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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Design (OOD) skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OOD over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Design (OOD)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8581
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads615
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.015 %
As % of the category below0.559 %1.502 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£298£300
Average daily rate£298£300
% change on same period last year-0.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£375
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.06£36.29
% change on same period last year+7.64 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads1074999
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.417 %0.995 %
Daily rates quoted332198
Average minimum daily rate£339£340
Average daily rate£362£364
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted3360
Average minimum hourly rate£22.48£24.11
Average hourly rate£25.00£25.31
% change on same period last year-1.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.53£26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
OOD YorkshireOOD
Yorkshire

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.

OOD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OOD across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Yorkshire OOD Demand Trend

OOD
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire OOD Daily Rate Trend

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire OOD Hourly Rate Trend

OOD
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
HalifaxNew entry-3£298-
LeedsDown-181--
BradfordNew entry-1--
OOD YorkshireOOD
Yorkshire

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

17 (70.00 %)C#
17 (70.00 %).NET
17 (70.00 %)OO
25 (50.00 %)XSLT
25 (50.00 %)SQL
25 (50.00 %)HTML
25 (50.00 %)JavaScript
25 (50.00 %)IIS
25 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
25 (50.00 %)CSS
25 (50.00 %)XML
34 (40.00 %)Finance
43 (30.00 %)Configuration Management
43 (30.00 %)Microsoft
43 (30.00 %)Visual Studio
43 (30.00 %)VBScript
43 (30.00 %)VB
43 (30.00 %)Oracle
43 (30.00 %)SQL Server
43 (30.00 %)Banking
43 (30.00 %)VB6
52 (20.00 %)AJAX
52 (20.00 %)Insurance
52 (20.00 %)Use Case
52 (20.00 %)WAI
52 (20.00 %)NUnit
52 (20.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (20.00 %)XSD
52 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
52 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (70.00 %).NET
25 (50.00 %)XSLT
25 (50.00 %)HTML
25 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
25 (50.00 %)CSS
25 (50.00 %)XML
32 (20.00 %)AJAX
32 (20.00 %)XSD
32 (20.00 %)XML Schema
41 (10.00 %)WebServices
41 (10.00 %)ASP
41 (10.00 %)WebSphere
41 (10.00 %).NET Framework
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (50.00 %)IIS
22 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
22 (20.00 %)Lotus Domino
31 (10.00 %)CMS
31 (10.00 %)ATG Dynamo
31 (10.00 %)JBoss
31 (10.00 %)Tomcat
31 (10.00 %)JRun
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Visio
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)Extranet
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
22 (20.00 %)RDBMS
22 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (30.00 %)Visual Studio
22 (20.00 %)NUnit
22 (20.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (10.00 %)InstallShield
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (40.00 %)Finance
23 (30.00 %)Banking
32 (20.00 %)Insurance
41 (10.00 %)Construction
41 (10.00 %)Publishing
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (70.00 %)Developer
26 (60.00 %).NET Developer
33 (30.00 %)C# Developer
42 (20.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %)UNIX Administrator
51 (10.00 %)Technical Writer
51 (10.00 %)Solaris Systems Administrator
51 (10.00 %)HTML Developer
51 (10.00 %)Linux Systems Administrator
51 (10.00 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
51 (10.00 %)VB Developer
51 (10.00 %)ASP Developer
51 (10.00 %)Business Analyst
51 (10.00 %)Analyst
51 (10.00 %)Systems Administrator
51 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
51 (10.00 %)Administrator
51 (10.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
51 (10.00 %)VB6 Developer
51 (10.00 %)Senior ASP Developer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (20.00 %)Client/Server
21 (10.00 %)NHS
21 (10.00 %)Thin Client
21 (10.00 %)Wiki
21 (10.00 %)Fat Client
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)UNIX
11 (10.00 %)Solaris
11 (10.00 %)Linux
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (70.00 %)OO
23 (30.00 %)Configuration Management
32 (20.00 %)Use Case
32 (20.00 %)DNA
32 (20.00 %)SOA
41 (10.00 %)Migration
41 (10.00 %)Project Management
41 (10.00 %)CRM
41 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
41 (10.00 %)PRINCE2
41 (10.00 %)UML
41 (10.00 %)Release Management
41 (10.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (10.00 %)Business Analysis
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (70.00 %)C#
25 (50.00 %)SQL
25 (50.00 %)JavaScript
33 (30.00 %)VBScript
33 (30.00 %)VB
33 (30.00 %)VB6
41 (10.00 %)AWK
41 (10.00 %)Shell Script
41 (10.00 %)Perl
41 (10.00 %)Java
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (20.00 %)WAI
21 (10.00 %)SLA
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Active Directory
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Microsoft
13 (30.00 %)Oracle
22 (20.00 %)Lotus
31 (10.00 %)ATG
31 (10.00 %)webMethods
31 (10.00 %)Siebel