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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Design (OOD) skills within the North East 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Design (OOD)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-59
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.244 %
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£343£362
% change on same period last year-5.44 %
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£37.55£37.13
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North East
Matching contract IT job ads287410
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.401 %0.412 %
Daily rates quoted71110
Average minimum daily rate£355£358
Average daily rate£380£373
% change on same period last year+1.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted2319
Average minimum hourly rate£22.86£47.82
Average hourly rate£24.67£51.59
% change on same period last year-52.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.49£55.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
OOD EnglandOOD
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.

OOD
Demand Trend

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

North East OOD Demand Trend

OOD
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East OOD Daily Rate 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 North East region.

North East OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

14 (100.00 %)Windows
14 (100.00 %)OO
22 (50.00 %)JBoss
22 (50.00 %)QuickTest Pro
22 (50.00 %)LoadRunner
22 (50.00 %)AIX
22 (50.00 %)Linux
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (50.00 %)UML
22 (50.00 %)C++
22 (50.00 %)HTML
22 (50.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)MySQL
22 (50.00 %)DB2
22 (50.00 %)JSP
22 (50.00 %)Servlets
22 (50.00 %)WebServices
22 (50.00 %)XML
22 (50.00 %)XSL
22 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (50.00 %)WebSphere
22 (50.00 %)QA
22 (50.00 %)Atlassian
31 (25.00 %)Animation
31 (25.00 %)Physics
31 (25.00 %)RPG
31 (25.00 %)Electronics
31 (25.00 %)Games
31 (25.00 %)Software Engineering

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)HTML
12 (50.00 %)JSP
12 (50.00 %)Servlets
12 (50.00 %)WebServices
12 (50.00 %)XML
12 (50.00 %)XSL
12 (50.00 %)WebSphere
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)JBoss
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)MySQL
12 (50.00 %)DB2
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)QuickTest Pro
12 (50.00 %)LoadRunner
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Electronics
11 (25.00 %)Games
11 (25.00 %)Animation
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Test Manager
12 (50.00 %)Quality Manager
12 (50.00 %)QA Manager
21 (25.00 %)Senior Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Embedded C Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Physics
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)AIX
22 (50.00 %)Linux
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)OO
22 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (50.00 %)UML
31 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)C++
12 (50.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)RPG
21 (25.00 %)Embedded C
21 (25.00 %)Embedded C++
21 (25.00 %)Assembly Language
21 (25.00 %)C
21 (25.00 %)C#
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (50.00 %)QA
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Atlassian