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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1747
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching permanent IT job ads208125
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.139 %0.056 %
As % of the category below15.18 %9.131 %
Salaries quoted192117
Average minimum salary£32,512£28,923
Average salary£37,039£32,786
% change on same period last year+12.97 %
Average maximum salary£41,567£36,650
UK excluding London average salary£36,905£37,635
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads13701369
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.916 %0.611 %
Salaries quoted12371237
Average minimum salary£35,324£36,124
Average salary£39,082£39,537
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Average maximum salary£42,840£42,951
UK excluding London average salary£42,954£44,648
% change on same period last year-3.79 %
OO South EastOO
South East

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Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire OO Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OO across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Oxfordshire OO Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
OxfordUp+20150£37,625+15.50 %
AbingdonUp+2116£41,375+21.69 %
WitneyNew entry-7£24,000-
BanburyNew entry-4£48,125-
BicesterNew entry-1£50,000-
Henley-on-ThamesNew entry-1£40,000-
OO South EastOO
South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1164 (38.86 %)Java
2154 (36.49 %).NET
3125 (29.62 %)C#
4107 (25.36 %)XML
5105 (24.88 %)C++
678 (18.48 %)Degree
775 (17.77 %)SQL Server
869 (16.35 %)SQL
965 (15.40 %)Linux
965 (15.40 %)Microsoft
1055 (13.03 %)HTML
1152 (12.32 %)Games
1246 (10.90 %)JavaScript
1345 (10.66 %)CSS
1441 (9.716 %)Finance
1539 (9.242 %)OOD
1638 (9.005 %)Mathematics
1737 (8.768 %)ASP.NET
1835 (8.294 %)VB.NET
1934 (8.057 %)E-Commerce
2033 (7.820 %)Pensions
2033 (7.820 %)Computer Science
2033 (7.820 %)Unit Testing
2132 (7.583 %)PHP
2231 (7.346 %)UML
2329 (6.872 %)MS Excel
2329 (6.872 %)Agile Software Development
2428 (6.635 %)JUnit
2428 (6.635 %)Eclipse
2526 (6.161 %)PhD

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1154 (36.49 %).NET
2107 (25.36 %)XML
355 (13.03 %)HTML
445 (10.66 %)CSS
537 (8.768 %)ASP.NET
625 (5.924 %)Hibernate
625 (5.924 %)Spring
722 (5.213 %)WebServices
820 (4.739 %)XBRL
820 (4.739 %)WCF
820 (4.739 %)WPF
820 (4.739 %)ASP.NET 2.0
919 (4.502 %)XML Schema
1018 (4.265 %)STL
1117 (4.028 %)J2EE
1117 (4.028 %)OpenGL
1117 (4.028 %)Silverlight
1216 (3.791 %)ASP
1314 (3.318 %)XSLT
1314 (3.318 %).NET Framework
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (3.555 %)SharePoint
29 (2.133 %)Tomcat
38 (1.896 %)CMS
47 (1.659 %)MTS
54 (0.948 %)JBoss
63 (0.711 %)Apache
72 (0.474 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (6.872 %)MS Excel
23 (0.711 %)MATLAB
31 (0.237 %)3ds Max
31 (0.237 %)MS Visio
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.711 %)MAXIMO
21 (0.237 %)Oracle Applications
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (5.213 %)Internet
212 (2.844 %)Intranet
35 (1.185 %)GPRS
35 (1.185 %)GSM
44 (0.948 %)UMTS
44 (0.948 %)TCP/IP
53 (0.711 %)Bluetooth
53 (0.711 %)Wireless
61 (0.237 %)WAN
61 (0.237 %)LAN
61 (0.237 %)SMS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
175 (17.77 %)SQL Server
226 (6.161 %)SQL Server 2005
318 (4.265 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (3.791 %)MySQL
512 (2.844 %)RDBMS
67 (1.659 %)SQL Server 2008
75 (1.185 %)Oracle 10g
75 (1.185 %)OLAP
83 (0.711 %)OLTP
92 (0.474 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.237 %)Oracle 9i
