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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills across the UK 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank255355
Rank change on same period last yearUp+100
Matching contract IT job ads403365
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.563 %0.367 %
As % of the category below1.039 %0.732 %
Daily rates quoted17373
Average minimum daily rate£273£369
Average daily rate£317£394
% change on same period last year-19.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£293£346
% change on same period last year-15.29 %
Hourly rates quoted2130
Average minimum hourly rate£36.76£32.23
Average hourly rate£37.52£34.23
% change on same period last year+9.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.29£36.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.61£34.31
% change on same period last year+9.62 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3877549867
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled54.17 %50.10 %
Daily rates quoted1369916405
Average minimum daily rate£384£385
Average daily rate£411£409
% change on same period last year+0.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted25703299
Average minimum hourly rate£27.55£28.23
Average hourly rate£29.31£30.07
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.07£31.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OOP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

OOP Demand Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OOP within the UK.

OOP Daily Rate Trend

OOP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

OOP Daily Rate Histogram

OOP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OOP within the UK.

OOP Hourly Rate Trend

OOP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OOP within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

OOP Hourly Rate Histogram

OOP
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 OOP within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 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
EnglandUp+94393£318-19.32 %
LondonUp+100293£320-22.18 %
City of LondonUp+431£287-43.93 %
South EastUp+1426£311-14.34 %
South WestUp+1615£218-19.44 %
North WestUp+2315£360-
SurreyUp+3113£281-
YorkshireUp+912£300-
West MidlandsUp+1611£313-3.58 %
Sunbury-on-ThamesNew entry-11£313-
CheshireUp+159--
East of EnglandUp+209£394+31.25 %
East MidlandsNew entry-8--
ManchesterUp+26£360-
LeedsDown-26£300-
West YorkshireUp+96£300-
ScotlandUp+195£163-
HertfordshireUp+224--
CambridgeshireUp+214£394-
CoventryNew entry-4£320-
HerefordshireNew entry-4--
SomersetDown-44£218-19.44 %
BathNew entry-4£218-
ChesterNew entry-4--
StevenageUp+44--
NottinghamNew entry-3--
CambridgeNew entry-3£394-
HerefordNew entry-3--
BarkingNew entry-3--
TwickenhamNew entry-3£392-

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1386 (51.06 %)OO
2377 (49.87 %)XML
3357 (47.22 %)JavaScript
4329 (43.52 %)CSS
5310 (41.01 %)HTML
6262 (34.66 %)Flash
7256 (33.86 %)ActionScript
8229 (30.29 %).NET
9212 (28.04 %)C#
10171 (22.62 %)PHP
11167 (22.09 %)ASP.NET
12166 (21.96 %)SQL Server
13156 (20.63 %)MySQL
14151 (19.97 %)AJAX
15143 (18.92 %)Adobe Flex
16131 (17.33 %)WebServices
17124 (16.40 %)XHTML
18107 (14.15 %)SQL
18107 (14.15 %)Java
19101 (13.36 %)PHP5
2084 (11.11 %)OOD
2181 (10.71 %)Microsoft
2269 (9.127 %)SOAP
2367 (8.862 %)Web Development
2466 (8.730 %)UML
2565 (8.598 %)Windows
2664 (8.466 %)XSLT
2664 (8.466 %)Visual Studio
2759 (7.804 %)Agile Software Development
2759 (7.804 %)SQL Server 2005

