The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 23 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank - 32 39
Permanent jobs citing OO 0 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands - 3.503% 0.639%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 6.111% 1.070%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 1
Average salary - £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
155 180 187
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 74.52% 57.32% 59.74%
Number of salaries quoted 109 148 144
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,800 £39,600
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OO
England

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands OO Salary Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) OOD
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) C++
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) UNIX
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (33.33%) Qt
3 1 (16.67%) Dojo
3 1 (16.67%) Apache Flex
3 1 (16.67%) WCF
3 1 (16.67%) WPF
3 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
3 1 (16.67%) DevExpress
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) C#
3 1 (16.67%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
3 1 (16.67%) WinForms
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Perl
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) ABAP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) Qt
2 1 (16.67%) Dojo
2 1 (16.67%) Apache Flex
2 1 (16.67%) WCF
2 1 (16.67%) WPF
2 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
2 1 (16.67%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (16.67%) SAP XI
2 1 (16.67%) WinForms
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) ABAP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 1 (16.67%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) OOD
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
3 1 (16.67%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) Perl
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) DevExpress
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft