The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the 3 months to 20 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 26 29 25
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Permanent jobs citing OO 18 28 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 6.383% 8.046% 11.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.257% 9.825% 13.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 36
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,600 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
218 285 349
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.30% 81.90% 82.31%
Number of salaries quoted 175 189 251
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
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Hertfordshire

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Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford OO Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OO across the Watford region.

Watford OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Watford region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Watford OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

1 21 (56.76%) C#
2 18 (48.65%) XML
3 16 (43.24%) CSS
3 16 (43.24%) SQL Server
4 15 (40.54%) JavaScript
4 15 (40.54%) SQL
4 15 (40.54%) Web Services
4 15 (40.54%) .NET
4 15 (40.54%) ASP.NET
5 14 (37.84%) PHP
6 12 (32.43%) HTML5
7 11 (29.73%) .NET Framework
8 10 (27.03%) Degree
8 10 (27.03%) Software Engineering
8 10 (27.03%) HTML
8 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
9 9 (24.32%) C++
10 8 (21.62%) MySQL
10 8 (21.62%) SOAP
10 8 (21.62%) Windows
11 7 (18.92%) XHTML
11 7 (18.92%) Finance
11 7 (18.92%) Retail
11 7 (18.92%) Web Development
11 7 (18.92%) WPF
11 7 (18.92%) Web Application Development
12 6 (16.22%) LINQ
12 6 (16.22%) Expression Blend
12 6 (16.22%) WCF
12 6 (16.22%) JSON

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

Application Development
1 18 (48.65%) XML
2 16 (43.24%) CSS
3 15 (40.54%) Web Services
3 15 (40.54%) .NET
3 15 (40.54%) ASP.NET
4 12 (32.43%) HTML5
5 11 (29.73%) .NET Framework
6 10 (27.03%) HTML
7 8 (21.62%) SOAP
8 7 (18.92%) XHTML
8 7 (18.92%) WPF
9 6 (16.22%) JSON
9 6 (16.22%) WCF
9 6 (16.22%) LINQ
9 6 (16.22%) Middleware
9 6 (16.22%) SAP BSP
10 5 (13.51%) Web Dynpro
10 5 (13.51%) jQuery
10 5 (13.51%) CSS3
11 4 (10.81%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 6 (16.22%) NetWeaver
2 4 (10.81%) CMS
3 3 (8.108%) ESB
4 1 (2.703%) WordPress
4 1 (2.703%) Magento
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Photoshop
1 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (13.51%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.405%) Internet
2 1 (2.703%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (43.24%) SQL Server
2 8 (21.62%) MySQL
3 5 (13.51%) DB2
3 5 (13.51%) RDBMS
3 5 (13.51%) SAP BW
4 4 (10.81%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (8.108%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Expression Blend
2 3 (8.108%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (18.92%) Finance
1 7 (18.92%) Retail
2 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.108%) Games
4 2 (5.405%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.405%) Advertising
4 2 (5.405%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 32 (86.49%) Developer
2 13 (35.14%) .NET Developer
3 7 (18.92%) C# Developer
3 7 (18.92%) Junior
3 7 (18.92%) ASP.NET Developer
3 7 (18.92%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (16.22%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 6 (16.22%) SAP Developer
4 6 (16.22%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Junior Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Front-End Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior .NET Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Middleware Developer
6 3 (8.108%) .NET Software Developer
6 3 (8.108%) IT Support
6 3 (8.108%) Junior IT Support
6 3 (8.108%) Software Developer
7 2 (5.405%) ABAP Developer
7 2 (5.405%) PHP Developer
8 1 (2.703%) Senior C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) W3C
2 3 (8.108%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.108%) FMCG
2 3 (8.108%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.405%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.703%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Linux
2 6 (16.22%) Windows Mobile
3 5 (13.51%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Software Engineering
2 7 (18.92%) Web Development
2 7 (18.92%) Web Application Development
3 6 (16.22%) CRM
3 6 (16.22%) OOD
3 6 (16.22%) SOA
4 5 (13.51%) MVC
5 4 (10.81%) E-Commerce
5 4 (10.81%) Web Design
5 4 (10.81%) Analytics
5 4 (10.81%) Responsive Web Design
6 3 (8.108%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (8.108%) SAP Security
6 3 (8.108%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.108%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (8.108%) Information Management
6 3 (8.108%) SAP ESA
6 3 (8.108%) Service Management
7 2 (5.405%) Data Modelling
7 2 (5.405%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (56.76%) C#
2 15 (40.54%) JavaScript
2 15 (40.54%) SQL
3 14 (37.84%) PHP
4 9 (24.32%) C++
5 6 (16.22%) Perl
5 6 (16.22%) ABAP
6 4 (10.81%) VB
7 3 (8.108%) FoxPro (VFP)
7 3 (8.108%) Shell Script
8 2 (5.405%) VB6
8 2 (5.405%) VB.NET
8 2 (5.405%) VBScript
9 1 (2.703%) PHP5
9 1 (2.703%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 2 (5.405%) ISO 9001
2 2 (5.405%) TickIT
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) SAP
3 5 (13.51%) Oracle
4 4 (10.81%) Adobe