The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OO over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Northamptonshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing OO 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.800% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.183% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £135 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
169 267 189
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 67.60% 66.25% 69.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 179 114
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £257 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £504 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 11
Average hourly rate £12.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.42% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £15.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £21.50 £29.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
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East Midlands

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Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OO across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Northamptonshire OO Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire OO Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OO across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northampton - 1 £135 -
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East Midlands

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

1 4 (57.14%) C++
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) UML
3 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
3 2 (28.57%) MS Office
3 2 (28.57%) Struts
3 2 (28.57%) UNIX
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
3 2 (28.57%) Middleware
3 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (28.57%) QNX
3 2 (28.57%) Electronics
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Automotive
3 2 (28.57%) Device Driver
3 2 (28.57%) Papyrus
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) WCF
3 2 (28.57%) Web Development
3 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Fat Client

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) Struts
2 2 (28.57%) Middleware
2 2 (28.57%) WCF
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
3 1 (14.29%) JSF
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Tomcat
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 2 (28.57%) Papyrus
2 1 (14.29%) MSMQ
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MSTest
1 1 (14.29%) NUnit
General
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Automotive
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Device Driver
2 1 (14.29%) Fat Client
2 1 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
2 1 (14.29%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) UML
1 2 (28.57%) Web Development
1 2 (28.57%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (14.29%) TDD
2 1 (14.29%) OOD
2 1 (14.29%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C++
2 3 (42.86%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) VB6
4 1 (14.29%) VB
4 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) QNX