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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank3862
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads113105
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.098 %0.054 %
As % of the category below7.825 %5.432 %
Salaries quoted7977
Average minimum salary£38,304£33,529
Average salary£43,759£38,468
% change on same period last year+13.75 %
Average maximum salary£49,215£43,406
UK excluding London average salary£36,853£37,186
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads14441933
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.248 %0.986 %
Salaries quoted12411634
Average minimum salary£41,048£40,186
Average salary£45,409£44,181
% change on same period last year+2.78 %
Average maximum salary£49,771£48,175
UK excluding London average salary£42,727£44,666
% change on same period last year-4.34 %
OO East of EnglandOO
East of England

OO
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire OO Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire OO Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Hertfordshire OO Salary Histogram

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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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. 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
RickmansworthNew entry-5£44,000-
StevenageUp+14£32,500-40.90 %
Welwyn Garden CityDown-14£67,500+90.14 %
WatfordDown-103£37,333-9.76 %
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-2£32,500-
TringUp+11£25,000-
HertfordUp+31£35,000-12.49 %
RoystonNew entry-1£46,000-
Potters BarDown-91£50,000-16.66 %
OO East of EnglandOO
East of England

OO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1164 (56.94 %)C#
2156 (54.17 %).NET
3149 (51.74 %)XML
496 (33.33 %)SQL Server
592 (31.94 %)ASP.NET
684 (29.17 %)XSLT
777 (26.74 %)Java
873 (25.35 %)Degree
971 (24.65 %)SQL
971 (24.65 %)WebServices
1062 (21.53 %)PHP
1161 (21.18 %)JavaScript
1161 (21.18 %)HTML
1161 (21.18 %)MySQL
1258 (20.14 %)AJAX
1356 (19.44 %)CSS
1455 (19.10 %)XHTML
1554 (18.75 %)BizTalk Server
1653 (18.40 %)SOAP
1653 (18.40 %)Scrum
1752 (18.06 %)C++
1851 (17.71 %)PHP5
1949 (17.01 %)Finance
2044 (15.28 %)VB.NET
2044 (15.28 %).NET Framework
2140 (13.89 %)Internet
2238 (13.19 %)VB
2337 (12.85 %)Microsoft
2436 (12.50 %)HTTP
2436 (12.50 %)UML

