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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited OO over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4737
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads411
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.070 %3.152 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£550£255
Average daily rate£575£255
% change on same period last year+125.49 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£255
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£354
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
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£37.48£33.75
% change on same period last year+11.03 %
Processes & Methodologies MiddlesexProcesses & Methodologies
Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads374349
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.493 %0.365 %
Daily rates quoted10282
Average minimum daily rate£346£325
Average daily rate£369£349
% change on same period last year+5.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£375
% change on same period last year+2.22 %
Hourly rates quoted2414
Average minimum hourly rate£33.39£37.45
Average hourly rate£35.37£38.32
% change on same period last year-7.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.34£39.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.33
% change on same period last year-3.28 %
OO South EastOO
South East

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

Middlesex OO Demand Trend

OO
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OO across the Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

16 (60.00 %)UML
25 (50.00 %)Java
34 (40.00 %)Eclipse
34 (40.00 %)Subversion
43 (30.00 %)TDD
43 (30.00 %)Unit Testing
43 (30.00 %)Linux
43 (30.00 %)J2ME
43 (30.00 %)Middleware
43 (30.00 %)Unix
43 (30.00 %)C
43 (30.00 %).NET
43 (30.00 %)J2EE
52 (20.00 %)MySQL
52 (20.00 %)SQL Server
52 (20.00 %)Ant
52 (20.00 %)JUnit
52 (20.00 %)WebLogic
52 (20.00 %)C#
52 (20.00 %)C++
52 (20.00 %)PHP
52 (20.00 %)Windows
52 (20.00 %)XML
52 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
52 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
52 (20.00 %)DTV
52 (20.00 %)MHP
52 (20.00 %)BEA
52 (20.00 %)OOD
52 (20.00 %)Software Engineering

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Application Development
13 (30.00 %)J2ME
13 (30.00 %)Middleware
13 (30.00 %).NET
13 (30.00 %)J2EE
22 (20.00 %)XML
22 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (20.00 %)MHP
31 (10.00 %).NET Framework
31 (10.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (10.00 %)Java EE 5
31 (10.00 %)JSF
31 (10.00 %)WSDL
31 (10.00 %)JSP
31 (10.00 %)Servlets
31 (10.00 %)SOAP
31 (10.00 %)WebServices
31 (10.00 %)XSLT
31 (10.00 %)Swing
31 (10.00 %)HTML
Application Platforms
12 (20.00 %)WebLogic
21 (10.00 %)MQSeries
21 (10.00 %)SharePoint
21 (10.00 %)IIS
Communications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)Intranet
11 (10.00 %)HTTP
11 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)MySQL
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 7
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (10.00 %)DTS
21 (10.00 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
14 (40.00 %)Eclipse
14 (40.00 %)Subversion
22 (20.00 %)Ant
22 (20.00 %)JUnit
22 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (10.00 %)Rational Rose
31 (10.00 %)WebLogic Workshop
31 (10.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
11 (10.00 %)Government
11 (10.00 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
15 (50.00 %)Developer
22 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
22 (20.00 %).NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)MySQL Developer
31 (10.00 %)PHP Web Developer
31 (10.00 %)WebLogic Developer
31 (10.00 %)C# Developer
31 (10.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
31 (10.00 %)J2EE Developer
31 (10.00 %)PHP Developer
31 (10.00 %)Software Development Engineer
31 (10.00 %)Architect
31 (10.00 %)Web Developer
31 (10.00 %)Programmer
Miscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)DTV
21 (10.00 %)Handset
21 (10.00 %)Client/Server
21 (10.00 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
13 (30.00 %)Linux
13 (30.00 %)Unix
22 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (10.00 %)MVS
31 (10.00 %)Symbian OS
31 (10.00 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
16 (60.00 %)UML
23 (30.00 %)TDD
23 (30.00 %)Unit Testing
32 (20.00 %)OOD
32 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
41 (10.00 %)Technical Architecture
41 (10.00 %)Use Case
41 (10.00 %)SOA
41 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
41 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (10.00 %)Scrum
41 (10.00 %)Data Modelling
41 (10.00 %)ITIL
41 (10.00 %)OOP
41 (10.00 %)OOA/OOD
41 (10.00 %)RUP
Programming Languages
15 (50.00 %)Java
23 (30.00 %)C
32 (20.00 %)C#
32 (20.00 %)C++
32 (20.00 %)PHP
41 (10.00 %)PHP5
41 (10.00 %)Assembly Language
41 (10.00 %)JavaScript
41 (10.00 %)VC++
41 (10.00 %)SQL
41 (10.00 %)Transact-SQL
41 (10.00 %)VB
System Software
12 (20.00 %)AquaLogic
Vendors
12 (20.00 %)BEA
21 (10.00 %)Symbian
21 (10.00 %)IBM
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Oracle
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