The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OO over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Preston 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing OO 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 5.172% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £295 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.89% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29 111 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 50.00% 62.71% 31.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 86 2
Average daily rate £300 £401 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.09% +14.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 £25.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.21% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
OO
Lancashire

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston OO Jobs Demand Trend

OO
Daily Rate Trend

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

Preston OO Daily Rate Trend

OO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Preston OO Hourly Rate Trend

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) WCF
2 6 (85.71%) WPF
2 6 (85.71%) Mobile App
2 6 (85.71%) Mobile Application Development
2 6 (85.71%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (85.71%) XSD
2 6 (85.71%) WSDL
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) UML
2 6 (85.71%) Requirements Analysis
3 5 (71.43%) .NET Framework
3 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (71.43%) XML
3 5 (71.43%) SOAP
3 5 (71.43%) IIS
3 5 (71.43%) Document Management
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (57.14%) Ninject
4 4 (57.14%) Windows
4 4 (57.14%) MVC
4 4 (57.14%) Workflow
5 3 (42.86%) TDD
5 3 (42.86%) VB6
5 3 (42.86%) Subversion

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 7 (100.00%) .NET
1 7 (100.00%) WCF
2 6 (85.71%) WPF
2 6 (85.71%) XSD
2 6 (85.71%) WSDL
3 5 (71.43%) .NET Framework
3 5 (71.43%) XML
3 5 (71.43%) SOAP
4 4 (57.14%) Ninject
5 3 (42.86%) Web Services
5 3 (42.86%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 2 (28.57%) REST
7 1 (14.29%) Java EE
7 1 (14.29%) ADO.NET
7 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
7 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) ESB
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 7
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Subversion
1 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) .NET Developer
2 3 (42.86%) C# Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) WPF Developer
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Mobile App
1 6 (85.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Mobile Application Development
1 6 (85.71%) UML
1 6 (85.71%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (71.43%) Document Management
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (57.14%) MVC
3 4 (57.14%) Workflow
4 3 (42.86%) TDD
4 3 (42.86%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (14.29%) Content Management
5 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
5 1 (14.29%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) VB6
2 3 (42.86%) VB
2 3 (42.86%) VB.NET
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft