OO Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OO over the 3 months to 17 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 West 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 62 58 53
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -5
Contract jobs citing OO 54 94 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 2.637% 2.836% 2.499%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.988% 4.167% 3.898%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 39 21
Average daily rate £325 £358 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.21% +25.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £270 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £419 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% +0.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £34.50 £31.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.50 £34.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
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England

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West OO Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West OO Daily Rate Histogram

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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 South West region.

South West OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West OO Hourly Rate Histogram

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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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Dorset +11 13 £250 -
Bristol +4 12 £313 +4.16%
Devon 0 7 £325 -22.43%
Wiltshire -2 7 £338 -6.89%
Gloucestershire -3 7 £375 +4.89%
Somerset +5 1 £300 -
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 59 (39.86%) C#
2 49 (33.11%) UML
3 47 (31.76%) .NET
4 43 (29.05%) JavaScript
5 40 (27.03%) Oracle
5 40 (27.03%) Linux
5 40 (27.03%) Agile Software Development
6 38 (25.68%) Java
6 38 (25.68%) C
7 33 (22.30%) jQuery
7 33 (22.30%) Security Cleared
8 32 (21.62%) C++
8 32 (21.62%) Visual Studio
8 32 (21.62%) CSS
9 31 (20.95%) Configuration Management
10 30 (20.27%) Microsoft
10 30 (20.27%) XML
11 29 (19.59%) HTML
12 28 (18.92%) ASP.NET
13 26 (17.57%) OOA/OOD
14 23 (15.54%) Windows
14 23 (15.54%) SQL
15 21 (14.19%) PHP
15 21 (14.19%) SQL Server
15 21 (14.19%) MySQL
15 21 (14.19%) Internet
16 20 (13.51%) Web Services
17 17 (11.49%) Degree
17 17 (11.49%) JBoss
17 17 (11.49%) EJB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 47 (31.76%) .NET
2 33 (22.30%) jQuery
3 32 (21.62%) CSS
4 30 (20.27%) XML
5 29 (19.59%) HTML
6 28 (18.92%) ASP.NET
7 20 (13.51%) Web Services
8 17 (11.49%) JMS
8 17 (11.49%) EJB
9 15 (10.14%) JPA
9 15 (10.14%) EJB 3.0
9 15 (10.14%) GWT
10 10 (6.757%) .NET Framework
10 10 (6.757%) WCF
10 10 (6.757%) XSLT
10 10 (6.757%) Spring
10 10 (6.757%) Ajax
11 9 (6.081%) LAMP
11 9 (6.081%) Hibernate
11 9 (6.081%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.378%) IIS
1 5 (3.378%) Apache
2 4 (2.703%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.703%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.703%) GlassFish
3 3 (2.027%) Oracle Service Bus
3 3 (2.027%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.351%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (1.351%) MQSeries
4 2 (1.351%) AquaLogic Service Bus
4 2 (1.351%) Mule
4 2 (1.351%) WordPress
4 2 (1.351%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.351%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.351%) AquaLogic
4 2 (1.351%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.351%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.676%) MSMQ
5 1 (0.676%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.676%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 13 (8.784%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.351%) MS Office
3 1 (0.676%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (2.703%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (2.027%) SAP R/3
3 2 (1.351%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.676%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.676%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.676%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 21 (14.19%) Internet
2 6 (4.054%) ASN.1
3 2 (1.351%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.676%) DNS
4 1 (0.676%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.676%) Intranet
4 1 (0.676%) IMAP
4 1 (0.676%) POP3
4 1 (0.676%) SMTP
4 1 (0.676%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (14.19%) MySQL
1 21 (14.19%) SQL Server
2 17 (11.49%) RDBMS
3 13 (8.784%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (7.432%) SQL Server 2005
