The first table below looks at the demand for OOD skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOD over the 3 months to 24 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank 115 134 100
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -34
Permanent jobs citing OOD 106 82 126
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 2.021% 1.481% 2.088%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.682% 1.965% 3.046%
Number of salaries quoted 92 74 119
Average salary £36,500 £35,750 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.09% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £41,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3952 4174 4136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.33% 75.41% 68.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3460 3551 3494
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South 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 South West region.

South West OOD Salary Trend

OOD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOD across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South 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 South West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bristol +19 51 £32,500 -15.58%
Dorset +6 18 £52,000 +89.09%
Wiltshire 0 17 £36,500 -8.75%
Somerset -10 11 £35,000 -
Gloucestershire +9 5 £42,500 -
Devon - 3 £29,500 -
OOD
England

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 98 (44.34%) C++
2 95 (42.99%) OO
3 94 (42.53%) SQL
4 87 (39.37%) C#
5 80 (36.20%) C
6 73 (33.03%) OOA/OOD
7 72 (32.58%) HTML
8 71 (32.13%) PHP
9 69 (31.22%) MySQL
10 66 (29.86%) CSS
11 64 (28.96%) Windows
12 61 (27.60%) OOP
13 60 (27.15%) Java
14 59 (26.70%) Software Engineering
15 58 (26.24%) JavaScript
16 56 (25.34%) .NET
16 56 (25.34%) UNIX
17 49 (22.17%) Degree
17 49 (22.17%) Computer Science
18 46 (20.81%) Oracle
19 44 (19.91%) Microsoft
20 37 (16.74%) Digital Media
20 37 (16.74%) SQL Server
20 37 (16.74%) XML
21 36 (16.29%) Electronics
22 34 (15.38%) Data Modelling
23 32 (14.48%) PHP5
24 31 (14.03%) Apache
25 28 (12.67%) ASP.NET
25 28 (12.67%) SOAP

