The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 17 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 32 30 20
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -10
Permanent jobs citing OO 145 158 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 7.705% 7.984% 10.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.09% 12.34% 14.99%
Number of salaries quoted 129 148 202
Average salary £45,000 £38,750 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.12% +4.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £54,650
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1308 1280 1461
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 69.50% 64.68% 66.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1123 1083 1306
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,450 £30,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OO
Cambridgeshire

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge OO Jobs Demand Trend

OO
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge OO Salary Trend

OO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge OO Salary Histogram

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 152 (62.81%) C++
2 122 (50.41%) .NET
3 120 (49.59%) C#
4 105 (43.39%) Degree
5 101 (41.74%) Java
6 87 (35.95%) TDD
7 75 (30.99%) Python
8 69 (28.51%) OOD
9 65 (26.86%) Windows
10 64 (26.45%) Agile Software Development
11 58 (23.97%) Computer Science
12 53 (21.90%) SQL
13 52 (21.49%) E-Commerce
14 49 (20.25%) Linux
15 45 (18.60%) CSS
15 45 (18.60%) Open Source
16 44 (18.18%) HTML
17 43 (17.77%) Pair Programming
18 37 (15.29%) Scrum
18 37 (15.29%) JavaScript
19 35 (14.46%) SQL Server
19 35 (14.46%) Mathematics
20 33 (13.64%) UNIX
21 32 (13.22%) PHP
21 32 (13.22%) C
22 31 (12.81%) OOP
22 31 (12.81%) Microsoft
23 27 (11.16%) STL
23 27 (11.16%) Electronics
23 27 (11.16%) Continuous Integration

