The first table below looks at the demand for OOA/OOD 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 OOA/OOD over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/OOD)
Rank 107 130 116
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -14
Contract jobs citing OOA/OOD 3 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.146% 0.223% 0.365%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.218% 0.326% 0.574%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
Average daily rate £350 £419 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.46% -6.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £330 £330
% change year-on-year
+21.21% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1378 2149 1915
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 67.06% 68.55% 63.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 1317 969
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 114 150
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -20.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.66 £13.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.25 £40.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
OOA/OOD
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OOA/OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West OOA/OOD Jobs Demand Trend

OOA/OOD
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West OOA/OOD Daily Rate Trend

OOA/OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West OOA/OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOA/OOD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOA/OOD within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Dorset - 3 £350 -
Somerset - - - -
Wiltshire - - - - 3
Bristol - - - - 4
Devon - - - -
OOA/OOD
England

OOA/OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing OOA/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 OOA/OOD.

1 14 (87.50%) UML
1 14 (87.50%) OO
2 12 (75.00%) JBoss
2 12 (75.00%) C
2 12 (75.00%) JMS
2 12 (75.00%) RDBMS
2 12 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 12 (75.00%) Java
2 12 (75.00%) Oracle
2 12 (75.00%) EJB
2 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 10 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (62.50%) Maven
3 10 (62.50%) JavaScript
3 10 (62.50%) Internet
3 10 (62.50%) Linux
3 10 (62.50%) JPA
3 10 (62.50%) EJB 3.0
3 10 (62.50%) RIA
3 10 (62.50%) GWT
3 10 (62.50%) jQuery
3 10 (62.50%) Customer Engagement
3 10 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 10 (62.50%) HornetQ
4 4 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Degree
5 3 (18.75%) Swing
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
6 2 (12.50%) Mobile App

OOA/OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing OOA/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 OOA/OOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (75.00%) EJB
1 12 (75.00%) JMS
2 10 (62.50%) GWT
2 10 (62.50%) jQuery
2 10 (62.50%) JPA
2 10 (62.50%) EJB 3.0
2 10 (62.50%) HornetQ
3 3 (18.75%) Swing
4 2 (12.50%) Hibernate
4 2 (12.50%) WinForms
4 2 (12.50%) Spring
4 2 (12.50%) JTA
4 2 (12.50%) Ajax
4 2 (12.50%) WebSphere
4 2 (12.50%) JSP
4 2 (12.50%) Servlets
4 2 (12.50%) Struts
4 2 (12.50%) Web Services
4 2 (12.50%) XML
4 2 (12.50%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (12.50%) WebLogic
1 2 (12.50%) Apache
1 2 (12.50%) GlassFish
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (75.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Maven
2 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio
2 2 (12.50%) InstallShield
2 2 (12.50%) NUnit
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Developer
2 9 (56.25%) Java Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) .NET Software Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Java Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Applications Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Applications Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) RIA
2 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.250%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) UML
1 14 (87.50%) OO
2 12 (75.00%) Configuration Management
3 10 (62.50%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (62.50%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Data Modelling
6 2 (12.50%) OOD
7 1 (6.250%) CAD
7 1 (6.250%) MVC
7 1 (6.250%) Validation
7 1 (6.250%) Migration
7 1 (6.250%) Use Case
7 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
7 1 (6.250%) Software Architecture
7 1 (6.250%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 12 (75.00%) Java
1 12 (75.00%) C
2 10 (62.50%) JavaScript
3 2 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) C#
4 1 (6.250%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) HND
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Workstation
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Oracle
1 12 (75.00%) JBoss
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Serena
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