The first table below looks at the demand for OOA/OOD skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OOA/OOD over the 3 months to 17 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/OOD)
Rank 458 444 347
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -97
Contract jobs citing OOA/OOD 72 134 262
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.155% 0.230% 0.427%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.219% 0.339% 0.631%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 68 167
Average daily rate £375 £358 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.60% -4.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £250 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +0.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 9
Average hourly rate £44.13 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.45% -32.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.48 £27.50 £36.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £27.50 £40.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.13 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+60.45% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32885 39492 41512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19655 22706 23594
Average daily rate £413 £400 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 1268 1474
Average hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%

OOA/OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

OOA/OOD Daily Rate Trend

OOA/OOD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOA/OOD within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

OOA/OOD Daily Rate Histogram

OOA/OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OOA/OOD within the UK.

OOA/OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOA/OOD
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOA/OOD within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

OOA/OOD Hourly Rate Histogram

OOA/OOD
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England -18 61 £400 +9.00%
London -9 23 £400 -11.20%
South East 0 15 £423 +25.18%
North West +20 9 £334 +2.76%
Hampshire -4 9 - -
Lancashire - 9 £334 -
City of London -9 8 £444 -1.49%
South West +21 5 £350 -16.46%
East of England +4 5 £400 +18.51%
Dorset - 5 £350 -
Blackpool - 5 £315 -
Scotland - 5 £300 -
West Midlands +10 4 £565 +126.00%
Hounslow 0 4 £400 +21.21%
Shropshire - 4 £565 -
Telford - 4 £565 -
Glasgow - 4 £300 -
Lytham St Annes - 4 £342 -
Milton Keynes +10 3 - -
Cambridgeshire +10 3 £400 +29.03%
Buckinghamshire +8 3 - -
Cambridge +7 3 £400 +29.03%
Berkshire +13 2 £525 +23.52%
Belfast - 2 £300 -
County Antrim - 2 £300 -
Bournemouth - 2 £350 -
Canary Wharf - 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 £300 -
Oxfordshire +9 1 £320 -1.53%
Norfolk +3 1 £400 +14.28%

OOA/OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 107 (64.85%) OO
2 95 (57.58%) Java
3 87 (52.73%) UML
4 66 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
5 57 (34.55%) XML
6 51 (30.91%) Oracle
7 50 (30.30%) SQL
8 49 (29.70%) Web Services
9 46 (27.88%) JavaScript
10 43 (26.06%) JMS
11 42 (25.45%) J2EE
12 37 (22.42%) C#
13 35 (21.21%) .NET
14 31 (18.79%) EJB
15 29 (17.58%) TDD
15 29 (17.58%) Maven
16 28 (16.97%) RDBMS
16 28 (16.97%) Use Case
16 28 (16.97%) Security Cleared
17 27 (16.36%) jQuery
17 27 (16.36%) JSON
17 27 (16.36%) HTML
17 27 (16.36%) MVC
18 26 (15.76%) C
19 25 (15.15%) Windows
19 25 (15.15%) Configuration Management
20 24 (14.55%) SOA
20 24 (14.55%) RUP
21 23 (13.94%) Scrum
21 23 (13.94%) Ajax

