The first table below looks at the demand for 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 OOD over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank 177 135 143
Rank change year-on-year
-42 +8
Permanent jobs citing OOD 77 113 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.068% 1.595% 1.330%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.398% 2.185% 1.941%
Number of salaries quoted 73 90 75
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5509 5172 4636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.38% 72.99% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4624 4529 4067
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 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OOD
England

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West OOD Jobs Demand Trend

OOD
Salary Trend

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

North West OOD Salary Trend

OOD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOD across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West OOD Salary Histogram

OOD
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 -32 55 £37,500 +7.14%
Merseyside +26 13 £26,500 -18.46%
Lancashire +10 7 £41,000 +42.60%
Cheshire -15 3 - -
OOD
England

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing 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 OOD.

1 124 (73.81%) OO
2 100 (59.52%) .NET
3 91 (54.17%) SQL Server
4 87 (51.79%) ASP.NET
5 73 (43.45%) SQL
5 73 (43.45%) C#
6 58 (34.52%) JavaScript
7 54 (32.14%) HTML
7 54 (32.14%) Web Services
8 53 (31.55%) XML
9 51 (30.36%) UML
10 50 (29.76%) Java
10 50 (29.76%) SQL Server 2005
11 47 (27.98%) CSS
12 40 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
13 36 (21.43%) VB.NET
14 34 (20.24%) Windows
15 31 (18.45%) MVC
15 31 (18.45%) Finance
15 31 (18.45%) jQuery
16 29 (17.26%) WCF
17 28 (16.67%) C++
18 26 (15.48%) PHP
18 26 (15.48%) OOP
19 25 (14.88%) J2EE
20 22 (13.10%) Oracle
20 22 (13.10%) Python
20 22 (13.10%) Microsoft
21 21 (12.50%) Degree
22 20 (11.90%) .NET Framework

