England OOD Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Design (OOD) skills within the England 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 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Location Abingdon Altrincham Avon Aylesbury Barnet Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham Cirencester City of London Clapham Colchester Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Dereham Devon Docklands, London Dorchester Dorset Dudley Dundee Dunfermline East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Farnham Fife Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Hove Huddersfield Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Kenilworth Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lymington Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northumberland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Penicuik Peterborough Petersfield Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rugby Scotland Selby Sheffield Slough Smethwick Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans St Helens Stevenage Stirling Stockport Strathclyde Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swindon Thame Tring Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Wallingford Warwick Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Weybridge Weymouth Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Worcester Worcestershire Wotton-under-Edge York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	199	163
Rank change on same period last year	-36
Matching permanent IT job ads	1826	2833
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.962 %	1.162 %
As % of the category below	1.745 %	2.247 %
Salaries quoted	1598	2395
Average minimum salary	£39,578	£41,536
Average salary	£44,735	£46,323
% change on same period last year	-3.42 %
Average maximum salary	£49,893	£51,110
UK excluding London average salary	£37,598	£36,861
% change on same period last year	+1.99 %
Processes & Methodologies England
Matching permanent IT job ads	104614	126086
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	55.09 %	51.72 %
Salaries quoted	86306	101070
Average minimum salary	£42,805	£44,508
Average salary	£46,885	£48,647
% change on same period last year	-3.62 %
Average maximum salary	£50,964	£52,787
UK excluding London average salary	£42,575	£44,522
% change on same period last year	-4.37 %
OOD UK

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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOD across the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	-32	891	£52,787	-3.10 %
East of England	+23	258	£37,760	-3.77 %
South East	-72	227	£41,489	+7.42 %
South West	+21	183	£36,271	-5.09 %
North West	-44	110	£33,920	-1.96 %
Yorkshire	+6	56	£36,777	+3.64 %
West Midlands	-8	53	£37,152	+18.07 %
East Midlands	-16	49	£37,693	+10.91 %
North East	-21	4	£32,500	-1.83 %
