The first table below looks at the demand for 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 OOD over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank 93 102 93
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -9
Contract jobs citing OOD 4 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.238% 0.044% 0.259%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.371% 0.067% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £325 £400 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +40.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-15.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +2.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1077 1486 1226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 64.18% 65.43% 63.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 713 517
Average daily rate £350 £341 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.79% -2.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 66 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 £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
OOD
England

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands OOD Jobs Demand Trend

OOD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OOD across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands OOD Daily Rate Trend

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OOD across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Warwickshire - 2 - - 1
Worcestershire - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
Coventry - - - -
Staffordshire - - - - 2
OOD
England

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing 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 OOD.

1 10 (76.92%) OO
2 7 (53.85%) HTML
2 7 (53.85%) CSS
3 6 (46.15%) .NET
4 5 (38.46%) C#
5 4 (30.77%) Java
5 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET
5 4 (30.77%) .NET Framework
5 4 (30.77%) jQuery
6 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
6 3 (23.08%) Facebook
6 3 (23.08%) TDD
6 3 (23.08%) Spring
6 3 (23.08%) Open Source
6 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 3 (23.08%) SQL
7 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
7 2 (15.38%) Adobe
7 2 (15.38%) Photoshop
7 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
7 2 (15.38%) XML
7 2 (15.38%) XSD
7 2 (15.38%) XSLT
7 2 (15.38%) Windows
7 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (15.38%) MVC
7 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (15.38%) Degree
7 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
8 1 (7.692%) DevExpress

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing 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 OOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (53.85%) HTML
1 7 (53.85%) CSS
2 6 (46.15%) .NET
3 4 (30.77%) ASP.NET
3 4 (30.77%) .NET Framework
3 4 (30.77%) jQuery
4 3 (23.08%) Spring
5 2 (15.38%) XML
5 2 (15.38%) XSD
5 2 (15.38%) XSLT
5 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 1 (7.692%) WCF
6 1 (7.692%) WPF
6 1 (7.692%) HTML5
6 1 (7.692%) Ajax
6 1 (7.692%) WinForms
6 1 (7.692%) Web Services
6 1 (7.692%) COM
6 1 (7.692%) Flash
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Photoshop
2 1 (7.692%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.692%) Flash Builder
2 1 (7.692%) Dreamweaver
General
1 1 (7.692%) Advertising
1 1 (7.692%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Developer
2 4 (30.77%) Java Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Java Web Developer
3 3 (23.08%) .NET Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Web Developer
4 2 (15.38%) C# Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Designer
4 2 (15.38%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Flash Designer
5 1 (7.692%) Flash Programmer
5 1 (7.692%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Web Designer
5 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior C# Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Open Source
2 2 (15.38%) Graphic Design
3 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
3 1 (7.692%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Apple iOS
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) OO
2 3 (23.08%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (15.38%) MVC
4 1 (7.692%) Waterfall
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.692%) Scrum
4 1 (7.692%) OOP
4 1 (7.692%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (7.692%) CAD
4 1 (7.692%) Configuration Management
4 1 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 1 (7.692%) ETL
4 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C#
2 4 (30.77%) Java
3 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 1 (7.692%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (7.692%) C
4 1 (7.692%) ActionScript
4 1 (7.692%) C++
4 1 (7.692%) VC++
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Facebook
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe
3 1 (7.692%) DevExpress
3 1 (7.692%) Informatica
Warwickshire
My client, a prestigious, cutting edge blue chip company is seeking a number of developers working within the C#, ASP.NET framework... 2+ experience within ASP.Net is...
TEKsystems
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + bonus, pension, benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
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