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 22 May 2012 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.

Object-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank252625
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads844182506102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK7.000 %6.728 %6.391 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category9.493 %9.240 %9.025 %
Number of salaries quoted763872795226
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£75,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-+7.14 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
889158928967609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK73.73 %72.82 %70.81 %
Number of salaries quoted755227477355328
Average salary£47,000£47,500£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.05 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£77,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£41,000£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.50 %-

OO
Demand Trend

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

OO Demand Trend

OO
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

OO
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

OO Salary Histogram

OO
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 22 May 2012. 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+28120£42,500-
LondonUp+64097£50,000-8.25 %
South EastDown-41529£42,500+6.25 %
City of LondonDown-6841£50,000-16.66 %
East of EnglandDown-2641£42,500+13.33 %
North WestUp+1533£35,000+4.47 %
SurreyDown-2456£55,000+22.22 %
South WestDown-1409£39,000+11.42 %
YorkshireNo change0398£33,750+3.84 %
ManchesterUp+8336£35,000+12.90 %
HampshireDown-4283£37,500+0.27 %
West YorkshireNo change0277£33,000-2.94 %
BerkshireDown-8261£40,000-5.88 %
East MidlandsUp+21255£35,000-
West MidlandsUp+12223£35,000-12.50 %
LeedsDown-1219£33,000-5.71 %
CambridgeshireDown-11210£40,000+6.66 %
HertfordshireUp+17203£52,500+26.50 %
BristolUp+2172£38,500+10.00 %
West SussexUp+7160£40,000+6.66 %
CambridgeDown-12156£39,000+5.40 %
ScotlandDown-14156£34,000-9.33 %
EssexUp+9130£40,000+3.22 %
SouthamptonDown-3129£40,000+23.07 %
CheshireDown-1128£32,500-10.34 %
East SussexDown-5108£37,500+7.14 %
ReadingDown-10104£43,000+14.66 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2096£40,000+5.26 %
WalesUp+790£30,000-33.33 %
WiltshireUp+490£39,000+11.42 %

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

16748 (39.87 %)Java
26509 (38.46 %)C#
36351 (37.53 %).NET
45663 (33.46 %)JavaScript
55012 (29.62 %)SQL
64795 (28.33 %)CSS
74578 (27.05 %)HTML
84313 (25.49 %)SQL Server
93910 (23.10 %)Degree
103796 (22.43 %)Finance
113664 (21.65 %)XML
123496 (20.66 %)Agile Software Development
133482 (20.58 %)C++
143284 (19.41 %)PHP
153157 (18.66 %)ASP.NET
163136 (18.53 %)MVC
172776 (16.40 %)jQuery
182752 (16.26 %)TDD
192718 (16.06 %)MySQL
202608 (15.41 %)Linux
212500 (14.77 %)Web Services
222473 (14.61 %)Ajax
232355 (13.92 %)Windows
242159 (12.76 %)Microsoft
252158 (12.75 %)Oracle
262154 (12.73 %)OOP
272142 (12.66 %)Computer Science
281980 (11.70 %)Scrum
291953 (11.54 %)UML
301843 (10.89 %)J2EE

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
16351 (37.53 %).NET
24795 (28.33 %)CSS
34578 (27.05 %)HTML
43664 (21.65 %)XML
53157 (18.66 %)ASP.NET
62776 (16.40 %)jQuery
72500 (14.77 %)Web Services
82473 (14.61 %)Ajax
91843 (10.89 %)J2EE
101827 (10.80 %)Spring
111750 (10.34 %)WCF
121298 (7.670 %)WPF
131294 (7.646 %).NET Framework
141277 (7.546 %)HTML5
151223 (7.227 %)Hibernate
161194 (7.055 %)XHTML
17869 (5.135 %)ASP.NET MVC
18865 (5.111 %)SOAP
19835 (4.934 %)WinForms
20812 (4.798 %)LAMP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11195 (7.061 %)Apache
2694 (4.101 %)CMS
3533 (3.150 %)Tomcat
4460 (2.718 %)SharePoint
5342 (2.021 %)Drupal
6338 (1.997 %)WebLogic
7332 (1.962 %)IIS
8211 (1.247 %)Magento
9193 (1.140 %)ESB
10189 (1.117 %)WordPress
11144 (0.851 %)SharePoint 2010
12138 (0.815 %)Joomla!
13137 (0.810 %)BizTalk Server
14119 (0.703 %)Umbraco
15111 (0.656 %)Force.com
1698 (0.579 %)Apache Solr
1796 (0.567 %)Jetty
1796 (0.567 %)SharePoint Server
1890 (0.532 %)ActiveMQ
1986 (0.508 %)Oracle Coherence
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1779 (4.603 %)MS Excel
2285 (1.684 %)MS Visio
3216 (1.276 %)Photoshop
4205 (1.211 %)MS Office
5144 (0.851 %)MATLAB
652 (0.307 %)Adobe Illustrator
748 (0.284 %)MS Project
748 (0.284 %)Google Apps
832 (0.189 %)Fireworks
926 (0.154 %)InfoPath
1018 (0.106 %)Simulink
1116 (0.095 %)DOC1
1213 (0.077 %)GIMP
1311 (0.065 %)PrintSoft PReS
1311 (0.065 %)InDesign
1410 (0.059 %)Spreadsheet
158 (0.047 %)SketchUp
158 (0.047 %)Adobe After Effects
158 (0.047 %)Paint Shop Pro
167 (0.041 %)Adobe Premiere
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
171 (0.420 %)RMDS
264 (0.378 %)Dynamics CRM
324 (0.142 %)Oracle BPM
416 (0.095 %)ION MarketView
514 (0.083 %)Google Analytics
612 (0.071 %)Line 500
612 (0.071 %)Tridion
711 (0.065 %)SAP ERP
711 (0.065 %)Exstream
810 (0.059 %)Dynamics AX
99 (0.053 %)WebTrends
99 (0.053 %)Oracle CRM
99 (0.053 %)Summit
108 (0.047 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
117 (0.041 %)Dynamics NAV
117 (0.041 %)Prophet
126 (0.035 %)TIBCO iProcess
126 (0.035 %)Pivotal CRM
126 (0.035 %)Endur
135 (0.030 %)BusinessWorks
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1752 (4.444 %)Internet
2518 (3.061 %)HTTP
3282 (1.666 %)TCP/IP
4145 (0.857 %)Intranet
596 (0.567 %)Wireless
695 (0.561 %)DNS
790 (0.532 %)Broadband
885 (0.502 %)Firewall
967 (0.396 %)GSM
1066 (0.390 %)VoIP
1159 (0.349 %)AMQP
1256 (0.331 %)SSL
1354 (0.319 %)LDAP
1448 (0.284 %)UMTS
1546 (0.272 %)RTP
1645 (0.266 %)FTP
1740 (0.236 %)GPRS
1837 (0.219 %)Extranet
1936 (0.213 %)SSH
2035 (0.207 %)3GPP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14313 (25.49 %)SQL Server
22718 (16.06 %)MySQL
31272 (7.516 %)SQL Server 2008
4784 (4.633 %)SQL Server 2005
5395 (2.334 %)RDBMS
6317 (1.873 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7303 (1.790 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8200 (1.182 %)SQL Server 2000
9192 (1.135 %)PostgreSQL
10175 (1.034 %)NoSQL
11171 (1.010 %)Oracle 8/8i
12156 (0.922 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13141 (0.833 %)Data Warehouse
14127 (0.750 %)MongoDB
15116 (0.685 %)Hadoop
16108 (0.638 %)DB2
17100 (0.591 %)GIS