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
128 (6.635 %)JUnit
128 (6.635 %)Eclipse
222 (5.213 %)Flash
319 (4.502 %)Visual Studio
410 (2.370 %)NUnit
54 (0.948 %)Subversion
63 (0.711 %)Ant
71 (0.237 %)Rational Rose
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
152 (12.32 %)Games
241 (9.716 %)Finance
333 (7.820 %)Pensions
426 (6.161 %)Online Games
520 (4.739 %)Music
617 (4.028 %)Flash Games
716 (3.791 %)Health
815 (3.555 %)Government
913 (3.081 %)Music Industry
108 (1.896 %)Education
117 (1.659 %)Retail
125 (1.185 %)Electronics
125 (1.185 %)Automotive
125 (1.185 %)Law
125 (1.185 %)Insurance
134 (0.948 %)Marketing
143 (0.711 %)Manufacturing
143 (0.711 %)Publishing
152 (0.474 %)Auditing
152 (0.474 %)Military
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1314 (74.41 %)Developer
284 (19.91 %)Java Developer
284 (19.91 %).NET Developer
347 (11.14 %)Graduate
347 (11.14 %)Senior Developer
444 (10.43 %)C# Developer
543 (10.19 %)Web Developer
640 (9.479 %)Software Developer
640 (9.479 %)Software Engineer
729 (6.872 %)C++ Developer
826 (6.161 %)Programmer
924 (5.687 %)Graduate Developer
1021 (4.976 %)PHP Developer
1021 (4.976 %)Senior Java Developer
1120 (4.739 %)Flash Developer
1120 (4.739 %)Java Programmer
1218 (4.265 %)ASP.NET Developer
1317 (4.028 %)Team Leader
1416 (3.791 %)Development Team Leader
1416 (3.791 %).NET Web Developer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
138 (9.005 %)Mathematics
233 (7.820 %)Computer Science
318 (4.265 %)Physics
413 (3.081 %)Cryptography
511 (2.607 %)Multithreading
65 (1.185 %)German Language
65 (1.185 %)Statistics
74 (0.948 %)Portuguese Language
74 (0.948 %)French Language
83 (0.711 %)Device Driver
92 (0.474 %)Informatics
92 (0.474 %)Chemistry
92 (0.474 %)Client/Server
101 (0.237 %)VHDL
101 (0.237 %)Verilog
101 (0.237 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
101 (0.237 %)Pocket PC
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
165 (15.40 %)Linux
222 (5.213 %)Windows
316 (3.791 %)UNIX
48 (1.896 %)Mac OS X
51 (0.237 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.237 %)Symbian OS
51 (0.237 %)Solaris
51 (0.237 %)Windows NT
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
139 (9.242 %)OOD
234 (8.057 %)E-Commerce
333 (7.820 %)Unit Testing
431 (7.346 %)UML
529 (6.872 %)Agile Software Development
622 (5.213 %)Software Engineering
721 (4.976 %)OOP
721 (4.976 %)SOA
820 (4.739 %)Web Development
914 (3.318 %)Project Management
1011 (2.607 %)Continuous Integration
117 (1.659 %)RUP
126 (1.422 %)Numerical Analysis
135 (1.185 %)System Testing
135 (1.185 %)Security Cleared
135 (1.185 %)Monte Carlo Method
144 (0.948 %)Project Planning
144 (0.948 %)Matrix Management
144 (0.948 %)Logistics
153 (0.711 %)Data Analysis
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1164 (38.86 %)Java
2125 (29.62 %)C#
3105 (24.88 %)C++
469 (16.35 %)SQL
546 (10.90 %)JavaScript
635 (8.294 %)VB.NET
732 (7.583 %)PHP
823 (5.450 %)Perl
823 (5.450 %)Fortran
922 (5.213 %)C
1019 (4.502 %)ActionScript
1115 (3.555 %)VB
1213 (3.081 %)VC++
1311 (2.607 %)VB6
1311 (2.607 %)PHP5
148 (1.896 %)Python
157 (1.659 %)VBScript
157 (1.659 %)Delphi
163 (0.711 %)Transact-SQL
172 (0.474 %)Ruby
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
178 (18.48 %)Degree
226 (6.161 %)PhD
36 (1.422 %)Postgraduate
43 (0.711 %)Sun Certification
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.474 %)QA
21 (0.237 %)ISO9001
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
165 (15.40 %)Microsoft
27 (1.659 %)Intel
27 (1.659 %)Oracle
35 (1.185 %)Zend
43 (0.711 %)IBM
51 (0.237 %)SAP
51 (0.237 %)Symbian
51 (0.237 %)Mercator
51 (0.237 %)Perforce