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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
1 122 (50.41%) .NET
2 45 (18.60%) CSS
3 44 (18.18%) HTML
4 27 (11.16%) STL
5 23 (9.504%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 20 (8.264%) Ajax
7 19 (7.851%) ASP.NET
8 18 (7.438%) jQuery
9 12 (4.959%) Qt
10 10 (4.132%) XHTML
10 10 (4.132%) LAMP
10 10 (4.132%) Web Services
11 9 (3.719%) WCF
11 9 (3.719%) CodeIgniter
12 8 (3.306%) ASP.NET MVC
13 7 (2.893%) WinForms
14 6 (2.479%) XML
14 6 (2.479%) WPF
14 6 (2.479%) QML
15 5 (2.066%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 18 (7.438%) Apache
2 13 (5.372%) SharePoint
3 10 (4.132%) Smallworld
3 10 (4.132%) CMS
4 9 (3.719%) concrete5
5 8 (3.306%) Tomcat
6 4 (1.653%) MediaWiki
7 3 (1.240%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (1.240%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.413%) IIS
8 1 (0.413%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 15 (6.198%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.132%) Photoshop
3 4 (1.653%) MS Office
3 4 (1.653%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.413%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 3 (1.240%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.612%) Internet
2 5 (2.066%) HTTP
3 2 (0.826%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.413%) Intranet
4 1 (0.413%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.33%) MySQL
3 5 (2.066%) GIS
4 4 (1.653%) Text Mining
4 4 (1.653%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.240%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 23 (9.504%) Visual Studio
2 9 (3.719%) Dreamweaver
3 8 (3.306%) Eclipse
3 8 (3.306%) Subversion
4 7 (2.893%) Git (software)
5 5 (2.066%) GCC
5 5 (2.066%) SCons
5 5 (2.066%) JUnit
6 4 (1.653%) NUnit
6 4 (1.653%) Bugzilla
6 4 (1.653%) GoogleTest
6 4 (1.653%) Rhino Mocks
6 4 (1.653%) Mercurial
7 3 (1.240%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.240%) JIRA
8 2 (0.826%) Xcode
8 2 (0.826%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.413%) MSTest
9 1 (0.413%) Moq
General
1 27 (11.16%) Electronics
2 12 (4.959%) Finance
3 10 (4.132%) Telecoms
4 8 (3.306%) Military
5 2 (0.826%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (0.826%) Marketing
6 1 (0.413%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.413%) Music
6 1 (0.413%) Advertising
6 1 (0.413%) Games
Job Titles
1 134 (55.37%) Developer
2 108 (44.63%) Software Engineer
3 42 (17.36%) Software Developer
4 25 (10.33%) Web Developer
5 24 (9.917%) C++ Developer
6 22 (9.091%) PHP Developer
6 22 (9.091%) Lead Software Engineer
7 19 (7.851%) PHP Web Developer
7 19 (7.851%) Senior Software Engineer
8 18 (7.438%) Graduate
9 17 (7.025%) Senior Developer
10 12 (4.959%) Applications Developer
11 11 (4.545%) Junior
11 11 (4.545%) C++ Software Engineer
11 11 (4.545%) .NET Developer
12 10 (4.132%) Technical Consultant
12 10 (4.132%) Consultant
13 9 (3.719%) Development Engineer
14 8 (3.306%) Software Programmer
14 8 (3.306%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 58 (23.97%) Computer Science
2 45 (18.60%) Open Source
3 35 (14.46%) Mathematics
4 25 (10.33%) Blog
5 17 (7.025%) Mobile App
6 13 (5.372%) Physics
7 12 (4.959%) Client/Server
8 11 (4.545%) iPhone
9 8 (3.306%) Semantic Web
9 8 (3.306%) Device Driver
9 8 (3.306%) Cryptography
9 8 (3.306%) PKI
10 4 (1.653%) Grid Computing
10 4 (1.653%) Visualisation
10 4 (1.653%) Wiki
11 3 (1.240%) Social Network
12 2 (0.826%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.413%) Inversion of Control
13 1 (0.413%) Firmware
13 1 (0.413%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 65 (26.86%) Windows
2 49 (20.25%) Linux
3 33 (13.64%) UNIX
4 15 (6.198%) Android
5 8 (3.306%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.066%) Solaris
7 3 (1.240%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.826%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.413%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (35.95%) TDD
2 69 (28.51%) OOD
3 64 (26.45%) Agile Software Development
4 52 (21.49%) E-Commerce
5 43 (17.77%) Pair Programming
6 37 (15.29%) Scrum
7 31 (12.81%) OOP
8 27 (11.16%) Continuous Integration
9 22 (9.091%) Software Engineering
10 19 (7.851%) Multithreading
11 18 (7.438%) MVC
12 17 (7.025%) CQRS
13 13 (5.372%) Unit Testing
14 12 (4.959%) Mobile Application Development
14 12 (4.959%) Web Development
15 11 (4.545%) Business Analysis
16 10 (4.132%) Six Sigma
17 8 (3.306%) Information Security
17 8 (3.306%) Automated Testing
18 7 (2.893%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 152 (62.81%) C++
2 120 (49.59%) C#
3 101 (41.74%) Java
4 75 (30.99%) Python
5 53 (21.90%) SQL
6 37 (15.29%) JavaScript
7 32 (13.22%) C
7 32 (13.22%) PHP
8 21 (8.678%) Perl
9 9 (3.719%) Magik
10 8 (3.306%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.479%) VB6
11 6 (2.479%) VB
12 4 (1.653%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.826%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.826%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.413%) Ruby
14 1 (0.413%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 105 (43.39%) Degree
2 8 (3.306%) SC Cleared
2 8 (3.306%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.893%) Postgraduate
4 5 (2.066%) MCP
4 5 (2.066%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.653%) MCTS
5 4 (1.653%) MCAD
5 4 (1.653%) MCSD
5 4 (1.653%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.306%) ISO 9000
1 8 (3.306%) QA
Vendors
1 31 (12.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.264%) Oracle
3 19 (7.851%) Zend
4 9 (3.719%) Adobe
5 4 (1.653%) Sun
5 4 (1.653%) Google
5 4 (1.653%) Sybase
6 1 (0.413%) Progress
6 1 (0.413%) Sage
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