The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 21 May 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 57 34 18
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -16
Permanent jobs citing OO 40 49 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.650% 5.010% 8.897%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.667% 7.249% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 40 45 75
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £35,000 £32,100
10% offered a salary of more than £55,250 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
857 676 700
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.19% 69.12% 83.04%
Number of salaries quoted 772 584 660
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +7.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OO
East of England

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedfordshire OO Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford -3 15 £30,000 -26.82%
Luton -21 3 £35,000 -14.63%
OO
East of England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 52 (55.91%) Windows
2 48 (51.61%) C#
3 44 (47.31%) .NET
4 35 (37.63%) .NET Framework
5 34 (36.56%) SQL Server
6 32 (34.41%) SQL
6 32 (34.41%) Microsoft
7 31 (33.33%) C++
8 30 (32.26%) TDD
9 28 (30.11%) Team Foundation Server
10 27 (29.03%) Degree
11 26 (27.96%) N-Tier
12 25 (26.88%) XML
12 25 (26.88%) Multithreading
13 24 (25.81%) WCF
14 23 (24.73%) ASP.NET
15 21 (22.58%) Web Services
15 21 (22.58%) Software Engineering
15 21 (22.58%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
16 19 (20.43%) LINQ
16 19 (20.43%) Change Management
16 19 (20.43%) OOD
17 18 (19.35%) T-SQL
17 18 (19.35%) SQL Server 2008
18 17 (18.28%) MS Excel
19 16 (17.20%) Visual Studio
20 15 (16.13%) MVC
20 15 (16.13%) WPF
21 14 (15.05%) Mathematics
21 14 (15.05%) Physics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 44 (47.31%) .NET
2 35 (37.63%) .NET Framework
3 25 (26.88%) XML
4 24 (25.81%) WCF
5 23 (24.73%) ASP.NET
6 21 (22.58%) Web Services
6 21 (22.58%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 19 (20.43%) LINQ
8 15 (16.13%) WPF
9 11 (11.83%) WinForms
10 10 (10.75%) BAPI
11 8 (8.602%) ADO.NET
11 8 (8.602%) Qt
11 8 (8.602%) ASP.NET MVC
12 7 (7.527%) HTML
13 6 (6.452%) MFC
13 6 (6.452%) Ajax
13 6 (6.452%) jQuery
13 6 (6.452%) LINQ to SQL
14 4 (4.301%) SAP Smart Forms
Application Platforms
1 13 (13.98%) Windows Azure
2 10 (10.75%) SharePoint
3 8 (8.602%) SharePoint Server
4 5 (5.376%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (3.226%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (2.151%) WebLogic
7 1 (1.075%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 17 (18.28%) MS Excel
2 7 (7.527%) DOC1
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.98%) Internet
2 8 (8.602%) GPRS
2 8 (8.602%) GSM
2 8 (8.602%) 3GPP
2 8 (8.602%) UTRAN
2 8 (8.602%) Wireless
2 8 (8.602%) 2.5G
3 4 (4.301%) UMTS
3 4 (4.301%) 3G
3 4 (4.301%) 2G
4 3 (3.226%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (36.56%) SQL Server
2 18 (19.35%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (12.90%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (12.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (8.602%) GIS
5 7 (7.527%) SQL Server 2012
6 6 (6.452%) SQL Server 2000
6 6 (6.452%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (5.376%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.075%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.075%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (1.075%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.075%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 28 (30.11%) Team Foundation Server
2 16 (17.20%) Visual Studio
3 14 (15.05%) Subversion
4 10 (10.75%) Moq
5 4 (4.301%) Rational Rhapsody
5 4 (4.301%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (4.301%) Git (software)
6 2 (2.151%) JUnit
6 2 (2.151%) Eclipse
7 1 (1.075%) JIRA
7 1 (1.075%) Maven
General
1 6 (6.452%) Games
1 6 (6.452%) Finance
2 4 (4.301%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.226%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.151%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 38 (40.86%) Developer
2 21 (22.58%) Software Engineer
3 16 (17.20%) Consultant
4 12 (12.90%) Architect
5 11 (11.83%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (10.75%) .NET Developer
6 10 (10.75%) SAP Consultant
6 10 (10.75%) ABAP Consultant
7 9 (9.677%) C# .NET Developer
7 9 (9.677%) Team Leader
7 9 (9.677%) C# Developer
8 7 (7.527%) Software Test Engineer
8 7 (7.527%) C++ Team Leader
8 7 (7.527%) Senior Developer
8 7 (7.527%) Test Engineer
8 7 (7.527%) Graduate
9 6 (6.452%) ABAP Developer
9 6 (6.452%) SAP Developer
9 6 (6.452%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 6 (6.452%) Development Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 26 (27.96%) N-Tier
2 14 (15.05%) Mathematics
2 14 (15.05%) Physics
2 14 (15.05%) Computer Science
3 6 (6.452%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (5.376%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (2.151%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.151%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.151%) CAN bus
5 2 (2.151%) Open Source
5 2 (2.151%) Telematics
6 1 (1.075%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 52 (55.91%) Windows
2 9 (9.677%) Linux
3 1 (1.075%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (32.26%) TDD
2 25 (26.88%) Multithreading
3 21 (22.58%) Software Engineering
4 19 (20.43%) Change Management
4 19 (20.43%) OOD
5 15 (16.13%) MVC
6 12 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
7 11 (11.83%) ETL
7 11 (11.83%) UML
8 10 (10.75%) Validation
9 9 (9.677%) Unit Testing
9 9 (9.677%) Scrum
10 8 (8.602%) Workflow
10 8 (8.602%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (8.602%) Performance Management
10 8 (8.602%) Requirements Analysis
10 8 (8.602%) Refactoring
11 7 (7.527%) Domain-Driven Design
11 7 (7.527%) SOA
12 6 (6.452%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 48 (51.61%) C#
2 32 (34.41%) SQL
3 31 (33.33%) C++
4 18 (19.35%) T-SQL
5 10 (10.75%) ABAP
6 4 (4.301%) C
6 4 (4.301%) SAPscript
7 3 (3.226%) VB6
7 3 (3.226%) Embedded C++
7 3 (3.226%) VB
7 3 (3.226%) PHP
7 3 (3.226%) VC++
7 3 (3.226%) Ada
8 2 (2.151%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.151%) Java
8 2 (2.151%) JavaScript
8 2 (2.151%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 27 (29.03%) Degree
2 4 (4.301%) Postgraduate
3 3 (3.226%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.226%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.602%) ISO 9000
2 2 (2.151%) IEC 61508
3 1 (1.075%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 32 (34.41%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.75%) SAP
3 8 (8.602%) Oracle
4 7 (7.527%) XMPie
5 6 (6.452%) Sybase
6 3 (3.226%) Zend
6 3 (3.226%) Capita
6 3 (3.226%) IBM
7 1 (1.075%) BEA
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