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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills within the South East 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank214242
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching contract IT job ads3351
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.052 %
As % of the category below0.481 %0.585 %
Daily rates quoted915
Average minimum daily rate£258£308
Average daily rate£278£359
% change on same period last year-22.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£283£346
% change on same period last year-18.32 %
Hourly rates quoted17
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£37.86
Average hourly rate£42.50£38.57
% change on same period last year+10.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£39.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.61£34.50
% change on same period last year+9.01 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching contract IT job ads68588724
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.656 %8.816 %
Daily rates quoted19672590
Average minimum daily rate£351£353
Average daily rate£373£373
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£395£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted639827
Average minimum hourly rate£28.44£28.58
Average hourly rate£30.35£30.33
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.26£32.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
OOP EnglandOOP
England

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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East OOP Daily Rate Histogram

OOP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+4218£266-
BuckinghamshireUp+153£290-35.55 %
BerkshireUp+163£350-0.78 %
OxfordshireNew entry-3£275-
HampshireNew entry-2£250-
MiddlesexDown-52--
East SussexUp+81--
West SussexUp+41--
OOP EnglandOOP
England

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

151 (62.96 %)OO
248 (59.26 %)SQL Server
345 (55.56 %)C#
441 (50.62 %)XML
540 (49.38 %).NET
635 (43.21 %)HTML
733 (40.74 %)JavaScript
828 (34.57 %)CSS
927 (33.33 %)WebServices
1026 (32.10 %)SQL Server 2005
1125 (30.86 %)Windows
1224 (29.63 %)WinForms
1322 (27.16 %)Microsoft
1421 (25.93 %)SOAP
1421 (25.93 %)ASP.NET
1421 (25.93 %)PHP
1421 (25.93 %)AJAX
1519 (23.46 %)MySQL
1618 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2000
1717 (20.99 %)WSDL
1717 (20.99 %)XSLT
1816 (19.75 %)Microsoft Certification
1914 (17.28 %)NUnit
2013 (16.05 %)XHTML
2013 (16.05 %)MS Excel
2112 (14.81 %)SQL
2112 (14.81 %)PHP5
2211 (13.58 %)ActionScript
2211 (13.58 %)COM+
2211 (13.58 %)Flash

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
141 (50.62 %)XML
240 (49.38 %).NET
335 (43.21 %)HTML
428 (34.57 %)CSS
527 (33.33 %)WebServices
624 (29.63 %)WinForms
721 (25.93 %)AJAX
721 (25.93 %)SOAP
721 (25.93 %)ASP.NET
817 (20.99 %)XSLT
817 (20.99 %)WSDL
913 (16.05 %)XHTML
1011 (13.58 %)NHibernate
1011 (13.58 %)COM+
116 (7.407 %)MVC
125 (6.173 %)Adobe Flex
133 (3.704 %)LINQ
133 (3.704 %)MonoRail
133 (3.704 %)ADO.NET
142 (2.469 %)ASP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (8.642 %)Apache
24 (4.938 %)ColdFusion
31 (1.235 %)CMS
31 (1.235 %)TYPO3
31 (1.235 %)ColdFusion MX
31 (1.235 %)IIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (16.05 %)MS Excel
23 (3.704 %)Photoshop
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.469 %)SAP Oil and Gas
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (11.11 %)Intranet
23 (3.704 %)Internet
31 (1.235 %)HTTP
31 (1.235 %)TCP/IP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (59.26 %)SQL Server
226 (32.10 %)SQL Server 2005
319 (23.46 %)MySQL
418 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (3.704 %)RDBMS
62 (2.469 %)BusinessObjects
62 (2.469 %)PostgreSQL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (17.28 %)NUnit
211 (13.58 %)Flash
35 (6.173 %)Visual Studio
42 (2.469 %)ARTiSAN
42 (2.469 %)Subversion
51 (1.235 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (1.235 %)CruiseControl
51 (1.235 %)Rational Rose
51 (1.235 %)Eclipse
51 (1.235 %)Dreamweaver
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (4.938 %)Games
14 (4.938 %)Marketing
14 (4.938 %)Flash Games
22 (2.469 %)Avionics
22 (2.469 %)Military
22 (2.469 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (2.469 %)Aerospace
22 (2.469 %)Electric
31 (1.235 %)Government
31 (1.235 %)Animation
31 (1.235 %)Online Games
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
177 (95.06 %)Developer
223 (28.40 %)C# Developer
316 (19.75 %)PHP Developer
410 (12.35 %)Web Developer
59 (11.11 %)Flash Developer
67 (8.642 %).NET Developer
75 (6.173 %)Intranet Developer
84 (4.938 %)ActionScript Developer
84 (4.938 %)ColdFusion Developer
93 (3.704 %)Flash Games Developer
93 (3.704 %)Games Developer
102 (2.469 %)ASP.NET Developer
102 (2.469 %)C++ Developer
102 (2.469 %)Software Engineer
102 (2.469 %)Applications Developer
102 (2.469 %)Senior Developer
111 (1.235 %)Software Developer
111 (1.235 %)Senior .NET Developer
111 (1.235 %)MySQL Developer
111 (1.235 %)PHP Web Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (2.469 %)Derivative
21 (1.235 %)Mathematics
21 (1.235 %)Tandem
21 (1.235 %)Web 2.0
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (30.86 %)Windows
25 (6.173 %)UNIX
33 (3.704 %)Linux
41 (1.235 %)MVS
41 (1.235 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (1.235 %)Windows 2000 Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
151 (62.96 %)OO
29 (11.11 %)OOD
35 (6.173 %)E-Commerce
35 (6.173 %)UML
35 (6.173 %)Security Cleared
44 (4.938 %)Data Migration
44 (4.938 %)Web Development
44 (4.938 %)Service Management
44 (4.938 %)Migration
44 (4.938 %)TDD
53 (3.704 %)SC Cleared
62 (2.469 %)Business Analysis
62 (2.469 %)Technical Architecture
62 (2.469 %)Digital Marketing
62 (2.469 %)OOA/OOD
62 (2.469 %)ERP
62 (2.469 %)EAI
62 (2.469 %)SOA
62 (2.469 %)Business Intelligence
62 (2.469 %)B2B
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
145 (55.56 %)C#
233 (40.74 %)JavaScript
321 (25.93 %)PHP
412 (14.81 %)SQL
412 (14.81 %)PHP5
511 (13.58 %)ActionScript
67 (8.642 %)C
75 (6.173 %)C++
84 (4.938 %)VC++
93 (3.704 %)Perl
102 (2.469 %)Java
102 (2.469 %)VB.NET
102 (2.469 %)PHP4
111 (1.235 %)VBA
111 (1.235 %)Ada
111 (1.235 %)Assembly Language
111 (1.235 %)Ruby
111 (1.235 %)VB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
116 (19.75 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.235 %)MOS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (27.16 %)Microsoft
23 (3.704 %)Oracle
32 (2.469 %)Business Objects
32 (2.469 %)PeopleSoft
32 (2.469 %)SAP
32 (2.469 %)Cognos
32 (2.469 %)Adobe
41 (1.235 %)Infragistics
41 (1.235 %)Zend
41 (1.235 %)IBM