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1377 (49.87 %)XML
2329 (43.52 %)CSS
3310 (41.01 %)HTML
4229 (30.29 %).NET
5167 (22.09 %)ASP.NET
6151 (19.97 %)AJAX
7143 (18.92 %)Adobe Flex
8131 (17.33 %)WebServices
9124 (16.40 %)XHTML
1069 (9.127 %)SOAP
1164 (8.466 %)XSLT
1251 (6.746 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1350 (6.614 %)MVC
1447 (6.217 %)J2EE
1542 (5.556 %)WinForms
1637 (4.894 %)Hibernate
1735 (4.630 %)Spring
1833 (4.365 %)LAMP
1833 (4.365 %)XSL
1925 (3.307 %)JDBC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
134 (4.497 %)Apache
229 (3.836 %)CMS
323 (3.042 %)WebLogic
419 (2.513 %)IIS
514 (1.852 %)Tomcat
612 (1.587 %)JBoss
78 (1.058 %)SharePoint
86 (0.794 %)ColdFusion
95 (0.661 %)SharePoint Server 2007
95 (0.661 %)Mule
104 (0.529 %)MS Exchange
113 (0.397 %)BizTalk Server
122 (0.265 %)Flash Media Server
131 (0.132 %)Exchange Server 2007
131 (0.132 %)Zope
131 (0.132 %)TYPO3
131 (0.132 %)ColdFusion MX
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (5.026 %)MS Excel
227 (3.571 %)Photoshop
38 (1.058 %)Fireworks
38 (1.058 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (0.265 %)MS Visio
51 (0.132 %)MS Project
51 (0.132 %)MS Office
51 (0.132 %)InfoPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.661 %)SAP CRM
22 (0.265 %)SAP Oil and Gas
31 (0.132 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.132 %)Global One
31 (0.132 %)Sophis RISQUE
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
128 (3.704 %)Internet
214 (1.852 %)Intranet
310 (1.323 %)DNS
48 (1.058 %)TCP/IP
52 (0.265 %)DVB
52 (0.265 %)RTP
61 (0.132 %)Wireless
61 (0.132 %)RTSP
61 (0.132 %)Extranet
61 (0.132 %)3G
61 (0.132 %)DOCSIS
61 (0.132 %)HTTPS
61 (0.132 %)SSL
61 (0.132 %)GPRS
61 (0.132 %)SMS
61 (0.132 %)HTTP
61 (0.132 %)SNMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1166 (21.96 %)SQL Server
2156 (20.63 %)MySQL
359 (7.804 %)SQL Server 2005
433 (4.365 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (1.058 %)RDBMS
66 (0.794 %)TOAD
74 (0.529 %)BusinessObjects
74 (0.529 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
83 (0.397 %)PostgreSQL
83 (0.397 %)Datawarehouse
92 (0.265 %)Informix
101 (0.132 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.132 %)Adabas
101 (0.132 %)ETL
101 (0.132 %)Sybase IQ
101 (0.132 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
101 (0.132 %)GIS
101 (0.132 %)Sybase ASE
101 (0.132 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1262 (34.66 %)Flash
264 (8.466 %)Visual Studio
334 (4.497 %)NUnit
426 (3.439 %)Subversion
520 (2.646 %)Eclipse
617 (2.249 %)Ant
713 (1.720 %)ClearCase
89 (1.190 %)VSS/SourceSafe
98 (1.058 %)CruiseControl
98 (1.058 %)Selenium
98 (1.058 %)FitNesse
107 (0.926 %)Dreamweaver
114 (0.529 %)JUnit
123 (0.397 %)ARTiSAN
123 (0.397 %)Mylyn
131 (0.132 %)Log4Net
131 (0.132 %)FrontPage
131 (0.132 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
131 (0.132 %)Rational Rose
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
148 (6.349 %)Finance
238 (5.026 %)Games
323 (3.042 %)Banking
421 (2.778 %)Investment Banking
514 (1.852 %)Marketing
514 (1.852 %)Health
612 (1.587 %)Publishing
612 (1.587 %)Music
711 (1.455 %)Online Games
810 (1.323 %)Animation
97 (0.926 %)Telecoms
106 (0.794 %)Education
106 (0.794 %)Front Office
106 (0.794 %)Interactive Media
106 (0.794 %)Flash Games
106 (0.794 %)Music Industry
115 (0.661 %)Advertising
124 (0.529 %)Graphic Design
124 (0.529 %)Insurance
124 (0.529 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1665 (87.96 %)Developer