Midlands	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the 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 2214 (57.75 %) OO 2 1867 (48.70 %) C++ 3 1409 (36.75 %) C# 4 1359 (35.45 %) .NET 5 1153 (30.07 %) Java 6 1111 (28.98 %) UML 7 995 (25.95 %) Finance 8 968 (25.25 %) SQL 9 963 (25.12 %) XML 10 889 (23.19 %) SQL Server 11 826 (21.54 %) UNIX 12 799 (20.84 %) Windows 13 748 (19.51 %) Degree 14 665 (17.34 %) Oracle 15 597 (15.57 %) OOP

16 588 (15.34 %) ASP.NET 17 579 (15.10 %) OOA/OOD 18 532 (13.88 %) Linux 19 526 (13.72 %) C 20 498 (12.99 %) WebServices 21 474 (12.36 %) J2EE 22 437 (11.40 %) Banking 23 430 (11.22 %) Microsoft 24 423 (11.03 %) HTML 25 386 (10.07 %) JavaScript 26 349 (9.103 %) Multithreading 27 348 (9.077 %) VB 28 324 (8.451 %) Derivative 29 320 (8.346 %) STL 30 296 (7.720 %) Games

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the 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 1359 (35.45 %) .NET 2 963 (25.12 %) XML 3 588 (15.34 %) ASP.NET 4 498 (12.99 %) WebServices 5 474 (12.36 %) J2EE 6 423 (11.03 %) HTML 7 320 (8.346 %) STL 8 277 (7.225 %) AJAX 9 267 (6.964 %) .NET Framework 10 256 (6.677 %) Spring 11 254 (6.625 %) CSS 12 221 (5.764 %) WinForms 13 201 (5.243 %) JSP 14 199 (5.190 %) Hibernate 15 178 (4.643 %) Struts 16 170 (4.434 %) SOAP 17 166 (4.330 %) ASP 18 152 (3.965 %) JDBC 19 144 (3.756 %) XSLT 20 130 (3.391 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 159 (4.147 %) Apache 2 142 (3.704 %) Tomcat 3 119 (3.104 %) WebLogic 4 117 (3.052 %) IIS 5 70 (1.826 %) SharePoint 6 62 (1.617 %) WebSphere MQ 7 58 (1.513 %) JBoss 8 53 (1.382 %) MS Exchange 9 47 (1.226 %) SharePoint Portal Server 10 40 (1.043 %) BizTalk Server 11 37 (0.965 %) CMS 12 26 (0.678 %) SharePoint Server 2007 13 24 (0.626 %) MQSeries 14 21 (0.548 %) WebLogic Portal 15 20 (0.522 %) TIBCO EMS 16 14 (0.365 %) WebSphere Application Server 17 13 (0.339 %) Oracle Workflow 18 11 (0.287 %) Oracle Application Server 19 8 (0.209 %) ColdFusion 20 7 (0.183 %) WorkSite
Applications 1 199 (5.190 %) MS Excel 2 95 (2.478 %) MS Office 3 54 (1.408 %) MS Project 4 31 (0.809 %) MS Visio 5 23 (0.600 %) Photoshop 6 22 (0.574 %) Quicktime 7 14 (0.365 %) Adobe Illustrator 8 13 (0.339 %) Spreadsheet 9 6 (0.156 %) 3ds Max 10 5 (0.130 %) Fireworks 11 4 (0.104 %) MATLAB 11 4 (0.104 %) MS PowerPoint 12 2 (0.052 %) S-PLUS 13 1 (0.026 %) Maya 13 1 (0.026 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 47 (1.226 %) Axapta 1 47 (1.226 %) Dynamics AX 2 22 (0.574 %) SAP CRM 3 8 (0.209 %) Endur 4 4 (0.104 %) Navision 4 4 (0.104 %) Kondor+ 5 3 (0.078 %) Oracle 11i 5 3 (0.078 %) Oracle EBS 6 2 (0.052 %) Beauchamp 6 2 (0.052 %) Microsoft CRM 7 1 (0.026 %) GoldMine 7 1 (0.026 %) Summit 7 1 (0.026 %) Capstone 7 1 (0.026 %) Dynamics CRM 7 1 (0.026 %) Staffware 7 1 (0.026 %) Oracle Applications 7 1 (0.026 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 7 1 (0.026 %) Decalog
