The first table below looks at the demand for OOP skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OOP over the 3 months to 17 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Rank 147 140 114
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -26
Permanent jobs citing OOP 60 49 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.208% 1.088% 1.349%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.609% 1.573% 1.959%
Number of salaries quoted 58 45 53
Average salary £28,500 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.52% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £21,600 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3728 3115 2859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.09% 69.18% 68.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3143 2685 2417
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
OOP
England

OOP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands OOP Jobs Demand Trend

OOP
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands OOP Salary Trend

OOP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OOP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands OOP Salary Histogram

OOP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -9 24 £28,500 -9.52%
Staffordshire -1 15 £35,000 -5.08%
Coventry -5 10 £31,750 +19.81%
Warwickshire +11 8 £28,500 +3.63%
Shropshire -4 5 £30,000 +42.85%
Worcestershire +6 4 £35,000 -6.66%
Solihull - 4 £28,500 -
Wolverhampton -2 3 £30,000 -4.76%
Walsall - 2 £25,000 -
OOP
England

OOP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing OOP 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 OOP.

1 76 (59.38%) PHP
2 64 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 64 (50.00%) CSS
3 59 (46.09%) SQL Server
4 57 (44.53%) MySQL
5 51 (39.84%) .NET
5 51 (39.84%) jQuery
6 50 (39.06%) HTML
7 48 (37.50%) C#
8 47 (36.72%) OO
9 34 (26.56%) XML
10 32 (25.00%) Linux
11 30 (23.44%) Web Services
12 29 (22.66%) SQL
13 27 (21.09%) ASP.NET
13 27 (21.09%) HTML5
14 26 (20.31%) MVC
15 25 (19.53%) Windows
15 25 (19.53%) Degree
16 24 (18.75%) Subversion
17 22 (17.19%) Ajax
18 20 (15.63%) XHTML
19 19 (14.84%) LAMP
19 19 (14.84%) Zend
20 17 (13.28%) Agile Software Development
21 16 (12.50%) Apache
21 16 (12.50%) CSS3
21 16 (12.50%) PHP5
22 15 (11.72%) Unit Testing
22 15 (11.72%) Visual Studio

