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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3740
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads175218
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.095 %
As % of the category below7.615 %8.559 %
Salaries quoted138191
Average minimum salary£39,645£39,250
Average salary£44,287£43,445
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Average maximum salary£48,929£47,640
UK excluding London average salary£36,752£37,642
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads22982547
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.324 %1.111 %
Salaries quoted19812144
Average minimum salary£41,600£40,562
Average salary£45,773£43,977
% change on same period last year+4.08 %
Average maximum salary£49,945£47,391
UK excluding London average salary£42,662£44,191
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
OO East of EnglandOO
East of England

OO
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire OO Salary Trend

OO
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

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 8 October 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
St AlbansUp+1033£38,922+7.45 %
WatfordUp+522£45,526+11.03 %
RickmansworthUp+513£50,278-11.79 %
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-4£32,500-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-124£35,000-23.43 %
StevenageDown-53£45,000+8.00 %
WelwynNew entry-3£62,500-
TringDown-52£40,500-
Potters BarNew entry-2£52,500-
RoystonNew entry-2£35,000-
LetchworthNew entry-1£40,000-
HertfordDown-121£38,500+10.00 %
OO East of EnglandOO
East of England

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, 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.

1228 (57.29 %).NET
2223 (56.03 %)C#
3166 (41.71 %)XML
4134 (33.67 %)ASP.NET
5122 (30.65 %)SQL
6119 (29.90 %)SQL Server
7106 (26.63 %)Degree
890 (22.61 %)C++
985 (21.36 %)JavaScript
985 (21.36 %)AJAX
1084 (21.11 %)Java
1183 (20.85 %)XSLT
1279 (19.85 %)Scrum
1373 (18.34 %)HTML
1469 (17.34 %)Microsoft
1565 (16.33 %)CSS
1664 (16.08 %)Finance
1756 (14.07 %)PHP
1855 (13.82 %)Web Development
1952 (13.07 %)TCP/IP
2050 (12.56 %)OOD
2050 (12.56 %)BizTalk Server
2149 (12.31 %)MySQL
2248 (12.06 %)XHTML
2347 (11.81 %)Retail
2347 (11.81 %)ASP
2446 (11.56 %).NET Framework
2545 (11.31 %)VB.NET
2545 (11.31 %)UML
2643 (10.80 %)WebServices

