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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Colchester 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1953
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching permanent IT job ads501
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.000 %
As % of the category below18.05 %0.493 %
Salaries quoted491
Average minimum salary£37,694£25,000
Average salary£40,316£25,000
% change on same period last year+61.26 %
Average maximum salary£42,939£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,893£37,358
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Colchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Colchester
Matching permanent IT job ads277203
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.153 %0.085 %
Salaries quoted242202
Average minimum salary£41,205£34,018
Average salary£42,695£34,967
% change on same period last year+22.09 %
Average maximum salary£44,184£35,917
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
OO EssexOO
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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 Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Colchester OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

177 (83.70 %)C#
269 (75.00 %).NET
368 (73.91 %)SQL Server
459 (64.13 %)XML
542 (45.65 %)WinForms
542 (45.65 %)Microsoft
641 (44.57 %)WebServices
736 (39.13 %).NET Framework
832 (34.78 %)SQL
922 (23.91 %)Pensions
1021 (22.83 %)Health
1120 (21.74 %)Business Intelligence
1120 (21.74 %)MS Visio
1219 (20.65 %)E-business
1315 (16.30 %)Finance
1315 (16.30 %)Swing
1315 (16.30 %)Java
1315 (16.30 %)Oracle
1414 (15.22 %)PL/SQL
1513 (14.13 %)VB.NET
169 (9.783 %)ASP.NET
169 (9.783 %)Transact-SQL
178 (8.696 %)HTML
178 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2005
178 (8.696 %)Insurance
187 (7.609 %)ICAEW
187 (7.609 %)CSS
187 (7.609 %)Back Office
196 (6.522 %)MS Excel
196 (6.522 %)SharePoint

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

Colchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
169 (75.00 %).NET
259 (64.13 %)XML
342 (45.65 %)WinForms
441 (44.57 %)WebServices
536 (39.13 %).NET Framework
615 (16.30 %)Swing
79 (9.783 %)ASP.NET
88 (8.696 %)HTML
97 (7.609 %)CSS
105 (5.435 %)WCF
114 (4.348 %)XHTML
114 (4.348 %)DOM
114 (4.348 %)XSLT
123 (3.261 %)WPF
123 (3.261 %)WF
132 (2.174 %)ASP.NET 2.0
141 (1.087 %)Hibernate
141 (1.087 %)WebSphere
141 (1.087 %)COM+
141 (1.087 %)J2EE
Colchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (6.522 %)SharePoint
21 (1.087 %)BizTalk Server
21 (1.087 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (1.087 %)JBoss
21 (1.087 %)JRun
Colchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (21.74 %)MS Visio
26 (6.522 %)MS Excel
Colchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
168 (73.91 %)SQL Server
28 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (2.174 %)Oracle 9i
32 (2.174 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.087 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Colchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (4.348 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.087 %)Ant
Colchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (23.91 %)Pensions
221 (22.83 %)Health
315 (16.30 %)Finance
48 (8.696 %)Insurance
57 (7.609 %)Back Office
64 (4.348 %)Legal
72 (2.174 %)Electronics
81 (1.087 %)Automotive
81 (1.087 %)Construction
81 (1.087 %)Retail
81 (1.087 %)Avionics
Colchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
187 (94.57 %)Developer
257 (61.96 %).NET Developer
355 (59.78 %)C# Developer
415 (16.30 %)Programmer
415 (16.30 %).NET Programmer
415 (16.30 %)WinForms Developer
512 (13.04 %)Java Developer
69 (9.783 %)Senior Developer
77 (7.609 %)Applications Developer
77 (7.609 %)Junior
77 (7.609 %).NET Applications Developer
86 (6.522 %)Senior C# Developer
95 (5.435 %)Java Swing Developer
95 (5.435 %)Software Developer
104 (4.348 %)Web Developer
104 (4.348 %).NET Web Developer
104 (4.348 %)Junior Developer
104 (4.348 %)VB.NET Developer
112 (2.174 %)Software Engineer
112 (2.174 %)Junior .NET Developer
Colchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.087 %)N-Tier
11 (1.087 %)Computer Science
Colchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (21.74 %)Business Intelligence
219 (20.65 %)E-business
35 (5.435 %)OOD
44 (4.348 %)Asset Management
53 (3.261 %)Scrum
53 (3.261 %)Agile Software Development
62 (2.174 %)Software Engineering
71 (1.087 %)OOP
71 (1.087 %)E-Commerce
Colchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
177 (83.70 %)C#
232 (34.78 %)SQL
315 (16.30 %)Java
414 (15.22 %)PL/SQL
513 (14.13 %)VB.NET
69 (9.783 %)Transact-SQL
76 (6.522 %)DHTML
82 (2.174 %)ECMAScript
91 (1.087 %)JavaScript
Colchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (7.609 %)ICAEW
23 (3.261 %)Degree
31 (1.087 %)MCP
31 (1.087 %)MCSD
31 (1.087 %)Microsoft Certification
Colchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.174 %)ISO9000
Colchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
142 (45.65 %)Microsoft
215 (16.30 %)Oracle