The first table below looks at the demand for OOD skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOD over the 3 months to 17 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank 152 148 174
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +26
Permanent jobs citing OOD 122 131 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 1.475% 1.506% 0.948%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.039% 2.172% 1.304%
Number of salaries quoted 115 121 82
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £22,950
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5984 6032 6901
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 72.37% 69.37% 72.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5129 5099 5854
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OOD
England

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England OOD Salary Trend

OOD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOD across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England OOD Salary Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridgeshire +7 73 £45,000 +5.88%
Hertfordshire -5 22 £38,250 -33.47%
Bedfordshire -10 15 £30,000 -29.41%
Essex +17 9 £55,000 -24.13%
Suffolk -15 2 £32,500 -23.52%
Norfolk -2 1 £35,000 -22.22%
OOD
England

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 177 (74.68%) OO
2 159 (67.09%) C#
3 153 (64.56%) .NET
4 107 (45.15%) C++
5 90 (37.97%) Agile Software Development
6 84 (35.44%) Java
7 73 (30.80%) Degree
8 71 (29.96%) ASP.NET
9 69 (29.11%) TDD
10 65 (27.43%) SQL
11 63 (26.58%) XML
12 60 (25.32%) Windows
13 59 (24.89%) CSS
14 56 (23.63%) E-Commerce
15 50 (21.10%) MVC
16 49 (20.68%) Web Services
16 49 (20.68%) .NET Framework
17 45 (18.99%) HTML
18 44 (18.57%) SQL Server
19 42 (17.72%) XSLT
20 40 (16.88%) Python
21 39 (16.46%) Pair Programming
21 39 (16.46%) WPF
22 37 (15.61%) WCF
22 37 (15.61%) Ajax
23 36 (15.19%) Open Source
24 35 (14.77%) Linux
25 34 (14.35%) Web Development
26 32 (13.50%) Continuous Integration
27 31 (13.08%) JavaScript

