The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 20 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 36 36 30
Rank change year-on-year
0 -6
Permanent jobs citing OO 11 13 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 3.170% 3.552% 4.430%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.215% 5.159% 7.000%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 9
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
261 252 200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 75.22% 68.85% 63.29%
Number of salaries quoted 194 191 167
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £30,600 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,000 £73,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OO
Scotland

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen OO Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OO across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Aberdeen OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited OO.

1 18 (75.00%) Java
2 13 (54.17%) C#
2 13 (54.17%) C++
2 13 (54.17%) .NET
3 11 (45.83%) WPF
4 9 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 7 (29.17%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
6 7 (29.17%) Advertising
7 6 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (25.00%) OOP
8 5 (20.83%) Windows
8 5 (20.83%) Visual Studio
9 4 (16.67%) ABAP
9 4 (16.67%) Migration
9 4 (16.67%) Workflow
9 4 (16.67%) Web Dynpro
9 4 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
9 4 (16.67%) BAPI
9 4 (16.67%) WinForms
9 4 (16.67%) LSMW
9 4 (16.67%) SAP
9 4 (16.67%) SQL
9 4 (16.67%) Linux
9 4 (16.67%) SAPscript
9 4 (16.67%) Python
9 4 (16.67%) EDI
9 4 (16.67%) Adobe
9 4 (16.67%) .NET Framework

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited OO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (54.17%) .NET
2 11 (45.83%) WPF
3 4 (16.67%) Web Dynpro
3 4 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
3 4 (16.67%) BAPI
3 4 (16.67%) WinForms
3 4 (16.67%) EDI
3 4 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 4 (16.67%) SAP ALE
3 4 (16.67%) SAP Business Workflow
4 3 (12.50%) Web Services
5 2 (8.333%) J2EE
6 1 (4.167%) WCF
6 1 (4.167%) WSE
6 1 (4.167%) MFC
6 1 (4.167%) ASP.NET
6 1 (4.167%) JDBC
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Internet
1 1 (4.167%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.67%) LSMW
3 1 (4.167%) Subversion
3 1 (4.167%) Eclipse
3 1 (4.167%) JUnit
General
1 7 (29.17%) Advertising
2 1 (4.167%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Developer
2 9 (37.50%) Software Developer
3 6 (25.00%) Senior Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Software Engineer
5 4 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (16.67%) Senior Software Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Consultant
5 4 (16.67%) Development Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) Junior
6 2 (8.333%) ABAP Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) Java Developer
6 2 (8.333%) .NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Support Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) Junior Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Graduate Software Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Graduate Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Junior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (8.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Android
2 4 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 4 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (25.00%) OOP
3 4 (16.67%) Migration
3 4 (16.67%) Workflow
3 4 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 3 (12.50%) Multithreading
5 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.333%) Web Development
6 1 (4.167%) Agile Project Management
6 1 (4.167%) 3D Modelling
6 1 (4.167%) Software Architecture
6 1 (4.167%) Integration Testing
6 1 (4.167%) TDD
6 1 (4.167%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.167%) Information Management
6 1 (4.167%) Automated Testing
6 1 (4.167%) Software Engineering
6 1 (4.167%) UML
6 1 (4.167%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (75.00%) Java
2 13 (54.17%) C#
2 13 (54.17%) C++
3 4 (16.67%) ABAP
3 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 4 (16.67%) SAPscript
3 4 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (4.167%) F#
4 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.167%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (4.167%) Sun Certification
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.67%) SAP
2 4 (16.67%) Adobe
3 1 (4.167%) DevExpress
3 1 (4.167%) Infragistics
3 1 (4.167%) Primavera
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle
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