South West OO Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Object-Oriented (OO)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Avon Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Caerphilly Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dumbarton Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Farnborough Gateshead Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hartlepool Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huddersfield Ipswich Kent Lanarkshire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Redditch Redhill Rotherham Rugby Salford Salisbury Scotland Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tonbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville West Dunbartonshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	78	51
Rank change on same period last year	-27
Matching contract IT job ads	70	155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.100 %	0.160 %
As % of the category below	2.421 %	4.680 %
Daily rates quoted	7	61
Average minimum daily rate	£360	£328
Average daily rate	£374	£341
% change on same period last year	+9.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£353
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£359
% change on same period last year	-4.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.71	£32.75
Average hourly rate	£32.93	£34.21
% change on same period last year	-3.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.14	£35.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.41	£34.06
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Processes & Methodologies South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2891	3312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.120 %	3.425 %
Daily rates quoted	875	1017
Average minimum daily rate	£367	£351
Average daily rate	£389	£370
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	358	369
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.72	£29.39
Average hourly rate	£29.74	£31.32
% change on same period last year	-5.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.75	£33.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.30	£29.76
% change on same period last year	-1.54 %
OO 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OO across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OO across the South West region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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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 15 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.

Location	Rank 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
Devon	-3	16	-	-
Bristol	-7	11	-	-
Wiltshire	-11	11	£343	-3.85 %
Dorset	-4	8	-	-
Gloucestershire	-6	6	£350	-
Somerset	+2	3	-	-
Avon	+6	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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 (48.76 %) Java 2 48 (39.67 %) J2EE 3 41 (33.88 %) Sun Certification 4 40 (33.06 %) Sun 5 33 (27.27 %) XML 6 31 (25.62 %) Windows 7 29 (23.97 %) HTML 8 28 (23.14 %) .NET 9 27 (22.31 %) C# 9 27 (22.31 %) Solaris 10 26 (21.49 %) Ant 11 25 (20.66 %) ATG 11 25 (20.66 %) ATG Dynamo 11 25 (20.66 %) Shell Script 11 25 (20.66 %) Extranet

11 25 (20.66 %) HTTP 12 24 (19.83 %) SQL Server 13 23 (19.01 %) Oracle 14 22 (18.18 %) SQL 14 22 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 15 21 (17.36 %) C++ 16 20 (16.53 %) RUP 17 19 (15.70 %) JSP 17 19 (15.70 %) ClearCase 18 18 (14.88 %) Configuration Management 18 18 (14.88 %) DV Cleared 18 18 (14.88 %) Unified Process 19 17 (14.05 %) OOD 19 17 (14.05 %) UML 20 16 (13.22 %) WebServices

