The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 61 25 39
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +14
Permanent jobs citing OO 89 206 166
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.624% 7.972% 5.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.729% 10.91% 6.556%
Number of salaries quoted 63 175 150
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +23.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £36,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £65,000 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1882 1888 2532
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.63% 73.07% 76.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1491 1527 2046
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,650 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OO
East of England

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire OO Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OO across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Hertfordshire OO Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Watford +1 18 £32,500 -18.75%
Stevenage -18 14 £45,000 -20.35%
St Albans -14 9 £45,000 -30.76%
Hemel Hempstead -5 6 £40,000 +6.66%
Harpenden - 6 £41,250 -
Rickmansworth - 4 £36,500 -
Welwyn Garden City -26 1 £52,500 -34.37%
Borehamwood - 1 £21,500 -
OO
East of England

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 140 (57.38%) C#
2 124 (50.82%) .NET
3 100 (40.98%) ASP.NET
4 96 (39.34%) SQL Server
5 89 (36.48%) MVC
6 82 (33.61%) XML
7 74 (30.33%) JavaScript
8 73 (29.92%) CSS
9 68 (27.87%) Microsoft
10 67 (27.46%) SQL
11 66 (27.05%) HTML
12 63 (25.82%) jQuery
13 62 (25.41%) Finance
14 61 (25.00%) Web Services
15 55 (22.54%) TDD
15 55 (22.54%) ASP.NET MVC
16 54 (22.13%) Agile Software Development
16 54 (22.13%) Java
17 53 (21.72%) WCF
18 51 (20.90%) .NET Framework
19 48 (19.67%) Scrum
20 42 (17.21%) Ajax
21 39 (15.98%) HTML5
22 38 (15.57%) SQL Server 2008
23 37 (15.16%) Windows
23 37 (15.16%) MS Excel
23 37 (15.16%) OOD
24 36 (14.75%) PHP
25 34 (13.93%) C++
25 34 (13.93%) WPF

