The first table below looks at the demand for OOP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOP over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Rank 83 86 85
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Permanent jobs citing OOP 40 39 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.204% 1.940% 1.820%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.172% 3.044% 2.729%
Number of salaries quoted 34 38 37
Average salary £38,750 £36,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.44% +13.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £29,250 £28,600
10% offered a salary of more than £49,550 £43,250 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1261 1281 1429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 69.48% 63.73% 66.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1091 1083 1271
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 £32,500 £31,000 £29,500
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%
OOP
Cambridgeshire

OOP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge OOP Jobs Demand Trend

OOP
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge OOP Salary Trend

OOP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOP across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge OOP Salary Histogram

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing OOP 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 OOP.

1 33 (63.46%) UNIX
2 31 (59.62%) OO
3 26 (50.00%) Windows
4 24 (46.15%) CSS
4 24 (46.15%) JavaScript
4 24 (46.15%) Degree
5 22 (42.31%) C++
5 22 (42.31%) Linux
6 19 (36.54%) Java
7 17 (32.69%) HTML
8 16 (30.77%) MySQL
8 16 (30.77%) Oracle
8 16 (30.77%) Computer Science
9 15 (28.85%) jQuery
10 14 (26.92%) Ajax
10 14 (26.92%) .NET
11 13 (25.00%) SQL
12 12 (23.08%) C#
12 12 (23.08%) Python
12 12 (23.08%) Software Engineering
13 11 (21.15%) TDD
13 11 (21.15%) Web Services
14 10 (19.23%) Six Sigma
14 10 (19.23%) Smallworld
14 10 (19.23%) Telecoms
14 10 (19.23%) PostgreSQL
14 10 (19.23%) Subversion
14 10 (19.23%) Mathematics
14 10 (19.23%) Git (software)
14 10 (19.23%) RESTful

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing OOP 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 OOP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (46.15%) CSS
2 17 (32.69%) HTML
3 15 (28.85%) jQuery
4 14 (26.92%) Ajax
4 14 (26.92%) .NET
5 11 (21.15%) Web Services
6 10 (19.23%) RESTful
7 6 (11.54%) Java EE
7 6 (11.54%) JSON
7 6 (11.54%) REST
7 6 (11.54%) J2EE
7 6 (11.54%) JSP
7 6 (11.54%) Servlets
7 6 (11.54%) SOAP
7 6 (11.54%) XML
7 6 (11.54%) DOM
8 4 (7.692%) ASP.NET
9 3 (5.769%) XHTML
9 3 (5.769%) SVG
9 3 (5.769%) DCOM
Application Platforms
1 10 (19.23%) Smallworld
2 6 (11.54%) WebLogic
3 4 (7.692%) MediaWiki
4 1 (1.923%) CMS
4 1 (1.923%) Apache
4 1 (1.923%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.923%) concrete5
Applications
1 4 (7.692%) Google Apps
1 4 (7.692%) MS Office
2 2 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.46%) Internet
2 1 (1.923%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (30.77%) MySQL
2 10 (19.23%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
4 6 (11.54%) TOAD
5 5 (9.615%) GIS
6 4 (7.692%) Text Mining
6 4 (7.692%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 10 (19.23%) Subversion
1 10 (19.23%) Git (software)
2 9 (17.31%) Visual Studio
3 4 (7.692%) Bugzilla
3 4 (7.692%) GCC
3 4 (7.692%) SCons
3 4 (7.692%) GoogleTest
3 4 (7.692%) Mercurial
3 4 (7.692%) JUnit
3 4 (7.692%) Eclipse
4 3 (5.769%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 10 (19.23%) Telecoms
2 7 (13.46%) Military
2 7 (13.46%) Finance
2 7 (13.46%) Electronics
3 1 (1.923%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.923%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (61.54%) Developer
2 14 (26.92%) Software Developer
3 12 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 10 (19.23%) Consultant
4 10 (19.23%) Technical Consultant
5 7 (13.46%) Senior Developer
5 7 (13.46%) Database Specialist
5 7 (13.46%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (11.54%) Java Developer
7 5 (9.615%) PHP Developer
8 4 (7.692%) Senior Software Developer
9 3 (5.769%) JavaScript Developer
9 3 (5.769%) .NET Software Engineer
10 2 (3.846%) C++ Developer
10 2 (3.846%) Senior C++ Developer
10 2 (3.846%) Software Applications Engineer
10 2 (3.846%) Applications Engineer
11 1 (1.923%) LAMP Developer
11 1 (1.923%) Senior PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 10 (19.23%) Mathematics
3 7 (13.46%) PKI
3 7 (13.46%) Cryptography
4 4 (7.692%) Visualisation
4 4 (7.692%) Semantic Web
4 4 (7.692%) Grid Computing
5 2 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.923%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.923%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (63.46%) UNIX
2 26 (50.00%) Windows
3 22 (42.31%) Linux
4 1 (1.923%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.923%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (59.62%) OO
2 12 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 11 (21.15%) TDD
4 10 (19.23%) Six Sigma
5 8 (15.38%) E-Commerce
6 7 (13.46%) Information Security
7 6 (11.54%) Product Management
7 6 (11.54%) MVC
8 5 (9.615%) Project Management
8 5 (9.615%) Risk Management
8 5 (9.615%) Asset Management
9 4 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (7.692%) Automated Testing
9 4 (7.692%) Test Automation
9 4 (7.692%) Software Architecture
10 3 (5.769%) Multithreading
10 3 (5.769%) Web Application Development
10 3 (5.769%) Information Management
11 2 (3.846%) Web Development
12 1 (1.923%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 24 (46.15%) JavaScript
2 22 (42.31%) C++
3 19 (36.54%) Java
4 13 (25.00%) SQL
5 12 (23.08%) C#
5 12 (23.08%) Python
6 9 (17.31%) Magik
7 7 (13.46%) PHP
8 6 (11.54%) PL/SQL
9 5 (9.615%) Perl
9 5 (9.615%) C
10 4 (7.692%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 24 (46.15%) Degree
2 7 (13.46%) SC Cleared
2 7 (13.46%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.769%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 16 (30.77%) Oracle
2 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.54%) BEA
4 4 (7.692%) Google
5 1 (1.923%) Facebook
5 1 (1.923%) Zend
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