5 8 (5.405%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (3.378%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (2.703%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (2.027%) TOAD
8 3 (2.027%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.351%) MarkLogic
10 1 (0.676%) SQLite
10 1 (0.676%) DB2
10 1 (0.676%) GIS
10 1 (0.676%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 32 (21.62%) Visual Studio
2 16 (10.81%) Maven
3 10 (6.757%) Eclipse
4 9 (6.081%) Subversion
5 8 (5.405%) Git (software)
6 6 (4.054%) GCC
6 6 (4.054%) InstallShield
6 6 (4.054%) NUnit
7 5 (3.378%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (2.027%) JUnit
9 2 (1.351%) Selenium
9 2 (1.351%) jMock
9 2 (1.351%) Mockito
10 1 (0.676%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.676%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.676%) PVCS
General
1 15 (10.14%) Finance
2 9 (6.081%) Electronics
3 7 (4.730%) Back Office
3 7 (4.730%) Aerospace
4 4 (2.703%) Retail
5 3 (2.027%) Marketing
5 3 (2.027%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.351%) Military
6 2 (1.351%) Avionics
7 1 (0.676%) Legal
7 1 (0.676%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 104 (70.27%) Developer
2 37 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 19 (12.84%) .NET Developer
4 18 (12.16%) C# Developer
5 15 (10.14%) PHP Developer
5 15 (10.14%) Java Developer
6 12 (8.108%) Software Developer
7 7 (4.730%) C++ Software Engineer
7 7 (4.730%) C# .NET Developer
8 6 (4.054%) ASP.NET Developer
9 5 (3.378%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 5 (3.378%) Web Developer
10 4 (2.703%) Analyst
10 4 (2.703%) Oracle Developer
10 4 (2.703%) C# Software Engineer
10 4 (2.703%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 4 (2.703%) Android Developer
11 3 (2.027%) GUI Developer
11 3 (2.027%) MySQL Developer
11 3 (2.027%) PHP MySQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.14%) RIA
2 8 (5.405%) Embedded Systems
3 7 (4.730%) Computer Science
4 6 (4.054%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.378%) Open Source
6 2 (1.351%) Web 2.0
7 1 (0.676%) Visualisation
7 1 (0.676%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.676%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.676%) DTV
7 1 (0.676%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.676%) Streaming Media
7 1 (0.676%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (27.03%) Linux
2 23 (15.54%) Windows
3 14 (9.459%) Android
4 7 (4.730%) Apple iOS
5 6 (4.054%) VxWorks
6 4 (2.703%) UNIX
7 2 (1.351%) Windows XP
7 2 (1.351%) Windows XP Embedded
8 1 (0.676%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (33.11%) UML
2 40 (27.03%) Agile Software Development
3 31 (20.95%) Configuration Management
4 26 (17.57%) OOA/OOD
5 16 (10.81%) Customer Engagement
6 15 (10.14%) OOD
7 14 (9.459%) MVC
8 13 (8.784%) OOP
8 13 (8.784%) Requirements Analysis
8 13 (8.784%) Systems Analysis
9 11 (7.432%) Project Management
9 11 (7.432%) Waterfall
10 10 (6.757%) SOA
10 10 (6.757%) Business Analysis
11 9 (6.081%) Multithreading
12 8 (5.405%) Unit Testing
13 7 (4.730%) Web Development
13 7 (4.730%) Scrum
14 6 (4.054%) TDD
14 6 (4.054%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 59 (39.86%) C#
2 43 (29.05%) JavaScript
3 38 (25.68%) C
3 38 (25.68%) Java
4 32 (21.62%) C++
5 23 (15.54%) SQL
6 21 (14.19%) PHP
7 12 (8.108%) VB.NET
8 10 (6.757%) VB
8 10 (6.757%) Delphi
9 9 (6.081%) PHP5
10 8 (5.405%) PL/SQL
10 8 (5.405%) Python
11 7 (4.730%) XQuery
11 7 (4.730%) XPath
12 6 (4.054%) VB6
13 5 (3.378%) MATLAB
14 4 (2.703%) ABAP
15 3 (2.027%) Embedded C++
15 3 (2.027%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 33 (22.30%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.49%) Degree
3 15 (10.14%) DV Cleared
4 13 (8.784%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.054%) MCAD
5 6 (4.054%) MCSD
5 6 (4.054%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.351%) HND
7 1 (0.676%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.757%) QA
2 6 (4.054%) DO-178B
3 4 (2.703%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (4.054%) VMware Workstation
1 6 (4.054%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.027%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 40 (27.03%) Oracle
2 30 (20.27%) Microsoft
3 17 (11.49%) JBoss
4 8 (5.405%) Zend
5 7 (4.730%) Serena
6 6 (4.054%) VMware
6 6 (4.054%) Green Hills
7 5 (3.378%) SAP
8 3 (2.027%) Twitter
9 1 (0.676%) Allen-Bradley
9 1 (0.676%) Facebook
9 1 (0.676%) Google
9 1 (0.676%) Progress
9 1 (0.676%) BEA
9 1 (0.676%) CA
9 1 (0.676%) Siemens
9 1 (0.676%) TIBCO
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