The first table below looks at the demand for OOP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOP 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Rank 76 63 82
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +19
Permanent jobs citing OOP 16 11 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.359% 1.543% 1.711%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.905% 2.128% 2.365%
Number of salaries quoted 14 11 14
Average salary £51,250 £40,052 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.95% +33.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,250 £16,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £42,300
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
840 517 761
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 71.37% 72.51% 72.34%
Number of salaries quoted 709 459 689
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,600 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OOP
South East

OOP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent OOP Jobs Demand Trend

OOP
Salary Trend

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

Kent OOP Salary Trend

OOP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOP across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent OOP Salary Histogram

OOP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the Kent 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
Dartford - 3 £38,750 -
Maidstone - 2 £45,000 -
Aylesford - 2 £35,000 -
OOP
South East

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

1 32 (68.09%) OO
2 25 (53.19%) CSS
3 24 (51.06%) PHP
4 23 (48.94%) HTML
5 22 (46.81%) Windows
6 20 (42.55%) Linux
6 20 (42.55%) JavaScript
7 19 (40.43%) MySQL
8 17 (36.17%) jQuery
8 17 (36.17%) E-Commerce
9 16 (34.04%) C++
9 16 (34.04%) Retail
10 14 (29.79%) Agile Software Development
10 14 (29.79%) Ajax
11 13 (27.66%) Degree
12 12 (25.53%) Microsoft
12 12 (25.53%) UML
13 11 (23.40%) Multithreading
14 10 (21.28%) Apache
14 10 (21.28%) SOAP
14 10 (21.28%) SQL
14 10 (21.28%) .NET
14 10 (21.28%) REST
15 9 (19.15%) XML
15 9 (19.15%) Data Modelling
15 9 (19.15%) Smarty
16 8 (17.02%) JIRA
16 8 (17.02%) Facebook
17 7 (14.89%) Windows 8
17 7 (14.89%) Apple iOS

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Application Development
1 25 (53.19%) CSS
2 23 (48.94%) HTML
3 17 (36.17%) jQuery
4 14 (29.79%) Ajax
5 10 (21.28%) .NET
5 10 (21.28%) SOAP
5 10 (21.28%) REST
6 9 (19.15%) Smarty
6 9 (19.15%) XML
7 6 (12.77%) Middleware
8 4 (8.511%) HTML5
8 4 (8.511%) CSS3
9 3 (6.383%) WPF
9 3 (6.383%) LAMP
9 3 (6.383%) WinForms
9 3 (6.383%) ATL
9 3 (6.383%) COM
9 3 (6.383%) MFC
10 2 (4.255%) Web Services
10 2 (4.255%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 10 (21.28%) Apache
2 1 (2.128%) Drupal
2 1 (2.128%) concrete5
2 1 (2.128%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.128%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.511%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.128%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (40.43%) MySQL
2 6 (12.77%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.77%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (12.77%) Oracle OWB
2 6 (12.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) JIRA
2 7 (14.89%) Visual Studio
3 6 (12.77%) Subversion
4 2 (4.255%) Git (software)
4 2 (4.255%) PEAR
5 1 (2.128%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (34.04%) Retail
2 4 (8.511%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.255%) Electronics
4 1 (2.128%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.128%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 35 (74.47%) Developer
2 18 (38.30%) PHP Developer
3 13 (27.66%) Web Developer
4 12 (25.53%) Software Engineer
5 8 (17.02%) PHP Web Developer
6 6 (12.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 6 (12.77%) Architect
6 6 (12.77%) Programmer
6 6 (12.77%) Lead Developer
6 6 (12.77%) ETL Developer
6 6 (12.77%) Designer
6 6 (12.77%) ETL Architect
6 6 (12.77%) ETL Designer
7 4 (8.511%) Embedded C++ Developer
7 4 (8.511%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 4 (8.511%) C++ Developer
7 4 (8.511%) C++ Programmer
8 3 (6.383%) Junior
8 3 (6.383%) Junior Developer
8 3 (6.383%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.383%) Open Source
2 2 (4.255%) iPad
2 2 (4.255%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (4.255%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.255%) Smartphone
2 2 (4.255%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.255%) Wiki
2 2 (4.255%) iPhone
3 1 (2.128%) Ergonomics
3 1 (2.128%) Human Factors
3 1 (2.128%) Firmware
3 1 (2.128%) Device Driver
3 1 (2.128%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (2.128%) Streaming Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (46.81%) Windows
2 20 (42.55%) Linux
3 7 (14.89%) Android
3 7 (14.89%) Apple iOS
3 7 (14.89%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.128%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (68.09%) OO
2 17 (36.17%) E-Commerce
3 14 (29.79%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (25.53%) UML
5 11 (23.40%) Multithreading
6 9 (19.15%) Data Modelling
7 6 (12.77%) ETL
7 6 (12.77%) Unit Testing
8 4 (8.511%) Web Development
8 4 (8.511%) MVC
9 3 (6.383%) Image Processing
10 2 (4.255%) Video Processing
10 2 (4.255%) Software Engineering
10 2 (4.255%) Mobile Application Development
11 1 (2.128%) Software Testing
11 1 (2.128%) Requirements Analysis
11 1 (2.128%) Content Management
11 1 (2.128%) Web Application Development
11 1 (2.128%) Web Design
11 1 (2.128%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 24 (51.06%) PHP
2 20 (42.55%) JavaScript
3 16 (34.04%) C++
4 10 (21.28%) SQL
5 6 (12.77%) PL/SQL
5 6 (12.77%) C
6 5 (10.64%) Embedded C++
7 4 (8.511%) C#
8 2 (4.255%) Java
8 2 (4.255%) Ruby
8 2 (4.255%) PHP5
9 1 (2.128%) PHP4
9 1 (2.128%) ActionScript 3.0
9 1 (2.128%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (2.128%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.128%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 8 (17.02%) Facebook
3 7 (14.89%) Apple
4 6 (12.77%) Oracle
5 2 (4.255%) Zend