The first table below looks at the demand for OOA/OOD skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OOA/OOD over the 3 months to 23 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 for the West Midlands region.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/OOD)
Rank 92 103 96
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -7
Contract jobs citing OOA/OOD 5 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.307% 0.089% 0.209%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.460% 0.140% 0.331%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
Average daily rate £565 £250 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+126.00% -16.80%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £335
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -2.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+72.72% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1087 1429 1208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.65% 63.54% 63.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 674 553
Average daily rate £340 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £233 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 72 76
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
OOA/OOD
England

OOA/OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands OOA/OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOA/OOD
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Shropshire - 4 £565 -
Dudley - 1 £325 -
OOA/OOD
England

OOA/OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 11 (91.67%) UML
2 9 (75.00%) Java
3 7 (58.33%) Web Services
4 6 (50.00%) SOA
4 6 (50.00%) Pega
5 5 (41.67%) SQL
6 4 (33.33%) J2EE
6 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
6 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
6 4 (33.33%) XML
7 3 (25.00%) SAP
7 3 (25.00%) .NET
7 3 (25.00%) SAP Portal
7 3 (25.00%) NWDI
7 3 (25.00%) NWDS
7 3 (25.00%) SAP EP
8 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
8 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
8 2 (16.67%) C
8 2 (16.67%) C#
8 2 (16.67%) OO
8 2 (16.67%) Windows
9 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
9 1 (8.333%) NetWeaver
9 1 (8.333%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (8.333%) CAD
9 1 (8.333%) JMX
9 1 (8.333%) VC++
9 1 (8.333%) RUP
9 1 (8.333%) LDAP

OOA/OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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 7 (58.33%) Web Services
2 4 (33.33%) J2EE
2 4 (33.33%) XML
3 3 (25.00%) .NET
4 1 (8.333%) JMX
4 1 (8.333%) ADO.NET
4 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
4 1 (8.333%) EJB
4 1 (8.333%) CSS
4 1 (8.333%) Servlets
4 1 (8.333%) HTML
4 1 (8.333%) JSF
4 1 (8.333%) JTA
4 1 (8.333%) Ajax
4 1 (8.333%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 1 (8.333%) .NET Framework
4 1 (8.333%) Java EE
4 1 (8.333%) JSTL
4 1 (8.333%) WCF
4 1 (8.333%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) SAP Portal
1 3 (25.00%) SAP EP
2 1 (8.333%) NetWeaver
2 1 (8.333%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.333%) IIS
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) NWDI
1 3 (25.00%) NWDS
2 2 (16.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (8.333%) NUnit
3 1 (8.333%) CruiseControl
3 1 (8.333%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (8.333%) MSBuild
General
1 1 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
1 6 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Portals Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) J2EE Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Java Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) SAP Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) UML
2 6 (50.00%) SOA
3 2 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (8.333%) CAD
4 1 (8.333%) RUP
4 1 (8.333%) OOD
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (8.333%) Scrum
4 1 (8.333%) Unified Process
4 1 (8.333%) Dependency Injection
4 1 (8.333%) MSF
4 1 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Java
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) PL/SQL
4 2 (16.67%) VB.NET
4 2 (16.67%) C
4 2 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (8.333%) VC++
5 1 (8.333%) C++
5 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (8.333%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
1 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Pega
2 3 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft