The first table below looks at the demand for OOD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOD 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank 120 101 100
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -1
Permanent jobs citing OOD 3 27 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.167% 1.345% 1.151%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.218% 1.748% 1.677%
Number of salaries quoted 0 7 18
Average salary - £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1373 1545 1133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.32% 76.94% 68.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1057 1355 965
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £61,350
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OOD
North West

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire OOD Jobs Demand Trend

OOD
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire OOD Salary Trend

OOD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Crewe +4 2 - -
Nantwich - 2 - -
Warrington +21 1 - -
Chester - 1 - -
OOD
North West

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing OOD 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 OOD.

1 18 (85.71%) XML
2 17 (80.95%) OO
2 17 (80.95%) .NET
2 17 (80.95%) SQL Server
3 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
4 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
4 15 (71.43%) PHP
4 15 (71.43%) SQL
4 15 (71.43%) XSLT
4 15 (71.43%) MVC
4 15 (71.43%) SQL Server 2005
5 14 (66.67%) Oracle
5 14 (66.67%) Java
5 14 (66.67%) ASP.NET
6 13 (61.90%) J2EE
6 13 (61.90%) UML
6 13 (61.90%) Client/Server
6 13 (61.90%) XPath
7 12 (57.14%) QA
7 12 (57.14%) Open Source
8 11 (52.38%) ASP.NET MVC
8 11 (52.38%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 11 (52.38%) Apache Solr
8 11 (52.38%) Use Case
8 11 (52.38%) Drupal
8 11 (52.38%) jQuery
8 11 (52.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 11 (52.38%) WordPress
8 11 (52.38%) TDD
8 11 (52.38%) SQL Server Integration Services

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 18 (85.71%) XML
2 17 (80.95%) .NET
3 15 (71.43%) XSLT
4 14 (66.67%) ASP.NET
5 13 (61.90%) J2EE
6 11 (52.38%) ASP.NET MVC
6 11 (52.38%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 11 (52.38%) jQuery
7 4 (19.05%) HTML
7 4 (19.05%) SOAP
7 4 (19.05%) .NET Framework
8 2 (9.524%) WCF
8 2 (9.524%) WPF
9 1 (4.762%) OSGi
9 1 (4.762%) REST
9 1 (4.762%) XML-RPC
9 1 (4.762%) JSF
9 1 (4.762%) Ajax
9 1 (4.762%) EJB
9 1 (4.762%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 11 (52.38%) Apache Solr
1 11 (52.38%) Drupal
1 11 (52.38%) WordPress
2 4 (19.05%) Magento
3 1 (4.762%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (52.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (80.95%) SQL Server
2 15 (71.43%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (52.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 11 (52.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (52.38%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 11 (52.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 11 (52.38%) GIS
3 11 (52.38%) Oracle 9i
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) JUnit
1 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
1 1 (4.762%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Developer
2 5 (23.81%) .NET Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Architect
4 2 (9.524%) Software Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Senior Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.524%) PHP Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Java Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Lead Architect
4 2 (9.524%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Java Web Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Junior Java Software Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Junior Software Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Java Software Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior PHP Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Java Web Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Junior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Client/Server
2 12 (57.14%) Open Source
3 3 (14.29%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
1 3 (14.29%) UNIX
2 2 (9.524%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) OO
2 15 (71.43%) MVC
3 13 (61.90%) UML
4 11 (52.38%) Use Case
4 11 (52.38%) TDD
4 11 (52.38%) SOA
5 4 (19.05%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (14.29%) OOA/OOD
6 3 (14.29%) E-Commerce
7 2 (9.524%) Project Management
7 2 (9.524%) CRM
7 2 (9.524%) OOP
7 2 (9.524%) Waterfall
8 1 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (4.762%) Multithreading
8 1 (4.762%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
2 15 (71.43%) PHP
2 15 (71.43%) SQL
3 14 (66.67%) Java
4 13 (61.90%) XPath
5 11 (52.38%) Python
5 11 (52.38%) PL/SQL
6 5 (23.81%) C#
7 2 (9.524%) VB.NET
8 1 (4.762%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (9.524%) MCP
1 2 (9.524%) MCTS
1 2 (9.524%) MCPD
2 1 (4.762%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 14 (66.67%) Oracle
3 11 (52.38%) ESRI
4 2 (9.524%) Citrix
4 2 (9.524%) Avaya
4 2 (9.524%) Siebel
4 2 (9.524%) Zend
Cheshire, North West
Experience with OO design principles and UML... Strong knowledge of Microsoft and Oracle software technologies in the desktop application, client-server, n-tier and/or networking sectors, including ...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £36000 per annum + bonus & benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013