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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Stoke-on-Trent 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank182
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.008 %
As % of the category below3.448 %63.64 %
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£328£341
% change on same period last year-3.61 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00-
Average hourly rate£28.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.43£35.28
% change on same period last year-5.22 %
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Stoke-on-Trent
Matching contract IT job ads2911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.046 %0.012 %
Daily rates quoted91
Average minimum daily rate£343£535
Average daily rate£352£535
% change on same period last year-34.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£535
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00-
Average hourly rate£28.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
OO StaffordshireOO
Staffordshire

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 Stoke-on-Trent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Stoke-on-Trent OO Demand Trend

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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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent OO Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

11 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (50.00 %)Multimedia
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
11 (50.00 %)Adobe Flex
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)ActionScript
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (50.00 %)OOP
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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.

Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (50.00 %)Adobe Flex
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)Photoshop
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Flash
11 (50.00 %)Dreamweaver
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Multimedia
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %).NET Developer
21 (50.00 %)C# Developer
21 (50.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
21 (50.00 %)Flash Developer
21 (50.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)OOP
11 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
11 (50.00 %)Web Development
Stoke-on-Trent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C#
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)ActionScript