The first table below looks at the demand for OOD skills in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOD over the 3 months to 22 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Rank 61 61 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing OOD 9 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.510% 1.365% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.013% 1.951% -
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 0
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% +2.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
447 410 382
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 75.00% 69.97% 67.14%
Number of salaries quoted 387 350 307
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OOD
West Midlands

OOD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire OOD Salary Trend

OOD
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOD across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Stoke-on-Trent +8 3 £32,500 -18.75%
Tamworth - 2 £33,000 -
OOD
West Midlands

OOD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 11 (68.75%) OO
2 9 (56.25%) HTML
2 9 (56.25%) JavaScript
2 9 (56.25%) .NET
2 9 (56.25%) CSS
3 7 (43.75%) Web Services
3 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
3 7 (43.75%) Photoshop
3 7 (43.75%) VB.NET
3 7 (43.75%) ActionScript
3 7 (43.75%) Flash
3 7 (43.75%) Adobe
3 7 (43.75%) Graphic Design
3 7 (43.75%) Flash Builder
3 7 (43.75%) ActionScript 3.0
3 7 (43.75%) HTML5
4 6 (37.50%) HTTP
4 6 (37.50%) C#
4 6 (37.50%) ASP
4 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET
5 5 (31.25%) SQL
5 5 (31.25%) E-Commerce
6 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (18.75%) Middleware
7 2 (12.50%) COBOL
7 2 (12.50%) UNIX
7 2 (12.50%) Web Development
8 1 (6.250%) Degree
8 1 (6.250%) VB6
8 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005

OOD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 9 (56.25%) HTML
1 9 (56.25%) .NET
1 9 (56.25%) CSS
2 7 (43.75%) Web Services
2 7 (43.75%) Flash
2 7 (43.75%) HTML5
3 6 (37.50%) ASP
3 6 (37.50%) ASP.NET
4 3 (18.75%) Middleware
5 1 (6.250%) WinForms
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Photoshop
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Flash Builder
General
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Developer
1 9 (56.25%) .NET Developer
2 7 (43.75%) Programmer
2 7 (43.75%) Flash Designer
2 7 (43.75%) Flash Programmer
2 7 (43.75%) ActionScript Programmer
2 7 (43.75%) Designer
3 4 (25.00%) VB.NET Developer
3 4 (25.00%) SQL Developer
4 3 (18.75%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (18.75%) C# Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C# Application Developer
5 1 (6.250%) .NET Applications Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (6.250%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) .NET Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Applications Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Graphic Design
2 1 (6.250%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) UNIX
2 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) OO
2 5 (31.25%) E-Commerce
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) JavaScript
2 7 (43.75%) VB.NET
2 7 (43.75%) ActionScript
2 7 (43.75%) ActionScript 3.0
3 6 (37.50%) C#
4 5 (31.25%) SQL
5 2 (12.50%) COBOL
6 1 (6.250%) VB6
6 1 (6.250%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Adobe