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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) 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 OOP over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank194256
Rank change on same period last yearUp+62
Matching permanent IT job ads17751595
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.969 %0.670 %
As % of the category below1.743 %1.289 %
Salaries quoted16251305
Average minimum salary£32,892£38,724
Average salary£37,268£42,560
% change on same period last year-12.43 %
Average maximum salary£41,645£46,397
UK excluding London average salary£33,541£35,195
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching permanent IT job ads101847123735
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.61 %51.95 %
Salaries quoted8409399238
Average minimum salary£42,832£44,418
Average salary£46,879£48,462
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Average maximum salary£50,927£52,506
UK excluding London average salary£42,478£44,432
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
OOP UKOOP
UK

OOP
Demand Trend

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

England OOP Demand Trend

OOP
Salary Trend

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

England OOP Salary Trend

OOP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOP across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England OOP Salary Histogram

OOP
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+62842£41,730-15.21 %
South EastUp+79318£36,306-7.32 %
East of EnglandUp+96192£35,066-8.87 %
South WestUp+73141£32,496+7.77 %
North WestUp+3087£29,190-4.50 %
West MidlandsUp+1067£29,130-10.45 %
YorkshireDown-5962£32,438+5.24 %
East MidlandsUp+5661£30,532+7.19 %
North EastDown-121£35,071+21.17 %
MidlandsNew entry-1£32,500-
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OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing OOP 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 OOP.

11520 (43.83 %)OO
21363 (39.30 %)XML
31312 (37.83 %).NET
41107 (31.92 %)JavaScript
51063 (30.65 %)C#
6979 (28.23 %)SQL Server
7944 (27.22 %)CSS
8935 (26.96 %)HTML
9915 (26.38 %)SQL
10910 (26.24 %)PHP
11782 (22.55 %)AJAX
12710 (20.47 %)C++
13709 (20.44 %)ASP.NET
14648 (18.69 %)Flash
15625 (18.02 %)MySQL
16622 (17.94 %)XHTML
17589 (16.98 %)Java
18558 (16.09 %)Finance
19546 (15.74 %)Games
20535 (15.43 %)ActionScript
21517 (14.91 %)OOD
22420 (12.11 %)Windows
23417 (12.02 %)UNIX
24403 (11.62 %)Linux
25392 (11.30 %)Microsoft
26367 (10.58 %)WebServices
27357 (10.29 %)Degree
28343 (9.890 %)Internet
29330 (9.516 %)Oracle
30325 (9.371 %)UML

