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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2521
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads13101517
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.705 %0.632 %
As % of the category below10.91 %14.12 %
Salaries quoted11531252
Average minimum salary£47,855£54,213
Average salary£54,362£59,857
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
Average maximum salary£60,868£65,501
UK excluding London average salary£37,027£37,356
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1201210743
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.467 %4.478 %
Salaries quoted101368239
Average minimum salary£50,471£54,182
Average salary£55,705£58,768
% change on same period last year-5.21 %
Average maximum salary£60,938£63,353
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
OO LondonOO
London

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Demand Trend

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

City of London OO Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OO across the City of London region.

City of London OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

City of London OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

11417 (50.39 %)Java
21169 (41.57 %)C#
31155 (41.07 %)Finance
4997 (35.46 %)C++
5981 (34.89 %)Banking
6967 (34.39 %).NET
7831 (29.55 %)SQL
8781 (27.77 %)Front Office
9673 (23.93 %)UNIX
10660 (23.47 %)SQL Server
11624 (22.19 %)Degree
12575 (20.45 %)Derivative
13564 (20.06 %)XML
14466 (16.57 %)Oracle
15453 (16.11 %)Investment Banking
16444 (15.79 %)J2EE
17429 (15.26 %)ASP.NET
18385 (13.69 %)UML
19344 (12.23 %)Windows
20324 (11.52 %)Sybase
21313 (11.13 %)Equities
22312 (11.10 %)OOD
23279 (9.922 %)WebServices
24277 (9.851 %)Linux
25265 (9.424 %)HTML
26243 (8.642 %)JavaScript
27241 (8.570 %)Fixed Income
28234 (8.321 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
29229 (8.144 %)VB
30227 (8.073 %)Microsoft

