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This section looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OO over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3835
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads412350
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.202 %0.155 %
As % of the category below8.372 %8.702 %
Salaries quoted339312
Average minimum salary£33,919£32,030
Average salary£37,766£35,089
% change on same period last year+7.63 %
Average maximum salary£41,613£38,147
UK excluding London average salary£37,453£37,241
% change on same period last year+0.56 %
Processes & Methodologies West MidlandsProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads49214022
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.413 %1.781 %
Salaries quoted40663293
Average minimum salary£37,710£35,214
Average salary£41,542£38,414
% change on same period last year+8.14 %
Average maximum salary£45,374£41,614
UK excluding London average salary£42,840£44,076
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
OO EnglandOO
England

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing OO across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands OO Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

West Midlands OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

West Midlands OO Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1BirminghamDown-9112£44,543+27.59 %
2WarwickshireDown-7106£37,000+5.31 %
3CoventryDown-1075£33,092-12.77 %
4WorcestershireUp+1254£32,817+25.01 %
5HerefordshireNo change048£43,761+10.60 %
6SolihullDown-229£39,875+25.50 %
7StaffordshireDown-87£27,857-13.88 %
8ShropshireUp+34£22,500-25.00 %
9WolverhamptonDown-63£24,500-10.63 %
10SmethwickNew entry-1£35,000-
10HalesowenNew entry-1£35,000-
OO EnglandOO
England

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing OO also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing OO.

