The first table below looks at the demand for 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 OOD over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank 104 126 106
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -20
Contract jobs citing OOD 13 16 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.624% 0.490% 0.509%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.941% 0.721% 0.786%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 4
Average daily rate £290 £300 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +27.65%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £288 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £355 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
-6.92% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 £34.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1381 2218 1782
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.27% 67.93% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 861 1375 919
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 £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 110 126
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
OOD
England

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Wiltshire +8 8 £325 -10.34%
Dorset +4 3 - -
Devon - 2 £278 -
OOD
England

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 15 (62.50%) OO
2 11 (45.83%) C
2 11 (45.83%) C++
3 8 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (29.17%) UML
5 6 (25.00%) Linux
5 6 (25.00%) Java
5 6 (25.00%) J2EE
5 6 (25.00%) Oracle
5 6 (25.00%) Hibernate
5 6 (25.00%) Spring
5 6 (25.00%) Qt
6 5 (20.83%) Software Architecture
6 5 (20.83%) Validation
6 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
6 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
6 5 (20.83%) HTML
6 5 (20.83%) CSS
6 5 (20.83%) .NET
7 4 (16.67%) C#
7 4 (16.67%) OpenGL
7 4 (16.67%) Eclipse
7 4 (16.67%) Apple iOS
7 4 (16.67%) Spring Roo
7 4 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (16.67%) Apache Flex
7 4 (16.67%) jQuery
7 4 (16.67%) JTAG
7 4 (16.67%) Android
8 3 (12.50%) Microsoft

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 6 (25.00%) J2EE
1 6 (25.00%) Hibernate
1 6 (25.00%) Spring
1 6 (25.00%) Qt
2 5 (20.83%) HTML
2 5 (20.83%) CSS
2 5 (20.83%) .NET
3 4 (16.67%) OpenGL
3 4 (16.67%) Apache Flex
3 4 (16.67%) jQuery
4 3 (12.50%) ASP.NET
5 2 (8.333%) WCF
5 2 (8.333%) WPF
5 2 (8.333%) Ajax
6 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC 2
6 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (4.167%) Razor View Engine
6 1 (4.167%) Regular Expression
6 1 (4.167%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.333%) Tomcat
1 2 (8.333%) GlassFish
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.167%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Eclipse
1 4 (16.67%) Spring Roo
2 3 (12.50%) Subversion
2 3 (12.50%) Visual Studio
3 2 (8.333%) JUnit
3 2 (8.333%) Selenium
3 2 (8.333%) jMock
3 2 (8.333%) Mockito
4 1 (4.167%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.167%) Maven
4 1 (4.167%) Git (software)
4 1 (4.167%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (8.333%) Marketing
2 1 (4.167%) Avionics
2 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Developer
2 7 (29.17%) Software Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Java Developer
4 4 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Software Developer
5 3 (12.50%) GUI Developer
6 2 (8.333%) C++ Developer
6 2 (8.333%) C# Developer
6 2 (8.333%) C++ Software Developer
6 2 (8.333%) C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (8.333%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 2 (8.333%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Audio Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Audio Software Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Web Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Applications Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.167%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (4.167%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.167%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 4 (16.67%) Android
3 2 (8.333%) Windows
3 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
3 2 (8.333%) Windows XP Embedded
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) OO
2 8 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (29.17%) UML
4 5 (20.83%) Software Architecture
4 5 (20.83%) Validation
5 3 (12.50%) Scrum
6 2 (8.333%) OOA/OOD
6 2 (8.333%) Data Modelling
6 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Integration Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (8.333%) Kanban
6 2 (8.333%) Embedded Software Development
6 2 (8.333%) Functional Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (4.167%) Software Engineering
7 1 (4.167%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (4.167%) Web Development
7 1 (4.167%) CAD
7 1 (4.167%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) C
1 11 (45.83%) C++
2 6 (25.00%) Java
3 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
4 4 (16.67%) C#
5 3 (12.50%) SQL
6 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
6 2 (8.333%) Python
7 1 (4.167%) Embedded C
7 1 (4.167%) Assembly Language
7 1 (4.167%) T-SQL
7 1 (4.167%) VB
7 1 (4.167%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
1 2 (8.333%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) JTAG
2 1 (4.167%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.167%) Progress