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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Oxfordshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1843
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads4211
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.011 %
As % of the category below12.28 %4.783 %
Daily rates quoted52
Average minimum daily rate£256£300
Average daily rate£280£338
% change on same period last year-17.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£303£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£364
% change on same period last year-4.38 %
Hourly rates quoted12
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00£35.00
Average hourly rate£30.00£37.50
% change on same period last year-20.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.61£33.71
% change on same period last year+11.56 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads342230
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.456 %0.233 %
Daily rates quoted9446
Average minimum daily rate£317£319
Average daily rate£350£346
% change on same period last year+1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted6632
Average minimum hourly rate£22.70£21.98
Average hourly rate£24.59£24.42
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.49£26.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
OO South EastOO
South East

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire OO Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Oxfordshire OO Daily Rate Histogram

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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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+818£274-
AbingdonDown-33--
OO South EastOO
South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

139 (52.70 %).NET
234 (45.95 %)C#
326 (35.14 %)ASP.NET
421 (28.38 %)XML
520 (27.03 %)C++
617 (22.97 %)Microsoft
716 (21.62 %)WebServices
815 (20.27 %)Java
815 (20.27 %)UML
913 (17.57 %)SQL Server
1012 (16.22 %)Visual Studio
1012 (16.22 %)OOD
1111 (14.86 %)MySQL
1111 (14.86 %)PHP
1111 (14.86 %)HTML
1111 (14.86 %)SQL Server 2005
129 (12.16 %)Web Development
129 (12.16 %)WCF
129 (12.16 %)WPF
129 (12.16 %)SQL
129 (12.16 %)E-Commerce
138 (10.81 %)Flash
138 (10.81 %)JavaScript
138 (10.81 %)ActionScript
138 (10.81 %)AJAX
138 (10.81 %)PHP5
147 (9.459 %)PHP4
147 (9.459 %)ASP.NET 2.0
147 (9.459 %)PostgreSQL
156 (8.108 %)Apache

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
139 (52.70 %).NET
226 (35.14 %)ASP.NET
321 (28.38 %)XML
416 (21.62 %)WebServices
511 (14.86 %)HTML
69 (12.16 %)WCF
69 (12.16 %)WPF
78 (10.81 %)AJAX
87 (9.459 %)ASP.NET 2.0
96 (8.108 %)WinForms
96 (8.108 %)CSS
105 (6.757 %)Symfony
114 (5.405 %)OpenGL
114 (5.405 %)XSLT
114 (5.405 %)jQuery
123 (4.054 %)Spring
123 (4.054 %)DCOM
123 (4.054 %)STL
123 (4.054 %)ASP
123 (4.054 %)Hibernate
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (8.108 %)Apache
22 (2.703 %)MTS
31 (1.351 %)SharePoint
31 (1.351 %)IIS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.351 %)Photoshop
11 (1.351 %)MS Excel
11 (1.351 %)3ds Max
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (4.054 %)Intranet
13 (4.054 %)Internet
21 (1.351 %)Ethernet
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (17.57 %)SQL Server
211 (14.86 %)MySQL
211 (14.86 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (9.459 %)PostgreSQL
44 (5.405 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (5.405 %)Oracle 10g
51 (1.351 %)SQL Server 7
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (16.22 %)Visual Studio
28 (10.81 %)Flash
35 (6.757 %)Eclipse
35 (6.757 %)NUnit
42 (2.703 %)Subversion
51 (1.351 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (6.757 %)Games
22 (2.703 %)Flash Games
22 (2.703 %)Finance
22 (2.703 %)Construction
31 (1.351 %)Government
31 (1.351 %)3D Graphics
31 (1.351 %)Online Games
31 (1.351 %)Animation
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
158 (78.38 %)Developer
226 (35.14 %).NET Developer
39 (12.16 %)C# Developer
48 (10.81 %)PHP Developer
48 (10.81 %)Flash Developer
57 (9.459 %)Web Developer
65 (6.757 %)C++ Developer
65 (6.757 %)Senior Developer
65 (6.757 %).NET Web Developer
74 (5.405 %)Java Developer
74 (5.405 %)ActionScript Developer
83 (4.054 %)MySQL Developer
83 (4.054 %)Software Engineer
83 (4.054 %)Software Developer
83 (4.054 %)ASP.NET Developer
92 (2.703 %)SQL DBA
92 (2.703 %)DBA
92 (2.703 %)Applications Developer
92 (2.703 %)Programmer
92 (2.703 %)SQL Server DBA
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (6.757 %)Computer Science
23 (4.054 %)Client/Server
23 (4.054 %)Mathematics
32 (2.703 %)Web 2.0
41 (1.351 %)Physics
41 (1.351 %)Chemistry
41 (1.351 %)Replication
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (4.054 %)Windows
13 (4.054 %)Linux
21 (1.351 %)Mac OS X
21 (1.351 %)Windows Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (20.27 %)UML
212 (16.22 %)OOD
39 (12.16 %)Web Development
39 (12.16 %)E-Commerce
45 (6.757 %)OOP
54 (5.405 %)SC Cleared
54 (5.405 %)Scrum
54 (5.405 %)Security Cleared
63 (4.054 %)Matrix Management
72 (2.703 %)OOA/OOD
72 (2.703 %)RUP
81 (1.351 %)B2B
81 (1.351 %)B2C
81 (1.351 %)Change Management
81 (1.351 %)BC Cleared
81 (1.351 %)Agile Software Development
81 (1.351 %)Content Management
81 (1.351 %)Logistics
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
134 (45.95 %)C#
220 (27.03 %)C++
315 (20.27 %)Java
411 (14.86 %)PHP
59 (12.16 %)SQL
68 (10.81 %)ActionScript
68 (10.81 %)JavaScript
68 (10.81 %)PHP5
77 (9.459 %)PHP4
85 (6.757 %)VB.NET
94 (5.405 %)XQuery
94 (5.405 %)XPath
103 (4.054 %)VB6
103 (4.054 %)VB
112 (2.703 %)VC++
112 (2.703 %)DHTML
121 (1.351 %)Python
121 (1.351 %)Jython
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (5.405 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (22.97 %)Microsoft
25 (6.757 %)Oracle
34 (5.405 %)Zend
43 (4.054 %)Perforce
51 (1.351 %)Intel
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