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The table below looks at the demand for Object-Oriented (OO) skills across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2627
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads847812119
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.470 %5.425 %
As % of the category below9.284 %9.797 %
Salaries quoted737110088
Average minimum salary£39,432£40,999
Average salary£43,582£45,490
% change on same period last year-4.19 %
Average maximum salary£47,732£49,980
UK excluding London average salary£36,867£37,471
% change on same period last year-1.61 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads91320123701
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled58.91 %55.37 %
Salaries quoted7640398974
Average minimum salary£43,062£44,492
Average salary£47,111£48,565
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
Average maximum salary£51,160£52,639
UK excluding London average salary£43,011£44,526
% change on same period last year-3.40 %

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Demand Trend

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

OO Demand Trend

OO
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OO within the UK.

OO Salary Trend

OO
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OO over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

OO Salary Histogram

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Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandNo change08174£43,860-4.17 %
LondonUp+33949£52,508-4.44 %
South EastUp+31572£40,282-0.05 %
City of LondonNo change01075£57,816-4.32 %
South WestUp+3599£34,425-8.42 %
East of EnglandDown-2577£40,238+3.14 %
North WestDown-8509£31,721-6.62 %
YorkshireDown-10456£33,666-3.60 %
BerkshireUp+5407£42,727-3.76 %
SurreyUp+6405£41,782+0.92 %
West YorkshireNo change0331£33,415-1.80 %
ManchesterUp+3318£30,053-12.79 %
West MidlandsUp+3282£35,511+3.72 %
HampshireDown-10240£38,338+0.05 %
LeedsDown-1223£32,567-11.45 %
East MidlandsDown-14219£34,861+7.03 %
OxfordshireUp+24197£37,023+15.05 %
CambridgeshireDown-13188£39,162+2.24 %
DevonUp+37184£34,642+13.14 %
HertfordshireUp+15172£44,299+5.11 %
ScotlandDown-13163£34,060+1.46 %
BristolDown-1160£33,689-4.65 %
CambridgeDown-11153£39,000-0.17 %
OxfordUp+18140£37,610+17.63 %
CheshireDown-9125£34,064+0.04 %
BuckinghamshireUp+10122£37,934+2.77 %
ReadingUp+2116£42,468-8.94 %
NottinghamshireDown-1106£35,010+7.95 %
WalesDown-2105£33,436-0.75 %
ExeterUp+3099£36,462+15.25 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

