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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Southampton 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2627
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads4348
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.021 %
As % of the category below10.07 %9.658 %
Salaries quoted3747
Average minimum salary£33,608£31,979
Average salary£36,899£35,777
% change on same period last year+3.13 %
Average maximum salary£40,189£39,574
UK excluding London average salary£36,703£37,723
% change on same period last year-2.70 %
Southampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Southampton
Matching permanent IT job ads427497
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.252 %0.215 %
Salaries quoted357465
Average minimum salary£35,190£33,954
Average salary£38,730£37,926
% change on same period last year+2.11 %
Average maximum salary£42,270£41,898
UK excluding London average salary£42,625£44,259
% change on same period last year-3.69 %
OO HampshireOO
Hampshire

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

Southampton OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

136 (45.00 %)Pensions
136 (45.00 %)Windows
230 (37.50 %)Java
328 (35.00 %)C++
427 (33.75 %)C#
525 (31.25 %)JavaScript
624 (30.00 %)HTML
723 (28.75 %)Health
723 (28.75 %).NET
723 (28.75 %)Linux
822 (27.50 %)MySQL
916 (20.00 %)UNIX
916 (20.00 %)XML
1014 (17.50 %)ASP.NET
1113 (16.25 %)CSS
1113 (16.25 %)C
1113 (16.25 %)OOP
1212 (15.00 %)XHTML
1212 (15.00 %)OpenGL
1212 (15.00 %)X-Windows
1212 (15.00 %)MFC
1212 (15.00 %)VB.NET
1311 (13.75 %)Swing
1311 (13.75 %)Hibernate
1311 (13.75 %)Spring
1410 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
1410 (12.50 %)Solaris
1410 (12.50 %)SOAP
159 (11.25 %)Struts
159 (11.25 %)PHP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (30.00 %)HTML
223 (28.75 %).NET
316 (20.00 %)XML
414 (17.50 %)ASP.NET
513 (16.25 %)CSS
612 (15.00 %)MFC
612 (15.00 %)XHTML
612 (15.00 %)OpenGL
612 (15.00 %)X-Windows
711 (13.75 %)Swing
711 (13.75 %)Hibernate
711 (13.75 %)Spring
810 (12.50 %)SOAP
99 (11.25 %)Struts
99 (11.25 %)AJAX
106 (7.500 %)WebServices
115 (6.250 %).NET Framework
124 (5.000 %)JSP
124 (5.000 %)J2EE
132 (2.500 %)EJB
Southampton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (2.500 %)JBoss
Southampton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.500 %)Photoshop
Southampton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (6.250 %)Internet
Southampton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (27.50 %)MySQL
27 (8.750 %)SQL Server
32 (2.500 %)GIS
32 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (1.250 %)DB2
Southampton IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.250 %)Visual Studio
11 (1.250 %)Eclipse
Southampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (45.00 %)Pensions
223 (28.75 %)Health
35 (6.250 %)Telecoms
35 (6.250 %)Finance
35 (6.250 %)Automotive
35 (6.250 %)Banking
43 (3.750 %)Retail
43 (3.750 %)Insurance
43 (3.750 %)Marketing
51 (1.250 %)Military
51 (1.250 %)Back Office
Southampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
159 (73.75 %)Developer
224 (30.00 %)Software Engineer
319 (23.75 %)Software Developer
413 (16.25 %)C++ Software Engineer
512 (15.00 %)Java Developer
69 (11.25 %)Graduate
69 (11.25 %)Senior Developer
78 (10.00 %)C++ Developer
87 (8.750 %)Real Time Developer
96 (7.500 %)Java Swing Developer
96 (7.500 %)C# Developer
96 (7.500 %)Senior Software Engineer
96 (7.500 %).NET Developer
105 (6.250 %)Programmer
105 (6.250 %)PHP Developer
105 (6.250 %)Graduate Software Developer
105 (6.250 %)Graduate Developer
114 (5.000 %)Graduate Software Engineer
114 (5.000 %)CSharp Software Developer
123 (3.750 %)Junior
Southampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (10.00 %)Computer Science
23 (3.750 %)PDA
23 (3.750 %)Mathematics
31 (1.250 %)Physics
31 (1.250 %)E-Learning
Southampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
136 (45.00 %)Windows
223 (28.75 %)Linux
316 (20.00 %)UNIX
410 (12.50 %)Solaris
51 (1.250 %)AIX
51 (1.250 %)zOS
51 (1.250 %)Red Hat Linux
Southampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (16.25 %)OOP
210 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
38 (10.00 %)UML
47 (8.750 %)Software Engineering
56 (7.500 %)TDD
56 (7.500 %)Test-First Development
65 (6.250 %)Time Management
74 (5.000 %)OOD
83 (3.750 %)Security Cleared
83 (3.750 %)Internet Marketing
92 (2.500 %)Business Development
92 (2.500 %)Validation
101 (1.250 %)RUP
101 (1.250 %)Web Development
Southampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (37.50 %)Java
228 (35.00 %)C++
327 (33.75 %)C#
425 (31.25 %)JavaScript
513 (16.25 %)C
612 (15.00 %)VB.NET
79 (11.25 %)PHP
87 (8.750 %)SQL
96 (7.500 %)Perl
96 (7.500 %)Python
104 (5.000 %)VB
113 (3.750 %)VB6
113 (3.750 %)PL/SQL
121 (1.250 %)Transact-SQL
121 (1.250 %)Assembly Language
121 (1.250 %)VBA
121 (1.250 %)VC++
Southampton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (10.00 %)Degree
21 (1.250 %)PhD
Southampton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.250 %)ISO9001
Southampton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (11.25 %)Microsoft
24 (5.000 %)Oracle
33 (3.750 %)SAP
33 (3.750 %)IBM
42 (2.500 %)ESRI
51 (1.250 %)Google
51 (1.250 %)Adobe
51 (1.250 %)Red Hat
51 (1.250 %)Sage