Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank273329
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Down-4
Matching permanent IT job ads4426485910024
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK5.621 %4.807 %4.960 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category8.753 %8.157 %8.861 %
Salaries quoted385042998436
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£62,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5056659567113129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK64.22 %58.93 %55.98 %
Salaries quoted417114985091323
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

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Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing OO within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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 within the UK.

OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+34232£40,000+6.66 %
LondonUp+42312£50,000+5.26 %
City of LondonUp+2740£50,000-9.09 %
South EastDown-2639£40,000+6.66 %
North WestUp+10318£30,000-
East of EnglandUp+1287£35,000-12.50 %
ManchesterUp+8239£30,000+1.69 %
South WestDown-8218£35,000-
YorkshireUp+4211£31,250-6.71 %
SurreyDown-7173£45,000+12.50 %
CambridgeshireDown-5140£35,000-12.50 %
West MidlandsDown-15129£35,250+8.46 %
BerkshireUp+6127£39,750-0.62 %
CambridgeDown-4121£33,000-17.50 %
West YorkshireDown-8110£32,500-4.41 %
East MidlandsUp+891£31,500+5.00 %
WalesUp+280£30,000-
ScotlandDown-479£36,250+11.53 %
HampshireUp+1678£35,000+7.69 %
South WalesUp+678£30,000-3.22 %
BristolUp+663£35,000+6.06 %
HertfordshireUp+258£37,500-11.76 %
LeedsDown-1857£30,000-7.69 %
KentUp+3454£40,000+33.33 %
EssexUp+3353£37,500-25.00 %
WiltshireUp+2051£35,000+13.82 %
BuckinghamshireNo change050£35,000-
OxfordshireDown-2647£37,500+7.14 %
CheshireDown-1842£28,000-20.00 %
ReadingUp+2941£32,000-24.70 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13806 (44.80 %)C#
23717 (43.75 %).NET
32959 (34.83 %)Java
42562 (30.16 %)SQL Server
52494 (29.35 %)SQL
62260 (26.60 %)C++
72245 (26.42 %)JavaScript
82111 (24.85 %)XML
91936 (22.79 %)ASP.NET
101847 (21.74 %)CSS
111767 (20.80 %)Finance
121759 (20.70 %)HTML
131591 (18.73 %)Degree
141358 (15.98 %)PHP
151223 (14.40 %)AJAX
161220 (14.36 %)MySQL
171144 (13.47 %)Linux
181121 (13.19 %)Agile Software Development
191081 (12.72 %)UML
201070 (12.59 %)Web Services
211065 (12.54 %)Microsoft
221000 (11.77 %)Oracle
23998 (11.75 %)Windows
24905 (10.65 %)OOP
25900 (10.59 %)UNIX
26835 (9.828 %)Banking
27818 (9.628 %)J2EE
28809 (9.522 %)OOD
29745 (8.769 %)XHTML
30708 (8.333 %)C

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13717 (43.75 %).NET
22111 (24.85 %)XML
31936 (22.79 %)ASP.NET
41847 (21.74 %)CSS
51759 (20.70 %)HTML
61223 (14.40 %)AJAX
71070 (12.59 %)Web Services
8818 (9.628 %)J2EE
9745 (8.769 %)XHTML
10645 (7.592 %).NET Framework
11623 (7.333 %)WCF
12584 (6.874 %)Spring
13541 (6.368 %)MVC
14482 (5.673 %)WPF
15451 (5.308 %)WinForms
16428 (5.038 %)Flash
17420 (4.944 %)jQuery
18418 (4.920 %)Hibernate
19402 (4.732 %)LAMP
20392 (4.614 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1486 (5.720 %)Apache
2293 (3.449 %)CMS
3289 (3.402 %)SharePoint
4259 (3.048 %)IIS
5144 (1.695 %)WebLogic
6136 (1.601 %)Tomcat
797 (1.142 %)ColdFusion
895 (1.118 %)SharePoint Server 2007
973 (0.859 %)Drupal
1072 (0.847 %)BizTalk Server
1167 (0.789 %)MQSeries
1264 (0.753 %)Rendezvous
1264 (0.753 %)WebSphere MQ
1353 (0.624 %)EPiServer
1432 (0.377 %)DotNetNuke
1528 (0.330 %)WebSphere Application Server
1625 (0.294 %)Sitecore CMS
1722 (0.259 %)Joomla!
