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

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3821
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads715
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.006 %
As % of the category below3.111 %12.61 %
Salaries quoted714
Average minimum salary£33,714£28,643
Average salary£41,214£31,607
% change on same period last year+30.39 %
Average maximum salary£48,714£34,571
UK excluding London average salary£37,027£37,356
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads225119
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.050 %
Salaries quoted215111
Average minimum salary£33,099£35,398
Average salary£36,566£37,494
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Average maximum salary£40,033£39,590
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
OO BedfordshireOO
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Demand Trend

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

Bedford OO Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Bedford OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Bedford OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

17 (43.75 %)C#
17 (43.75 %)XML
26 (37.50 %)PHP
26 (37.50 %)MySQL
26 (37.50 %)AJAX
35 (31.25 %)Marketing
35 (31.25 %)Microsoft
35 (31.25 %)SQL Server
35 (31.25 %)ASP.NET
35 (31.25 %).NET
35 (31.25 %)OOD
44 (25.00 %)OOP
44 (25.00 %)C++
44 (25.00 %)Oracle
44 (25.00 %)BT
44 (25.00 %)Games
44 (25.00 %)Web Development
44 (25.00 %).NET Framework
44 (25.00 %)Degree
44 (25.00 %)TDD
44 (25.00 %)Digital Marketing
53 (18.75 %)CSS
53 (18.75 %)HTML
53 (18.75 %)MFC
62 (12.50 %)SQL
62 (12.50 %)Windows
62 (12.50 %)UML
62 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
62 (12.50 %)Ethernet
62 (12.50 %)VC++

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (43.75 %)XML
26 (37.50 %)AJAX
35 (31.25 %)ASP.NET
35 (31.25 %).NET
44 (25.00 %).NET Framework
53 (18.75 %)MFC
53 (18.75 %)HTML
53 (18.75 %)CSS
62 (12.50 %)WebServices
62 (12.50 %)XHTML
62 (12.50 %)OpenGL
62 (12.50 %)SyncML
71 (6.250 %)WinForms
71 (6.250 %)XML Schema
71 (6.250 %)ADO.NET
71 (6.250 %)SOAP
71 (6.250 %)STL
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)IIS
11 (6.250 %)BizTalk Server
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.250 %)MS Office
11 (6.250 %)MS Excel
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (12.50 %)Ethernet
12 (12.50 %)SMPP
21 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
21 (6.250 %)Internet
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (37.50 %)MySQL
25 (31.25 %)SQL Server
31 (6.250 %)DTS
31 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
Bedford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (12.50 %)Visual Studio
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (31.25 %)Marketing
24 (25.00 %)Games
31 (6.250 %)Pensions
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (81.25 %)Developer
26 (37.50 %)PHP Developer
35 (31.25 %)C# Developer
43 (18.75 %)Software Engineer
52 (12.50 %)PHP Web Developer
52 (12.50 %)Senior PHP Developer
52 (12.50 %)Web Developer
52 (12.50 %)Senior Developer
61 (6.250 %).NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)VB.NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)C# Software Engineer
61 (6.250 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (6.250 %)Junior
61 (6.250 %)Junior Software Engineer
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (12.50 %)Replication
12 (12.50 %)Computer Science
12 (12.50 %)Social Network
21 (6.250 %)Mathematics
21 (6.250 %)Physics
21 (6.250 %)Chemistry
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (12.50 %)Windows
21 (6.250 %)UNIX
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (31.25 %)OOD
24 (25.00 %)OOP
24 (25.00 %)TDD
24 (25.00 %)Web Development
24 (25.00 %)Digital Marketing
32 (12.50 %)UML
32 (12.50 %)Mobile Commerce
41 (6.250 %)OOA/OOD
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (43.75 %)C#
26 (37.50 %)PHP
34 (25.00 %)C++
42 (12.50 %)SQL
42 (12.50 %)VC++
51 (6.250 %)PHP5
51 (6.250 %)PHP4
51 (6.250 %)VB.NET
51 (6.250 %)DHTML
51 (6.250 %)Java
51 (6.250 %)JavaScript
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (25.00 %)Degree
21 (6.250 %)PhD
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (31.25 %)Microsoft
24 (25.00 %)BT
24 (25.00 %)Oracle