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1228 (57.29 %).NET
2166 (41.71 %)XML
3134 (33.67 %)ASP.NET
485 (21.36 %)AJAX
583 (20.85 %)XSLT
673 (18.34 %)HTML
765 (16.33 %)CSS
848 (12.06 %)XHTML
947 (11.81 %)ASP
1046 (11.56 %).NET Framework
1143 (10.80 %)WinForms
1143 (10.80 %)WebServices
1231 (7.789 %)ADO.NET
1330 (7.538 %)SOAP
1423 (5.779 %)J2EE
1423 (5.779 %)Ruby on Rails
1521 (5.276 %)DOM
1614 (3.518 %)Spring
1713 (3.266 %)MFC
1713 (3.266 %)COM+
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
150 (12.56 %)BizTalk Server
222 (5.528 %)Apache
312 (3.015 %)WebLogic
47 (1.759 %)IIS
47 (1.759 %)CMS
56 (1.508 %)SharePoint
64 (1.005 %)JBoss
64 (1.005 %)SharePoint Portal Server
73 (0.754 %)ESB
73 (0.754 %)Tomcat
82 (0.503 %)MQSeries
91 (0.251 %)ColdFusion
91 (0.251 %)WebLogic Portal
91 (0.251 %)WebSphere Application Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (6.030 %)MS Excel
24 (1.005 %)MS Visio
32 (0.503 %)MS Office
41 (0.251 %)Photoshop
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (3.015 %)BASE24
21 (0.251 %)WebTrends
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
152 (13.07 %)TCP/IP
232 (8.040 %)SMTP
331 (7.789 %)Internet
331 (7.789 %)HTTP
414 (3.518 %)FTP
59 (2.261 %)HTTPS
68 (2.010 %)Firewall
77 (1.759 %)Wireless
77 (1.759 %)WiMAX
77 (1.759 %)GSM
84 (1.005 %)Extranet
93 (0.754 %)WLAN
101 (0.251 %)Intranet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1119 (29.90 %)SQL Server
249 (12.31 %)MySQL
321 (5.276 %)SQL Server 2005
414 (3.518 %)SQL Server 2000
513 (3.266 %)RDBMS
612 (3.015 %)Datawarehouse
710 (2.513 %)GIS
86 (1.508 %)SQL Server Integration Services
86 (1.508 %)DB2
94 (1.005 %)FileMaker
103 (0.754 %)BusinessObjects
112 (0.503 %)Crystal Reports
112 (0.503 %)Oracle 10g
121 (0.251 %)DTS
121 (0.251 %)Oracle 8/8i
121 (0.251 %)SQLPlus
121 (0.251 %)DB2 UDB
121 (0.251 %)Firebird
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
127 (6.784 %)Visual Studio
226 (6.533 %)VSS/SourceSafe
323 (5.779 %)ClearCase
421 (5.276 %)Bugzilla
518 (4.523 %)Eclipse
69 (2.261 %)Rational Rose
77 (1.759 %)RequisitePro
86 (1.508 %)JUnit
93 (0.754 %)ClearQuest
102 (0.503 %)Log4j
102 (0.503 %)JDeveloper
102 (0.503 %)WinRunner
102 (0.503 %)TestDirector
102 (0.503 %)LoadRunner
102 (0.503 %)JBuilder
102 (0.503 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
102 (0.503 %)Flash
102 (0.503 %)TestPartner
102 (0.503 %)JIRA
102 (0.503 %)Visual Studio Team System
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
164 (16.08 %)Finance
247 (11.81 %)Retail
332 (8.040 %)Pensions
429 (7.286 %)Health
520 (5.025 %)Back Office
619 (4.774 %)Education
619 (4.774 %)Banking
715 (3.769 %)Investment Banking
813 (3.266 %)FMCG
99 (2.261 %)Insurance
104 (1.005 %)Aerospace
113 (0.754 %)Publishing
122 (0.503 %)Marketing
131 (0.251 %)Games
131 (0.251 %)Military
131 (0.251 %)Pharmaceutical
131 (0.251 %)Automotive
131 (0.251 %)Electronics
131 (0.251 %)Telecoms
131 (0.251 %)Government
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1258 (64.82 %)Developer
267 (16.83 %)C# Developer
350 (12.56 %)Web Developer
449 (12.31 %)Senior Developer
548 (12.06 %)Development Manager
646 (11.56 %)Java Developer
743 (10.80 %).NET Developer
837 (9.296 %)Analyst
837 (9.296 %)Team Leader
929 (7.286 %)Software Developer
1023 (5.779 %)Development Team Leader
1122 (5.528 %)Senior C# Developer
1220 (5.025 %)PHP Developer
1318 (4.523 %).NET Team Leader
1416 (4.020 %)Analyst Developer
1416 (4.020 %)Software Engineer
1515 (3.769 %)Senior Java Developer
1515 (3.769 %)PHP Web Developer
1515 (3.769 %)Web Development Manager
1515 (3.769 %)Web Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (6.030 %)Web 2.0
223 (5.779 %)Computer Science
319 (4.774 %)N-Tier
415 (3.769 %)Mathematics
58 (2.010 %)Pocket PC
65 (1.256 %)Client/Server
65 (1.256 %)EPoS
65 (1.256 %)Multithreading
65 (1.256 %)Data Conversion
72 (0.503 %)Life Science
72 (0.503 %)Mainframe
72 (0.503 %)Device Driver
72 (0.503 %)Fixed Income
72 (0.503 %)Speech Recognition
72 (0.503 %)Robotics
72 (0.503 %)Derivative
81 (0.251 %)Spread Betting
81 (0.251 %)Physics
81 (0.251 %)Chemistry
81 (0.251 %)PKI
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
141 (10.30 %)Windows
213 (3.266 %)Linux
39 (2.261 %)Windows Mobile
47 (1.759 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (1.508 %)UNIX
63 (0.754 %)Solaris
72 (0.503 %)zOS
81 (0.251 %)Palm OS
81 (0.251 %)AIX
81 (0.251 %)HPUX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
179 (19.85 %)Scrum
255 (13.82 %)Web Development
350 (12.56 %)OOD
445 (11.31 %)UML
542 (10.55 %)RAD
640 (10.05 %)Agile Software Development
737 (9.296 %)E-Commerce
826 (6.533 %)OOP
918 (4.523 %)Configuration Management
1017 (4.271 %)Project Management
1114 (3.518 %)Use Case
1213 (3.266 %)B2B
1312 (3.015 %)Business Intelligence
1410 (2.513 %)CRM
1410 (2.513 %)Content Management
159 (2.261 %)Automated Testing
159 (2.261 %)Web Design
159 (2.261 %)Workflow
159 (2.261 %)RUP
168 (2.010 %)Supplier Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1223 (56.03 %)C#
2122 (30.65 %)SQL
390 (22.61 %)C++
485 (21.36 %)JavaScript
584 (21.11 %)Java
656 (14.07 %)PHP
745 (11.31 %)VB.NET
840 (10.05 %)VB
929 (7.286 %)PHP5
1023 (5.779 %)Ruby
1023 (5.779 %)Python
1120 (5.025 %)DHTML
1120 (5.025 %)PHP4
1216 (4.020 %)VB6
1312 (3.015 %)XPath
148 (2.010 %)Transact-SQL
148 (2.010 %)VBScript
157 (1.759 %)C
157 (1.759 %)Delphi
166 (1.508 %)PL/SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1106 (26.63 %)Degree
224 (6.030 %)Microsoft Certification
313 (3.266 %)PhD
410 (2.513 %)MCP
410 (2.513 %)MCAD
58 (2.010 %)MCSD
63 (0.754 %)MBA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (6.281 %)QA
21 (0.251 %)ISO9001
21 (0.251 %)ISO14001
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
169 (17.34 %)Microsoft
238 (9.548 %)Oracle
37 (1.759 %)BEA
37 (1.759 %)IBM
44 (1.005 %)Sybase
53 (0.754 %)Business Objects
62 (0.503 %)Sun
62 (0.503 %)Borland
62 (0.503 %)Blue Martini
62 (0.503 %)Zend
71 (0.251 %)ATG
71 (0.251 %)Interwoven
71 (0.251 %)Tridion
71 (0.251 %)Adobe