1321 (41.31 %).NET
2315 (40.54 %)Java
3253 (32.56 %)XML
4243 (31.27 %)C++
5242 (31.15 %)SQL Server
6236 (30.37 %)C#
7234 (30.12 %)SQL
8223 (28.70 %)ASP.NET
9183 (23.55 %)Windows
10162 (20.85 %)Finance
11159 (20.46 %)HTML
12156 (20.08 %)UML
13147 (18.92 %)JavaScript
14136 (17.50 %)C
15133 (17.12 %)CSS
16129 (16.60 %)Linux
17124 (15.96 %)VB.NET
18114 (14.67 %)Degree
1999 (12.74 %)Oracle
2095 (12.23 %)SQL Server 2005
2190 (11.58 %)J2EE
2285 (10.94 %)JSP
2378 (10.04 %)WebServices
2477 (9.910 %)Unix
2567 (8.623 %)Servlets
2567 (8.623 %)Microsoft
2665 (8.366 %)AJAX
2763 (8.108 %)Embedded C
2862 (7.979 %)PHP
2862 (7.979 %)OOP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing OO also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing OO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1321 (41.31 %).NET
2253 (32.56 %)XML
3223 (28.70 %)ASP.NET
4159 (20.46 %)HTML
5133 (17.12 %)CSS
690 (11.58 %)J2EE
785 (10.94 %)JSP
878 (10.04 %)WebServices
967 (8.623 %)Servlets
1065 (8.366 %)AJAX
1162 (7.979 %).NET Framework
1258 (7.465 %)XSLT
1357 (7.336 %)Struts
1453 (6.821 %)WinForms
1549 (6.306 %)XHTML
1636 (4.633 %)EJB
1732 (4.118 %)WebSphere
1826 (3.346 %)SAP Business Workflow
1923 (2.960 %)Spring
2022 (2.831 %)ASP
Application Platforms
134 (4.376 %)IIS
134 (4.376 %)Apache
221 (2.703 %)WebLogic
316 (2.059 %)CMS
414 (1.802 %)MTS
513 (1.673 %)SharePoint
612 (1.544 %)Tomcat
711 (1.416 %)JBoss
810 (1.287 %)BizTalk Server
99 (1.158 %)Oracle Workflow
99 (1.158 %)SharePoint Server 2007
107 (0.901 %)NetWeaver
107 (0.901 %)WebLogic Portal
107 (0.901 %)WebSphere Application Server
112 (0.257 %)WebSphere MQ
112 (0.257 %)WebSphere Message Broker
112 (0.257 %)WPS
121 (0.129 %)Exchange Server 2000
121 (0.129 %)ArcGIS
121 (0.129 %)ArcIMS
Applications
118 (2.317 %)Photoshop
211 (1.416 %)MS Excel
35 (0.644 %)MS Visio
42 (0.257 %)Adobe Illustrator
42 (0.257 %)MS Office
51 (0.129 %)MS Project
51 (0.129 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
112 (1.544 %)SAP CRM
21 (0.129 %)GraphTalk
Communications & Networking
126 (3.346 %)DSL
216 (2.059 %)Internet
38 (1.030 %)HTTP
47 (0.901 %)TCP/IP
47 (0.901 %)Intranet
56 (0.772 %)GPRS
56 (0.772 %)TETRA
56 (0.772 %)3G
65 (0.644 %)LDAP
65 (0.644 %)VoIP
65 (0.644 %)HTTPS
73 (0.386 %)WINS
73 (0.386 %)SSH
82 (0.257 %)Network Security
82 (0.257 %)Megaco
82 (0.257 %)Ethernet
82 (0.257 %)FTP
82 (0.257 %)SNMP
82 (0.257 %)ATM
82 (0.257 %)GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1242 (31.15 %)SQL Server
295 (12.23 %)SQL Server 2005
355 (7.079 %)SQL Server 2000
445 (5.792 %)MySQL
520 (2.574 %)SQL Server 7
618 (2.317 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
713 (1.673 %)Oracle OLAP
713 (1.673 %)DB2
713 (1.673 %)OLAP
812 (1.544 %)Datawarehouse
812 (1.544 %)ETL
910 (1.287 %)Data Mining
108 (1.030 %)RDBMS
116 (0.772 %)GIS
125 (0.644 %)SAP BI
133 (0.386 %)Oracle 9i
133 (0.386 %)MS Access
142 (0.257 %)Informix
142 (0.257 %)BusinessObjects
142 (0.257 %)TOAD
Development Applications
153 (6.821 %)Visual Studio
225 (3.218 %)Flash
323 (2.960 %)JUnit
413 (1.673 %)Dreamweaver
512 (1.544 %)ERwin
69 (1.158 %)NUnit
76 (0.772 %)Subversion
84 (0.515 %)Log4j
84 (0.515 %)LSMW
84 (0.515 %)Ant
93 (0.386 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
101 (0.129 %)Eclipse
101 (0.129 %)TestDirector
101 (0.129 %)RequisitePro
101 (0.129 %)C++Builder
General
1162 (20.85 %)Finance
256 (7.207 %)Telecoms
349 (6.306 %)Pensions
442 (5.405 %)Health
530 (3.861 %)Education
622 (2.831 %)Insurance
717 (2.188 %)Retail
815 (1.931 %)Back Office
914 (1.802 %)Marketing
1012 (1.544 %)Automotive
1012 (1.544 %)Construction
1110 (1.287 %)Financial Institution
128 (1.030 %)3D Graphics
128 (1.030 %)Government
128 (1.030 %)Graphic Design
137 (0.901 %)Advertising