1821 (0.247 %)WordPress
1920 (0.235 %)Immediacy CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1449 (5.285 %)MS Excel
2158 (1.860 %)Photoshop
369 (0.812 %)MS Visio
463 (0.742 %)Adobe Illustrator
559 (0.694 %)MS Office
645 (0.530 %)MATLAB
734 (0.400 %)InfoPath
832 (0.377 %)Fireworks
930 (0.353 %)Spreadsheet
109 (0.106 %)Maya
118 (0.094 %)MS Project
127 (0.082 %)3ds Max
135 (0.059 %)Simulink
144 (0.047 %)CA Clarity
144 (0.047 %)Windchill
152 (0.024 %)PrintSoft PReS
152 (0.024 %)MS PowerPoint
161 (0.012 %)FrameMaker
161 (0.012 %)S-PLUS
161 (0.012 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
125 (0.294 %)Endur
217 (0.200 %)Dynamics CRM
316 (0.188 %)Dynamics AX
415 (0.177 %)Microsoft CRM
513 (0.153 %)Summit
611 (0.129 %)SAP CRM
79 (0.106 %)Axapta
79 (0.106 %)SolArc RightAngle
88 (0.094 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
88 (0.094 %)SAP MRS
97 (0.082 %)Kondor+
97 (0.082 %)Front Arena
97 (0.082 %)Google Analytics
106 (0.071 %)ZaiNet
106 (0.071 %)Navision
106 (0.071 %)Oracle Applications
115 (0.059 %)Beauchamp
124 (0.047 %)SAP IS-U
133 (0.035 %)Maximo
133 (0.035 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1473 (5.567 %)Internet
2157 (1.848 %)HTTP
3131 (1.542 %)TCP/IP
4120 (1.412 %)Intranet
561 (0.718 %)SAN
649 (0.577 %)SMTP
742 (0.494 %)Extranet
832 (0.377 %)SMS
926 (0.306 %)DNS
1025 (0.294 %)Wireless
1116 (0.188 %)FTP
1215 (0.177 %)LDAP
1310 (0.118 %)SSL
1310 (0.118 %)SMPP
149 (0.106 %)3GPP
149 (0.106 %)Broadband
149 (0.106 %)GSM
158 (0.094 %)VoIP
158 (0.094 %)WAN
167 (0.082 %)NAS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12562 (30.16 %)SQL Server
21220 (14.36 %)MySQL
3695 (8.180 %)SQL Server 2005
4380 (4.473 %)SQL Server 2008
5324 (3.814 %)SQL Server 2000
6287 (3.378 %)RDBMS
7113 (1.330 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
891 (1.071 %)PostgreSQL
975 (0.883 %)Datawarehouse
1074 (0.871 %)Oracle 10g
1169 (0.812 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1267 (0.789 %)GIS
1267 (0.789 %)Oracle 8/8i
1362 (0.730 %)DB2
1435 (0.412 %)Crystal Reports
1532 (0.377 %)MS Access
1631 (0.365 %)Informix
1730 (0.353 %)ETL
1829 (0.341 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1927 (0.318 %)Oracle 11g
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1588 (6.921 %)Visual Studio
2396 (4.661 %)Subversion
3280 (3.296 %)NUnit
4216 (2.542 %)JUnit
5173 (2.036 %)Eclipse
6123 (1.448 %)Ant
797 (1.142 %)VSS/SourceSafe
883 (0.977 %)Maven
959 (0.694 %)Team Foundation Server
1056 (0.659 %)Selenium
1155 (0.647 %)QuickTest Pro
1247 (0.553 %)TeamCity
1334 (0.400 %)Git (software)
1432 (0.377 %)CruiseControl
1530 (0.353 %)Log4j
1530 (0.353 %)FlexUnit
1629 (0.341 %)Dreamweaver
1728 (0.330 %)NCover
1823 (0.271 %)ReSharper
1920 (0.235 %)NDepend
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11767 (20.80 %)Finance
2835 (9.828 %)Banking
3612 (7.203 %)Front Office
4442 (5.202 %)Pensions
5357 (4.202 %)Investment Banking
6314 (3.696 %)Education
7308 (3.625 %)Health
8288 (3.390 %)Insurance
8288 (3.390 %)Marketing
9235 (2.766 %)Retail
10183 (2.154 %)Games
11138 (1.624 %)Back Office
12123 (1.448 %)Telecoms
1394 (1.106 %)Financial Institution
1488 (1.036 %)Publishing
1571 (0.836 %)Advertising
1660 (0.706 %)Online Games
1660 (0.706 %)Government
1756 (0.659 %)Animation
1854 (0.636 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16463 (76.07 %)Developer
21430 (16.83 %)C# Developer
31339 (15.76 %).NET Developer
41090 (12.83 %)Senior Developer
5886 (10.43 %)Java Developer
6829 (9.758 %)Web Developer
7815 (9.593 %)PHP Developer
8637 (7.498 %)Software Engineer
9571 (6.721 %)C++ Developer
10560 (6.591 %)Software Developer
11442 (5.202 %)Architect
12382 (4.496 %)ASP.NET Developer
13365 (4.296 %)Analyst
14355 (4.178 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
15302 (3.555 %)Programmer
16264 (3.107 %)Graduate
17253 (2.978 %)Senior .NET Developer
18221 (2.601 %)Applications Developer
19220 (2.589 %)Senior C# Developer