OOA/OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 57 (34.55%) XML
2 49 (29.70%) Web Services
3 43 (26.06%) JMS
4 42 (25.45%) J2EE
5 35 (21.21%) .NET
6 31 (18.79%) EJB
7 27 (16.36%) HTML
7 27 (16.36%) JSON
7 27 (16.36%) jQuery
8 23 (13.94%) Ajax
9 22 (13.33%) CSS
10 21 (12.73%) Spring
10 21 (12.73%) JPA
10 21 (12.73%) RESTful
11 18 (10.91%) JSP
11 18 (10.91%) Hibernate
12 17 (10.30%) Servlets
12 17 (10.30%) EJB 3.0
12 17 (10.30%) GWT
13 16 (9.697%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 13 (7.879%) Apache
1 13 (7.879%) Tomcat
2 9 (5.455%) WebLogic
3 7 (4.242%) ESB
4 6 (3.636%) nginx
4 6 (3.636%) Apache Solr
4 6 (3.636%) IIS
5 4 (2.424%) Documentum
5 4 (2.424%) SAP EP
6 3 (1.818%) ArcGIS
6 3 (1.818%) CMS
6 3 (1.818%) SAP Portal
6 3 (1.818%) GlassFish
7 2 (1.212%) Mule
7 2 (1.212%) Liferay
7 2 (1.212%) Confluence
7 2 (1.212%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.212%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (1.212%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (1.212%) Commerce Server
Applications
1 11 (6.667%) MS Office
2 7 (4.242%) MS Project
3 5 (3.030%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.606%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (1.818%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.33%) HTTP
2 15 (9.091%) Internet
3 10 (6.061%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.030%) Intranet
5 1 (0.606%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.97%) RDBMS
2 20 (12.12%) SQL Server
3 12 (7.273%) MySQL
4 10 (6.061%) SQLite
4 10 (6.061%) DB2
5 6 (3.636%) Redis
6 5 (3.030%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.424%) GIS
8 3 (1.818%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (1.818%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (1.212%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.212%) Oracle 10g
10 1 (0.606%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.606%) SQL Server 2005
10 1 (0.606%) TOAD
10 1 (0.606%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.606%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.606%) KDB
Development Applications
1 29 (17.58%) Maven
2 15 (9.091%) JUnit
2 15 (9.091%) Visual Studio
2 15 (9.091%) Subversion
3 14 (8.485%) Git (software)
4 13 (7.879%) NUnit
5 9 (5.455%) InstallShield
6 8 (4.848%) Jenkins
7 7 (4.242%) Eclipse
7 7 (4.242%) ClearQuest
8 6 (3.636%) Ant
8 6 (3.636%) Capistrano
9 4 (2.424%) NWDI
9 4 (2.424%) NWDS
9 4 (2.424%) Xcode
9 4 (2.424%) JIRA
9 4 (2.424%) Selenium
10 3 (1.818%) Log4j
10 3 (1.818%) MSTest
10 3 (1.818%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 18 (10.91%) Finance
2 12 (7.273%) Retail
3 8 (4.848%) Banking
4 4 (2.424%) Publishing
5 3 (1.818%) Advertising
5 3 (1.818%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (1.818%) Front Office
5 3 (1.818%) Marketing
5 3 (1.818%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.212%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.212%) Electronics
7 1 (0.606%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.606%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.606%) Games
Job Titles
1 88 (53.33%) Developer
2 27 (16.36%) Java Developer
3 19 (11.52%) Software Engineer
4 18 (10.91%) Analyst
4 18 (10.91%) Architect
5 16 (9.697%) Business Analyst
6 11 (6.667%) Software Developer
7 10 (6.061%) JavaScript Developer
7 10 (6.061%) Agile Business Analyst
7 10 (6.061%) Android Developer
8 8 (4.848%) Lead Architect
8 8 (4.848%) Consultant
8 8 (4.848%) .NET Developer
9 6 (3.636%) C# Developer
9 6 (3.636%) Senior Developer
9 6 (3.636%) C# Software Engineer
9 6 (3.636%) Ruby Developer
10 5 (3.030%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 4 (2.424%) iOS Developer
11 4 (2.424%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 21 (12.73%) Mobile App
2 15 (9.091%) RIA
3 10 (6.061%) Open Source
4 9 (5.455%) Computer Science
5 4 (2.424%) Wiki
5 4 (2.424%) iPhone
5 4 (2.424%) iPad
6 3 (1.818%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.818%) Data Integration
6 3 (1.818%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.212%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.212%) N-Tier
7 2 (1.212%) Blog
7 2 (1.212%) Social Network
7 2 (1.212%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.606%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.606%) Telematics
8 1 (0.606%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.606%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.606%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 25 (15.15%) Windows
2 22 (13.33%) Linux
3 16 (9.697%) Android
4 12 (7.273%) Apple iOS
5 9 (5.455%) UNIX
6 6 (3.636%) Mac OS X
6 6 (3.636%) Gentoo
6 6 (3.636%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.818%) AIX
7 3 (1.818%) Solaris
8 2 (1.212%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (64.85%) OO
2 87 (52.73%) UML
3 66 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 29 (17.58%) TDD
5 28 (16.97%) Use Case
6 27 (16.36%) MVC
7 25 (15.15%) Configuration Management
8 24 (14.55%) RUP
8 24 (14.55%) SOA
9 23 (13.94%) Scrum
9 23 (13.94%) Unit Testing
10 21 (12.73%) Continuous Integration
10 21 (12.73%) Unified Process
11 20 (12.12%) OOD
12 18 (10.91%) Requirements Analysis
13 17 (10.30%) Multithreading
14 15 (9.091%) Customer Engagement
15 14 (8.485%) Automated Testing
16 13 (7.879%) Business Analysis
16 13 (7.879%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 95 (57.58%) Java
2 50 (30.30%) SQL
3 46 (27.88%) JavaScript
4 37 (22.42%) C#
5 26 (15.76%) C
6 13 (7.879%) PL/SQL
7 11 (6.667%) C++
8 7 (4.242%) Ruby
9 6 (3.636%) VB.NET
9 6 (3.636%) Objective-C
10 5 (3.030%) VC++
10 5 (3.030%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.212%) Perl
11 2 (1.212%) Smalltalk
11 2 (1.212%) Embedded C
11 2 (1.212%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.212%) VBA
11 2 (1.212%) XPath
12 1 (0.606%) VB6
12 1 (0.606%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (16.97%) Security Cleared
2 16 (9.697%) DV Cleared
3 11 (6.667%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.455%) Degree
5 3 (1.818%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.212%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.424%) SLA
2 2 (1.212%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.606%) QA
System Software
1 9 (5.455%) VMware Workstation
1 9 (5.455%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (3.636%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 2 (1.212%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 51 (30.91%) Oracle
2 22 (13.33%) JBoss
3 19 (11.52%) Microsoft
4 16 (9.697%) IBM
5 10 (6.061%) ATG
5 10 (6.061%) Pega
6 9 (5.455%) VMware
6 9 (5.455%) Serena
6 9 (5.455%) Curam
7 6 (3.636%) Apple
8 5 (3.030%) EMC
9 4 (2.424%) SAP
10 3 (1.818%) ESRI
11 2 (1.212%) Sencha
11 2 (1.212%) Informatica
11 2 (1.212%) Adobe
11 2 (1.212%) HP
11 2 (1.212%) Sybase
11 2 (1.212%) TIBCO
12 1 (0.606%) SeeBeyond
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