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing OOP 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 OOP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11363 (39.30 %)XML
21312 (37.83 %).NET
3944 (27.22 %)CSS
4935 (26.96 %)HTML
5782 (22.55 %)AJAX
6709 (20.44 %)ASP.NET
7622 (17.94 %)XHTML
8367 (10.58 %)WebServices
9295 (8.506 %)LAMP
10247 (7.122 %)ASP
11237 (6.834 %)Adobe Flex
12226 (6.517 %).NET Framework
13212 (6.113 %)STL
14196 (5.652 %)MVC
15168 (4.844 %)WinForms
16161 (4.642 %)J2EE
17150 (4.325 %)XSLT
1884 (2.422 %)JSP
1978 (2.249 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2062 (1.788 %)WCF
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1208 (5.998 %)Apache
2104 (2.999 %)CMS
376 (2.191 %)IIS
443 (1.240 %)JBoss
534 (0.980 %)SharePoint
631 (0.894 %)ColdFusion
726 (0.750 %)Commerce Server
822 (0.634 %)ColdFusion MX
822 (0.634 %)WebLogic
921 (0.606 %)Content Management Server
921 (0.606 %)BizTalk Server
921 (0.606 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1020 (0.577 %)Tomcat
1116 (0.461 %)WebSphere Application Server
1215 (0.433 %)Oracle Application Server
136 (0.173 %)TYPO3
136 (0.173 %)SharePoint Server 2007
145 (0.144 %)MQSeries
154 (0.115 %)LiveLink
154 (0.115 %)Oracle Workflow
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1142 (4.095 %)MS Excel
2112 (3.230 %)Photoshop
348 (1.384 %)MS Office
414 (0.404 %)MS Visio
512 (0.346 %)Adobe Illustrator
611 (0.317 %)3ds Max
710 (0.288 %)MATLAB
86 (0.173 %)Maya
94 (0.115 %)Fireworks
101 (0.029 %)Shockwave
101 (0.029 %)MS Project
101 (0.029 %)Adobe Director
101 (0.029 %)InfoPath
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
113 (0.375 %)FRONT ARENA
210 (0.288 %)Monis
210 (0.288 %)Kondor+
210 (0.288 %)Summit
210 (0.288 %)SunGard Panorama
35 (0.144 %)GraphTalk
35 (0.144 %)Dynamics AX
44 (0.115 %)SAP CRM
52 (0.058 %)Movex
52 (0.058 %)Bond Adapt
61 (0.029 %)Google Analytics
61 (0.029 %)Microsoft CRM
61 (0.029 %)SAP SD
61 (0.029 %)Sophis RISQUE
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1343 (9.890 %)Internet
272 (2.076 %)TCP/IP
335 (1.009 %)Intranet
429 (0.836 %)DOCSIS
429 (0.836 %)DVB
429 (0.836 %)RTP
429 (0.836 %)SNMP
528 (0.807 %)HTTP
528 (0.807 %)RTSP
612 (0.346 %)SMS
79 (0.260 %)DNS
88 (0.231 %)Network Security
97 (0.202 %)Bluetooth
106 (0.173 %)Broadband
106 (0.173 %)SSL
106 (0.173 %)Extranet
115 (0.144 %)SMTP
115 (0.144 %)FTP
115 (0.144 %)BSS
124 (0.115 %)Wireless
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1979 (28.23 %)SQL Server
2625 (18.02 %)MySQL
3311 (8.968 %)SQL Server 2005
4218 (6.286 %)SQL Server 2000
584 (2.422 %)BusinessObjects
676 (2.191 %)RDBMS
745 (1.298 %)Oracle Reports
839 (1.125 %)Crystal Reports
930 (0.865 %)Oracle 10g
930 (0.865 %)GIS
1029 (0.836 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1029 (0.836 %)Oracle 9i
1128 (0.807 %)Datawarehouse
1128 (0.807 %)Oracle Discoverer
1222 (0.634 %)Oracle 8/8i
1321 (0.606 %)PostgreSQL
1420 (0.577 %)DTS
1519 (0.548 %)OLAP
1519 (0.548 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1613 (0.375 %)OLTP
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1648 (18.69 %)Flash
2227 (6.546 %)Visual Studio
3148 (4.268 %)Subversion
467 (1.932 %)Eclipse
541 (1.182 %)Oracle Forms
628 (0.807 %)VSS/SourceSafe
727 (0.779 %)Ant
823 (0.663 %)Mylyn
922 (0.634 %)CruiseControl
1021 (0.606 %)JUnit
1120 (0.577 %)NUnit
1219 (0.548 %)Dreamweaver
1312 (0.346 %)Oracle Designer/2000
1411 (0.317 %)PowerBuilder
1411 (0.317 %)Rational Rose
158 (0.231 %)Bugzilla
158 (0.231 %)Log4Net
167 (0.202 %)InstallShield
174 (0.115 %)MTASC
181 (0.029 %)JIRA
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1558 (16.09 %)Finance
2546 (15.74 %)Games
3321 (9.256 %)Marketing
4205 (5.911 %)Pensions
5146 (4.210 %)Education
6126 (3.633 %)Banking
7100 (2.884 %)Insurance
893 (2.682 %)Health
988 (2.537 %)Publishing
1071 (2.047 %)Retail
1071 (2.047 %)Advertising
1170 (2.018 %)Investment Banking
1258 (1.672 %)Online Games
1345 (1.298 %)Flash Games
1438 (1.096 %)Animation
1536 (1.038 %)Front Office
1631 (0.894 %)Music
1730 (0.865 %)Telecoms
1826 (0.750 %)Multimedia
1919 (0.548 %)3D Graphics
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12879 (83.02 %)Developer
2606 (17.47 %)PHP Developer
3479 (13.81 %).NET Developer
4468 (13.49 %)Senior Developer
5405 (11.68 %)C# Developer
6402 (11.59 %)Flash Developer
7391 (11.27 %)Web Developer
8263 (7.584 %)C++ Developer
9211 (6.084 %)Software Developer
10188 (5.421 %)Analyst
11186 (5.363 %)Software Engineer
12182 (5.248 %)ASP.NET Developer
13173 (4.988 %)Programmer
13173 (4.988 %)Java Developer
14164 (4.729 %)Senior PHP Developer
15135 (3.893 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
16128 (3.691 %)ActionScript Developer
17102 (2.941 %)Junior
1895 (2.739 %)Lead Developer
1987 (2.509 %)VB.NET Developer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1226 (6.517 %)Multithreading
2172 (4.960 %)Grid Computing
3158 (4.556 %)N-Tier
4143 (4.123 %)Computer Science
5118 (3.403 %)Derivative
6100 (2.884 %)Mathematics
788 (2.537 %)Client/Server
882 (2.364 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
977 (2.220 %)Social Network
1070 (2.018 %)W3C
1160 (1.730 %)BBC
1259 (1.701 %)E-Learning
1346 (1.326 %)VAX
1442 (1.211 %)Physics
1535 (1.009 %)Statistics
1633 (0.952 %)Web 2.0
1633 (0.952 %)RIA
1729 (0.836 %)MPEG
1827 (0.779 %)Equity Derivative
1926 (0.750 %)iPhone
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1420 (12.11 %)Windows
2417 (12.02 %)UNIX
3403 (11.62 %)Linux
429 (0.836 %)VxWorks
525 (0.721 %)Android
618 (0.519 %)Windows XP
716 (0.461 %)Solaris
815 (0.433 %)Windows Server 2003
914 (0.404 %)Windows 2000
1012 (0.346 %)Windows Mobile
1110 (0.288 %)Windows NT
129 (0.260 %)Mac OS X
129 (0.260 %)Red Hat Linux
137 (0.202 %)Windows 2000 Server
144 (0.115 %)Symbian OS
153 (0.087 %)Debian
153 (0.087 %)zOS
153 (0.087 %)Windows CE
153 (0.087 %)Embedded Linux
153 (0.087 %)OS/400
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11520 (43.83 %)OO
2517 (14.91 %)OOD
3325 (9.371 %)UML
4271 (7.814 %)Web Development
5266 (7.670 %)Agile Software Development
6242 (6.978 %)E-Commerce
7150 (4.325 %)Digital Marketing
8139 (4.008 %)Project Management
9107 (3.085 %)Unit Testing
10100 (2.884 %)Content Management
1192 (2.653 %)Business Analysis
1192 (2.653 %)SEO
1286 (2.480 %)SOA
1286 (2.480 %)Software Engineering
1385 (2.451 %)ERP
1483 (2.393 %)OOA/OOD
1483 (2.393 %)Scrum
1581 (2.336 %)Business Intelligence
1680 (2.307 %)TDD
1770 (2.018 %)Technical Architecture
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11107 (31.92 %)JavaScript
21063 (30.65 %)C#
3915 (26.38 %)SQL
4910 (26.24 %)PHP
5710 (20.47 %)C++
6589 (16.98 %)Java
7535 (15.43 %)ActionScript
8294 (8.478 %)VB.NET
9278 (8.016 %)PHP5
10227 (6.546 %)C
11213 (6.142 %)VB
12208 (5.998 %)Transact-SQL
13151 (4.354 %)DHTML
13151 (4.354 %)Perl
14113 (3.258 %)Python
15103 (2.970 %)PL/SQL
1687 (2.509 %)PHP4
1782 (2.364 %)VBScript
1872 (2.076 %)Ruby
1949 (1.413 %)VB6
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1357 (10.29 %)Degree
272 (2.076 %)Microsoft Certification
344 (1.269 %)MCSD
440 (1.153 %)MCAD
537 (1.067 %)MCP
615 (0.433 %)PhD
712 (0.346 %)ISEB
88 (0.231 %)ISTQB
96 (0.173 %)MCPD
96 (0.173 %)MySQL Certification
104 (0.115 %)PRINCE2 Certification
104 (0.115 %)Sun Certification
104 (0.115 %)MCDST
104 (0.115 %)MCSE
112 (0.058 %)MCTS
121 (0.029 %)SAP Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
168 (1.961 %)QA
24 (0.115 %)WCAG
33 (0.087 %)WAI
41 (0.029 %)ISO9000
41 (0.029 %)ISO9001
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (0.087 %)NDS
13 (0.087 %)NetBackup
13 (0.087 %)Oracle RMAN
22 (0.058 %)Active Directory
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.260 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
22 (0.058 %)Tivoli
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1392 (11.30 %)Microsoft
2330 (9.516 %)Oracle
3115 (3.316 %)BT
4106 (3.057 %)Adobe
584 (2.422 %)Business Objects
683 (2.393 %)SAP
772 (2.076 %)PeopleSoft
871 (2.047 %)Cognos
928 (0.807 %)Zend
1020 (0.577 %)Symbian
1117 (0.490 %)Sybase
1216 (0.461 %)BEA
1315 (0.433 %)Google
1414 (0.404 %)Macromedia
1513 (0.375 %)IBM
1513 (0.375 %)SunGard
1611 (0.317 %)TIBCO
1611 (0.317 %)Reuters
1611 (0.317 %)Algorithmics
1710 (0.288 %)Calypso