The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 29 18 32
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +14
Permanent jobs citing OO 12 43 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 5.556% 10.64% 1.653%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.160% 13.31% 2.484%
Number of salaries quoted 12 21 3
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
131 323 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 60.65% 79.95% 66.53%
Number of salaries quoted 125 232 135
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £55,000 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OO
Gloucestershire

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham OO Salary Trend

OO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Cheltenham region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheltenham OO Salary Histogram

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 24 (68.57%) SQL
2 20 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 19 (54.29%) C++
4 17 (48.57%) T-SQL
5 16 (45.71%) SQL Server
6 15 (42.86%) Windows
6 15 (42.86%) C#
6 15 (42.86%) Oracle
7 14 (40.00%) .NET
7 14 (40.00%) PL/SQL
8 13 (37.14%) Java
9 12 (34.29%) MFC
9 12 (34.29%) Unit Testing
10 10 (28.57%) Banking
10 10 (28.57%) Logistics
10 10 (28.57%) VC++
11 9 (25.71%) Visual Studio
12 7 (20.00%) Advertising
13 6 (17.14%) ASP.NET
13 6 (17.14%) XML
13 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
14 5 (14.29%) Java EE 5
14 5 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
14 5 (14.29%) Spring
14 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared
14 5 (14.29%) J2EE
14 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
14 5 (14.29%) TDD
15 4 (11.43%) Business Analysis
15 4 (11.43%) Dynamics CRM

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 14 (40.00%) .NET
2 12 (34.29%) MFC
3 6 (17.14%) ASP.NET
3 6 (17.14%) XML
4 5 (14.29%) Java EE 5
4 5 (14.29%) Spring
4 5 (14.29%) J2EE
5 4 (11.43%) SOAP
5 4 (11.43%) Web Services
5 4 (11.43%) soapUI
5 4 (11.43%) WCF
6 2 (5.714%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (2.857%) WPF
7 1 (2.857%) POSIX
7 1 (2.857%) COM
7 1 (2.857%) JSP
7 1 (2.857%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.857%) HTTP
1 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (45.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.857%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.714%) IntelliJ
2 2 (5.714%) JUnit
2 2 (5.714%) Eclipse
3 1 (2.857%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.857%) WiX
3 1 (2.857%) GDB
General
1 10 (28.57%) Banking
2 7 (20.00%) Advertising
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
4 1 (2.857%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.857%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 34 (97.14%) Developer
2 14 (40.00%) Software Developer
3 12 (34.29%) C++ Developer
3 12 (34.29%) C++ Software Developer
4 8 (22.86%) .NET Developer
4 8 (22.86%) C# Developer
4 8 (22.86%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (20.00%) Java Developer
6 5 (14.29%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
7 4 (11.43%) CRM Developer
8 2 (5.714%) Software Engineer
9 1 (2.857%) C++/C# Developer
9 1 (2.857%) Embedded Software Developer
9 1 (2.857%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (2.857%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) PMI
2 1 (2.857%) CAN bus
2 1 (2.857%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (2.857%) Linux
2 1 (2.857%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Unit Testing
2 10 (28.57%) Logistics
3 5 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (14.29%) TDD
4 4 (11.43%) Business Analysis
4 4 (11.43%) CRM
5 3 (8.571%) Web Application Development
5 3 (8.571%) UML
6 2 (5.714%) Software Engineering
6 2 (5.714%) MVC
7 1 (2.857%) Integration Testing
7 1 (2.857%) Multithreading
7 1 (2.857%) Data Migration
7 1 (2.857%) OOP
7 1 (2.857%) Migration
7 1 (2.857%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (68.57%) SQL
2 19 (54.29%) C++
3 17 (48.57%) T-SQL
4 15 (42.86%) C#
5 14 (40.00%) PL/SQL
6 13 (37.14%) Java
7 10 (28.57%) VC++
8 4 (11.43%) PHP
8 4 (11.43%) VB.NET
8 4 (11.43%) Python
8 4 (11.43%) PHP5
9 1 (2.857%) Bash shell
9 1 (2.857%) VBA
9 1 (2.857%) VB
9 1 (2.857%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (11.43%) PMI Certification
3 4 (11.43%) MCAD
4 3 (8.571%) MCSD
5 2 (5.714%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.714%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 20 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 15 (42.86%) Oracle
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