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 124 (50.82%) .NET
2 100 (40.98%) ASP.NET
3 82 (33.61%) XML
4 73 (29.92%) CSS
5 66 (27.05%) HTML
6 63 (25.82%) jQuery
7 61 (25.00%) Web Services
8 55 (22.54%) ASP.NET MVC
9 53 (21.72%) WCF
10 51 (20.90%) .NET Framework
11 42 (17.21%) Ajax
12 39 (15.98%) HTML5
13 34 (13.93%) WPF
14 31 (12.70%) LINQ
15 26 (10.66%) SOAP
16 25 (10.25%) Spring
17 23 (9.426%) CSS3
18 21 (8.607%) NHibernate
19 20 (8.197%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
20 19 (7.787%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 16 (6.557%) NetWeaver
2 11 (4.508%) ESB
3 6 (2.459%) CMS
4 5 (2.049%) Apache
5 4 (1.639%) IIS
5 4 (1.639%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.230%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (1.230%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (1.230%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.820%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.410%) Magento
8 1 (0.410%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.410%) WordPress
8 1 (0.410%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 37 (15.16%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.689%) MS Office
3 7 (2.869%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.820%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 5 (2.049%) SAP BPC
2 3 (1.230%) SAP R/3
3 2 (0.820%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 21 (8.607%) Internet
2 11 (4.508%) LAN
3 5 (2.049%) Intranet
4 2 (0.820%) HTTP
4 2 (0.820%) Wireless
4 2 (0.820%) LTE
5 1 (0.410%) HSPA
5 1 (0.410%) SSH
5 1 (0.410%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.410%) Firewall
5 1 (0.410%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.410%) VPN
5 1 (0.410%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (39.34%) SQL Server
2 38 (15.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (6.148%) MySQL
4 10 (4.098%) RDBMS
4 10 (4.098%) SAP BW
5 9 (3.689%) Big Data
5 9 (3.689%) Apache Cassandra
5 9 (3.689%) NoSQL
6 6 (2.459%) OLAP
6 6 (2.459%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.459%) OLTP
6 6 (2.459%) Oracle 10g
6 6 (2.459%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (2.459%) Oracle OLAP
6 6 (2.459%) SQL Server 2012
7 5 (2.049%) DB2
8 3 (1.230%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.230%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.230%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (1.230%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (9.836%) NUnit
2 20 (8.197%) Selenium
3 19 (7.787%) Cucumber
4 18 (7.377%) Visual Studio
5 16 (6.557%) Rhino Mocks
5 16 (6.557%) Team Foundation Server
6 14 (5.738%) Maven
7 9 (3.689%) Jenkins
8 7 (2.869%) Subversion
8 7 (2.869%) Eclipse
9 6 (2.459%) Expression Blend
10 4 (1.639%) MSI
10 4 (1.639%) CruiseControl
10 4 (1.639%) MSTest
10 4 (1.639%) WatiN
10 4 (1.639%) MSBuild
11 3 (1.230%) RSpec
11 3 (1.230%) Git (software)
11 3 (1.230%) FitNesse
12 2 (0.820%) JIRA
General
1 62 (25.41%) Finance
2 15 (6.148%) Games
3 13 (5.328%) Retail
4 11 (4.508%) Telecoms
5 9 (3.689%) Online Betting
6 8 (3.279%) Advertising
7 6 (2.459%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.049%) Banking
8 5 (2.049%) Front Office
9 3 (1.230%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.820%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.820%) Electronics
10 2 (0.820%) Marketing
11 1 (0.410%) Billing
11 1 (0.410%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 159 (65.16%) Developer
2 58 (23.77%) .NET Developer
3 27 (11.07%) Software Developer
4 22 (9.016%) SAP Developer
4 22 (9.016%) C# Developer
5 21 (8.607%) Java Developer
6 18 (7.377%) Team Leader
6 18 (7.377%) Software Engineer
6 18 (7.377%) C# .NET Developer
7 17 (6.967%) Senior Developer
7 17 (6.967%) Development Team Leader
8 15 (6.148%) Middleware Developer
8 15 (6.148%) .NET Team Leader
9 14 (5.738%) Software Development Team Leader
9 14 (5.738%) Software Team Leader
10 12 (4.918%) Analyst
11 9 (3.689%) Business Systems Analyst
11 9 (3.689%) Systems Analyst
11 9 (3.689%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.279%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.787%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (4.918%) Mobile App
3 11 (4.508%) Computer Science
4 10 (4.098%) CAN bus
5 9 (3.689%) Online Games
6 8 (3.279%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.869%) FMCG
8 6 (2.459%) W3C
8 6 (2.459%) Visualisation
9 5 (2.049%) N-Tier
10 4 (1.639%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.639%) Mathematics
11 3 (1.230%) SaaS
11 3 (1.230%) Open Source
11 3 (1.230%) iPhone
11 3 (1.230%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.230%) Data Integration
12 2 (0.820%) IVR
12 2 (0.820%) Speech Recognition
12 2 (0.820%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.16%) Windows
2 24 (9.836%) Linux
3 16 (6.557%) UNIX
4 7 (2.869%) Windows XP
5 6 (2.459%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (2.459%) Windows CE
5 6 (2.459%) Windows Mobile
5 6 (2.459%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (2.049%) Windows 7
7 4 (1.639%) Solaris
7 4 (1.639%) Windows Vista
8 3 (1.230%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.820%) Android
10 1 (0.410%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.410%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.410%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.410%) pSOS
10 1 (0.410%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.410%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (36.48%) MVC
2 55 (22.54%) TDD
3 54 (22.13%) Agile Software Development
4 48 (19.67%) Scrum
5 37 (15.16%) OOD
6 30 (12.30%) Web Application Development
7 29 (11.89%) Unit Testing
8 27 (11.07%) BDD
9 26 (10.66%) E-Commerce
10 25 (10.25%) SOA
11 24 (9.836%) Software Engineering
12 23 (9.426%) OOP
12 23 (9.426%) CRM
12 23 (9.426%) Web Development
13 20 (8.197%) Continuous Integration
14 18 (7.377%) Multithreading
15 17 (6.967%) Unified Process
16 16 (6.557%) Kanban
16 16 (6.557%) Scrum-ban
17 14 (5.738%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 140 (57.38%) C#
2 74 (30.33%) JavaScript
3 67 (27.46%) SQL
4 54 (22.13%) Java
5 36 (14.75%) PHP
6 34 (13.93%) C++
7 22 (9.016%) ABAP
8 14 (5.738%) VB
8 14 (5.738%) T-SQL
9 11 (4.508%) VB.NET
9 11 (4.508%) Perl
9 11 (4.508%) C
10 9 (3.689%) PL/SQL
11 8 (3.279%) VB6
12 7 (2.869%) Python
13 6 (2.459%) Delphi
13 6 (2.459%) Shell Script
14 5 (2.049%) Objective-C
15 4 (1.639%) Ruby
16 3 (1.230%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 33 (13.52%) Degree
2 16 (6.557%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (6.557%) MCP
2 16 (6.557%) MCAD
2 16 (6.557%) MCSD
2 16 (6.557%) MCTS
3 2 (0.820%) PhD
4 1 (0.410%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.410%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.70%) QA
2 3 (1.230%) ISO 9000
3 2 (0.820%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.820%) TickIT
4 1 (0.410%) WCAG
4 1 (0.410%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.230%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (1.639%) SCCM
2 3 (1.230%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 68 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.016%) Oracle
2 22 (9.016%) SAP
3 7 (2.869%) JBoss
4 5 (2.049%) Adobe
4 5 (2.049%) Progress
5 3 (1.230%) BMC
5 3 (1.230%) Apple
6 2 (0.820%) BEA
6 2 (0.820%) Altiris
7 1 (0.410%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.410%) Atmel
7 1 (0.410%) Zend
7 1 (0.410%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.410%) QNX
7 1 (0.410%) BT
7 1 (0.410%) ATG
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