The first table below looks at the demand for OOD skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OOD 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 South East 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 Design (OOD)
Rank 156 183 177
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -6
Contract jobs citing OOD 67 59 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.861% 0.580% 0.787%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.266% 0.893% 1.221%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 36 40
Average daily rate £323 £371 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.06% +8.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £438 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £331 £330
% change year-on-year
-8.67% +0.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.35 £36.15 £33.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6607 6798
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.98% 64.97% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2749 3169 3099
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 323 368
Average hourly rate £26.99 £27.00 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.04% -21.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
OOD
England

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East OOD Jobs Demand Trend

OOD
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East OOD Daily Rate Trend

OOD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOD across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East OOD Daily Rate Histogram

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the South East 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
Hampshire +40 46 £321 -8.21%
Surrey 0 13 - -
Berkshire +15 6 £350 -15.15%
Buckinghamshire +7 2 - -
OOD
England

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing OOD 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 OOD.

1 82 (68.91%) UML
2 65 (54.62%) OO
3 63 (52.94%) SQL
4 61 (51.26%) SQL Server
5 58 (48.74%) JavaScript
6 53 (44.54%) Java
6 53 (44.54%) CSS
7 50 (42.02%) HTML
8 48 (40.34%) jQuery
9 43 (36.13%) JUnit
10 41 (34.45%) Spring
10 41 (34.45%) Linux
11 40 (33.61%) Web Services
11 40 (33.61%) Web Development
12 38 (31.93%) Hibernate
13 37 (31.09%) MVC
13 37 (31.09%) Software Architecture
14 36 (30.25%) Continuous Integration
15 34 (28.57%) Mockito
15 34 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
15 34 (28.57%) SOAP
16 33 (27.73%) XML
16 33 (27.73%) EJB
16 33 (27.73%) JMS
16 33 (27.73%) BDD
16 33 (27.73%) Git (software)
17 32 (26.89%) C++
17 32 (26.89%) REST
18 31 (26.05%) JBoss
18 31 (26.05%) JAXB

