The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OO 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 Sussex 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 (OO)
Rank 35 30 31
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +1
Contract jobs citing OO 7 25 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.897% 3.968% 3.905%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.703% 5.308% 5.921%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 13
Average daily rate £188 £300 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.50% +33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+3.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £36.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.89% -1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
259 471 304
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 70.19% 74.76% 65.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 269 168
Average daily rate £375 £330 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 11
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -37.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.45 £10.00 £15.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £29.45 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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South East

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex OO Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex OO Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex 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
Crawley -3 3 - - 4
Gatwick - - - -
Haywards Heath - - - -
Horsham - - - - 2
Pulborough - - - -
Worthing - - - -
Burgess Hill - - - -
Chichester - - - -
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South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 6 (46.15%) C#
2 6 (46.15%) Java
2 6 (46.15%) TDD
3 5 (38.46%) C++
4 4 (30.77%) OOP
4 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
4 4 (30.77%) .NET
4 4 (30.77%) Windows
4 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (30.77%) Git (software)
5 3 (23.08%) Web Development
5 3 (23.08%) Degree
5 3 (23.08%) Solaris
5 3 (23.08%) Linux
5 3 (23.08%) MySQL
5 3 (23.08%) Eclipse
5 3 (23.08%) EFT
5 3 (23.08%) XML
5 3 (23.08%) MVC
6 2 (15.38%) LAMP
6 2 (15.38%) Hibernate
6 2 (15.38%) Assembly Language
6 2 (15.38%) Apple
6 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
6 2 (15.38%) MFC
6 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
6 2 (15.38%) PHP
6 2 (15.38%) VBScript
6 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development
1 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) XML
3 2 (15.38%) LAMP
3 2 (15.38%) Hibernate
3 2 (15.38%) MFC
3 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET
3 2 (15.38%) JPA
4 1 (7.692%) HTML5
4 1 (7.692%) jQuery
4 1 (7.692%) HTML
4 1 (7.692%) CSS
4 1 (7.692%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.692%) Moodle
2 1 (7.692%) Drupal
2 1 (7.692%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) MySQL
2 1 (7.692%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Git (software)
2 3 (23.08%) Eclipse
3 2 (15.38%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (7.692%) PHPUnit
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Software Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) C# Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) C++ Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Java Developer
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Scala Developer
5 1 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Moodle Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Drupal Developer
5 1 (7.692%) C# Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Access Developer
5 1 (7.692%) VBA Developer
5 1 (7.692%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) EFT
2 2 (15.38%) Open Source
3 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
3 1 (7.692%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Solaris
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Android
4 1 (7.692%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) TDD
2 4 (30.77%) OOP
2 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (23.08%) Web Development
3 3 (23.08%) MVC
4 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Multithreading
4 2 (15.38%) BDD
5 1 (7.692%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (7.692%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) SQL
2 6 (46.15%) C#
2 6 (46.15%) Java
3 5 (38.46%) C++
4 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
5 2 (15.38%) Assembly Language
5 2 (15.38%) PHP
5 2 (15.38%) VBScript
5 2 (15.38%) Scala
6 1 (7.692%) VB
6 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
6 1 (7.692%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Apple