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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Northampton 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£349£361
% change on same period last year-3.22 %
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£37.89£33.24
% change on same period last year+14.00 %
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Northampton
Matching contract IT job ads163106
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.220 %0.105 %
Daily rates quoted10938
Average minimum daily rate£438£392
Average daily rate£459£426
% change on same period last year+7.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£459
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted79
Average minimum hourly rate£23.83£21.11
Average hourly rate£28.71£21.17
% change on same period last year+35.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.58£21.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
OO NorthamptonshireOO
Northamptonshire

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

Northampton OO Demand 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 Northampton region.

Northampton OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 (100.00 %)Oracle
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
13 (100.00 %)UML
13 (100.00 %)OOA/OOD
13 (100.00 %)N-Tier
13 (100.00 %)SOA
13 (100.00 %)Finance
13 (100.00 %)TDD
13 (100.00 %)NUnit
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)Delphi
13 (100.00 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %).NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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.

Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %).NET
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (100.00 %)NUnit
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (100.00 %)Finance
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)Delphi Developer
13 (100.00 %)SQL Developer
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (100.00 %)N-Tier
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)UML
13 (100.00 %)OOA/OOD
13 (100.00 %)SOA
13 (100.00 %)TDD
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)C#
13 (100.00 %)Delphi
13 (100.00 %)SQL
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Oracle