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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) 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 OOP over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4746
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.105 %1.734 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£175-
Average daily rate£200-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£225-
UK excluding London average daily rate£266£326
% change on same period last year-18.30 %
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£35.00£30.00
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads181173
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.365 %0.212 %
Daily rates quoted5148
Average minimum daily rate£326£409
Average daily rate£344£424
% change on same period last year-18.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£376
% change on same period last year+1.27 %
Hourly rates quoted2835
Average minimum hourly rate£26.49£18.36
Average hourly rate£27.42£19.75
% change on same period last year+38.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.36£21.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.65£28.81
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
OOP South EastOOP
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.

OOP
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OOP across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire OOP Hourly Rate Trend

OOP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
OxfordNew entry-1£200-
OOP South EastOOP
South East

OOP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (75.00 %)PHP5
13 (75.00 %)PHP
22 (50.00 %)MySQL
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)PHP4
31 (25.00 %)Infragistics
31 (25.00 %)WinForms
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (25.00 %)CSS
31 (25.00 %)Linux
31 (25.00 %)OO
31 (25.00 %)Flash
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)VB.NET
31 (25.00 %)ActionScript
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)AJAX
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)Adobe Flex
31 (25.00 %)Zend
31 (25.00 %)CodeIgniter
31 (25.00 %)LINQ

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
11 (25.00 %).NET
11 (25.00 %)CSS
11 (25.00 %)Flash
11 (25.00 %)WinForms
11 (25.00 %)AJAX
11 (25.00 %)Adobe Flex
11 (25.00 %)CodeIgniter
11 (25.00 %)LINQ
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)MySQL
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server
21 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (75.00 %)PHP Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior .NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior VB.NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)WinForms Developer
31 (25.00 %)Junior VB.NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
31 (25.00 %).NET Developer
31 (25.00 %)VB.NET Developer
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Linux
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OO
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)PHP
13 (75.00 %)PHP5
22 (50.00 %)JavaScript
31 (25.00 %)PHP4
31 (25.00 %)SQL
31 (25.00 %)VB.NET
31 (25.00 %)ActionScript
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Infragistics
11 (25.00 %)Zend