The first table below looks at the demand for OOA/OOD skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOA/OOD 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/OOD)
Rank 208 188 197
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +9
Permanent jobs citing OOA/OOD 40 63 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.561% 0.893% 0.641%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.734% 1.224% 0.933%
Number of salaries quoted 37 54 44
Average salary £39,500 £36,250 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.96% +6.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,600 £70,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5447 5146 4717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.40% 72.98% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4502 4139
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,429
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OOA/OOD
England

OOA/OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OOA/OOD across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West OOA/OOD Jobs Demand Trend

OOA/OOD
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OOA/OOD across the North West region.

North West OOA/OOD Salary Trend

OOA/OOD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOA/OOD across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West OOA/OOD Salary Histogram

OOA/OOD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOA/OOD within the North West 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
Manchester -40 23 £34,000 -4.22%
Lancashire - 7 £40,000 -
Cheshire -3 6 £60,000 -
Merseyside +28 3 £55,000 +83.33%
OOA/OOD
England

OOA/OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing OOA/OOD 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 OOA/OOD.

1 49 (62.82%) UML
2 44 (56.41%) Java
3 40 (51.28%) SQL Server
4 35 (44.87%) E-Commerce
4 35 (44.87%) Agile Software Development
5 34 (43.59%) OO
6 32 (41.03%) .NET
7 31 (39.74%) JavaScript
7 31 (39.74%) C#
7 31 (39.74%) HTML
8 27 (34.62%) Retail
9 25 (32.05%) Oracle
10 22 (28.21%) RUP
11 21 (26.92%) SOAP
11 21 (26.92%) UNIX
11 21 (26.92%) Finance
11 21 (26.92%) WCF
12 20 (25.64%) Linux
12 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
13 19 (24.36%) Web Services
14 18 (23.08%) CSS
14 18 (23.08%) SQL
14 18 (23.08%) .NET Framework
15 17 (21.79%) ASP.NET
15 17 (21.79%) XML
15 17 (21.79%) SQL Server 2008
16 16 (20.51%) Windows
17 15 (19.23%) Visual Studio
17 15 (19.23%) VB.NET
17 15 (19.23%) J2EE