Communications & Networking 1 157 (4.095 %) Internet 2 113 (2.947 %) TCP/IP 3 45 (1.174 %) DVB 4 41 (1.069 %) HTTP 5 35 (0.913 %) Broadband 6 34 (0.887 %) GPRS 7 33 (0.861 %) DOCSIS 8 32 (0.835 %) GSM 9 31 (0.809 %) Bluetooth 10 28 (0.730 %) Intranet 11 21 (0.548 %) Wireless 12 17 (0.443 %) LDAP 13 16 (0.417 %) VoIP 14 14 (0.365 %) FTP 14 14 (0.365 %) DNS 15 12 (0.313 %) SAN 15 12 (0.313 %) SMTP 16 11 (0.287 %) LAN 16 11 (0.287 %) 3G 17 8 (0.209 %) 3GPP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 889 (23.19 %) SQL Server 2 237 (6.182 %) RDBMS 3 220 (5.738 %) SQL Server 2005 4 155 (4.043 %) SQL Server 2000 5 142 (3.704 %) MySQL 6 94 (2.452 %) SQL Server 7 7 90 (2.347 %) Oracle 10g 8 57 (1.487 %) Crystal Reports 9 51 (1.330 %) Ingres 10 46 (1.200 %) GIS 11 29 (0.756 %) MS Access 12 26 (0.678 %) Oracle Reports 13 23 (0.600 %) DB2 14 22 (0.574 %) Datawarehouse 15 18 (0.469 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 16 17 (0.443 %) DTS 17 16 (0.417 %) Oracle 8/8i 18 11 (0.287 %) Oracle 9i 19 6 (0.156 %) OLAP 19 6 (0.156 %) PostgreSQL
Development Applications 1 239 (6.234 %) Visual Studio 2 126 (3.286 %) Ant 3 114 (2.973 %) Eclipse 4 95 (2.478 %) Rational Rose 5 94 (2.452 %) Flash 6 73 (1.904 %) JUnit 7 69 (1.800 %) Subversion 8 64 (1.669 %) ClearCase 9 19 (0.496 %) NUnit 10 17 (0.443 %) VSS/SourceSafe 11 15 (0.391 %) ARTiSAN 12 10 (0.261 %) PVCS 13 8 (0.209 %) Oracle Forms 13 8 (0.209 %) InstallShield 14 6 (0.156 %) Log4j 14 6 (0.156 %) StarTeam 15 5 (0.130 %) Dreamweaver 16 4 (0.104 %) IntelliJ 17 3 (0.078 %) QuickTest Pro 17 3 (0.078 %) PowerBuilder	General 1 995 (25.95 %) Finance 2 437 (11.40 %) Banking 3 296 (7.720 %) Games 4 179 (4.669 %) Telecoms 5 176 (4.591 %) Insurance 6 167 (4.356 %) Investment Banking 7 146 (3.808 %) Education 8 141 (3.678 %) Pensions 9 136 (3.547 %) Front Office 10 115 (2.999 %) Retail 11 73 (1.904 %) Marketing 12 72 (1.878 %) Health 13 60 (1.565 %) Electronics 14 52 (1.356 %) Government 15 39 (1.017 %) Back Office 16 35 (0.913 %) Animation 17 33 (0.861 %) Multimedia 18 24 (0.626 %) Financial Institution 19 21 (0.548 %) 3D Graphics 20 18 (0.469 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 2391 (62.36 %) Developer 2 701 (18.28 %) Software Engineer 3 667 (17.40 %) C++ Developer 4 517 (13.48 %) Java Developer 5 478 (12.47 %) C# Developer 6 409 (10.67 %) Senior Developer 7 398 (10.38 %) .NET Developer 8 348 (9.077 %) Analyst 9 324 (8.451 %) Software Developer 10 234 (6.103 %) Architect 11 195 (5.086 %) Programmer 12 193 (5.034 %) C++ Software Engineer 13 185 (4.825 %) Web Developer 14 145 (3.782 %) Java/J2EE Developer 15 130 (3.391 %) Senior Software Engineer 16 127 (3.312 %) Team Leader 17 123 (3.208 %) Senior Java Developer 18 122 (3.182 %) C++ Software Developer 19 116 (3.026 %) J2EE Developer 20 106 (2.765 %) ASP.NET Developer	Miscellaneous 1 349 (9.103 %) Multithreading 2 324 (8.451 %) Derivative 3 232 (6.051 %) Grid Computing 4 224 (5.842 %) Computer Science 5 185 (4.825 %) Equities 6 171 (4.460 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 146 (3.808 %) Mathematics 8 116 (3.026 %) N-Tier 9 102 (2.660 %) Client/Server 10 72 (1.878 %) Fixed Income 11 68 (1.774 %) Equity Derivative 12 61 (1.591 %) MPEG 13 56 (1.461 %) VAX 14 38 (0.991 %) DTV 14 38 (0.991 %) Physics 15 29 (0.756 %) W3C 16 27 (0.704 %) Pocket PC 17 26 (0.678 %) Device Driver 18 22 (0.574 %) Credit Derivative 18 22 (0.574 %) Data Integration
Operating Systems 1 826 (21.54 %) UNIX 2 799 (20.84 %) Windows 3 532 (13.88 %) Linux 4 149 (3.886 %) Solaris 5 126 (3.286 %) Symbian OS 6 54 (1.408 %) VMS 7 53 (1.382 %) Windows Mobile 8 26 (0.678 %) VxWorks 9 23 (0.600 %) Windows NT 10 22 (0.574 %) Windows 2000 11 20 (0.522 %) Windows CE 12 11 (0.287 %) Embedded Linux 13 9 (0.235 %) AIX 14 6 (0.156 %) HPUX 15 5 (0.130 %) Mac OS X 16 3 (0.078 %) Windows Vista 17 2 (0.052 %) Windows Server 2003 17 2 (0.052 %) pSOS 18 1 (0.026 %) Fedora 18 1 (0.026 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 2214 (57.75 %) OO 2 1111 (28.98 %) UML 3 597 (15.57 %) OOP 4 579 (15.10 %) OOA/OOD 5 231 (6.025 %) Agile Software Development 6 150 (3.912 %) Web Development 7 143 (3.730 %) Project Management 8 139 (3.625 %) Software Engineering 9 138 (3.599 %) SOA 10 137 (3.573 %) E-Commerce 11 130 (3.391 %) Unit Testing 12 107 (2.791 %) Risk Management 13 97 (2.530 %) Business Analysis 13 97 (2.530 %) Data Modelling 14 94 (2.452 %) RAD 14 94 (2.452 %) RUP 15 92 (2.400 %) TDD 16 89 (2.321 %) Technical Architecture 17 85 (2.217 %) Workflow 18 75 (1.956 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 1867 (48.70 %) C++ 2 1409 (36.75 %) C# 3 1153 (30.07 %) Java 4 968 (25.25 %) SQL 5 526 (13.72 %) C 6 386 (10.07 %) JavaScript 7 348 (9.077 %) VB 8 246 (6.416 %) VB.NET 9 169 (4.408 %) Embedded C++ 10 158 (4.121 %) PL/SQL 11 142 (3.704 %) Perl 12 140 (3.652 %) VC++ 13 129 (3.365 %) Transact-SQL 14 112 (2.921 %) PHP 15 106 (2.765 %) Python 16 102 (2.660 %) VB6 17 83 (2.165 %) Shell Script 18 80 (2.087 %) ActionScript 19 69 (1.800 %) Delphi 20 66 (1.721 %) DHTML	Qualifications 1 748 (19.51 %) Degree 2 126 (3.286 %) Microsoft Certification 3 99 (2.582 %) MCSD 4 35 (0.913 %) PhD 5 32 (0.835 %) MCAD 6 31 (0.809 %) HNC 7 23 (0.600 %) MCP 8 11 (0.287 %) MCTS 9 8 (0.209 %) Sun Certification 9 8 (0.209 %) ISEB 10 6 (0.156 %) HND 11 5 (0.130 %) PRINCE2 Certification 12 1 (0.026 %) GNVQ 12 1 (0.026 %) Postgraduate 12 1 (0.026 %) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 42 (1.095 %) QA 2 22 (0.574 %) ISO9001 3 13 (0.339 %) WAI 4 6 (0.156 %) TickIT 5 5 (0.130 %) ISO9000 6 4 (0.104 %) Basel II 7 3 (0.078 %) SLA 7 3 (0.078 %) JTAG 8 1 (0.026 %) BS7799	System Software 1 52 (1.356 %) Active Directory 2 14 (0.365 %) NFS 3 12 (0.313 %) MSMQ 4 9 (0.235 %) AquaLogic 5 2 (0.052 %) NDS 6 1 (0.026 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management 1 12 (0.313 %) MOM 2 5 (0.130 %) AutoSys 3 3 (0.078 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 1 (0.026 %) OpenView 4 1 (0.026 %) Tivoli 4 1 (0.026 %) OVSD	Vendors 1 665 (17.34 %) Oracle 2 430 (11.22 %) Microsoft 3 227 (5.921 %) Sybase 4 181 (4.721 %) Symbian 5 99 (2.582 %) TIBCO 6 74 (1.930 %) SAP 7 50 (1.304 %) PeopleSoft 8 45 (1.174 %) Baan 9 31 (0.809 %) Perforce 10 19 (0.496 %) webMethods 11 18 (0.469 %) Red Hat 12 14 (0.365 %) Adobe 13 13 (0.339 %) Sun 13 13 (0.339 %) Zend 14 12 (0.313 %) IBM 15 10 (0.261 %) Vitria 15 10 (0.261 %) SeeBeyond 16 8 (0.209 %) Google 17 7 (0.183 %) Sony 17 7 (0.183 %) BEA