The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OO over the 3 months to 23 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 Shropshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 14 16 15
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing OO 5 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 4.587% 9.449% 7.547%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.333% 17.91% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 0
Average daily rate £475 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% -
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 £37.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
60 67 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 55.05% 52.76% 60.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 49 21
Average daily rate £500 £365 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.98% +26.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £255 £161
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
OO
West Midlands

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire OO Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Shropshire OO Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Shropshire OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Telford -3 2 £475 +26.66%
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West Midlands

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 8 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 7 (70.00%) Pega
2 7 (70.00%) RUP
3 5 (50.00%) J2EE
3 5 (50.00%) Oracle
3 5 (50.00%) Java
3 5 (50.00%) PL/SQL
3 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 3 (30.00%) UNIX
4 3 (30.00%) Shell Script
5 2 (20.00%) UML
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) XML
5 2 (20.00%) VB
5 2 (20.00%) .NET
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) COBOL
5 2 (20.00%) Validation
5 2 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (10.00%) REST
6 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
6 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
6 1 (10.00%) Perl
6 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
6 1 (10.00%) WebLogic
6 1 (10.00%) Web Services
6 1 (10.00%) ClearCase
6 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
6 1 (10.00%) OOD

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 5 (50.00%) J2EE
2 2 (20.00%) XML
2 2 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) REST
3 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) ClearCase
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) Lead Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 2 (20.00%) Programmer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Analyst Programmer
3 2 (20.00%) Applications Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Developer Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Lead Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Software Architect
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 7 (70.00%) RUP
3 2 (20.00%) UML
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) OOD
4 1 (10.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Java
1 5 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (20.00%) VB
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) COBOL
4 1 (10.00%) Perl
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Pega
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) BEA
3 1 (10.00%) Informatica
3 1 (10.00%) webMethods