20194 (2.283 %)Lead Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1681 (8.016 %)Computer Science
2611 (7.192 %)Derivative
3579 (6.815 %)Client/Server
4434 (5.108 %)Multithreading
5366 (4.308 %)Mathematics
6321 (3.778 %)N-Tier
7281 (3.307 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
8240 (2.825 %)Open Source
9226 (2.660 %)Fixed Income
10175 (2.060 %)W3C
11161 (1.895 %)Equities
12135 (1.589 %)Social Network
13112 (1.318 %)Equity Derivative
14102 (1.201 %)Credit Derivative
1594 (1.106 %)Web 2.0
1684 (0.989 %)Physics
1758 (0.683 %)iPhone
1855 (0.647 %)RIA
1943 (0.506 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1943 (0.506 %)Blackberry
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11144 (13.47 %)Linux
2998 (11.75 %)Windows
3900 (10.59 %)UNIX
4183 (2.154 %)Solaris
558 (0.683 %)Windows Server 2003
654 (0.636 %)AIX
748 (0.565 %)Windows XP
827 (0.318 %)Android
922 (0.259 %)Windows Mobile
922 (0.259 %)HPUX
1020 (0.235 %)Red Hat Linux
1020 (0.235 %)Windows NT
1117 (0.200 %)FreeBSD
1216 (0.188 %)Windows 2000
1314 (0.165 %)Ubuntu
1314 (0.165 %)Windows CE
1412 (0.141 %)Windows Server 2008
1511 (0.129 %)CentOS
1610 (0.118 %)VMS
179 (0.106 %)VxWorks
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11121 (13.19 %)Agile Software Development
21081 (12.72 %)UML
3905 (10.65 %)OOP
4809 (9.522 %)OOD
5667 (7.851 %)Scrum
6661 (7.780 %)E-Commerce
7643 (7.568 %)Web Development
8526 (6.191 %)Unit Testing
9487 (5.732 %)TDD
10438 (5.155 %)SOA
11419 (4.932 %)Software Engineering
12319 (3.755 %)OOA/OOD
13275 (3.237 %)Project Management
14217 (2.554 %)Risk Management
15201 (2.366 %)CRM
16190 (2.236 %)Content Management
17187 (2.201 %)RAD
18180 (2.119 %)Algorithmic Trading
19179 (2.107 %)Continuous Integration
20158 (1.860 %)Workflow
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13806 (44.80 %)C#
22959 (34.83 %)Java
32494 (29.35 %)SQL
42260 (26.60 %)C++
52245 (26.42 %)JavaScript
61358 (15.98 %)PHP
7708 (8.333 %)C
8633 (7.451 %)VB.NET
9514 (6.050 %)PHP5
10510 (6.003 %)T-SQL
11441 (5.191 %)VB
12416 (4.896 %)Perl
13380 (4.473 %)Python
14362 (4.261 %)ActionScript
15249 (2.931 %)ActionScript 3.0
16240 (2.825 %)VB6
17209 (2.460 %)Ruby
18196 (2.307 %)PL/SQL
19177 (2.083 %)VC++
20139 (1.636 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11591 (18.73 %)Degree
2149 (1.754 %)Microsoft Certification
3123 (1.448 %)Security Cleared
483 (0.977 %)PhD
575 (0.883 %)MCSD
672 (0.847 %)MCTS
759 (0.694 %)MCP
851 (0.600 %)MCAD
940 (0.471 %)SC Cleared
1033 (0.388 %)ISEB
1124 (0.282 %)Sun Certification
1221 (0.247 %)SCJA
1221 (0.247 %)SCJP
1313 (0.153 %)HND
1411 (0.129 %)MCPD
1510 (0.118 %)SCJD
169 (0.106 %)PMI Certification
178 (0.094 %)DV Cleared
178 (0.094 %)MCITP
178 (0.094 %)MCDBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1240 (2.825 %)QA
223 (0.271 %)SLA
310 (0.118 %)PCI DSS
45 (0.059 %)Basel II
53 (0.035 %)WAI
62 (0.024 %)ISO9001
62 (0.024 %)TickIT
71 (0.012 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
159 (0.694 %)MSMQ
215 (0.177 %)Active Directory
37 (0.082 %)Xen
46 (0.071 %)VMware Infrastructure
46 (0.071 %)AquaLogic
52 (0.024 %)Oracle RAC
52 (0.024 %)Postfix
52 (0.024 %)Hyper-V
61 (0.012 %)NFS
61 (0.012 %)Sendmail
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (0.082 %)BMC PATROL
26 (0.071 %)Cacti
26 (0.071 %)Nagios
34 (0.047 %)BMC Performance Manager
43 (0.035 %)AutoSys
43 (0.035 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.024 %)Oracle Statspack
52 (0.024 %)MSI
52 (0.024 %)Tivoli
61 (0.012 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11065 (12.54 %)Microsoft
21000 (11.77 %)Oracle
3273 (3.213 %)Zend
4199 (2.342 %)Sybase
5170 (2.001 %)TIBCO
6163 (1.919 %)Adobe
7130 (1.530 %)JBoss
895 (1.118 %)IBM
964 (0.753 %)SAP
1045 (0.530 %)Sun
1138 (0.447 %)Sitecore
1226 (0.306 %)Red Hat
1226 (0.306 %)BEA
1226 (0.306 %)OpenLink
1226 (0.306 %)DevExpress
1324 (0.282 %)Google
1421 (0.247 %)Symbian
1421 (0.247 %)Calypso
1519 (0.224 %)Lombardi
1519 (0.224 %)Triple Point