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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Newcastle 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2328
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.778 %1.000 %
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£341£359
% change on same period last year-5.03 %
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£35.35£33.94
% change on same period last year+4.16 %
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Newcastle
Matching contract IT job ads72100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.101 %
Daily rates quoted1929
Average minimum daily rate£350£327
Average daily rate£359£336
% change on same period last year+6.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted104
Average minimum hourly rate£25.20£96.60
Average hourly rate£27.18£105.60
% change on same period last year-74.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.15£114.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
OO Tyne and WearOO
Tyne and Wear

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

Newcastle 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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle 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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

13 (75.00 %)SQL Server
22 (50.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)XML
22 (50.00 %)UML
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)C#
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (50.00 %)N-Tier
31 (25.00 %)OOD
31 (25.00 %)AWT
31 (25.00 %)Sun
31 (25.00 %)Sun Certification
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (25.00 %).NET Remoting
31 (25.00 %).NET Framework
31 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (25.00 %)Animation
31 (25.00 %)Physics
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (25.00 %)Visual Studio Team System
31 (25.00 %)C++
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)RPG
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
31 (25.00 %)VB
31 (25.00 %)CSS
31 (25.00 %)JSP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
12 (50.00 %)XML
12 (50.00 %).NET
21 (25.00 %)J2EE
21 (25.00 %)ASP
21 (25.00 %)HTML
21 (25.00 %)Swing
21 (25.00 %)AWT
21 (25.00 %).NET Remoting
21 (25.00 %).NET Framework
21 (25.00 %)CSS
21 (25.00 %)JSP
21 (25.00 %)Servlets
21 (25.00 %)Struts
21 (25.00 %)WebServices
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Apache
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server
22 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)JUnit
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (25.00 %)NUnit
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio Team System
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Games
11 (25.00 %)Animation
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
21 (25.00 %)Java Developer
21 (25.00 %).NET Developer
21 (25.00 %)Senior Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)J2EE Developer
21 (25.00 %)Senior J2EE Developer
21 (25.00 %)Senior Java Developer
21 (25.00 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
21 (25.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)N-Tier
21 (25.00 %)Physics
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)UML
21 (25.00 %)OOA/OOD
21 (25.00 %)OOD
21 (25.00 %)Migration
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)RPG
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (25.00 %)VB
21 (25.00 %)VB6
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Sun Certification
11 (25.00 %)Degree
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle
11 (25.00 %)Sun