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1967 (34.39 %).NET
2564 (20.06 %)XML
3444 (15.79 %)J2EE
4429 (15.26 %)ASP.NET
5279 (9.922 %)WebServices
6265 (9.424 %)HTML
7198 (7.041 %)CSS
8196 (6.970 %)WinForms
9195 (6.935 %)Spring
10191 (6.792 %)AJAX
11188 (6.686 %)Hibernate
12171 (6.081 %)JSP
13161 (5.725 %).NET Framework
14125 (4.445 %)XSLT
15120 (4.267 %)Middleware
16117 (4.161 %)STL
17113 (4.018 %)WebSphere
1899 (3.521 %)Struts
1990 (3.201 %)J2SE
2086 (3.058 %)Servlets
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1109 (3.876 %)WebLogic
280 (2.845 %)Tomcat
372 (2.560 %)JBoss
467 (2.383 %)Apache
556 (1.991 %)WebSphere MQ
643 (1.529 %)SharePoint
735 (1.245 %)MQSeries
735 (1.245 %)BizTalk Server
830 (1.067 %)CMS
928 (0.996 %)IIS
1015 (0.533 %)Rendezvous
1114 (0.498 %)WebLogic Portal
1210 (0.356 %)WebSphere Application Server
138 (0.284 %)Oracle Application Server
147 (0.249 %)SharePoint Server 2007
154 (0.142 %)MTS
154 (0.142 %)SAS
163 (0.107 %)iPlanet
163 (0.107 %)Jetty
163 (0.107 %)TIBCO EMS
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1118 (4.196 %)MS Excel
236 (1.280 %)MATLAB
322 (0.782 %)Photoshop
421 (0.747 %)MS Visio
512 (0.427 %)MS Office
67 (0.249 %)Spreadsheet
75 (0.178 %)Adobe Illustrator
84 (0.142 %)Fireworks
93 (0.107 %)MS Project
102 (0.071 %)ImageReady
111 (0.036 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
126 (0.925 %)Oracle Financials
224 (0.853 %)SAP CRM
318 (0.640 %)FRONT ARENA
410 (0.356 %)Summit
59 (0.320 %)SunGard Panorama
59 (0.320 %)Monis
59 (0.320 %)Kondor+
66 (0.213 %)Capstone
74 (0.142 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
83 (0.107 %)Endur
91 (0.036 %)SAP R/3
91 (0.036 %)Decalog
91 (0.036 %)Minerva
91 (0.036 %)Temenos T24
91 (0.036 %)Oracle General Ledger
91 (0.036 %)Dynamics CRM
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1124 (4.410 %)Internet
235 (1.245 %)TCP/IP
319 (0.676 %)HTTP
417 (0.605 %)Intranet
512 (0.427 %)Broadband
68 (0.284 %)Reverse Proxy
73 (0.107 %)SSH
82 (0.071 %)Kerberos
82 (0.071 %)Wireless
82 (0.071 %)BSS
91 (0.036 %)SMTP
91 (0.036 %)FTP
91 (0.036 %)LLU
91 (0.036 %)LDAP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1660 (23.47 %)SQL Server
2220 (7.824 %)SQL Server 2005
3159 (5.654 %)RDBMS
488 (3.129 %)SQL Server 2000
584 (2.987 %)MySQL
651 (1.814 %)OLAP
651 (1.814 %)Ingres
746 (1.636 %)Datawarehouse
843 (1.529 %)Oracle 10g
938 (1.351 %)Oracle OLAP
1026 (0.925 %)ETL
1124 (0.853 %)DB2
1219 (0.676 %)Crystal Reports
1317 (0.605 %)Oracle 9i
1414 (0.498 %)PostgreSQL
1513 (0.462 %)Oracle 8/8i
1612 (0.427 %)Star Schema
1711 (0.391 %)SQL Server 2008
188 (0.284 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
195 (0.178 %)Data Mart
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
198 (3.485 %)JUnit
278 (2.774 %)Visual Studio
362 (2.205 %)ClearCase
455 (1.956 %)Ant
548 (1.707 %)Flash
647 (1.671 %)Eclipse
740 (1.422 %)Subversion
824 (0.853 %)NUnit
922 (0.782 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1015 (0.533 %)Rational Rose
1113 (0.462 %)Log4j
1211 (0.391 %)JIRA
1211 (0.391 %)PVCS
1310 (0.356 %)Oracle Forms
149 (0.320 %)CruiseControl
158 (0.284 %)FitNesse
167 (0.249 %)PowerBuilder
176 (0.213 %)RequisitePro
184 (0.142 %)QuickTest Pro
193 (0.107 %)Bugzilla
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11155 (41.07 %)Finance
2981 (34.89 %)Banking
3781 (27.77 %)Front Office
4453 (16.11 %)Investment Banking
5175 (6.223 %)Insurance
6123 (4.374 %)Education
788 (3.129 %)Telecoms
876 (2.703 %)Games
964 (2.276 %)Back Office
1058 (2.063 %)Marketing
1142 (1.494 %)Financial Institution
1142 (1.494 %)Publishing
1235 (1.245 %)Pensions
1333 (1.174 %)Health
1413 (0.462 %)Law
1413 (0.462 %)Legal
1512 (0.427 %)Online Games
169 (0.320 %)Advertising
176 (0.213 %)Government
176 (0.213 %)Music
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12033 (72.30 %)Developer
2577 (20.52 %)Java Developer
3525 (18.67 %)C# Developer
4377 (13.41 %).NET Developer