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing OOD 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 OOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 53 (44.54%) CSS
2 50 (42.02%) HTML
3 48 (40.34%) jQuery
4 41 (34.45%) Spring
5 40 (33.61%) Web Services
6 38 (31.93%) Hibernate
7 34 (28.57%) SOAP
8 33 (27.73%) XML
8 33 (27.73%) EJB
8 33 (27.73%) JMS
9 32 (26.89%) REST
10 31 (26.05%) JAXB
10 31 (26.05%) JPA
10 31 (26.05%) Spring Security
10 31 (26.05%) Spring Web Flow
10 31 (26.05%) JTA
10 31 (26.05%) Java EE
10 31 (26.05%) JSON
10 31 (26.05%) Spring MVC
11 25 (21.01%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 18 (15.13%) BizTalk Server
2 9 (7.563%) IIS
3 8 (6.723%) ESB
3 8 (6.723%) WebLogic
4 7 (5.882%) CMS
4 7 (5.882%) Adobe CQ
5 3 (2.521%) Apache
6 2 (1.681%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.840%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.840%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.521%) MS Office
3 1 (0.840%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 2 (1.681%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.723%) GSM
2 6 (5.042%) LTE
2 6 (5.042%) Asterisk PBX
2 6 (5.042%) PBX
2 6 (5.042%) UMTS
2 6 (5.042%) VoIP
3 5 (4.202%) Wireless
3 5 (4.202%) TCP/IP
3 5 (4.202%) 3G
4 3 (2.521%) 2G
4 3 (2.521%) RTP
4 3 (2.521%) GGSN
4 3 (2.521%) SGSN
4 3 (2.521%) RANAP
5 1 (0.840%) Intranet
5 1 (0.840%) Internet
5 1 (0.840%) Extranet
5 1 (0.840%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (51.26%) SQL Server
2 31 (26.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 31 (26.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (13.45%) NoSQL
4 14 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (11.76%) Ingres
4 14 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (4.202%) MS Access
6 4 (3.361%) MySQL
6 4 (3.361%) SQL Server 2000
6 4 (3.361%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.521%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (2.521%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (1.681%) GIS
Development Applications
1 43 (36.13%) JUnit
2 34 (28.57%) Mockito
3 33 (27.73%) Git (software)
4 31 (26.05%) Maven
5 29 (24.37%) NUnit
6 26 (21.85%) Subversion
7 23 (19.33%) ClearCase
8 22 (18.49%) Ant
9 18 (15.13%) Selenium
9 18 (15.13%) GoogleTest
10 17 (14.29%) CppUnit
11 15 (12.61%) Visual Studio
12 14 (11.76%) CruiseControl
13 13 (10.92%) JBehave
14 12 (10.08%) Eclipse
15 11 (9.244%) Rational Rose
16 10 (8.403%) ClearQuest
17 9 (7.563%) VSS/SourceSafe
17 9 (7.563%) JSUnit
18 7 (5.882%) GDB
General
1 11 (9.244%) Telecoms
2 8 (6.723%) Finance
3 2 (1.681%) Billing
3 2 (1.681%) Retail
3 2 (1.681%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 88 (73.95%) Developer
2 42 (35.29%) Java Developer
3 22 (18.49%) Software Engineer
4 12 (10.08%) C++ Developer
5 11 (9.244%) Technical Leader
6 9 (7.563%) .NET Developer
6 9 (7.563%) C++ Software Engineer
7 8 (6.723%) C# Developer
7 8 (6.723%) Android Developer
8 7 (5.882%) Senior Developer
9 6 (5.042%) VB.NET Developer
9 6 (5.042%) Software Developer
10 5 (4.202%) C# .NET Developer
10 5 (4.202%) Java Swing Developer
11 4 (3.361%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 4 (3.361%) PHP Developer
11 4 (3.361%) Lead Developer
12 3 (2.521%) Analyst
12 3 (2.521%) Network Engineer
12 3 (2.521%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.92%) N-Tier
1 13 (10.92%) Client/Server
2 5 (4.202%) Derivative
3 3 (2.521%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.681%) iPhone
4 2 (1.681%) Smartcard
4 2 (1.681%) EPoS
4 2 (1.681%) EMV
4 2 (1.681%) EFT
4 2 (1.681%) EFTPOS
5 1 (0.840%) Social Media
5 1 (0.840%) Open Source
5 1 (0.840%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 41 (34.45%) Linux
2 28 (23.53%) UNIX
3 20 (16.81%) Windows
4 8 (6.723%) Android
5 4 (3.361%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.681%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.840%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.840%) AIX
7 1 (0.840%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (68.91%) UML
2 65 (54.62%) OO
3 40 (33.61%) Web Development
4 37 (31.09%) MVC
4 37 (31.09%) Software Architecture
5 36 (30.25%) Continuous Integration
6 34 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
7 33 (27.73%) BDD
8 28 (23.53%) Pair Programming
9 23 (19.33%) Multithreading
10 21 (17.65%) Dependency Injection
11 18 (15.13%) Configuration Management
12 16 (13.45%) Unit Testing
13 15 (12.61%) TDD
13 15 (12.61%) RUP
13 15 (12.61%) Unified Process
14 13 (10.92%) Software Engineering
15 9 (7.563%) Memory Management
16 8 (6.723%) Systems Analysis
16 8 (6.723%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 63 (52.94%) SQL
2 58 (48.74%) JavaScript
3 53 (44.54%) Java
4 32 (26.89%) C++
5 24 (20.17%) C
6 16 (13.45%) T-SQL
7 15 (12.61%) C#
8 13 (10.92%) VB
8 13 (10.92%) VB.NET
9 10 (8.403%) Python
10 5 (4.202%) VBA
11 4 (3.361%) PHP5
11 4 (3.361%) PHP
12 2 (1.681%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.681%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.840%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (15.13%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.244%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.723%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.681%) ISO 8583
2 1 (0.840%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.840%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 31 (26.05%) JBoss
2 25 (21.01%) Oracle
3 13 (10.92%) Twitter
4 10 (8.403%) Microsoft
5 9 (7.563%) Aquila
5 9 (7.563%) Telerik
6 7 (5.882%) Adobe
6 7 (5.882%) Software AG
6 7 (5.882%) webMethods
7 6 (5.042%) Cisco
8 5 (4.202%) Cramer
9 4 (3.361%) Zend
9 4 (3.361%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.521%) Cognizant
11 2 (1.681%) Wincor Nixdorf
11 2 (1.681%) Coverity
11 2 (1.681%) VeriFone
11 2 (1.681%) SAP
11 2 (1.681%) BEA
12 1 (0.840%) Sun
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