The first table below looks at the demand for OO skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented (OO)
Rank 10 13 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing OO 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 11.43% 6.452% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.67% 8.696% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £40,000 £85,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-52.94% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
All Processes & Methodologies
West Bromwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
24 23 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 68.57% 74.19% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 24 21 11
Average salary £37,500 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% +26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £42,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,700 £57,500 £89,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OO
West Midlands

OO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Bromwich OO Jobs Demand Trend

OO
Salary Trend

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

West Bromwich OO Salary Trend

OO
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 14 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 14 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (85.71%) Retail
2 12 (85.71%) VB6
2 12 (85.71%) C++
2 12 (85.71%) VB
3 11 (78.57%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (21.43%) Silverlight
5 2 (14.29%) QA
6 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.143%) WinForms

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 14 (100.00%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) Silverlight
3 1 (7.143%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 11 (78.57%) BizTalk Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 14 (100.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 12 (85.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Developer
1 14 (100.00%) .NET Developer
2 13 (92.86%) C# Developer
2 13 (92.86%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (7.143%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
3 1 (7.143%) C# Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) C#
2 12 (85.71%) C++
2 12 (85.71%) VB
2 12 (85.71%) VB6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA