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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Somerset 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4624
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching permanent IT job ads5467
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.028 %
As % of the category below6.742 %12.69 %
Salaries quoted5162
Average minimum salary£31,373£27,371
Average salary£34,364£31,771
% change on same period last year+8.16 %
Average maximum salary£37,356£36,171
UK excluding London average salary£36,893£37,358
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Somerset
Matching permanent IT job ads801528
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.443 %0.221 %
Salaries quoted702481
Average minimum salary£37,113£30,514
Average salary£40,313£34,443
% change on same period last year+17.04 %
Average maximum salary£43,513£38,372
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
OO South WestOO
South West

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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 Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
BathDown-2627£31,222-11.63 %
StreetNo change011£46,250+74.52 %
FromeNew entry-6£25,000-
YeovilUp+94£39,125+31.88 %
TauntonNew entry-2£27,500-
BridgwaterDown-62£27,500+3.77 %
ClevedonNew entry-2£47,500-
GlastonburyDown-21£22,000-16.98 %
OO South WestOO
South West

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

151 (44.74 %)XML
247 (41.23 %)Java
346 (40.35 %)JavaScript
445 (39.47 %)SQL Server
538 (33.33 %)UML
635 (30.70 %)HTML
734 (29.82 %).NET
734 (29.82 %)J2EE
831 (27.19 %)C#
929 (25.44 %)SQL
1027 (23.68 %)ASP.NET
1027 (23.68 %)AJAX
1123 (20.18 %)CSS
1123 (20.18 %)ASP
1222 (19.30 %)SOA
1321 (18.42 %)WebServices
1418 (15.79 %)OOD
1517 (14.91 %)Microsoft
1616 (14.04 %)C++
1715 (13.16 %)Pensions
1812 (10.53 %)XHTML
1911 (9.649 %)WebLogic
1911 (9.649 %)SQL Server 2000
2010 (8.772 %)VB.NET
2010 (8.772 %)OOP
219 (7.895 %)JBoss
219 (7.895 %)Ada
219 (7.895 %)VB
228 (7.018 %)Delphi
228 (7.018 %)Windows

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

Somerset IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
151 (44.74 %)XML
235 (30.70 %)HTML
334 (29.82 %).NET
334 (29.82 %)J2EE
427 (23.68 %)ASP.NET
427 (23.68 %)AJAX
523 (20.18 %)CSS
523 (20.18 %)ASP
621 (18.42 %)WebServices
712 (10.53 %)XHTML
87 (6.140 %)JSP
87 (6.140 %)XSLT
96 (5.263 %)Spring
105 (4.386 %)JSF
105 (4.386 %).NET Framework
105 (4.386 %)SOAP
114 (3.509 %)ASP.NET 2.0
114 (3.509 %)JavaSpaces
114 (3.509 %)WebSphere
114 (3.509 %)Hibernate
Somerset IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (9.649 %)WebLogic
29 (7.895 %)JBoss
35 (4.386 %)ATG Dynamo
44 (3.509 %)IIS
53 (2.632 %)Flash Media Server
62 (1.754 %)WebLogic Portal
71 (0.877 %)Lotus Domino
71 (0.877 %)Apache
71 (0.877 %)SharePoint
71 (0.877 %)MS Exchange
Somerset IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (6.140 %)MS Excel
23 (2.632 %)Photoshop
32 (1.754 %)MS Visio
Somerset IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (0.877 %)TCP/IP
11 (0.877 %)DVB
Somerset IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
145 (39.47 %)SQL Server
211 (9.649 %)SQL Server 2000
35 (4.386 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.877 %)MySQL
41 (0.877 %)GIS
41 (0.877 %)RDBMS
41 (0.877 %)Oracle 10g
Somerset IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (5.263 %)VSS/SourceSafe
25 (4.386 %)Flash
25 (4.386 %)Eclipse
25 (4.386 %)ARTiSAN
25 (4.386 %)Ant
25 (4.386 %)Subversion
34 (3.509 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.877 %)jMock
41 (0.877 %)JUnit
41 (0.877 %)WebLogic Workshop
Somerset IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (13.16 %)Pensions
25 (4.386 %)Games
34 (3.509 %)Finance
34 (3.509 %)Aerospace
43 (2.632 %)Government
43 (2.632 %)Health
52 (1.754 %)Telecoms
52 (1.754 %)Marketing
61 (0.877 %)Back Office
61 (0.877 %)Banking
61 (0.877 %)Retail
61 (0.877 %)Publishing
Somerset IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
183 (72.81 %)Developer
232 (28.07 %)Java Developer
321 (18.42 %)Web Developer
418 (15.79 %)Software Engineer
513 (11.40 %)Java/J2EE Developer
610 (8.772 %).NET Developer
610 (8.772 %)Software Developer
78 (7.018 %)Lead Developer
87 (6.140 %)J2EE Developer
87 (6.140 %)Programmer
96 (5.263 %)Lead Java Developer
105 (4.386 %)Web Programmer
105 (4.386 %)C# Developer
105 (4.386 %)Flash Developer
114 (3.509 %)Delphi Developer
114 (3.509 %)ASP.NET Developer
114 (3.509 %)Team Leader
114 (3.509 %)Senior Developer
114 (3.509 %)Real Time Software Engineer
114 (3.509 %)Real Time Engineer
Somerset IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (3.509 %)Computer Science
23 (2.632 %)Streaming Media
23 (2.632 %)Grid Computing
32 (1.754 %)E-Learning
41 (0.877 %)MPEG
41 (0.877 %)DTV
Somerset IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (7.018 %)Windows
25 (4.386 %)Linux
34 (3.509 %)UNIX
42 (1.754 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.877 %)VxWorks
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (33.33 %)UML
222 (19.30 %)SOA
318 (15.79 %)OOD
410 (8.772 %)OOP
56 (5.263 %)Web Development
65 (4.386 %)E-Procurement
65 (4.386 %)Migration
74 (3.509 %)Software Engineering
74 (3.509 %)OOA/OOD
83 (2.632 %)Security Cleared
92 (1.754 %)Programme Management
92 (1.754 %)PRINCE2
92 (1.754 %)Project Management
101 (0.877 %)Risk Management
101 (0.877 %)RUP
101 (0.877 %)E-Commerce
101 (0.877 %)Data Modelling
101 (0.877 %)Business Analysis
101 (0.877 %)Scrum
101 (0.877 %)Unit Testing
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
147 (41.23 %)Java
246 (40.35 %)JavaScript
331 (27.19 %)C#
429 (25.44 %)SQL
516 (14.04 %)C++
610 (8.772 %)VB.NET
79 (7.895 %)Ada
79 (7.895 %)VB
88 (7.018 %)Delphi
97 (6.140 %)C
105 (4.386 %)ActionScript
105 (4.386 %)VB6
114 (3.509 %)VBScript
123 (2.632 %)DHTML
123 (2.632 %)Perl
132 (1.754 %)VBA
141 (0.877 %)VC++
141 (0.877 %)Python
141 (0.877 %)Transact-SQL
141 (0.877 %)PHP
Somerset IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (5.263 %)Degree
25 (4.386 %)Microsoft Certification
Somerset IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.754 %)QA
Somerset IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (14.91 %)Microsoft
27 (6.140 %)BEA
36 (5.263 %)Oracle
45 (4.386 %)Sybase
45 (4.386 %)ATG
53 (2.632 %)Adobe
62 (1.754 %)Macromedia
71 (0.877 %)GigaSpaces