61 (0.187 %)RTP
61 (0.187 %)3G
61 (0.187 %)Wireless
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1117 (21.83 %)MySQL
273 (13.62 %)SQL Server
335 (6.530 %)SQL Server 2005
419 (3.545 %)SQL Server 2000
515 (2.799 %)RDBMS
66 (1.119 %)TOAD
73 (0.560 %)Datawarehouse
82 (0.373 %)Informix
91 (0.187 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.187 %)Adabas
91 (0.187 %)ETL
91 (0.187 %)Sybase IQ
91 (0.187 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (0.187 %)Sybase ASE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1226 (42.16 %)Flash
248 (8.955 %)Visual Studio
321 (3.918 %)Subversion
419 (3.545 %)Ant
515 (2.799 %)NUnit
68 (1.493 %)Selenium
68 (1.493 %)FitNesse
68 (1.493 %)VSS/SourceSafe
68 (1.493 %)ClearCase
77 (1.306 %)Eclipse
85 (0.933 %)Log4Net
85 (0.933 %)CruiseControl
93 (0.560 %)Dreamweaver
93 (0.560 %)JUnit
102 (0.373 %)Rational Rose
111 (0.187 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
111 (0.187 %)Bugzilla
111 (0.187 %)LSMW
111 (0.187 %)FrontPage
111 (0.187 %)Mylyn
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
146 (8.582 %)Finance
236 (6.716 %)Games
324 (4.478 %)Banking
422 (4.104 %)Investment Banking
511 (2.052 %)Publishing
511 (2.052 %)Telecoms
610 (1.866 %)Online Games
79 (1.679 %)Marketing
87 (1.306 %)Advertising
87 (1.306 %)Front Office
87 (1.306 %)Animation
87 (1.306 %)Music
96 (1.119 %)Music Industry
105 (0.933 %)Interactive Media
114 (0.746 %)Insurance
114 (0.746 %)Multimedia
114 (0.746 %)Criminal Justice
114 (0.746 %)Police
114 (0.746 %)Health
114 (0.746 %)Back Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1475 (88.62 %)Developer
2166 (30.97 %)Flash Developer
387 (16.23 %)PHP Developer
472 (13.43 %).NET Developer
556 (10.45 %)Senior Developer
647 (8.769 %)ActionScript Developer
744 (8.209 %)C# Developer
843 (8.022 %)Web Developer
937 (6.903 %)Senior Flash Developer
1028 (5.224 %)ASP.NET Developer
1126 (4.851 %)Java Developer
1222 (4.104 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1319 (3.545 %)Programmer
1415 (2.799 %)Analyst
1415 (2.799 %)Flex Developer
1510 (1.866 %)J2EE Developer
169 (1.679 %)Analyst Developer
177 (1.306 %)Junior
177 (1.306 %)SQL Developer
177 (1.306 %)Junior Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (3.358 %)N-Tier
213 (2.425 %)Derivative
213 (2.425 %)Web 2.0
37 (1.306 %)Social Network
46 (1.119 %)Equities
55 (0.933 %)Flash Lite
55 (0.933 %)Computer Science
55 (0.933 %)Multithreading
64 (0.746 %)Data Integration
64 (0.746 %)French Language
64 (0.746 %)E-Learning
64 (0.746 %)AS400
73 (0.560 %)W3C
73 (0.560 %)iPhone
73 (0.560 %)RIA
82 (0.373 %)German Language
82 (0.373 %)SCORM
82 (0.373 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
82 (0.373 %)NHS
91 (0.187 %)iDTV
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (6.343 %)Windows
224 (4.478 %)Linux
314 (2.612 %)UNIX
412 (2.239 %)Mac OS X
56 (1.119 %)Red Hat Linux
65 (0.933 %)Windows XP
65 (0.933 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (0.933 %)Windows Vista
73 (0.560 %)Debian
73 (0.560 %)Android
82 (0.373 %)MVS
91 (0.187 %)Windows Server 2003
91 (0.187 %)AIX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1274 (51.12 %)OO
252 (9.701 %)OOD
338 (7.090 %)Agile Software Development
436 (6.716 %)UML
535 (6.530 %)Web Development
624 (4.478 %)SOA
723 (4.291 %)Content Management
822 (4.104 %)TDD
914 (2.612 %)OOA/OOD
1012 (2.239 %)Scrum
1111 (2.052 %)Web Design
129 (1.679 %)Migration
129 (1.679 %)Refactoring
138 (1.493 %)Unit Testing
147 (1.306 %)RUP
147 (1.306 %)SEO
147 (1.306 %)Unified Process
155 (0.933 %)CRM
155 (0.933 %)ITIL
155 (0.933 %)DRM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1287 (53.54 %)JavaScript
2223 (41.60 %)ActionScript
3150 (27.99 %)PHP
4115 (21.46 %)C#
589 (16.60 %)Java
687 (16.23 %)PHP5
775 (13.99 %)SQL
851 (9.515 %)C++
934 (6.343 %)PHP4
1025 (4.664 %)VB
1124 (4.478 %)DHTML
1216 (2.985 %)C
1312 (2.239 %)Transact-SQL
149 (1.679 %)VB.NET
158 (1.493 %)XPath
167 (1.306 %)Perl
175 (0.933 %)Python
184 (0.746 %)COBOL
184 (0.746 %)ABAP
184 (0.746 %)PL/SQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (2.799 %)Degree
26 (1.119 %)Sun Certification
33 (0.560 %)MySQL Certification
42 (0.373 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.187 %)MCAD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (1.866 %)QA
21 (0.187 %)ISO9001
21 (0.187 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.187 %)WAI
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.119 %)Active Directory
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.373 %)Tivoli
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
133 (6.157 %)Microsoft
228 (5.224 %)Oracle
323 (4.291 %)Adobe
420 (3.731 %)Zend
518 (3.358 %)Sybase
66 (1.119 %)Red Hat
66 (1.119 %)Sun
75 (0.933 %)SAP
83 (0.560 %)Macromedia
83 (0.560 %)IBM
92 (0.373 %)Google
92 (0.373 %)Perforce
101 (0.187 %)Apple
101 (0.187 %)Business Objects
101 (0.187 %)TIBCO
101 (0.187 %)Synergex