2205 (27.12 %)Flash Developer
3114 (15.08 %)PHP Developer
4102 (13.49 %).NET Developer
579 (10.45 %)Web Developer
670 (9.259 %)Senior Developer
767 (8.862 %)C# Developer
865 (8.598 %)ActionScript Developer
933 (4.365 %)Java Developer
1025 (3.307 %)Senior Flash Developer
1121 (2.778 %)Programmer
1121 (2.778 %)Architect
1220 (2.646 %)J2EE Developer
1220 (2.646 %)ASP.NET Developer
1317 (2.249 %)Flex Developer
1414 (1.852 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1414 (1.852 %)Applications Developer
1513 (1.720 %)Software Developer
1513 (1.720 %)Software Engineer
1513 (1.720 %)Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (2.778 %)W3C
219 (2.513 %)N-Tier
219 (2.513 %)Computer Science
317 (2.249 %)Web 2.0
412 (1.587 %)Equities
510 (1.323 %)NHS
69 (1.190 %)German Language
78 (1.058 %)RIA
78 (1.058 %)iPhone
87 (0.926 %)Multithreading
87 (0.926 %)Social Network
87 (0.926 %)Derivative
96 (0.794 %)Flash Lite
96 (0.794 %)E-Learning
104 (0.529 %)AS400
104 (0.529 %)Mathematics
104 (0.529 %)French Language
113 (0.397 %)Dutch Language
113 (0.397 %)Data Integration
122 (0.265 %)Handset
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
165 (8.598 %)Windows
243 (5.688 %)Linux
326 (3.439 %)UNIX
410 (1.323 %)Red Hat Linux
57 (0.926 %)Android
57 (0.926 %)Mac OS X
65 (0.661 %)Solaris
74 (0.529 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (0.397 %)Debian
92 (0.265 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (0.265 %)Windows CE
101 (0.132 %)MVS
101 (0.132 %)Windows XP
101 (0.132 %)AIX
101 (0.132 %)Embedded Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1386 (51.06 %)OO
284 (11.11 %)OOD
367 (8.862 %)Web Development
466 (8.730 %)UML
559 (7.804 %)Agile Software Development
656 (7.407 %)TDD
733 (4.365 %)OOA/OOD
824 (3.175 %)Content Management
921 (2.778 %)E-Commerce
1019 (2.513 %)SOA
1019 (2.513 %)Web Design
1118 (2.381 %)Migration
1217 (2.249 %)Scrum
1316 (2.116 %)Unit Testing
1410 (1.323 %)Security Cleared
159 (1.190 %)Refactoring
159 (1.190 %)SEO
159 (1.190 %)B2B
168 (1.058 %)RUP
168 (1.058 %)Service Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1357 (47.22 %)JavaScript
2256 (33.86 %)ActionScript
3212 (28.04 %)C#
4171 (22.62 %)PHP
5107 (14.15 %)SQL
5107 (14.15 %)Java
6101 (13.36 %)PHP5
751 (6.746 %)C++
845 (5.952 %)PHP4
930 (3.968 %)VB.NET
1026 (3.439 %)VB
1121 (2.778 %)C
1121 (2.778 %)DHTML
1219 (2.513 %)XPath
1314 (1.852 %)Perl
148 (1.058 %)PL/SQL
157 (0.926 %)Transact-SQL
157 (0.926 %)VB6
157 (0.926 %)Python
166 (0.794 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
121 (2.778 %)Degree
218 (2.381 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (0.794 %)Sun Certification
43 (0.397 %)MySQL Certification
51 (0.132 %)MOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (2.116 %)QA
23 (0.397 %)ISO9001
31 (0.132 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.132 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (0.794 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.265 %)Tivoli
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (10.71 %)Microsoft
241 (5.423 %)Oracle
324 (3.175 %)Adobe
420 (2.646 %)Zend
513 (1.720 %)Sybase
610 (1.323 %)Red Hat
78 (1.058 %)Macromedia
87 (0.926 %)Sun
87 (0.926 %)SAP
94 (0.529 %)Business Objects
103 (0.397 %)Google
112 (0.265 %)Lagan
112 (0.265 %)Perforce
112 (0.265 %)PeopleSoft
112 (0.265 %)Cognos
112 (0.265 %)Symbian
112 (0.265 %)IBM
121 (0.132 %)Apple
121 (0.132 %)TIBCO
121 (0.132 %)Sony