The first table below looks at the demand for OOP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OOP over the 3 months to 20 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 Scotland 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Rank 85 99 102
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +3
Contract jobs citing OOP 29 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 1.194% 0.226% 0.327%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.752% 0.350% 0.488%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 8
Average daily rate £339 £200 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+69.37% -42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £200 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £214 £354
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £330
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year
-36.66% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1655 1713 1844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.16% 64.52% 67.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 874 956
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £225 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 66 49
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.75 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08% -21.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.10 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
OOP
UK

OOP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland OOP Jobs Demand Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Scotland OOP Daily Rate Histogram

OOP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Glasgow -2 19 £408 +103.75%
Dundee - 4 - -
Edinburgh +5 3 £300 +42.85%
Aberdeen +1 1 £363 +81.25%
OOP
UK

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 39 (82.98%) OO
2 31 (65.96%) C#
3 28 (59.57%) XML
4 25 (53.19%) Java
5 24 (51.06%) Finance
6 22 (46.81%) JavaScript
6 22 (46.81%) CSS
7 20 (42.55%) HTML
8 16 (34.04%) Perl
9 14 (29.79%) C++
10 12 (25.53%) PHP
10 12 (25.53%) Web Services
10 12 (25.53%) MySQL
10 12 (25.53%) jQuery
11 10 (21.28%) UNIX
12 9 (19.15%) Linux
12 9 (19.15%) SharePoint
12 9 (19.15%) .NET
12 9 (19.15%) Document Management
12 9 (19.15%) Intranet
12 9 (19.15%) SharePoint 2010
13 8 (17.02%) CAML
13 8 (17.02%) Lotus
13 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
13 8 (17.02%) XSLT
13 8 (17.02%) Lotus Notes
14 7 (14.89%) ISO 9001
14 7 (14.89%) SQL
14 7 (14.89%) Kindle
15 6 (12.77%) Ext JS

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Application Development
1 28 (59.57%) XML
2 22 (46.81%) CSS
3 20 (42.55%) HTML
4 12 (25.53%) Web Services
4 12 (25.53%) jQuery
5 9 (19.15%) .NET
6 8 (17.02%) XSLT
6 8 (17.02%) CAML
7 6 (12.77%) Ext JS
8 5 (10.64%) GWT
9 2 (4.255%) Zend Framework
9 2 (4.255%) Google Maps API
9 2 (4.255%) HTML5
9 2 (4.255%) Flash
9 2 (4.255%) J2EE
9 2 (4.255%) Apache Flex
9 2 (4.255%) WPF
9 2 (4.255%) Hibernate
9 2 (4.255%) WinForms
9 2 (4.255%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 9 (19.15%) SharePoint
1 9 (19.15%) SharePoint 2010
2 8 (17.02%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (6.383%) Apache
3 3 (6.383%) Drupal
4 1 (2.128%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Photoshop
1 2 (4.255%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 9 (19.15%) Intranet
2 2 (4.255%) HTTP
3 1 (2.128%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (25.53%) MySQL
2 2 (4.255%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.128%) KDB
3 1 (2.128%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (2.128%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.128%) IntelliJ
1 1 (2.128%) Aptana Studio
1 1 (2.128%) PhoneGap
1 1 (2.128%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 24 (51.06%) Finance
2 1 (2.128%) Banking
2 1 (2.128%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 46 (97.87%) Developer
2 19 (40.43%) Java Developer
3 9 (19.15%) SharePoint Developer
4 8 (17.02%) C++ Developer
5 7 (14.89%) C++/Java Developer
6 5 (10.64%) PHP Developer
7 4 (8.511%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.255%) E-Learning Developer
8 2 (4.255%) C# Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Drupal Developer
8 2 (4.255%) PHP Drupal Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Mobile Developer
9 1 (2.128%) PHP MySQL Developer
9 1 (2.128%) J2EE Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Web Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Software Developer
9 1 (2.128%) Trainer
9 1 (2.128%) Senior J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Kindle
2 2 (4.255%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (4.255%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (4.255%) W3C
2 2 (4.255%) E-Learning
2 2 (4.255%) SCORM
3 1 (2.128%) Derivative
3 1 (2.128%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.128%) Telematics
3 1 (2.128%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.28%) UNIX
2 9 (19.15%) Linux
3 1 (2.128%) Android
3 1 (2.128%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (82.98%) OO
2 9 (19.15%) Document Management
3 8 (17.02%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (12.77%) Multithreading
5 5 (10.64%) Refactoring
5 5 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (10.64%) TDD
6 3 (6.383%) MVC
7 2 (4.255%) SEO
7 2 (4.255%) Information Architecture
8 1 (2.128%) Wealth Management
8 1 (2.128%) Electronic Trading
8 1 (2.128%) Dependency Injection
8 1 (2.128%) E-Commerce
8 1 (2.128%) OOD
8 1 (2.128%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (65.96%) C#
2 25 (53.19%) Java
3 22 (46.81%) JavaScript
4 16 (34.04%) Perl
5 14 (29.79%) C++
6 12 (25.53%) PHP
7 7 (14.89%) SQL
8 3 (6.383%) ActionScript
9 2 (4.255%) Python
9 2 (4.255%) Ruby
9 2 (4.255%) PHP5
9 2 (4.255%) ActionScript 3.0
9 2 (4.255%) C
10 1 (2.128%) Objective-C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) ISO 9001
2 2 (4.255%) WAI
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Lotus
2 2 (4.255%) Google
2 2 (4.255%) Zend
2 2 (4.255%) Twitter
3 1 (2.128%) Sybase
3 1 (2.128%) Sencha
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