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing 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 OOD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 100 (59.52%) .NET
2 87 (51.79%) ASP.NET
3 54 (32.14%) HTML
3 54 (32.14%) Web Services
4 53 (31.55%) XML
5 47 (27.98%) CSS
6 31 (18.45%) jQuery
7 29 (17.26%) WCF
8 25 (14.88%) J2EE
9 20 (11.90%) .NET Framework
9 20 (11.90%) ASP.NET MVC
9 20 (11.90%) XSLT
10 19 (11.31%) SOAP
11 17 (10.12%) ASP.NET MVC 3
12 13 (7.738%) ASP
12 13 (7.738%) JSON
13 12 (7.143%) LINQ
14 9 (5.357%) HTML5
14 9 (5.357%) Spring
15 8 (4.762%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
Application Platforms
1 18 (10.71%) BizTalk Server
2 13 (7.738%) Apache Solr
2 13 (7.738%) WordPress
2 13 (7.738%) Drupal
3 12 (7.143%) IIS
4 5 (2.976%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.976%) CMS
5 4 (2.381%) Magento
6 2 (1.190%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (1.190%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.595%) Apache
7 1 (0.595%) ESB
Applications
1 20 (11.90%) MS Excel
2 12 (7.143%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.786%) Intranet
1 3 (1.786%) Internet
2 2 (1.190%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.595%) VoIP
3 1 (0.595%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.595%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (54.17%) SQL Server
2 50 (29.76%) SQL Server 2005
3 40 (23.81%) SQL Server 2008
4 19 (11.31%) SQL Server 2000
5 14 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (7.738%) GIS
6 13 (7.738%) Oracle 9i
6 13 (7.738%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 13 (7.738%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 13 (7.738%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (2.381%) RDBMS
7 4 (2.381%) MySQL
8 2 (1.190%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.595%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.595%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.595%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (11.90%) Visual Studio
2 6 (3.571%) JUnit
3 2 (1.190%) Xcode
3 2 (1.190%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.595%) Ant
4 1 (0.595%) Maven
4 1 (0.595%) Subversion
General
1 31 (18.45%) Finance
2 6 (3.571%) Games
3 4 (2.381%) Marketing
3 4 (2.381%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (2.381%) Publishing
4 3 (1.786%) Retail
5 1 (0.595%) Aerospace
5 1 (0.595%) Automotive
5 1 (0.595%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.595%) Electronics
5 1 (0.595%) Music
Job Titles
1 129 (76.79%) Developer
2 43 (25.60%) Software Developer
3 22 (13.10%) Analyst
4 20 (11.90%) Systems Developer
5 19 (11.31%) Business Analyst
6 17 (10.12%) .NET Developer
7 16 (9.524%) Senior Developer
8 15 (8.929%) Java Developer
9 14 (8.333%) Web Developer
10 11 (6.548%) Software Engineer
11 10 (5.952%) Systems Analyst
12 9 (5.357%) C# Developer
13 8 (4.762%) Senior Software Engineer
14 7 (4.167%) Business Systems Analyst
14 7 (4.167%) Architect
14 7 (4.167%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (4.167%) VB.NET Developer
14 7 (4.167%) C++ Developer
14 7 (4.167%) Senior Business Analyst
14 7 (4.167%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.31%) Client/Server
2 17 (10.12%) N-Tier
3 15 (8.929%) Open Source
4 12 (7.143%) Computer Science
5 7 (4.167%) Blackberry
5 7 (4.167%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.976%) iPhone
6 5 (2.976%) Smartphone
7 4 (2.381%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.381%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.786%) iPad
9 1 (0.595%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.595%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 34 (20.24%) Windows
2 18 (10.71%) Android
3 15 (8.929%) Apple iOS
4 10 (5.952%) Linux
5 7 (4.167%) UNIX
6 5 (2.976%) Windows Phone
7 4 (2.381%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.595%) Solaris
8 1 (0.595%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (73.81%) OO
2 51 (30.36%) UML
3 31 (18.45%) MVC
4 26 (15.48%) OOP
5 20 (11.90%) Data Modelling
6 19 (11.31%) Agile Software Development
7 18 (10.71%) TDD
8 16 (9.524%) CRM
9 14 (8.333%) Web Development
9 14 (8.333%) Automated Testing
9 14 (8.333%) SOA
9 14 (8.333%) Service Delivery
10 13 (7.738%) Multithreading
10 13 (7.738%) Use Case
11 11 (6.548%) E-Commerce
12 10 (5.952%) OOA/OOD
13 8 (4.762%) Unit Testing
14 5 (2.976%) Configuration Management
15 4 (2.381%) Software Engineering
15 4 (2.381%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 73 (43.45%) SQL
1 73 (43.45%) C#
2 58 (34.52%) JavaScript
3 50 (29.76%) Java
4 36 (21.43%) VB.NET
5 28 (16.67%) C++
6 26 (15.48%) PHP
7 22 (13.10%) Python
8 17 (10.12%) XPath
9 15 (8.929%) T-SQL
10 13 (7.738%) PL/SQL
11 9 (5.357%) Perl
12 8 (4.762%) VB6
12 8 (4.762%) C
12 8 (4.762%) VB
13 5 (2.976%) ActionScript
13 5 (2.976%) Objective-C
13 5 (2.976%) ActionScript 3.0
13 5 (2.976%) Ruby
14 2 (1.190%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 21 (12.50%) Degree
2 4 (2.381%) MCPD
2 4 (2.381%) MCTS
2 4 (2.381%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.786%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.786%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.786%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.190%) Sun Certification
4 2 (1.190%) MCP
4 2 (1.190%) MCAD
4 2 (1.190%) MCSD
5 1 (0.595%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.31%) QA
2 3 (1.786%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 22 (13.10%) Oracle
1 22 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.738%) ESRI
3 7 (4.167%) Symbian
4 3 (1.786%) IBM
4 3 (1.786%) Zend
5 2 (1.190%) Citrix
5 2 (1.190%) Avaya
5 2 (1.190%) Siebel
6 1 (0.595%) JBoss
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Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: £3500 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £30k - 38k per year + Excellent Benefits
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
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