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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
1 153 (64.56%) .NET
2 71 (29.96%) ASP.NET
3 63 (26.58%) XML
4 59 (24.89%) CSS
5 49 (20.68%) Web Services
5 49 (20.68%) .NET Framework
6 45 (18.99%) HTML
7 42 (17.72%) XSLT
8 39 (16.46%) WPF
9 37 (15.61%) WCF
9 37 (15.61%) Ajax
10 29 (12.24%) jQuery
11 28 (11.81%) Qt
12 27 (11.39%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 26 (10.97%) SOAP
14 24 (10.13%) XSD
14 24 (10.13%) ASP.NET MVC
15 22 (9.283%) LINQ
16 16 (6.751%) XHTML
17 15 (6.329%) WF
Application Platforms
1 14 (5.907%) Apache
2 9 (3.797%) Tomcat
3 7 (2.954%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.954%) Windows Azure
4 4 (1.688%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (1.688%) ESB
5 3 (1.266%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (1.266%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.844%) IIS
7 1 (0.422%) CMS
7 1 (0.422%) WordPress
7 1 (0.422%) Magento
Applications
1 27 (11.39%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.110%) MS Office
3 3 (1.266%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.422%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.266%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.329%) HTTP
2 7 (2.954%) Internet
3 6 (2.532%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.688%) GPRS
4 4 (1.688%) GSM
4 4 (1.688%) ZigBee
5 1 (0.422%) Wireless
5 1 (0.422%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (18.57%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.219%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (3.376%) MySQL
4 7 (2.954%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.532%) SQL Server 2012
5 6 (2.532%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.422%) DTS
6 1 (0.422%) OLTP
6 1 (0.422%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.422%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.422%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.422%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 31 (13.08%) Visual Studio
2 14 (5.907%) Subversion
3 10 (4.219%) Moq
4 9 (3.797%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (3.376%) Expression Blend
6 7 (2.954%) Git (software)
7 5 (2.110%) Eclipse
8 4 (1.688%) Maven
8 4 (1.688%) NUnit
8 4 (1.688%) JIRA
8 4 (1.688%) MSTest
9 3 (1.266%) WatiN
9 3 (1.266%) JUnit
9 3 (1.266%) CruiseControl
9 3 (1.266%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.844%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.422%) Xcode
11 1 (0.422%) StarTeam
11 1 (0.422%) Rhino Mocks
11 1 (0.422%) SCons
General
1 25 (10.55%) Finance
2 13 (5.485%) Manufacturing
3 12 (5.063%) Retail
4 9 (3.797%) Electronics
5 4 (1.688%) Automotive
6 3 (1.266%) Retail Banking
6 3 (1.266%) Banking
7 2 (0.844%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.422%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 153 (64.56%) Developer
2 66 (27.85%) Software Engineer
3 48 (20.25%) .NET Developer
4 44 (18.57%) C# Developer
5 41 (17.30%) C# .NET Developer
6 29 (12.24%) Senior Developer
7 24 (10.13%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 23 (9.705%) Software Developer
9 18 (7.595%) Web Developer
9 18 (7.595%) Senior Software Engineer
9 18 (7.595%) ASP.NET Developer
10 17 (7.173%) C++ Developer
11 15 (6.329%) Senior Project Manager
11 15 (6.329%) Project Manager
11 15 (6.329%) Senior Manager
11 15 (6.329%) Agile Project Manager
12 13 (5.485%) C# Software Developer
13 11 (4.641%) Java Developer
14 10 (4.219%) Lead Software Engineer
15 9 (3.797%) Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.19%) Open Source
2 30 (12.66%) Computer Science
3 25 (10.55%) Blog
4 18 (7.595%) Mathematics
5 14 (5.907%) Physics
6 8 (3.376%) N-Tier
6 8 (3.376%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.954%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.688%) Telematics
8 4 (1.688%) Wiki
9 3 (1.266%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.844%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.844%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.844%) IVR
10 2 (0.844%) Speech Recognition
10 2 (0.844%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.422%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.422%) Firmware
11 1 (0.422%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.422%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 60 (25.32%) Windows
2 35 (14.77%) Linux
3 14 (5.907%) UNIX
4 6 (2.532%) Windows Mobile
5 5 (2.110%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.688%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (1.688%) Android
6 4 (1.688%) Solaris
7 2 (0.844%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.844%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.844%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.844%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.422%) Windows Phone 8
8 1 (0.422%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (74.68%) OO
2 90 (37.97%) Agile Software Development
3 69 (29.11%) TDD
4 56 (23.63%) E-Commerce
5 50 (21.10%) MVC
6 39 (16.46%) Pair Programming
7 34 (14.35%) Web Development
8 32 (13.50%) Continuous Integration
9 25 (10.55%) CQRS
10 23 (9.705%) Scrum
11 19 (8.017%) Multithreading
12 13 (5.485%) User Stories
13 10 (4.219%) Software Engineering
14 7 (2.954%) Domain-Driven Design
15 6 (2.532%) OOP
15 6 (2.532%) Web Application Development
15 6 (2.532%) Business Analysis
15 6 (2.532%) Project Planning
16 5 (2.110%) Refactoring
16 5 (2.110%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 159 (67.09%) C#
2 107 (45.15%) C++
3 84 (35.44%) Java
4 65 (27.43%) SQL
5 40 (16.88%) Python
6 31 (13.08%) JavaScript
7 16 (6.751%) PHP
8 15 (6.329%) C
9 12 (5.063%) Objective-C
10 11 (4.641%) T-SQL
11 10 (4.219%) Perl
12 5 (2.110%) XAML
13 2 (0.844%) PHP5
13 2 (0.844%) VB6
13 2 (0.844%) FoxPro (VFP)
13 2 (0.844%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.844%) VB
13 2 (0.844%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.422%) Delphi
14 1 (0.422%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 73 (30.80%) Degree
2 2 (0.844%) PhD
3 1 (0.422%) Sun Certification
3 1 (0.422%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.422%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.422%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.376%) QA
2 5 (2.110%) WCAG
Vendors
1 29 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.81%) Oracle
3 9 (3.797%) JBoss
4 5 (2.110%) Sun
5 3 (1.266%) Sybase
6 2 (0.844%) Zend
6 2 (0.844%) Twitter
7 1 (0.422%) Borland
7 1 (0.422%) Progress
7 1 (0.422%) IBM
Cambridgeshire
Talented Windows Developer - Windows Software for Automotive Applications. C, C++, C# .NET, OOD, Windows User Interface design, Great opportunity... With an excellent, relevant degree and wide-ranging hands-...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £45k + benefits package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Ideally but not essentially, you will also have commercial exposure to Apache (Apache Tomcat/ Apache HTTP Server), AJAX, Linux, C or C ++ and MySQL... If you are looking...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + 20% performance related bonus
Posted: 4 May 2013
Peterborough, East Anglia
Java Developer, spring, jboss, oracle and scrum or agile - Peterborough - £40,000 - £45,000 - Java Developer, spring, jboss, oracle and scrum or agile - Peterborough - £40,000 - £45,000...
Salt
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful, rapidly growing company.Key responsibilities for the Senior C++ Software Engineer:Participation the full development life cycle: Requirement...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + Flexi-time, pension, health
Posted: 4 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
As a result it is important that the successful candidate has some proven experience in the following technologies:- PHP5- MySQL- Open Source CMS Development- HTML5 / CSS (responsive templates)-...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
You'll have a good, relevant degree, extensive C++ software skills and experience of leading a development team. In particular the following technical skills are sought: - Expertise in...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k DOE
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Embedded Software Engineer, C++, RTOS, WinCE, ThreadX, interfacing, electronics, Cambridge, to £40k depending on experience.With this high-tech company who are world leaders in their field.Due...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £40k dep. on experience
Posted: 22 April 2013