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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South Wales region.

 Object-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank141832
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+14
Matching permanent IT job ads846061
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales11.76 %8.119 %4.822 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category17.32 %13.07 %9.159 %
Salaries quoted795659
Average salary£32,500£31,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.830 %-11.42 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,276£27,500£26,950
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£39,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
485459666
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales67.93 %62.11 %52.65 %
Salaries quoted447406609
Average salary£33,715£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.730 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£27,393£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
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Wales

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CardiffUp+938£28,499-18.57 %
NewportNo change014£47,500+58.33 %
TorfaenDown-310£35,000+16.66 %
GwentNew entry-1£31,500-
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

163 (53.85 %).NET
259 (50.43 %)ASP.NET
356 (47.86 %)XML
454 (46.15 %)CSS
551 (43.59 %)SQL Server
642 (35.90 %)C#
741 (35.04 %)HTML
838 (32.48 %)VB.NET
934 (29.06 %)AJAX
934 (29.06 %).NET Framework
1033 (28.21 %)XHTML
1132 (27.35 %)Web Services
1231 (26.50 %)C
1231 (26.50 %)VB
1327 (23.08 %)PHP
1327 (23.08 %)Linux
1327 (23.08 %)VB6
1426 (22.22 %)ASP
1426 (22.22 %)N-Tier
1525 (21.37 %)Apache
1525 (21.37 %)MySQL
1624 (20.51 %)Unit Testing
1723 (19.66 %)SQL Server 2005
1822 (18.80 %)Java
1822 (18.80 %)JavaScript
1920 (17.09 %)Zend
2019 (16.24 %)LAMP
2019 (16.24 %)Visual Studio
2019 (16.24 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2118 (15.38 %)SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
163 (53.85 %).NET
259 (50.43 %)ASP.NET
356 (47.86 %)XML
454 (46.15 %)CSS
541 (35.04 %)HTML
634 (29.06 %)AJAX
634 (29.06 %).NET Framework
733 (28.21 %)XHTML
832 (27.35 %)Web Services
926 (22.22 %)ASP
1019 (16.24 %)LAMP
1019 (16.24 %)ASP.NET 2.0
116 (5.128 %)Middleware
116 (5.128 %)SOAP
124 (3.419 %)XSLT
124 (3.419 %)Spring
124 (3.419 %)Zend Framework
133 (2.564 %)Symfony
133 (2.564 %)Hibernate
133 (2.564 %)WinForms
South Wales IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (21.37 %)Apache
211 (9.402 %)CMS
310 (8.547 %)Umbraco
48 (6.838 %)Tuxedo
53 (2.564 %)Drupal
62 (1.709 %)WebLogic
71 (0.855 %)ESB
South Wales IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
16 (5.128 %)MS Excel
South Wales IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.709 %)Staffware
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (1.709 %)Internet
12 (1.709 %)Firewall
21 (0.855 %)Asterisk PBX
21 (0.855 %)TCP/IP
South Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
151 (43.59 %)SQL Server
225 (21.37 %)MySQL
323 (19.66 %)SQL Server 2005
413 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2008
510 (8.547 %)SQL Server 2000
South Wales IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
119 (16.24 %)Visual Studio
27 (5.983 %)Subversion
South Wales IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (5.128 %)Health
25 (4.274 %)Pensions
32 (1.709 %)Insurance
41 (0.855 %)Finance
41 (0.855 %)Advertising
41 (0.855 %)Retail
41 (0.855 %)Marketing
South Wales IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
199 (84.62 %)Developer
251 (43.59 %).NET Developer
323 (19.66 %)PHP Developer
422 (18.80 %)VB.NET Developer
515 (12.82 %)Senior Developer
613 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
712 (10.26 %)C# Developer
712 (10.26 %)LAMP Developer
811 (9.402 %)Senior .NET Developer
910 (8.547 %)Perl Developer
109 (7.692 %)ASP.NET Developer
109 (7.692 %)Graduate
109 (7.692 %)Senior C# Developer
118 (6.838 %)Graduate Software Engineer
118 (6.838 %)Architect
118 (6.838 %)Software Architect
127 (5.983 %)Java Software Engineer
127 (5.983 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
136 (5.128 %)Principal Architect
136 (5.128 %)Principal Engineer
South Wales IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (22.22 %)N-Tier
24 (3.419 %)Computer Science
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
127 (23.08 %)Linux
210 (8.547 %)UNIX
38 (6.838 %)Windows
41 (0.855 %)Debian
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (20.51 %)Unit Testing
215 (12.82 %)UML
39 (7.692 %)Agile Software Development
48 (6.838 %)Software Engineering
48 (6.838 %)MVC
57 (5.983 %)OOD
66 (5.128 %)E-Commerce
75 (4.274 %)OOA/OOD
83 (2.564 %)RUP
92 (1.709 %)CRM
92 (1.709 %)SEO
92 (1.709 %)Workflow
92 (1.709 %)Web Development
101 (0.855 %)SOA
101 (0.855 %)OOP
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
142 (35.90 %)C#
238 (32.48 %)VB.NET
331 (26.50 %)C
331 (26.50 %)VB
427 (23.08 %)PHP
427 (23.08 %)VB6
522 (18.80 %)Java
522 (18.80 %)JavaScript
618 (15.38 %)SQL
713 (11.11 %)Perl
88 (6.838 %)T-SQL
97 (5.983 %)PHP5
104 (3.419 %)C++
111 (0.855 %)PHP4
South Wales IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (11.11 %)Degree
22 (1.709 %)Microsoft Certification
South Wales IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
120 (17.09 %)Zend
212 (10.26 %)Oracle
310 (8.547 %)Microsoft
42 (1.709 %)BEA
42 (1.709 %)ILOG
42 (1.709 %)DevExpress