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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) skills within the Lancashire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7781
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads132
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.932 %0.329 %
Salaries quoted41
Average minimum salary£28,600£27,000
Average salary£29,400£28,500
% change on same period last year+3.15 %
Average maximum salary£30,200£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,376£35,354
% change on same period last year-5.59 %
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Lancashire
Matching permanent IT job ads673608
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.362 %0.253 %
Salaries quoted538478
Average minimum salary£31,493£35,792
Average salary£35,080£39,732
% change on same period last year-11.70 %
Average maximum salary£38,667£43,672
UK excluding London average salary£42,487£44,463
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
OOP North WestOOP
North West

OOP
Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire OOP Salary Trend

OOP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOP across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
BlackburnNew entry-3£29,833-
PrestonNew entry-2£28,750-
LancasterNew entry-1--
BurnleyNew entry-1£28,750-
OOP North WestOOP
North West

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

112 (63.16 %)SQL
112 (63.16 %).NET
211 (57.89 %)SQL Server
211 (57.89 %)VB
39 (47.37 %)XML
48 (42.11 %)VB.NET
48 (42.11 %)Transact-SQL
48 (42.11 %)OO
57 (36.84 %)InstallShield
57 (36.84 %)CSS
57 (36.84 %)WebServices
57 (36.84 %)JavaScript
57 (36.84 %)PHP
57 (36.84 %)MySQL
65 (26.32 %)Marketing
74 (21.05 %)WPF
74 (21.05 %)PHP5
74 (21.05 %)PHP4
74 (21.05 %)Pensions
74 (21.05 %)VB6
74 (21.05 %)XAML
74 (21.05 %)WinForms
74 (21.05 %)ActiveX
74 (21.05 %)Flash
74 (21.05 %)XHTML
74 (21.05 %)Visual Studio
74 (21.05 %)ASP.NET
74 (21.05 %)C#
83 (15.79 %)XSL
83 (15.79 %)Linux

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (63.16 %).NET
29 (47.37 %)XML
37 (36.84 %)WebServices
37 (36.84 %)CSS
44 (21.05 %)ASP.NET
44 (21.05 %)ActiveX
44 (21.05 %)XHTML
44 (21.05 %)WinForms
44 (21.05 %)WPF
53 (15.79 %)AJAX
53 (15.79 %)XSL
61 (5.263 %)XSLT
61 (5.263 %)HTML
61 (5.263 %)SOAP
Lancashire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (15.79 %)Apache
13 (15.79 %)CMS
21 (5.263 %)ColdFusion
Lancashire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (15.79 %)Internet
22 (10.53 %)Extranet
22 (10.53 %)Intranet
Lancashire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (57.89 %)SQL Server
27 (36.84 %)MySQL
Lancashire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (36.84 %)InstallShield
24 (21.05 %)Visual Studio
24 (21.05 %)Flash
Lancashire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (26.32 %)Marketing
24 (21.05 %)Pensions
32 (10.53 %)Education
Lancashire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (94.74 %)Developer
28 (42.11 %).NET Developer
28 (42.11 %)VB.NET Developer
37 (36.84 %)Web Developer
46 (31.58 %)Applications Developer
55 (26.32 %)Web Applications Developer
64 (21.05 %)C# Developer
64 (21.05 %)PHP Developer
64 (21.05 %)C# Application Developer
73 (15.79 %)C# Web Developer
82 (10.53 %)Programmer
91 (5.263 %)Junior
91 (5.263 %)Senior Developer
91 (5.263 %)Senior PHP Developer
91 (5.263 %)Web Programmer
91 (5.263 %)Junior PHP Developer
91 (5.263 %)Junior Web Developer
91 (5.263 %)PHP Web Developer
91 (5.263 %)Senior Web Developer
91 (5.263 %)Junior Developer
Lancashire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (15.79 %)Linux
21 (5.263 %)UNIX
Lancashire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (42.11 %)OO
23 (15.79 %)Internet Marketing
32 (10.53 %)Web Development
41 (5.263 %)WFM
41 (5.263 %)CRM
Lancashire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (63.16 %)SQL
211 (57.89 %)VB
38 (42.11 %)VB.NET
38 (42.11 %)Transact-SQL
47 (36.84 %)JavaScript
47 (36.84 %)PHP
54 (21.05 %)C#
54 (21.05 %)XAML
54 (21.05 %)VB6
54 (21.05 %)PHP5
54 (21.05 %)PHP4
61 (5.263 %)Java