1898 (0.579 %)Oracle 10g
1997 (0.573 %)ETL
2092 (0.544 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11787 (10.56 %)Subversion
21041 (6.151 %)Visual Studio
3782 (4.621 %)NUnit
4731 (4.320 %)JUnit
5730 (4.314 %)Maven
6711 (4.201 %)Eclipse
7699 (4.130 %)Git (software)
8552 (3.262 %)Ant
9480 (2.836 %)Selenium
10469 (2.771 %)Rhino Mocks
11333 (1.968 %)Team Foundation Server
12242 (1.430 %)JIRA
13240 (1.418 %)ClearCase
14218 (1.288 %)Bugzilla
15216 (1.276 %)Mercurial
16207 (1.223 %)Cucumber
17157 (0.928 %)PHPUnit
18152 (0.898 %)Hudson
19129 (0.762 %)Moq
20128 (0.756 %)TeamCity
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13796 (22.43 %)Finance
21076 (6.358 %)Banking
3743 (4.390 %)Games
4572 (3.380 %)Telecoms
5490 (2.895 %)Marketing
6467 (2.760 %)Front Office
7445 (2.630 %)Retail
8407 (2.405 %)Investment Banking
9325 (1.920 %)Advertising
10158 (0.934 %)Publishing
11150 (0.886 %)Back Office
12140 (0.827 %)Music
13134 (0.792 %)Electronics
14120 (0.709 %)Financial Institution
1594 (0.555 %)Pharmaceutical
1685 (0.502 %)Legal
1783 (0.490 %)German Language
1877 (0.455 %)Manufacturing
1974 (0.437 %)Law
1974 (0.437 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
112671 (74.87 %)Developer
22405 (14.21 %).NET Developer
32240 (13.24 %)Java Developer
42058 (12.16 %)C# Developer
51995 (11.79 %)PHP Developer
61962 (11.59 %)Senior Developer
71472 (8.698 %)Web Developer
81400 (8.273 %)Software Engineer
91326 (7.835 %)C# .NET Developer
101211 (7.156 %)Software Developer
11920 (5.436 %)Architect
12722 (4.266 %)Analyst
13664 (3.924 %)ASP.NET Developer
14617 (3.646 %)C++ Developer
15540 (3.191 %)Junior
16519 (3.067 %)Graduate
17507 (2.996 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
18476 (2.813 %)Senior Java Developer
19467 (2.760 %)Lead Developer
20459 (2.712 %)Junior Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12142 (12.66 %)Computer Science
21024 (6.051 %)Mathematics
3843 (4.981 %)Open Source
4527 (3.114 %)iPhone
5445 (2.630 %)Hedge funds
6441 (2.606 %)Physics
7428 (2.529 %)N-Tier
8421 (2.488 %)Social Media
9358 (2.115 %)Derivative
10342 (2.021 %)Client/Server
11323 (1.909 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12308 (1.820 %)iPad
13251 (1.483 %)Digital Media
14245 (1.448 %)Embedded Systems
15238 (1.406 %)Online Games
16230 (1.359 %)Social Network
17181 (1.070 %)Fixed Income
18177 (1.046 %)W3C
19176 (1.040 %)SaaS
20159 (0.940 %)Visualisation
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12608 (15.41 %)Linux
22355 (13.92 %)Windows
31417 (8.373 %)UNIX
4657 (3.882 %)Android
5482 (2.848 %)Apple iOS
6174 (1.028 %)Solaris
781 (0.479 %)Mac OS X
863 (0.372 %)VxWorks
961 (0.360 %)Windows XP
1060 (0.355 %)Debian
1151 (0.301 %)Windows Server 2008
1151 (0.301 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1248 (0.284 %)Windows Mobile
1248 (0.284 %)LynxOS
1347 (0.278 %)Windows Vista
1445 (0.266 %)Windows Server 2003
1544 (0.260 %)AIX
1637 (0.219 %)CentOS
1735 (0.207 %)Windows 7
1830 (0.177 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13496 (20.66 %)Agile Software Development
23136 (18.53 %)MVC
32752 (16.26 %)TDD
42154 (12.73 %)OOP
51980 (11.70 %)Scrum
61953 (11.54 %)UML
71794 (10.60 %)OOD
81419 (8.385 %)E-Commerce
91344 (7.942 %)Web Development
101278 (7.552 %)Multithreading
111219 (7.203 %)Unit Testing
121206 (7.126 %)Software Engineering
13842 (4.975 %)Continuous Integration
14740 (4.373 %)SOA
15682 (4.030 %)BDD
16642 (3.794 %)Software Architecture
17604 (3.569 %)OOA/OOD
18583 (3.445 %)Project Management
19564 (3.333 %)Web Application Development
20410 (2.423 %)RUP
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16748 (39.87 %)Java
26509 (38.46 %)C#
35663 (33.46 %)JavaScript
45012 (29.62 %)SQL
53482 (20.58 %)C++
63284 (19.41 %)PHP
71213 (7.168 %)PHP5
81175 (6.943 %)Python
91046 (6.181 %)Perl
101007 (5.950 %)C
11857 (5.064 %)VB.NET
12790 (4.668 %)T-SQL
13695 (4.107 %)Ruby
14541 (3.197 %)VB
15426 (2.517 %)ActionScript
16391 (2.310 %)PL/SQL
17383 (2.263 %)Objective-C
18348 (2.056 %)Delphi
19304 (1.796 %)Shell Script
20285 (1.684 %)XPath
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13910 (23.10 %)Degree
2680 (4.018 %)Microsoft Certification
3480 (2.836 %)MCP
4467 (2.760 %)Security Cleared
5455 (2.689 %)MCTS
6449 (2.653 %)MCSD
7442 (2.612 %)MCAD
8290 (1.714 %)PhD
9228 (1.347 %)SC Cleared
10108 (0.638 %)ISEB
1187 (0.514 %)DV Cleared
1280 (0.473 %)HND
1349 (0.290 %)Postgraduate
1439 (0.230 %)MCPD
1536 (0.213 %)ISTQB
1624 (0.142 %)Sun Certification
1721 (0.124 %)HNC
1817 (0.100 %)PMI Certification
1910 (0.059 %)MCSE
1910 (0.059 %)MySQL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1870 (5.141 %)QA
261 (0.360 %)ISO 9001
350 (0.295 %)DO-178B
442 (0.248 %)HL7
540 (0.236 %)Data Quality
633 (0.195 %)WCAG
730 (0.177 %)SLA
824 (0.142 %)Solvency II
917 (0.100 %)TickIT
917 (0.100 %)WAI
1014 (0.083 %)ISO 8583
1110 (0.059 %)IEC 61508
1110 (0.059 %)PCI DSS
129 (0.053 %)ISO 9000
133 (0.018 %)COBIT
133 (0.018 %)Dublin Core
142 (0.012 %)ISO/IEC 27001
151 (0.006 %)IAS 39
151 (0.006 %)JTAG
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
146 (0.272 %)Active Directory
232 (0.189 %)VMware Infrastructure
314 (0.083 %)Varnish
47 (0.041 %)XenServer
47 (0.041 %)NFS
56 (0.035 %)Postfix
65 (0.030 %)OpenSSO
74 (0.024 %)Sendmail
74 (0.024 %)VMware ESX
83 (0.018 %)Hyper-V
83 (0.018 %)NDS
83 (0.018 %)Oracle RAC
92 (0.012 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.012 %)Oracle RMAN
101 (0.006 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
165 (0.384 %)HP Quality Center
217 (0.100 %)Puppet
314 (0.083 %)SCCM
48 (0.047 %)Nagios
55 (0.030 %)Netcool
55 (0.030 %)OpenView
55 (0.030 %)Tivoli
55 (0.030 %)Plesk
64 (0.024 %)WMI
73 (0.018 %)MOM
73 (0.018 %)BMC PATROL
82 (0.012 %)Cobbler
82 (0.012 %)Data Guard
91 (0.006 %)Oracle Identity Management
91 (0.006 %)Control-M
91 (0.006 %)NetBackup
91 (0.006 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
91 (0.006 %)Legato
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12159 (12.76 %)Microsoft
22158 (12.75 %)Oracle
31122 (6.630 %)Zend
4685 (4.048 %)JBoss
5388 (2.293 %)Facebook
6382 (2.257 %)Google
7284 (1.678 %)TIBCO
8195 (1.152 %)Twitter
9183 (1.081 %)Adobe
10178 (1.052 %)Salesforce.com
11177 (1.046 %)Sybase
12174 (1.028 %)IBM
13154 (0.910 %)SAP
14113 (0.668 %)HP
15101 (0.597 %)Apple
1698 (0.579 %)Symbian
1791 (0.538 %)ATG
1878 (0.461 %)Sitecore
1878 (0.461 %)Red Hat
1975 (0.443 %)BEA