The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 24 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 33 34 33
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Permanent jobs citing OO 30 30 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 6.173% 5.464% 5.195%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.523% 7.937% 7.874%
Number of salaries quoted 28 30 15
Average salary £32,500 £27,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,400 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £31,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
352 378 254
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 72.43% 68.85% 65.97%
Number of salaries quoted 312 350 214
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
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North West

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Preston +14 20 £35,000 +11.11%
Blackpool +3 3 £27,500 -38.88%
Colne - 2 £38,750 -
Blackburn -12 1 £27,500 -
Burnley - 1 £37,500 -
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North West

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 36 (62.07%) C#
2 28 (48.28%) .NET
3 22 (37.93%) JavaScript
4 21 (36.21%) HTML
4 21 (36.21%) SQL Server
4 21 (36.21%) CSS
5 20 (34.48%) ASP.NET
6 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
7 16 (27.59%) Java
8 15 (25.86%) MVC
9 14 (24.14%) jQuery
10 13 (22.41%) Scrum
10 13 (22.41%) XML
11 12 (20.69%) OOD
11 12 (20.69%) Mobile App
12 11 (18.97%) HTML5
13 10 (17.24%) VB.NET
13 10 (17.24%) C++
13 10 (17.24%) TDD
13 10 (17.24%) Web Development
14 9 (15.52%) Ajax
14 9 (15.52%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (15.52%) Kanban
14 9 (15.52%) Selenium
15 8 (13.79%) WCF
15 8 (13.79%) Degree
15 8 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC
15 8 (13.79%) PHP
16 7 (12.07%) Visual Studio
16 7 (12.07%) MCP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 28 (48.28%) .NET
2 21 (36.21%) HTML
2 21 (36.21%) CSS
3 20 (34.48%) ASP.NET
4 14 (24.14%) jQuery
5 13 (22.41%) XML
6 11 (18.97%) HTML5
7 9 (15.52%) Ajax
8 8 (13.79%) WCF
8 8 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC
9 7 (12.07%) NHibernate
9 7 (12.07%) Lucene
9 7 (12.07%) ASP.NET MVC 4
9 7 (12.07%) Castle Windsor
9 7 (12.07%) LINQ
10 5 (8.621%) .NET Framework
11 4 (6.897%) Qt
11 4 (6.897%) JSON
11 4 (6.897%) J2EE
11 4 (6.897%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.448%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.724%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.724%) Apache
2 1 (1.724%) ESB
2 1 (1.724%) Magento
2 1 (1.724%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.724%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.724%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (36.21%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.07%) SQL Server 2012
3 5 (8.621%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (6.897%) MySQL
5 3 (5.172%) RDBMS
6 2 (3.448%) MongoDB
6 2 (3.448%) SAP BW
6 2 (3.448%) SAP BI
7 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.724%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.724%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Selenium
2 7 (12.07%) Visual Studio
2 7 (12.07%) NUnit
2 7 (12.07%) Rhino Mocks
2 7 (12.07%) Cucumber
3 3 (5.172%) ClearCase
3 3 (5.172%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (5.172%) Rational DOORS
4 2 (3.448%) WebDriver
4 2 (3.448%) Jasmine
4 2 (3.448%) JUnit
5 1 (1.724%) Subversion
General
1 7 (12.07%) Advertising
2 5 (8.621%) Finance
3 4 (6.897%) Games
3 4 (6.897%) Automotive
4 3 (5.172%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.172%) Military
4 3 (5.172%) German Language
5 2 (3.448%) Marketing
5 2 (3.448%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (84.48%) Developer
2 19 (32.76%) .NET Developer
3 10 (17.24%) C# Developer
4 9 (15.52%) Software Developer
4 9 (15.52%) C# .NET Developer
5 8 (13.79%) Web Developer
6 7 (12.07%) ASP.NET Developer
7 6 (10.34%) C# Software Developer
7 6 (10.34%) Java Developer
7 6 (10.34%) Senior Developer
8 5 (8.621%) Software Engineer
8 5 (8.621%) VB.NET Developer
8 5 (8.621%) .NET Software Developer
8 5 (8.621%) Mobile Developer
9 4 (6.897%) C# ASP.NET Developer
10 3 (5.172%) Applications Developer
10 3 (5.172%) J2EE Developer
10 3 (5.172%) PHP Developer
10 3 (5.172%) .NET Web Developer
10 3 (5.172%) Senior J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Mobile App
2 5 (8.621%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.724%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.724%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.621%) Windows
1 5 (8.621%) Android
1 5 (8.621%) Windows Phone
2 3 (5.172%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.448%) Linux
4 1 (1.724%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) MVC
2 13 (22.41%) Scrum
3 12 (20.69%) OOD
4 10 (17.24%) TDD
4 10 (17.24%) Web Development
5 9 (15.52%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (15.52%) Kanban
6 7 (12.07%) BDD
6 7 (12.07%) Web Application Development
6 7 (12.07%) Scrum-ban
7 5 (8.621%) Unit Testing
8 4 (6.897%) E-Commerce
9 3 (5.172%) Manual Testing
10 2 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
11 1 (1.724%) SEO
11 1 (1.724%) Pair Programming
11 1 (1.724%) Project Management
11 1 (1.724%) SOA
11 1 (1.724%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 36 (62.07%) C#
2 22 (37.93%) JavaScript
3 16 (27.59%) Java
4 10 (17.24%) VB.NET
4 10 (17.24%) C++
5 8 (13.79%) PHP
6 5 (8.621%) VB
7 4 (6.897%) ActionScript 3.0
7 4 (6.897%) ActionScript
7 4 (6.897%) SQL
7 4 (6.897%) Delphi
7 4 (6.897%) Objective-C
8 3 (5.172%) VB6
8 3 (5.172%) SAPscript
8 3 (5.172%) VC++
8 3 (5.172%) ABAP
8 3 (5.172%) T-SQL
9 2 (3.448%) Python
10 1 (1.724%) XAML
10 1 (1.724%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 7 (12.07%) MCP
2 7 (12.07%) MCAD
2 7 (12.07%) MCSD
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.07%) MCTS
3 3 (5.172%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (32.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.897%) Oracle
2 4 (6.897%) Symbian
3 3 (5.172%) SAP
3 3 (5.172%) TippingPoint
4 2 (3.448%) IBM
5 1 (1.724%) Adobe
Preston, Lancashire
passion for Java development... considerable commercial Java programming experience... excellent coding and object oriented design skills. Basic qualifications for the successful Java Developer: Bachelors or Masters Degree. Computer...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
Key Responsibilities Include: To perform hands-on coding in Java, JavaScript and with the Android SDK... TDD and continuous integration... Required Experience: A solid understanding of object orientated...
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum plus bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Preston, North West
Our client can provide you with industry recognized training in: .NET 4.5, ASP.NET MVC 4, WCF, Castle Windsor, Lucene.net, TDD, BDD, NUnit, RhinoMocks, Cucumber, Selenium,...
Noir Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013