OOA/OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing OOA/OOD 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 OOA/OOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (41.03%) .NET
2 31 (39.74%) HTML
3 21 (26.92%) WCF
3 21 (26.92%) SOAP
4 19 (24.36%) Web Services
5 18 (23.08%) CSS
5 18 (23.08%) .NET Framework
6 17 (21.79%) ASP.NET
6 17 (21.79%) XML
7 15 (19.23%) J2EE
8 14 (17.95%) Ajax
8 14 (17.95%) WPF
8 14 (17.95%) WF
9 11 (14.10%) Silverlight
9 11 (14.10%) Windows SharePoint Services
9 11 (14.10%) ADO.NET
10 9 (11.54%) Spring
10 9 (11.54%) WebSphere
10 9 (11.54%) REST
11 6 (7.692%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 15 (19.23%) SharePoint
1 15 (19.23%) BizTalk Server
2 12 (15.38%) IIS
2 12 (15.38%) SharePoint 2010
3 11 (14.10%) SharePoint Foundation
4 9 (11.54%) SharePoint Server
4 9 (11.54%) WebSphere Application Server
5 6 (7.692%) ESB
6 4 (5.128%) Magento
7 3 (3.846%) Tomcat
8 1 (1.282%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (1.282%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 12 (15.38%) MS Office
2 11 (14.10%) InfoPath
3 9 (11.54%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.282%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.128%) Internet
2 1 (1.282%) LAN
2 1 (1.282%) WAN
2 1 (1.282%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (51.28%) SQL Server
2 17 (21.79%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (15.38%) MySQL
4 11 (14.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (10.26%) RDBMS
6 6 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (5.128%) SQL Server 2000
8 3 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (3.846%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (19.23%) Visual Studio
2 12 (15.38%) NUnit
2 12 (15.38%) CruiseControl
2 12 (15.38%) Visual Studio Team System
2 12 (15.38%) MSBuild
3 5 (6.410%) Eclipse
3 5 (6.410%) Ant
3 5 (6.410%) JUnit
General
1 27 (34.62%) Retail
2 21 (26.92%) Finance
3 13 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.564%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.282%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 35 (44.87%) Developer
2 21 (26.92%) Java Developer
3 18 (23.08%) Architect
4 12 (15.38%) Software Engineer
5 10 (12.82%) Business Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) Systems Analyst
5 10 (12.82%) UML Business Analyst
6 9 (11.54%) Java Web Developer
6 9 (11.54%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 9 (11.54%) Web Developer
6 9 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (11.54%) Senior Developer
7 6 (7.692%) SharePoint Developer
7 6 (7.692%) Senior Java Developer
8 5 (6.410%) .NET Developer
8 5 (6.410%) SharePoint Architect
9 4 (5.128%) Technical Architect
10 3 (3.846%) J2EE Developer
10 3 (3.846%) Senior Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) SCADA
1 12 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (6.410%) Computer Science
3 3 (3.846%) N-Tier
4 2 (2.564%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (26.92%) UNIX
2 20 (25.64%) Linux
3 16 (20.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (62.82%) UML
2 35 (44.87%) E-Commerce
2 35 (44.87%) Agile Software Development
3 34 (43.59%) OO
4 22 (28.21%) RUP
5 14 (17.95%) TDD
6 12 (15.38%) SOA
6 12 (15.38%) Unified Process
6 12 (15.38%) Logistics
6 12 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (15.38%) MSF
7 11 (14.10%) OOD
8 10 (12.82%) DSDM
8 10 (12.82%) RAD
9 9 (11.54%) MVC
9 9 (11.54%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (8.974%) Project Management
11 6 (7.692%) Web Development
11 6 (7.692%) Waterfall
12 3 (3.846%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 44 (56.41%) Java
2 31 (39.74%) JavaScript
2 31 (39.74%) C#
3 18 (23.08%) SQL
4 15 (19.23%) VB.NET
5 12 (15.38%) C++
5 12 (15.38%) C
6 11 (14.10%) T-SQL
7 4 (5.128%) PHP
8 2 (2.564%) XPath
Qualifications
1 15 (19.23%) SC Cleared
1 15 (19.23%) DV Cleared
1 15 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.82%) Degree
3 3 (3.846%) MCAD
3 3 (3.846%) MCSD
3 3 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.846%) MCTS
3 3 (3.846%) MCPD
Vendors
1 25 (32.05%) Oracle
2 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.846%) Citrix
3 3 (3.846%) Avaya
3 3 (3.846%) Siebel
Stockport, Cheshire
Key skills: Java/J2EE, OOA/D, web services and server-based application development, Databases Java developer sought by this leading successful software house developing a range of enterprise-...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £32000 - £42000 per annum + 25 days hol + flexi-time, etc
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stockport, North West
You will also have gained exposure to enterprise-level OO programming and have a good understanding of a RDBMS. Further knowledge of XML, SOAP, JMS, etc would be...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £42000 per annum + 25 days hol + flexi-time, etc
Posted: 18 May 2013
Stockport, North West
You will also have gained exposure to enterprise-level OO programming and have a good understanding of a RDBMS. Further knowledge of XML, SOAP, JMS, etc would be...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £40000 per annum + 25 days hol + flexi-time, etc
Posted: 6 May 2013
Blackburn, North West
You will also have an excellent understanding of OOA/D, and ideally have worked with Agile methodologies and possibly Websphere (Websphere Application Server, MQ or Websphere commerce) although...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 6 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Ideally you will have gained exposure to UML and OOA/D, although training will be provided, and you will have experience of prototyping tools and software development methodologies,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bens + flexi time
Posted: 29 April 2013