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South 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 72 (32.58%) HTML
2 66 (29.86%) CSS
3 56 (25.34%) .NET
4 37 (16.74%) XML
5 28 (12.67%) ASP.NET
5 28 (12.67%) SOAP
6 24 (10.86%) RESTful
7 23 (10.41%) Spring
8 21 (9.502%) LAMP
9 18 (8.145%) Hibernate
9 18 (8.145%) Web Services
10 12 (5.430%) WCF
10 12 (5.430%) Qt
11 8 (3.620%) jQuery
12 6 (2.715%) J2EE
13 5 (2.262%) MFC
14 4 (1.810%) OLE
14 4 (1.810%) JSON
14 4 (1.810%) Java EE
14 4 (1.810%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 31 (14.03%) Apache
2 23 (10.41%) WordPress
3 14 (6.335%) CMS
3 14 (6.335%) IIS
4 13 (5.882%) Tomcat
4 13 (5.882%) SharePoint Server
5 12 (5.430%) SharePoint
6 9 (4.072%) Drupal
7 7 (3.167%) Windows Azure
7 7 (3.167%) Google App Engine
8 4 (1.810%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (1.357%) SAS
10 2 (0.905%) GlassFish
11 1 (0.452%) ActiveMQ
11 1 (0.452%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 9 (4.072%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.357%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.810%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.357%) 3GPP
2 3 (1.357%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.357%) HTTP
2 3 (1.357%) Wireless
3 1 (0.452%) 4G
3 1 (0.452%) HSPA
3 1 (0.452%) LTE
3 1 (0.452%) SSH
3 1 (0.452%) WiMAX
3 1 (0.452%) FTP
3 1 (0.452%) DHCP
3 1 (0.452%) VoIP
3 1 (0.452%) 3G
3 1 (0.452%) DVB
3 1 (0.452%) RTP
3 1 (0.452%) TELNET
3 1 (0.452%) TETRA
3 1 (0.452%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.452%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (31.22%) MySQL
2 37 (16.74%) SQL Server
3 27 (12.22%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (6.787%) Big Data
5 13 (5.882%) OLAP
5 13 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 13 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 13 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 13 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (4.525%) SQL Server 2005
6 10 (4.525%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (1.357%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (1.357%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.452%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 20 (9.050%) JUnit
1 20 (9.050%) Subversion
2 18 (8.145%) JIRA
3 13 (5.882%) Visual Studio
4 9 (4.072%) Selenium
5 6 (2.715%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.262%) MSBuild
6 5 (2.262%) Maven
7 4 (1.810%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.810%) NUnit
7 4 (1.810%) Mercurial
7 4 (1.810%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.810%) FitNesse
8 3 (1.357%) Git (software)
8 3 (1.357%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.905%) Mockito
9 2 (0.905%) jMock
10 1 (0.452%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.452%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.452%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 36 (16.29%) Electronics
2 19 (8.597%) Telecoms
3 12 (5.430%) Finance
4 11 (4.977%) Legal
4 11 (4.977%) Publishing
5 9 (4.072%) Marketing
6 4 (1.810%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.357%) Games
8 1 (0.452%) Military
8 1 (0.452%) Advertising
8 1 (0.452%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 162 (73.30%) Developer
2 62 (28.05%) Software Engineer
3 39 (17.65%) Java Developer
4 27 (12.22%) .NET Developer
5 25 (11.31%) C++ Software Engineer
6 24 (10.86%) Software Developer
7 20 (9.050%) Senior Developer
8 19 (8.597%) Web Developer
9 18 (8.145%) PHP Developer
10 17 (7.692%) C++ Developer
11 13 (5.882%) Architect
12 12 (5.430%) C Software Engineer
12 12 (5.430%) Lead Developer
13 11 (4.977%) SharePoint Developer
13 11 (4.977%) Lead Architect
13 11 (4.977%) Senior .NET Developer
13 11 (4.977%) .NET Architect
14 10 (4.525%) C++ Software Developer
15 9 (4.072%) C Developer
16 8 (3.620%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 49 (22.17%) Computer Science
2 37 (16.74%) Digital Media
3 18 (8.145%) Mathematics
3 18 (8.145%) Machine Learning
4 8 (3.620%) N-Tier
5 7 (3.167%) Physics
5 7 (3.167%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (1.810%) Visualisation
7 3 (1.357%) iPhone
7 3 (1.357%) Open Source
7 3 (1.357%) Cryptography
8 2 (0.905%) Device Driver
8 2 (0.905%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.452%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.452%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 64 (28.96%) Windows
2 56 (25.34%) UNIX
3 16 (7.240%) Linux
4 4 (1.810%) Android
5 2 (0.905%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.905%) Solaris
6 1 (0.452%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (42.99%) OO
2 73 (33.03%) OOA/OOD
3 61 (27.60%) OOP
4 59 (26.70%) Software Engineering
5 34 (15.38%) Data Modelling
6 24 (10.86%) UML
7 18 (8.145%) Data Management
7 18 (8.145%) Agile Software Development
7 18 (8.145%) Unit Testing
8 17 (7.692%) Structured Programming
9 16 (7.240%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (5.882%) ETL
10 13 (5.882%) TDD
11 11 (4.977%) E-Commerce
11 11 (4.977%) MVC
12 10 (4.525%) Web Development
12 10 (4.525%) Software Testing
13 7 (3.167%) Test Automation
13 7 (3.167%) Validation
14 6 (2.715%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 98 (44.34%) C++
2 94 (42.53%) SQL
3 87 (39.37%) C#
4 80 (36.20%) C
5 71 (32.13%) PHP
6 60 (27.15%) Java
7 58 (26.24%) JavaScript
8 32 (14.48%) PHP5
9 23 (10.41%) T-SQL
10 22 (9.955%) Perl
11 13 (5.882%) Bash shell
12 11 (4.977%) Shell Script
13 7 (3.167%) Python
13 7 (3.167%) VB.NET
14 6 (2.715%) MATLAB
14 6 (2.715%) VB
14 6 (2.715%) VB6
15 4 (1.810%) R
16 3 (1.357%) Fortran
16 3 (1.357%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (22.17%) Degree
2 1 (0.452%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.452%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.357%) QA
2 2 (0.905%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (1.810%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 46 (20.81%) Oracle
2 44 (19.91%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.977%) Google
4 7 (3.167%) Facebook
4 7 (3.167%) Twitter
5 4 (1.810%) VMware
5 4 (1.810%) Sitecore
5 4 (1.810%) Zend
6 1 (0.452%) JBoss
6 1 (0.452%) Borland
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
A great opportunity for experienced C# Developers to join a growing development team within our well established client. The company is looking for C# developers to provide input...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chard, South West
Candidates will have to possess strong C++ and Windows experience. In addition, my clients would like candidates to have experience in Object Oriented Design, RTOS and SQL but...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 per annum + Benefits and Training
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chard, South West
An ideal Candidate will be using C++ with Windows experience. The ideal candidate will have as many as the following skill set: Object Oriented Design, SQL and RTOS.
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Chard, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: C++/ Visual C++ and Windows experience. If you have additional skills that include...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 per annum + Benefits and Training
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bath, Avon
PHP Developer x3 - PHP, HTML, CSS, SQL, OOP, OOD - Bath - £30-40k plus benefits. A great opportunity for experienced PHP Developers to work for a market leading company...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Knowledge of OO Design (OOD) and Service Orientated Architectures (SOA)... - Experience using XAML / Expression... This successful C# Software Developer ( Programmer, Software Engineer, .NET, UI, Silverlight, WPF, SQL Server )...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £35-42,000 + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Somerset
In order to be considered for this position knowledge of most of the following is essential: C#/VB.Net/Java/PHP ASP.Net/Web Development SQL Server 2005...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Malmesbury, South West
You should have previous experience with C# .Net and a genuine passion for software development. Any HTML/CSS/jQuery/web programming experience would be an advantage but it...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bournemouth, South West
My clients products are based on the Microsoft tools including SQL Server, C#, .NET, ASP.NET and Windows... C#.Net / ASP.NET development MS SQL Server Analysis Services...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £52000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Therefore good software engineering and knowledge of complex algorithms are required.Software Development is carried out in C and C++, in a mixed environment including Windows (PC based)...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Competitive Extras
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Software development is carried out in C and C++, in a Microsoft Windows (PC based) environment... Implementation (coding) is carried out in either C or C++ depending on...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013