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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 48 (39.67 %) J2EE 2 33 (27.27 %) XML 3 29 (23.97 %) HTML 4 28 (23.14 %) .NET 5 19 (15.70 %) JSP 6 16 (13.22 %) WebServices 7 13 (10.74 %) Castor 7 13 (10.74 %) XSD 7 13 (10.74 %) ASP.NET 8 6 (4.959 %) CSS 8 6 (4.959 %) .NET Framework 9 4 (3.306 %) .NET Remoting 9 4 (3.306 %) XSLT 9 4 (3.306 %) WinForms 9 4 (3.306 %) XHTML 10 3 (2.479 %) ASP 10 3 (2.479 %) JSF 10 3 (2.479 %) AJAX 11 2 (1.653 %) WebSphere 11 2 (1.653 %) Ext JS	Application Platforms 1 25 (20.66 %) ATG Dynamo 2 14 (11.57 %) Tomcat 3 3 (2.479 %) WebLogic 3 3 (2.479 %) Apache 4 2 (1.653 %) SharePoint 5 1 (0.826 %) CMS 5 1 (0.826 %) JBoss
Applications 1 1 (0.826 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 25 (20.66 %) HTTP 1 25 (20.66 %) Extranet 2 3 (2.479 %) Internet 3 2 (1.653 %) Wireless 3 2 (1.653 %) LAN 3 2 (1.653 %) WLAN 4 1 (0.826 %) LDAP 4 1 (0.826 %) UMTS 4 1 (0.826 %) DVB 4 1 (0.826 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 24 (19.83 %) SQL Server 2 13 (10.74 %) Oracle 9i 3 10 (8.264 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (3.306 %) MySQL 4 4 (3.306 %) SQL Server 2000 5 1 (0.826 %) DTS	Development Applications 1 26 (21.49 %) Ant 2 19 (15.70 %) ClearCase 3 13 (10.74 %) Eclipse 4 9 (7.438 %) Visual Studio 5 3 (2.479 %) Flash 6 2 (1.653 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 2 (1.653 %) ARTiSAN 6 2 (1.653 %) C++Builder 6 2 (1.653 %) Oracle APEX 7 1 (0.826 %) JUnit
General 1 10 (8.264 %) Finance 2 4 (3.306 %) Banking 3 3 (2.479 %) Investment Banking 3 3 (2.479 %) Insurance 3 3 (2.479 %) Government 3 3 (2.479 %) Manufacturing 4 2 (1.653 %) Games 4 2 (1.653 %) Electronics 4 2 (1.653 %) Telecoms 4 2 (1.653 %) Aerospace 4 2 (1.653 %) Education 5 1 (0.826 %) Electric 5 1 (0.826 %) Retail Banking 5 1 (0.826 %) Retail 5 1 (0.826 %) Multimedia 5 1 (0.826 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 86 (71.07 %) Developer 2 26 (21.49 %) J2EE Developer 3 25 (20.66 %) Lead Developer 4 22 (18.18 %) Java Developer 5 15 (12.40 %) Software Engineer 5 15 (12.40 %) Java/J2EE Developer 6 9 (7.438 %) .NET Developer 7 8 (6.612 %) Analyst 8 7 (5.785 %) Programmer 9 5 (4.132 %) Software Developer 9 5 (4.132 %) C# Developer 9 5 (4.132 %) VB.NET Developer 10 4 (3.306 %) Analyst Programmer 11 3 (2.479 %) Web Developer 11 3 (2.479 %) Business Analyst 11 3 (2.479 %) C++ Software Engineer 11 3 (2.479 %) Analyst Developer 11 3 (2.479 %) PHP Developer 11 3 (2.479 %) Flash Developer 12 2 (1.653 %) C++ Programmer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.479 %) Pocket PC 2 2 (1.653 %) PDA 2 2 (1.653 %) DTV 2 2 (1.653 %) Computer Science 2 2 (1.653 %) Multithreading 3 1 (0.826 %) IPTV 3 1 (0.826 %) Derivative 3 1 (0.826 %) Client/Server 3 1 (0.826 %) N-Tier 3 1 (0.826 %) MPEG 3 1 (0.826 %) Firmware	Operating Systems 1 31 (25.62 %) Windows 2 27 (22.31 %) Solaris 3 13 (10.74 %) Windows NT 4 5 (4.132 %) UNIX 5 4 (3.306 %) Windows CE 5 4 (3.306 %) Linux 6 3 (2.479 %) Windows Mobile 7 1 (0.826 %) Symbian OS
Processes & Methodologies 1 22 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 2 20 (16.53 %) RUP 3 18 (14.88 %) Configuration Management 3 18 (14.88 %) Unified Process 3 18 (14.88 %) DV Cleared 4 17 (14.05 %) OOD 4 17 (14.05 %) UML 5 13 (10.74 %) Extreme Programming 6 8 (6.612 %) OOA/OOD 7 6 (4.959 %) OOP 8 4 (3.306 %) Agile Software Development 8 4 (3.306 %) SC Cleared 9 3 (2.479 %) Web Development 9 3 (2.479 %) Refactoring 9 3 (2.479 %) Data Modelling 10 2 (1.653 %) SOA 10 2 (1.653 %) Data Analysis 10 2 (1.653 %) Software Engineering 10 2 (1.653 %) Migration 10 2 (1.653 %) Stakeholder Management	Programming Languages 1 59 (48.76 %) Java 2 27 (22.31 %) C# 3 25 (20.66 %) Shell Script 4 22 (18.18 %) SQL 5 21 (17.36 %) C++ 6 16 (13.22 %) C 7 13 (10.74 %) XPath 8 11 (9.091 %) VB.NET 9 9 (7.438 %) PHP 9 9 (7.438 %) JavaScript 10 8 (6.612 %) VC++ 11 7 (5.785 %) VB 12 4 (3.306 %) VBA 12 4 (3.306 %) VB6 13 3 (2.479 %) Python 13 3 (2.479 %) Ada 13 3 (2.479 %) Perl 14 2 (1.653 %) Delphi 14 2 (1.653 %) Embedded C 14 2 (1.653 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 41 (33.88 %) Sun Certification 2 4 (3.306 %) Degree	System Software 1 1 (0.826 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 40 (33.06 %) Sun 2 25 (20.66 %) ATG 3 23 (19.01 %) Oracle 4 4 (3.306 %) Microsoft 5 3 (2.479 %) Borland 5 3 (2.479 %) Pega 6 2 (1.653 %) Lagan 7 1 (0.826 %) Zend 7 1 (0.826 %) Sybase 7 1 (0.826 %) Symbian 7 1 (0.826 %) Cisco 7 1 (0.826 %) Calypso 7 1 (0.826 %) BEA 7 1 (0.826 %) Nokia