The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 28 37 51
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +14
Permanent jobs citing OO 30 21 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 5.725% 4.110% 3.571%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.874% 5.185% 4.562%
Number of salaries quoted 28 15 14
Average salary £41,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.88% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £42,000 £39,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
381 405 548
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 72.71% 79.26% 78.29%
Number of salaries quoted 295 323 407
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OO
South East

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex OO Salary Trend

OO
Salary Histogram

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

Middlesex OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 35 (63.64%) C++
2 28 (50.91%) Windows
3 25 (45.45%) Multithreading
4 21 (38.18%) Security Cleared
5 20 (36.36%) Validation
5 20 (36.36%) Linux
6 19 (34.55%) Scrum
7 18 (32.73%) UML
8 16 (29.09%) Agile Software Development
9 15 (27.27%) XML
10 12 (21.82%) OOD
11 11 (20.00%) CSS
11 11 (20.00%) HTML
11 11 (20.00%) Java
11 11 (20.00%) JavaScript
12 10 (18.18%) C#
12 10 (18.18%) JSON
12 10 (18.18%) Mobile App
13 9 (16.36%) Ajax
13 9 (16.36%) .NET
13 9 (16.36%) HTTP
14 8 (14.55%) SQL Server
14 8 (14.55%) XSD
14 8 (14.55%) Unit Testing
15 7 (12.73%) Objective-C
15 7 (12.73%) Web Services
15 7 (12.73%) HTML5
15 7 (12.73%) Apple iOS
16 6 (10.91%) CSS3
16 6 (10.91%) OpenGL ES

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 15 (27.27%) XML
2 11 (20.00%) CSS
2 11 (20.00%) HTML
3 10 (18.18%) JSON
4 9 (16.36%) Ajax
4 9 (16.36%) .NET
5 8 (14.55%) XSD
6 7 (12.73%) Web Services
6 7 (12.73%) HTML5
7 6 (10.91%) CSS3
7 6 (10.91%) OpenGL ES
7 6 (10.91%) ASP.NET
7 6 (10.91%) OpenGL
8 4 (7.273%) jQuery
8 4 (7.273%) JSP
8 4 (7.273%) XSLT
8 4 (7.273%) JSTL
8 4 (7.273%) FreeMarker
9 3 (5.455%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 3 (5.455%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.91%) IIS
2 3 (5.455%) CMS
3 1 (1.818%) nginx
3 1 (1.818%) Drupal
3 1 (1.818%) Apache
3 1 (1.818%) Amazon AWS
Business Applications
1 3 (5.455%) Google Analytics
1 3 (5.455%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.36%) HTTP
2 3 (5.455%) VoIP
3 2 (3.636%) Internet
4 1 (1.818%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.818%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.55%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.455%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (5.455%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (5.455%) MySQL
2 3 (5.455%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (1.818%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (3.636%) Hudson
1 2 (3.636%) Ant
1 2 (3.636%) Maven
1 2 (3.636%) JIRA
2 1 (1.818%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.818%) Selenium
2 1 (1.818%) Subversion
2 1 (1.818%) PHPUnit
2 1 (1.818%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.818%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 6 (10.91%) Games
2 2 (3.636%) Finance
3 1 (1.818%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 38 (69.09%) Developer
2 22 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 17 (30.91%) Software Developer
4 14 (25.45%) Senior Developer
5 9 (16.36%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) iOS Developer
6 6 (10.91%) ScrumMaster
7 5 (9.091%) Senior iOS Developer
8 3 (5.455%) Microsoft Developer
8 3 (5.455%) Senior Web Developer
8 3 (5.455%) Senior Software Developer
8 3 (5.455%) Web Developer
8 3 (5.455%) CRM Developer
8 3 (5.455%) Dynamics CRM Developer
9 2 (3.636%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (3.636%) Consultant
9 2 (3.636%) Perl Developer
9 2 (3.636%) Team Leader
9 2 (3.636%) Head of Technology
9 2 (3.636%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 5 (9.091%) iPad
3 4 (7.273%) Digital Media
3 4 (7.273%) Streaming Video
4 3 (5.455%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.636%) iPhone
6 1 (1.818%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 28 (50.91%) Windows
2 20 (36.36%) Linux
3 7 (12.73%) Apple iOS
4 6 (10.91%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (5.455%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (5.455%) Windows XP
5 3 (5.455%) UNIX
5 3 (5.455%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (5.455%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.818%) Solaris
6 1 (1.818%) Windows Phone 7
6 1 (1.818%) Android
6 1 (1.818%) Windows Phone
6 1 (1.818%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (45.45%) Multithreading
2 20 (36.36%) Validation
3 19 (34.55%) Scrum
4 18 (32.73%) UML
5 16 (29.09%) Agile Software Development
6 12 (21.82%) OOD
7 8 (14.55%) Unit Testing
8 5 (9.091%) MVC
8 5 (9.091%) E-Commerce
9 4 (7.273%) TDD
9 4 (7.273%) Web Development
9 4 (7.273%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (5.455%) Pay per click
10 3 (5.455%) SEO
10 3 (5.455%) OOP
10 3 (5.455%) CRM
10 3 (5.455%) Analytics
10 3 (5.455%) Mobile Application Development
11 2 (3.636%) Product Management
11 2 (3.636%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 35 (63.64%) C++
2 11 (20.00%) Java
2 11 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 10 (18.18%) C#
4 7 (12.73%) Objective-C
5 5 (9.091%) SQL
6 4 (7.273%) MATLAB
7 3 (5.455%) VC++
7 3 (5.455%) T-SQL
8 2 (3.636%) Perl
8 2 (3.636%) PHP
9 1 (1.818%) XPath
9 1 (1.818%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.818%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (38.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.091%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.818%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (10.91%) Oracle
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.455%) Google
3 2 (3.636%) Intel
4 1 (1.818%) Ericsson
4 1 (1.818%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.818%) Sony
Middlesex
Senior ASP .NET C# Developer will: ?... Maintain existing systems Desirable experience: ?Advanced OO design ?MVC 3 ?Unit Testing (nUnit), TDD, BDD ?High performance - load balancing, distributed caching, multithreading ?...
Vertical IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Middlesex
Experience of the following will be required: *Proficiency in C++ *Working with Object Orientated design methods (UML) *Linux and Windows *Real time system design *Multi-threaded software design...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Middlesex, South East
Key skills: Advanced OO design MVC 3 Unit Testing (nUnit), TDD, BDD High performance - load balancing, distributed caching, multithreading Development of large, multi-user websites ORM (NHibernate) Full...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013