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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills within the Staffordshire 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 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£273£362
% change on same period last year-24.50 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.00£34.85
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Matching contract IT job ads12795
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.199 %0.103 %
Daily rates quoted4932
Average minimum daily rate£317£340
Average daily rate£355£359
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£369
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1315
Average minimum hourly rate£19.94£24.04
Average hourly rate£22.84£25.95
% change on same period last year-11.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.75£27.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.09£29.91
% change on same period last year-6.09 %
OOP West MidlandsOOP
West Midlands

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

Staffordshire OOP Demand Trend

OOP
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)ActionScript
11 (100.00 %)Photoshop
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)Flash
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
11 (100.00 %)Multimedia
11 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)Adobe Flex
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)Photoshop
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Flash
11 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Multimedia
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Flash Developer
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)OO
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
Staffordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)ActionScript