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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OOP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank37-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.538 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£238-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£313-
UK excluding London average daily rate£283£346
% change on same period last year-18.32 %
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£37.61£34.50
% change on same period last year+9.01 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads130101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.183 %0.102 %
Daily rates quoted6225
Average minimum daily rate£314£318
Average daily rate£325£344
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted1316
Average minimum hourly rate£20.11£21.56
Average hourly rate£20.49£24.06
% change on same period last year-14.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.87£26.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
OOP OxfordshireOOP
Oxfordshire

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.

OOP
Demand Trend

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

Oxford OOP Demand Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxford OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing OOP 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 OOP.

13 (100.00 %)PHP
22 (66.67 %)PHP5
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
22 (66.67 %)ActionScript
22 (66.67 %)MySQL
22 (66.67 %)OO
31 (33.33 %)Flash
31 (33.33 %)CSS
31 (33.33 %)HTML
31 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (33.33 %)Adobe Flex
31 (33.33 %)Zend

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing OOP 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 OOP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)HTML
11 (33.33 %)CSS
11 (33.33 %)AJAX
11 (33.33 %)Adobe Flex
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)MySQL
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Flash
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
22 (66.67 %)PHP Developer
31 (33.33 %)Applications Developer
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)OO
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)PHP
22 (66.67 %)ActionScript
22 (66.67 %)PHP5
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
31 (33.33 %)SQL
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Zend