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1156 (54.17 %).NET
2149 (51.74 %)XML
392 (31.94 %)ASP.NET
484 (29.17 %)XSLT
571 (24.65 %)WebServices
661 (21.18 %)HTML
758 (20.14 %)AJAX
856 (19.44 %)CSS
955 (19.10 %)XHTML
1053 (18.40 %)SOAP
1144 (15.28 %).NET Framework
1223 (7.986 %)ASP
1320 (6.944 %)Spring
1417 (5.903 %)WinForms
1417 (5.903 %)J2EE
1515 (5.208 %)ADO.NET
1515 (5.208 %)XSD
1614 (4.861 %)LAMP
1713 (4.514 %)WPF
1812 (4.167 %)Hibernate
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
154 (18.75 %)BizTalk Server
211 (3.819 %)SharePoint
310 (3.472 %)WebLogic
49 (3.125 %)Apache
57 (2.431 %)IIS
65 (1.736 %)ESB
74 (1.389 %)SharePoint Portal Server
83 (1.042 %)JBoss
92 (0.694 %)Tomcat
92 (0.694 %)WebLogic Portal
92 (0.694 %)CMS
101 (0.347 %)ColdFusion
101 (0.347 %)MQSeries
101 (0.347 %)WebSphere Application Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (2.431 %)MS Excel
26 (2.083 %)MS Office
33 (1.042 %)Photoshop
42 (0.694 %)MS Visio
42 (0.694 %)Fireworks
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (1.736 %)BASE24
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
140 (13.89 %)Internet
236 (12.50 %)HTTP
331 (10.76 %)TCP/IP
420 (6.944 %)SMTP
516 (5.556 %)FTP
613 (4.514 %)Firewall
77 (2.431 %)Extranet
83 (1.042 %)HTTPS
91 (0.347 %)SSL
91 (0.347 %)Intranet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
196 (33.33 %)SQL Server
261 (21.18 %)MySQL
321 (7.292 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (3.819 %)SQL Server Integration Services
510 (3.472 %)RDBMS
69 (3.125 %)Datawarehouse
77 (2.431 %)SQL Server 2000
86 (2.083 %)FileMaker
94 (1.389 %)BusinessObjects
103 (1.042 %)DTS
112 (0.694 %)DB2
112 (0.694 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
121 (0.347 %)Crystal Reports
121 (0.347 %)MS Access
121 (0.347 %)Firebird
121 (0.347 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
121 (0.347 %)DB2 UDB
121 (0.347 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (7.292 %)Eclipse
211 (3.819 %)VSS/SourceSafe
39 (3.125 %)ClearCase
39 (3.125 %)Visual Studio
48 (2.778 %)JUnit
57 (2.431 %)Bugzilla
63 (1.042 %)Subversion
72 (0.694 %)JIRA
72 (0.694 %)Visual Studio Team System
72 (0.694 %)PowerBuilder
72 (0.694 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.347 %)MSI
81 (0.347 %)C++Builder
81 (0.347 %)Log4j
81 (0.347 %)NUnit
81 (0.347 %)JBuilder
81 (0.347 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
81 (0.347 %)JDeveloper
81 (0.347 %)WinRunner
81 (0.347 %)TestDirector
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
149 (17.01 %)Finance
224 (8.333 %)Health
320 (6.944 %)Pensions
419 (6.597 %)Back Office
518 (6.250 %)Retail
616 (5.556 %)Banking
715 (5.208 %)Education
813 (4.514 %)Investment Banking
813 (4.514 %)Insurance
97 (2.431 %)Telecoms
103 (1.042 %)Front Office
103 (1.042 %)Aerospace
103 (1.042 %)Publishing
112 (0.694 %)Games
112 (0.694 %)Pharmaceutical
112 (0.694 %)FMCG
121 (0.347 %)Government
121 (0.347 %)Advertising
121 (0.347 %)Marketing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1190 (65.97 %)Developer
252 (18.06 %)C# Developer
348 (16.67 %)Web Developer
439 (13.54 %).NET Developer
538 (13.19 %)Senior Developer
632 (11.11 %)Software Developer
728 (9.722 %)Team Leader
728 (9.722 %)PHP Developer
826 (9.028 %)Development Manager
925 (8.681 %)Java Developer
1020 (6.944 %)PHP Web Developer
1117 (5.903 %).NET Team Leader
1216 (5.556 %)Senior C# Developer
1216 (5.556 %)ASP.NET Developer
1216 (5.556 %)Analyst
1315 (5.208 %)Architect
1413 (4.514 %)Software Engineer
1413 (4.514 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1512 (4.167 %)Development Team Leader
1611 (3.819 %)Analyst Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (5.903 %)N-Tier
215 (5.208 %)Multithreading
314 (4.861 %)Mathematics
314 (4.861 %)Computer Science
411 (3.819 %)Client/Server
59 (3.125 %)Web 2.0
68 (2.778 %)Speech Recognition
77 (2.431 %)IVR
77 (2.431 %)Data Conversion
85 (1.736 %)Robotics
85 (1.736 %)Life Science
94 (1.389 %)Physics
103 (1.042 %)Chemistry
112 (0.694 %)Derivative
112 (0.694 %)Fixed Income
112 (0.694 %)EPoS
121 (0.347 %)Mainframe
121 (0.347 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
121 (0.347 %)E-Learning
121 (0.347 %)Spread Betting
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (11.11 %)Windows
216 (5.556 %)Linux
314 (4.861 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (1.042 %)UNIX
51 (0.347 %)Mac OS X
51 (0.347 %)VxWorks
51 (0.347 %)pSOS
51 (0.347 %)Debian
51 (0.347 %)AIX
51 (0.347 %)HPUX
51 (0.347 %)Solaris
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
153 (18.40 %)Scrum
236 (12.50 %)UML
335 (12.15 %)RAD
427 (9.375 %)E-Commerce
524 (8.333 %)OOD
524 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
622 (7.639 %)Web Development
719 (6.597 %)OOP
817 (5.903 %)Configuration Management
911 (3.819 %)Project Management
911 (3.819 %)Data Modelling
1010 (3.472 %)B2B
119 (3.125 %)SOA
119 (3.125 %)Business Intelligence
128 (2.778 %)OOA/OOD
128 (2.778 %)Logistics
128 (2.778 %)Automated Testing
128 (2.778 %)Release Management
137 (2.431 %)System Testing
137 (2.431 %)TDD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1164 (56.94 %)C#
277 (26.74 %)Java
371 (24.65 %)SQL
462 (21.53 %)PHP
561 (21.18 %)JavaScript
652 (18.06 %)C++
751 (17.71 %)PHP5
844 (15.28 %)VB.NET
938 (13.19 %)VB
1035 (12.15 %)PHP4
1119 (6.597 %)VB6
129 (3.125 %)Ruby
138 (2.778 %)XPath
138 (2.778 %)Python
138 (2.778 %)PL/SQL
146 (2.083 %)VBA
146 (2.083 %)Transact-SQL
155 (1.736 %)Delphi
164 (1.389 %)C
173 (1.042 %)VBScript
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
173 (25.35 %)Degree
23 (1.042 %)MBA
32 (0.694 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.347 %)PhD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (2.083 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (12.85 %)Microsoft
234 (11.81 %)Oracle
312 (4.167 %)Sybase
410 (3.472 %)Zend
59 (3.125 %)BEA
64 (1.389 %)Business Objects
64 (1.389 %)IBM
71 (0.347 %)Tridion
71 (0.347 %)Borland
71 (0.347 %)QNX
71 (0.347 %)Serena
71 (0.347 %)Blue Martini
71 (0.347 %)Adobe
71 (0.347 %)Interwoven