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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Design (OOD) skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOD over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Design (OOD)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank56-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads70
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.201 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted60
Average minimum salary£40,500-
Average salary£41,250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£42,000-
UK excluding London average salary£37,260£37,754
% change on same period last year-1.30 %
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads318433
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.186 %0.186 %
Salaries quoted297399
Average minimum salary£33,533£31,599
Average salary£36,471£34,892
% change on same period last year+4.52 %
Average maximum salary£39,409£38,185
UK excluding London average salary£42,638£44,224
% change on same period last year-3.58 %
OOD CheshireOOD
Cheshire

OOD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing OOD across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Chester OOD Demand Trend

OOD
Salary Trend

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

Chester OOD Salary Trend

OOD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOD across the Chester region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Chester OOD Salary Histogram

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

19 (100.00 %)C#
19 (100.00 %).NET
27 (77.78 %)C++
27 (77.78 %)OOP
35 (55.56 %)OOA/OOD
35 (55.56 %)SQL
35 (55.56 %)SOAP
35 (55.56 %)WebServices
35 (55.56 %)UML
44 (44.44 %)SQL Server
44 (44.44 %)JavaScript
44 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
53 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
53 (33.33 %)OO
53 (33.33 %)J2EE
53 (33.33 %)Oracle
53 (33.33 %)XML
53 (33.33 %)ITIL
62 (22.22 %)PHP
62 (22.22 %)Transact-SQL
62 (22.22 %)DHTML
62 (22.22 %)Java
62 (22.22 %)Windows
62 (22.22 %)CSS
62 (22.22 %)Flash
62 (22.22 %)Java RMI
62 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (22.22 %)Retail
62 (22.22 %)AJAX
62 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2005

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %).NET
25 (55.56 %)SOAP
25 (55.56 %)WebServices
34 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
43 (33.33 %)J2EE
43 (33.33 %)XML
52 (22.22 %)Java RMI
52 (22.22 %)AJAX
52 (22.22 %)CSS
Chester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)SQL Server
22 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2005
Chester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (22.22 %)Flash
21 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Education
12 (22.22 %)Retail
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %).NET Developer
14 (44.44 %)C# Developer
14 (44.44 %)Developer
23 (33.33 %)Development Manager
23 (33.33 %)Senior Manager
32 (22.22 %)Analyst Programmer
32 (22.22 %)Programmer
32 (22.22 %)Analyst
32 (22.22 %)Graduate
32 (22.22 %)Graduate Developer
32 (22.22 %).NET Analyst Programmer
32 (22.22 %)Server Analyst
32 (22.22 %).NET Programmer
32 (22.22 %)Web Programmer
32 (22.22 %)Web Analyst
32 (22.22 %)C# Analyst Programmer
32 (22.22 %)Graduate .NET Developer
32 (22.22 %)Graduate CSharp Developer
32 (22.22 %)SQL Server Analyst
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (22.22 %)Windows
Chester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (77.78 %)OOP
25 (55.56 %)OOA/OOD
25 (55.56 %)UML
33 (33.33 %)ITIL
33 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
33 (33.33 %)OO
41 (11.11 %)SSADM
41 (11.11 %)Change Management
Chester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)C#
27 (77.78 %)C++
35 (55.56 %)SQL
44 (44.44 %)JavaScript
52 (22.22 %)PHP
52 (22.22 %)Transact-SQL
52 (22.22 %)DHTML
52 (22.22 %)Java
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (33.33 %)Oracle