The first table below looks at the demand for OOP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOP 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Rank 132 101 106
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +5
Permanent jobs citing OOP 25 47 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.800% 1.365% 1.476%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.079% 1.933% 1.932%
Number of salaries quoted 16 36 33
Average salary £37,500 £30,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.96% +0.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,850 £25,200
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £40,000 £45,400
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2318 2431 2692
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.18% 70.61% 76.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1385 1728 1946
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OOP
UK

OOP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland OOP Jobs Demand Trend

OOP
Salary Trend

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

Scotland OOP Salary Trend

OOP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOP across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland OOP Salary Histogram

OOP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 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
Edinburgh -4 14 £32,750 -18.12%
Glasgow -29 9 £53,750 +79.16%
Dundee -8 2 £35,000 +16.66%
Aberdeen +3 1 - -
OOP
UK

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing OOP 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 OOP.

1 40 (75.47%) OO
2 34 (64.15%) C#
3 24 (45.28%) .NET
3 24 (45.28%) CSS
4 21 (39.62%) HTML
4 21 (39.62%) JavaScript
5 18 (33.96%) Python
5 18 (33.96%) jQuery
6 16 (30.19%) Java
7 15 (28.30%) C++
7 15 (28.30%) Agile Software Development
8 14 (26.42%) SQL Server
9 13 (24.53%) Web Services
10 12 (22.64%) SQL
11 11 (20.75%) ASP.NET
11 11 (20.75%) Finance
12 10 (18.87%) Internet
13 9 (16.98%) Linux
13 9 (16.98%) WCF
13 9 (16.98%) Integration Testing
14 8 (15.09%) SQL Server 2008
14 8 (15.09%) Software Architecture
14 8 (15.09%) Degree
14 8 (15.09%) Ruby
14 8 (15.09%) Web 2.0
14 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
14 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
15 7 (13.21%) Front Office
15 7 (13.21%) XHTML
15 7 (13.21%) Perl

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing OOP 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 OOP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (45.28%) .NET
1 24 (45.28%) CSS
2 21 (39.62%) HTML
3 18 (33.96%) jQuery
4 13 (24.53%) Web Services
5 11 (20.75%) ASP.NET
6 9 (16.98%) WCF
7 7 (13.21%) XHTML
7 7 (13.21%) Ruby on Rails
7 7 (13.21%) HTML5
8 6 (11.32%) CSS3
9 5 (9.434%) EDI
9 5 (9.434%) Middleware
9 5 (9.434%) SAP ALE
9 5 (9.434%) SAP Smart Forms
9 5 (9.434%) BAPI
9 5 (9.434%) Web Dynpro
9 5 (9.434%) SAP Business Workflow
10 4 (7.547%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (3.774%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.434%) Umbraco
2 4 (7.547%) CMS
3 3 (5.660%) Magento
4 2 (3.774%) WordPress
4 2 (3.774%) Joomla!
4 2 (3.774%) Drupal
5 1 (1.887%) Apache
5 1 (1.887%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.887%) FileNet
5 1 (1.887%) MSMQ
5 1 (1.887%) Documentum
5 1 (1.887%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.887%) Zen Cart
5 1 (1.887%) Immediacy CMS
5 1 (1.887%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (9.434%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.660%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.87%) Internet
2 2 (3.774%) HTTP
3 1 (1.887%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (26.42%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.09%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (11.32%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (7.547%) MySQL
5 1 (1.887%) Couchbase
5 1 (1.887%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.887%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.434%) LSMW
2 1 (1.887%) Ant
2 1 (1.887%) JUnit
2 1 (1.887%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.887%) CruiseControl
2 1 (1.887%) NUnit
2 1 (1.887%) Jasmine
2 1 (1.887%) Git (software)
2 1 (1.887%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (20.75%) Finance
2 7 (13.21%) Front Office
3 6 (11.32%) Banking
3 6 (11.32%) Investment Banking
3 6 (11.32%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.660%) Back Office
4 3 (5.660%) Games
5 1 (1.887%) Marketing
5 1 (1.887%) Retail
5 1 (1.887%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 39 (73.58%) Developer
2 9 (16.98%) .NET Developer
3 8 (15.09%) Software Developer
4 7 (13.21%) C++ Developer
5 6 (11.32%) Java Developer
6 5 (9.434%) Web Developer
6 5 (9.434%) Consultant
7 4 (7.547%) Development Consultant
7 4 (7.547%) PHP Developer
7 4 (7.547%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (7.547%) C++/Java Developer
8 3 (5.660%) Applications Developer
8 3 (5.660%) Software Engineer
8 3 (5.660%) C# Developer
8 3 (5.660%) Web Applications Developer
8 3 (5.660%) Quantitative Developer
9 2 (3.774%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (3.774%) .NET Software Developer
9 2 (3.774%) ABAP Consultant
9 2 (3.774%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.09%) Web 2.0
2 6 (11.32%) Fixed Income
3 5 (9.434%) New Media
4 3 (5.660%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (5.660%) Exotic Derivative
4 3 (5.660%) Derivative
4 3 (5.660%) Computer Science
4 3 (5.660%) Equities
4 3 (5.660%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.774%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.887%) W3C
6 1 (1.887%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.887%) RIA
6 1 (1.887%) Physics
6 1 (1.887%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.887%) Open Source
6 1 (1.887%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.98%) Linux
2 4 (7.547%) Apple iOS
2 4 (7.547%) Android
2 4 (7.547%) Windows
3 2 (3.774%) UNIX
4 1 (1.887%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (75.47%) OO
2 15 (28.30%) Agile Software Development
3 9 (16.98%) Integration Testing
4 8 (15.09%) Software Architecture
4 8 (15.09%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (13.21%) Multithreading
6 6 (11.32%) Algorithmic Trading
6 6 (11.32%) OOD
7 5 (9.434%) Workflow
7 5 (9.434%) MVC
7 5 (9.434%) Content Management
7 5 (9.434%) Migration
7 5 (9.434%) Data Migration
8 4 (7.547%) Scrum
8 4 (7.547%) Web Development
8 4 (7.547%) Software Engineering
9 3 (5.660%) Risk Management
9 3 (5.660%) E-Commerce
9 3 (5.660%) Asset Management
9 3 (5.660%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 34 (64.15%) C#
2 21 (39.62%) JavaScript
3 18 (33.96%) Python
4 16 (30.19%) Java
5 15 (28.30%) C++
6 12 (22.64%) SQL
7 8 (15.09%) Ruby
8 7 (13.21%) Perl
8 7 (13.21%) PHP
9 5 (9.434%) SAPscript
9 5 (9.434%) ABAP
10 4 (7.547%) Scala
10 4 (7.547%) T-SQL
11 3 (5.660%) VBA
11 3 (5.660%) MATLAB
12 2 (3.774%) PHP5
13 1 (1.887%) C
13 1 (1.887%) ActionScript
13 1 (1.887%) ActionScript 3.0
13 1 (1.887%) F#
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Degree
2 4 (7.547%) PhD
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Razor Risk
3 5 (9.434%) Adobe
3 5 (9.434%) SAP
4 1 (1.887%) Google
4 1 (1.887%) EPiServer
Glasgow, Scotland
Web App/System DeveloperHTML5 App DeveloperGlasgow£40,000Our Client is a large Scottish organisation with attractive modern offices based in Glasgow City centre. As part of a new...
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Cathcart Associates are looking for Technical Consultants, with strong object oriented programming background, to join our Glasgow based client... The successful candidates will have: *A degree in Computer...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013