Worcestershire OOD Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Design (OOD) skills within the Worcestershire 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Location Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Farnham Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Havant Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands Newport Norfolk North Wales North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Reigate Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West St Asaph Surrey Swindon UK Wakefield Wales Waterlooville West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	13	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	2.439 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£358
% change on same period last year	-9.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.16	£37.77
% change on same period last year	-6.90 %
Processes & Methodologies Worcestershire
Matching contract IT job ads	41	27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.066 %	0.029 %
Daily rates quoted	12	4
Average minimum daily rate	£377	£197
Average daily rate	£413	£209
% change on same period last year	+97.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£449	£222
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£373
% change on same period last year	+2.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.76	£21.13
Average hourly rate	£29.62	£22.69
% change on same period last year	+30.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.47	£24.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.30	£29.57
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
OOD West Midlands

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 Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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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 OOD within the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 3 December 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.

Location	Rank 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
Worcester	-	1	-	-

OOD West Midlands

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Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 1 (100.00 %) UML 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Management 1 1 (100.00 %) Risk Management 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance 1 1 (100.00 %) Requirements Management 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

General 1 1 (100.00 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (100.00 %) UML 1 1 (100.00 %) Project Management 1 1 (100.00 %) Risk Management 1 1 (100.00 %) Requirements Management	Qualifications 1 1 (100.00 %) Degree