OOP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing OOP 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 OOP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 64 (50.00%) CSS
2 51 (39.84%) .NET
2 51 (39.84%) jQuery
3 50 (39.06%) HTML
4 34 (26.56%) XML
5 30 (23.44%) Web Services
6 27 (21.09%) ASP.NET
6 27 (21.09%) HTML5
7 22 (17.19%) Ajax
8 20 (15.63%) XHTML
9 19 (14.84%) LAMP
10 16 (12.50%) CSS3
11 13 (10.16%) Zend Framework
12 10 (7.813%) .NET Framework
13 9 (7.031%) Sass
13 9 (7.031%) LESS
14 8 (6.250%) Semantic HTML
15 5 (3.906%) Apache Flex
15 5 (3.906%) CodeIgniter
16 4 (3.125%) CakePHP
Application Platforms
1 16 (12.50%) Apache
2 14 (10.94%) WordPress
3 9 (7.031%) SharePoint
4 8 (6.250%) Drupal
5 7 (5.469%) Magento
6 5 (3.906%) CMS
7 2 (1.563%) IIS
7 2 (1.563%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (1.563%) nginx
7 2 (1.563%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.781%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 13 (10.16%) Photoshop
2 7 (5.469%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (3.906%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.781%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.781%) MS Project
4 1 (0.781%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.906%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.469%) Internet
2 4 (3.125%) HTTP
3 2 (1.563%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.781%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (46.09%) SQL Server
2 57 (44.53%) MySQL
3 11 (8.594%) SQL Server 2005
3 11 (8.594%) SQL Server 2000
4 6 (4.688%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (2.344%) Redis
6 3 (2.344%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.563%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.563%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.781%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.781%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.781%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (18.75%) Subversion
2 15 (11.72%) Visual Studio
3 7 (5.469%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.563%) JIRA
4 2 (1.563%) PHPUnit
4 2 (1.563%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 2 (1.563%) Phing
5 1 (0.781%) Selenium
5 1 (0.781%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.781%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.781%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.781%) Xcode
General
1 6 (4.688%) Finance
2 5 (3.906%) Music
2 5 (3.906%) Music Industry
3 4 (3.125%) Marketing
4 3 (2.344%) Games
5 1 (0.781%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 118 (92.19%) Developer
2 47 (36.72%) PHP Developer
3 31 (24.22%) C# Developer
4 29 (22.66%) Web Developer
5 26 (20.31%) .NET Developer
6 19 (14.84%) C# .NET Developer
7 15 (11.72%) PHP MySQL Developer
8 14 (10.94%) PHP Web Developer
8 14 (10.94%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 14 (10.94%) ASP.NET Developer
9 12 (9.375%) Programmer
10 11 (8.594%) Junior
11 10 (7.813%) Senior Developer
11 10 (7.813%) Junior Developer
12 9 (7.031%) Software Developer
13 8 (6.250%) Front-End Developer
14 7 (5.469%) Senior C# Developer
15 5 (3.906%) Junior .NET Developer
15 5 (3.906%) Software Engineer
15 5 (3.906%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.594%) Digital Media
2 9 (7.031%) Open Source
3 8 (6.250%) New Media
3 8 (6.250%) Mobile App
4 6 (4.688%) Social Media
4 6 (4.688%) Cryptography
5 5 (3.906%) Graphic Design
5 5 (3.906%) Computer Science
6 4 (3.125%) Heroku
7 3 (2.344%) Mashup
7 3 (2.344%) iPhone
8 2 (1.563%) Inversion of Control
8 2 (1.563%) iPad
8 2 (1.563%) Social Network
8 2 (1.563%) Pocket PC
8 2 (1.563%) W3C
9 1 (0.781%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.781%) Clustering
9 1 (0.781%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.781%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 32 (25.00%) Linux
2 25 (19.53%) Windows
3 6 (4.688%) Apple iOS
3 6 (4.688%) Windows Phone 8
3 6 (4.688%) Windows Phone
4 3 (2.344%) Android
5 2 (1.563%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (1.563%) Windows 8
5 2 (1.563%) UNIX
5 2 (1.563%) Windows CE
6 1 (0.781%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (36.72%) OO
2 26 (20.31%) MVC
3 17 (13.28%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (11.72%) Unit Testing
5 14 (10.94%) CRM
6 10 (7.813%) Web Development
7 9 (7.031%) Web Design
8 6 (4.688%) UML
9 5 (3.906%) Waterfall
10 4 (3.125%) BDD
10 4 (3.125%) TDD
10 4 (3.125%) Software Engineering
10 4 (3.125%) Scrum
10 4 (3.125%) E-Commerce
10 4 (3.125%) SOA
10 4 (3.125%) Mobile Application Development
11 3 (2.344%) Social Media Marketing
11 3 (2.344%) PRINCE2
11 3 (2.344%) Performance Testing
12 2 (1.563%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (59.38%) PHP
2 64 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 48 (37.50%) C#
4 29 (22.66%) SQL
5 16 (12.50%) PHP5
6 15 (11.72%) Java
6 15 (11.72%) VB.NET
7 12 (9.375%) T-SQL
7 12 (9.375%) Delphi
8 9 (7.031%) Perl
9 7 (5.469%) C++
9 7 (5.469%) XPath
10 6 (4.688%) FoxPro (VFP)
11 4 (3.125%) XQuery
12 3 (2.344%) Embedded C++
13 2 (1.563%) Objective-C
13 2 (1.563%) Python
13 2 (1.563%) Fortran
13 2 (1.563%) VB
14 1 (0.781%) C
Qualifications
1 25 (19.53%) Degree
2 2 (1.563%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (1.563%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.781%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.125%) QA
2 1 (0.781%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.781%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 1 (0.781%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 2 (1.563%) Plesk
Vendors
1 19 (14.84%) Zend
2 12 (9.375%) Facebook
3 11 (8.594%) Oracle
4 8 (6.250%) Microsoft
5 5 (3.906%) Adobe
6 3 (2.344%) BT
7 2 (1.563%) Google
7 2 (1.563%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.563%) Appcelerator
7 2 (1.563%) Twitter
7 2 (1.563%) Mapinfo
8 1 (0.781%) Apple
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
C#/Asp.Net Developers - 3 Positions Open... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Redditch, West Midlands
Key Skills* Good knowledge of PHP * Emphasis on object orientated development* Strong HTML, CSS, Javascript & JQuery* Familiarity with MVC frameworks desirable * Comfortable in a Linux environment* Ability to...
greywood
Salary: £16000 - £21000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
For an ambitious, creative, confident, self-motivated team player able to take requirements and turn them into technical specifications this is an excellent opportunity to make a real...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
C# Developers: WPF & Asp.Net Requirements... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of either C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
C#/Asp.Net Developers - 3 Positions Open... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
C#/Asp.Net Developers - 3 Positions Open... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
C# Developers: WPF & Asp.Net Requirements... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of either C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Additionally a good grounding in OOP, Web Services, MySQL and JavaScript is required. On top of this if you have knowledge of some of the following areas it...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cannock, Staffordshire
The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of C#/Asp.Net and SQL Server based applications.
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
C#/Asp.Net Developers - 3 Positions Open... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)
C#/Asp.Net Developers - 3 Positions Open... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Lichfield, West Midlands
You will be joining an experienced team of developers working on various large scale projects for a retained client list utilising your skills in C#, OOP, ASP.Net,...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Your skills and experience: - Must have strong knowledge of PHP 5 / OOP and MySQL- Some experience of the Bootstrap CSS Framework and Codeigniter / MVC would be preferred but...
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)
Skills/Experience required: ** PHP, OOP ** CSS & HTML ** Exposure to JS Frameworks, especially jQuery ** Understanding of the LAMP Stack ** Understanding of systems operations, server configuration **Good communication skills and...
Gregory James
Salary: £25000 to £35000 per annum - Private health care and bonuses
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)
C#/Asp.Net Developers - 3 Positions Open... The Job The successful candidates will be possess strong knowledge in OOP techniques and will specialised in the development of C#/...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Ideally you'll have knowledge of Ruby, JavaScript, CSS, XML, HTML, Apache, Linux and WML... - Zend Smarty, Symfony MVC framework exposure - Knowledge of PHP 5 Object Orientated PHP,...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum plus bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills *PHP / OOP *XHTML / HTML *CSS *JavaScript / jQuery *Yii / Zend *Wordpress *MySQL Ideally *HTML5 / CSS3 *Magento *Source Control - SVN / Git You should have an eye for detail; ideally...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £26000 - £28000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013