146 (0.772 %)Games
155 (0.644 %)Banking
155 (0.644 %)Electronics
164 (0.515 %)Electric
Job Titles
1530 (68.21 %)Developer
2150 (19.31 %).NET Developer
3131 (16.86 %)Software Engineer
4117 (15.06 %)Java Developer
5101 (13.00 %)Senior Developer
677 (9.910 %)ASP.NET Developer
771 (9.138 %)C# Developer
866 (8.494 %)Software Developer
963 (8.108 %)Embedded C Engineer
1059 (7.593 %)Web Developer
1156 (7.207 %)Team Leader
1249 (6.306 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
1249 (6.306 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
1344 (5.663 %)VB.NET Developer
1443 (5.534 %)Senior Java Developer
1540 (5.148 %)Architect
1540 (5.148 %)Lead Developer
1639 (5.019 %)C++ Software Engineer
1732 (4.118 %)PHP Developer
1830 (3.861 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
126 (3.346 %)Device Driver
224 (3.089 %)ASIC
224 (3.089 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
322 (2.831 %)N-Tier
418 (2.317 %)Computer Science
59 (1.158 %)Mathematics
68 (1.030 %)Client/Server
74 (0.515 %)Mainframe
74 (0.515 %)E-Learning
74 (0.515 %)VLE
83 (0.386 %)W3C
83 (0.386 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
83 (0.386 %)Physics
83 (0.386 %)Multithreading
92 (0.257 %)Social Network
92 (0.257 %)Tandem
92 (0.257 %)Derivative
101 (0.129 %)BBC
101 (0.129 %)Asset Management
101 (0.129 %)EPoS
Operating Systems
1183 (23.55 %)Windows
2129 (16.60 %)Linux
377 (9.910 %)Unix
449 (6.306 %)VxWorks
449 (6.306 %)pSOS
449 (6.306 %)Embedded Linux
56 (0.772 %)Windows Mobile
56 (0.772 %)Solaris
56 (0.772 %)Windows 2000
56 (0.772 %)OS/400
56 (0.772 %)Mac OS X
56 (0.772 %)zOS
62 (0.257 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (0.257 %)Windows NT
62 (0.257 %)Windows XP
62 (0.257 %)SUSE
62 (0.257 %)Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1156 (20.08 %)UML
262 (7.979 %)OOP
361 (7.851 %)RUP
456 (7.207 %)OOA/OOD
456 (7.207 %)Web Development
546 (5.920 %)OOD
546 (5.920 %)Configuration Management
641 (5.277 %)Agile Software Development
735 (4.505 %)Workflow
829 (3.732 %)SOA
829 (3.732 %)E-Commerce
926 (3.346 %)Unified Process
1024 (3.089 %)Scrum
1123 (2.960 %)CRM
1218 (2.317 %)Business Intelligence
1316 (2.059 %)MVC
1415 (1.931 %)Web Design
1513 (1.673 %)Software Engineering
1612 (1.544 %)Extreme Programming
1612 (1.544 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
1315 (40.54 %)Java
2243 (31.27 %)C++
3236 (30.37 %)C#
4234 (30.12 %)SQL
5147 (18.92 %)JavaScript
6136 (17.50 %)C
7124 (15.96 %)VB.NET
863 (8.108 %)Embedded C
962 (7.979 %)PHP
1060 (7.722 %)Embedded C++
1140 (5.148 %)ABAP
1238 (4.891 %)VB
1337 (4.762 %)Transact-SQL
1430 (3.861 %)Perl
1525 (3.218 %)PHP5
1525 (3.218 %)VB6
1623 (2.960 %)XPath
1721 (2.703 %)ActionScript
1817 (2.188 %)PL/SQL
1817 (2.188 %)VC++
Qualifications
1114 (14.67 %)Degree
231 (3.990 %)Sun Certification
330 (3.861 %)Microsoft Certification
428 (3.604 %)MCSD
519 (2.445 %)MCAD
62 (0.257 %)SCJD
71 (0.129 %)CIW
71 (0.129 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.129 %)MCP
71 (0.129 %)HNC
71 (0.129 %)MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
14 (0.515 %)WAI
22 (0.257 %)QA
22 (0.257 %)SLA
31 (0.129 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.129 %)ISO9001
System Software
15 (0.644 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
12 (0.257 %)SCOM
Vendors
199 (12.74 %)Oracle
267 (8.623 %)Microsoft
342 (5.405 %)Sun
441 (5.277 %)SAP
524 (3.089 %)Fujitsu
617 (2.188 %)IBM
78 (1.030 %)BEA
86 (0.772 %)FatWire
94 (0.515 %)Adobe
103 (0.386 %)Zend
112 (0.257 %)Red Hat
112 (0.257 %)Business Objects
121 (0.129 %)Siebel
121 (0.129 %)Informatica
121 (0.129 %)Pegasus
121 (0.129 %)Borland
121 (0.129 %)JD Edwards
121 (0.129 %)ESRI
121 (0.129 %)BT
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