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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Suffolk 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2525
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below3.125 %4.800 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£350£500
Average daily rate£350£500
% change on same period last year-30.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£361
% change on same period last year-3.49 %
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£37.84£33.23
% change on same period last year+13.87 %
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads64125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.124 %
Daily rates quoted2040
Average minimum daily rate£294£321
Average daily rate£314£335
% change on same period last year-6.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£375
% change on same period last year+0.61 %
Hourly rates quoted1319
Average minimum hourly rate£35.19£32.51
Average hourly rate£35.98£32.97
% change on same period last year+9.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.78£33.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.40£30.42
% change on same period last year-0.08 %
OO East of EnglandOO
East of 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 Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Suffolk OO Demand Trend

OO
Daily Rate Trend

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

Suffolk OO Daily Rate Trend

OO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk OO Hourly Rate Trend

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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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 8 September 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.

LocationRank 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
Bury St EdmundsNew entry-1£350-
IpswichDown-31--
OO East of EnglandOO
East of England

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

110 (90.91 %)XML
29 (81.82 %)SOA
29 (81.82 %)WebServices
38 (72.73 %)WSDL
38 (72.73 %)SOAP
38 (72.73 %)Struts
38 (72.73 %)Java
38 (72.73 %)J2EE
46 (54.55 %)Telecoms
55 (45.45 %)Hibernate
55 (45.45 %)Agile Software Development
55 (45.45 %)Insurance
55 (45.45 %)Tapestry
55 (45.45 %)WebLogic
55 (45.45 %)UML
55 (45.45 %)Apache
55 (45.45 %)AquaLogic
55 (45.45 %)JSR 168
55 (45.45 %)Use Case
55 (45.45 %)Apache Wicket
64 (36.36 %)OOA/OOD
64 (36.36 %)Banking
64 (36.36 %)WebWork
64 (36.36 %)Finance
72 (18.18 %)Microsoft
72 (18.18 %)SQL Server
72 (18.18 %).NET
81 (9.091 %)C#
81 (9.091 %)SQL
81 (9.091 %)Transact-SQL

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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.

Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (90.91 %)XML
29 (81.82 %)WebServices
38 (72.73 %)J2EE
38 (72.73 %)SOAP
38 (72.73 %)Struts
38 (72.73 %)WSDL
45 (45.45 %)Hibernate
45 (45.45 %)Tapestry
45 (45.45 %)JSR 168
45 (45.45 %)Apache Wicket
54 (36.36 %)WebWork
62 (18.18 %).NET
71 (9.091 %)WinForms
71 (9.091 %).NET Framework
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (45.45 %)WebLogic
15 (45.45 %)Apache
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Excel
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server
21 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (9.091 %)Visual Studio
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (54.55 %)Telecoms
25 (45.45 %)Insurance
34 (36.36 %)Finance
34 (36.36 %)Banking
41 (9.091 %)Retail
41 (9.091 %)Pensions
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (90.91 %)Developer
26 (54.55 %)Java Developer
33 (27.27 %)Senior Developer
42 (18.18 %)Applications Developer
42 (18.18 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (9.091 %)Java Applications Developer
51 (9.091 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (9.091 %)J2EE Applications Developer
51 (9.091 %)C# Developer
51 (9.091 %)J2EE Developer
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)N-Tier
11 (9.091 %)IVR
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (81.82 %)SOA
25 (45.45 %)UML
25 (45.45 %)Agile Software Development
25 (45.45 %)Use Case
34 (36.36 %)OOA/OOD
41 (9.091 %)Business Intelligence
41 (9.091 %)E-business
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (72.73 %)Java
21 (9.091 %)SQL
21 (9.091 %)Transact-SQL
21 (9.091 %)C#
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)MCP
11 (9.091 %)MCSD
11 (9.091 %)Microsoft Certification
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (45.45 %)AquaLogic
Suffolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft
21 (9.091 %)BEA