5368 (13.09 %)Analyst
6300 (10.67 %)C++ Developer
7267 (9.495 %)Senior Developer
8134 (4.765 %)Team Leader
9120 (4.267 %)Programmer
10119 (4.232 %)ASP.NET Developer
11116 (4.125 %)Architect
12114 (4.054 %)Analyst Developer
13111 (3.947 %)Java/J2EE Developer
14105 (3.734 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
15102 (3.627 %)Lead Developer
1692 (3.272 %)Graduate
1692 (3.272 %)Senior C# Developer
1790 (3.201 %)Analyst Programmer
1888 (3.129 %)C++/Java Developer
1987 (3.094 %)J2EE Developer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1575 (20.45 %)Derivative
2313 (11.13 %)Equities
3241 (8.570 %)Fixed Income
4234 (8.321 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5182 (6.472 %)Multithreading
6168 (5.974 %)Mathematics
7142 (5.050 %)Equity Derivative
8137 (4.872 %)Computer Science
9102 (3.627 %)Credit Derivative
1090 (3.201 %)N-Tier
1160 (2.134 %)Grid Computing
1241 (1.458 %)Client/Server
1334 (1.209 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1428 (0.996 %)Web 2.0
1523 (0.818 %)Physics
1622 (0.782 %)Exotic Derivative
1719 (0.676 %)Spread Betting
1817 (0.605 %)Mainframe
1915 (0.533 %)Management Information System
1915 (0.533 %)Credit Risk
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1673 (23.93 %)UNIX
2344 (12.23 %)Windows
3277 (9.851 %)Linux
4119 (4.232 %)Solaris
551 (1.814 %)VMS
635 (1.245 %)Windows NT
727 (0.960 %)Windows XP
727 (0.960 %)Red Hat Linux
816 (0.569 %)Windows Server 2003
913 (0.462 %)Windows Vista
1010 (0.356 %)Windows 2000
117 (0.249 %)Ubuntu
124 (0.142 %)Windows 2000 Server
124 (0.142 %)AIX
132 (0.071 %)Symbian OS
132 (0.071 %)Windows Mobile
132 (0.071 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1385 (13.69 %)UML
2312 (11.10 %)OOD
3216 (7.681 %)Agile Software Development
4175 (6.223 %)SOA
5170 (6.046 %)OOA/OOD
6122 (4.339 %)Risk Management
7118 (4.196 %)Unit Testing
8102 (3.627 %)Project Management
999 (3.521 %)OOP
1098 (3.485 %)RUP
1196 (3.414 %)Algorithmic Trading
1295 (3.378 %)TDD
1387 (3.094 %)Electronic Trading
1486 (3.058 %)Scrum
1584 (2.987 %)E-Commerce
1674 (2.632 %)Web Development
1770 (2.489 %)Software Engineering
1862 (2.205 %)Workflow
1950 (1.778 %)B2B
1950 (1.778 %)Data Modelling
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11417 (50.39 %)Java
21169 (41.57 %)C#
3997 (35.46 %)C++
4831 (29.55 %)SQL
5243 (8.642 %)JavaScript
6229 (8.144 %)VB
7154 (5.477 %)VB.NET
8136 (4.836 %)C
9127 (4.516 %)Perl
10109 (3.876 %)VBA
1187 (3.094 %)Shell Script
1276 (2.703 %)Transact-SQL
1372 (2.560 %)Python
1464 (2.276 %)VB6
1561 (2.169 %)PHP
1658 (2.063 %)PL/SQL
1749 (1.743 %)DCL
1846 (1.636 %)Smalltalk
1944 (1.565 %)DHTML
2035 (1.245 %)Delphi
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1624 (22.19 %)Degree
224 (0.853 %)ISEB
318 (0.640 %)Microsoft Certification
318 (0.640 %)MCAD
410 (0.356 %)MCSD
59 (0.320 %)PhD
66 (0.213 %)MCP
73 (0.107 %)IBM Certification
82 (0.071 %)HND
82 (0.071 %)PMP
82 (0.071 %)PMI Certification
91 (0.036 %)Sun Certification
91 (0.036 %)ISTQB
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
150 (1.778 %)QA
21 (0.036 %)HL7
21 (0.036 %)PCI DSS
21 (0.036 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (0.320 %)MSMQ
28 (0.284 %)AquaLogic
34 (0.142 %)Active Directory
43 (0.107 %)NetBackup
43 (0.107 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.036 %)Orbix
51 (0.036 %)NFS
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.320 %)MOM
26 (0.213 %)AutoSys
31 (0.036 %)AllFusion Endevor
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1466 (16.57 %)Oracle
2324 (11.52 %)Sybase
3227 (8.073 %)Microsoft
4137 (4.872 %)TIBCO
528 (0.996 %)Red Hat
627 (0.960 %)Perforce
726 (0.925 %)SAP
819 (0.676 %)BEA
916 (0.569 %)Infragistics
1014 (0.498 %)IBM
1112 (0.427 %)Calypso
1112 (0.427 %)webMethods
1112 (0.427 %)Reuters
1112 (0.427 %)Bloomberg
1112 (0.427 %)GL TRADE
1211 (0.391 %)Patsystems
1310 (0.356 %)Hummingbird
149 (0.320 %)Algorithmics
149 (0.320 %)SunGard
149 (0.320 %)Murex