17566 (42.06 %).NET
27513 (41.77 %)C#
36078 (33.79 %)Java
45339 (29.68 %)SQL
55204 (28.93 %)SQL Server
65203 (28.93 %)XML
75120 (28.47 %)C++
84190 (23.29 %)Finance
93762 (20.92 %)ASP.NET
103607 (20.05 %)JavaScript
113160 (17.57 %)HTML
123132 (17.41 %)Degree
132854 (15.87 %)Oracle
142817 (15.66 %)UML
152677 (14.88 %)CSS
162525 (14.04 %)Windows
172378 (13.22 %)J2EE
182359 (13.12 %)Microsoft
192223 (12.36 %)WebServices
201996 (11.10 %)UNIX
211991 (11.07 %)Linux
221865 (10.37 %)PHP
231844 (10.25 %)OOD
241825 (10.15 %)AJAX
251761 (9.790 %)Banking
261665 (9.257 %)VB.NET
271598 (8.884 %)MySQL
281577 (8.767 %)Agile Software Development
291572 (8.740 %)OOP
301554 (8.640 %)VB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17566 (42.06 %).NET
25203 (28.93 %)XML
33762 (20.92 %)ASP.NET
43160 (17.57 %)HTML
52677 (14.88 %)CSS
62378 (13.22 %)J2EE
72223 (12.36 %)WebServices
81825 (10.15 %)AJAX
91393 (7.744 %).NET Framework
101296 (7.205 %)XHTML
111145 (6.366 %)Spring
121106 (6.149 %)XSLT
131033 (5.743 %)WinForms
14921 (5.120 %)ASP
15900 (5.004 %)Hibernate
16878 (4.881 %)JSP
17668 (3.714 %)WebSphere
18626 (3.480 %)SOAP
19617 (3.430 %)Servlets
20563 (3.130 %)STL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1815 (4.531 %)Apache
2589 (3.275 %)WebLogic
3458 (2.546 %)Tomcat
4418 (2.324 %)SharePoint
5351 (1.951 %)IIS
6341 (1.896 %)JBoss
7319 (1.774 %)BizTalk Server
8276 (1.534 %)CMS
9149 (0.828 %)WebSphere Application Server
10136 (0.756 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11121 (0.673 %)MQSeries
1266 (0.367 %)ColdFusion
1350 (0.278 %)ATG Dynamo
1449 (0.272 %)WebSphere MQ
1546 (0.256 %)WebLogic Portal
1638 (0.211 %)Rendezvous
1727 (0.150 %)ESB
1823 (0.128 %)Jetty
1823 (0.128 %)Resin
1920 (0.111 %)Commerce Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11056 (5.871 %)MS Excel
2241 (1.340 %)Photoshop
3211 (1.173 %)MS Visio
4193 (1.073 %)MS Office
582 (0.456 %)MATLAB
667 (0.372 %)Adobe Illustrator
766 (0.367 %)Spreadsheet
844 (0.245 %)MS Project
917 (0.095 %)Fireworks
917 (0.095 %)MS PowerPoint
1016 (0.089 %)3ds Max
118 (0.044 %)LightWave 3D
118 (0.044 %)Maya
127 (0.039 %)Doxygen
136 (0.033 %)InfoPath
136 (0.033 %)FrameMaker
136 (0.033 %)AutoCAD
145 (0.028 %)Acrobat
145 (0.028 %)CA Clarity
154 (0.022 %)Quicktime
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
146 (0.256 %)SAP CRM
240 (0.222 %)Endur
333 (0.183 %)Dynamics AX
428 (0.156 %)Axapta
522 (0.122 %)Oracle Financials
618 (0.100 %)Summit
714 (0.078 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
813 (0.072 %)Dynamics CRM
910 (0.056 %)BASE24
910 (0.056 %)Capstone
109 (0.050 %)Staffware
118 (0.044 %)Kondor+
127 (0.039 %)Navision
127 (0.039 %)RMDS
136 (0.033 %)SAP Oil and Gas
136 (0.033 %)SAP IS-U
145 (0.028 %)Google Analytics
145 (0.028 %)FRONT ARENA
145 (0.028 %)Microsoft CRM
154 (0.022 %)Monis
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1938 (5.215 %)Internet
2407 (2.263 %)TCP/IP
3285 (1.584 %)HTTP
4256 (1.423 %)Intranet
596 (0.534 %)SMTP
685 (0.473 %)FTP
771 (0.395 %)SMS
870 (0.389 %)Extranet
969 (0.384 %)GSM
1061 (0.339 %)DNS
1156 (0.311 %)Wireless
1252 (0.289 %)GPRS
1343 (0.239 %)DVB
1436 (0.200 %)SNMP
1533 (0.183 %)Broadband
1632 (0.178 %)DOCSIS
1730 (0.167 %)RTP
1730 (0.167 %)VoIP
1828 (0.156 %)UMTS
1927 (0.150 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15204 (28.93 %)SQL Server
21598 (8.884 %)MySQL
31323 (7.355 %)SQL Server 2005
4781 (4.342 %)RDBMS
5730 (4.058 %)SQL Server 2000
6321 (1.785 %)Oracle 10g
7265 (1.473 %)DB2
8160 (0.890 %)Oracle 9i
8160 (0.890 %)Datawarehouse
9147 (0.817 %)DTS
10141 (0.784 %)Crystal Reports
11131 (0.728 %)SQL Server 2008
12126 (0.701 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13115 (0.639 %)ETL
14105 (0.584 %)GIS
15104 (0.578 %)SQL Server Integration Services
16102 (0.567 %)PostgreSQL
1784 (0.467 %)Oracle Reports
1881 (0.450 %)Oracle 8/8i
1964 (0.356 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11138 (6.327 %)Visual Studio
2878 (4.881 %)Flash
3568 (3.158 %)JUnit
4558 (3.102 %)Eclipse
5472 (2.624 %)Subversion
6355 (1.974 %)Ant
7249 (1.384 %)NUnit
8142 (0.789 %)VSS/SourceSafe
9115 (0.639 %)Rational Rose
10100 (0.556 %)ClearCase
1187 (0.484 %)Log4j
1285 (0.473 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1369 (0.384 %)Selenium
1459 (0.328 %)JDeveloper
1459 (0.328 %)JBuilder
1555 (0.306 %)Oracle Forms
1652 (0.289 %)PowerBuilder
1747 (0.261 %)FitNesse
1844 (0.245 %)CruiseControl
1941 (0.228 %)Dreamweaver
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14190 (23.29 %)Finance
21761 (9.790 %)Banking
31190 (6.616 %)Front Office
4887 (4.931 %)Insurance
5884 (4.915 %)Pensions
6751 (4.175 %)Investment Banking
7737 (4.097 %)Games
8663 (3.686 %)Health
9533 (2.963 %)Education
10463 (2.574 %)Marketing
11452 (2.513 %)Telecoms
12372 (2.068 %)Retail
13276 (1.534 %)Back Office
14190 (1.056 %)Publishing
15188 (1.045 %)Online Games
16169 (0.940 %)Government
17134 (0.745 %)Electronics
18133 (0.739 %)Financial Institution
18133 (0.739 %)Advertising
19125 (0.695 %)Music
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112363 (68.73 %)Developer
22940 (16.35 %)C# Developer
32818 (15.67 %).NET Developer
42250 (12.51 %)Java Developer
52142 (11.91 %)Senior Developer
61775 (9.868 %)Software Engineer
71341 (7.455 %)Analyst
81313 (7.300 %)Software Developer
91286 (7.150 %)Web Developer
101119 (6.221 %)C++ Developer
11858 (4.770 %)PHP Developer
12816 (4.537 %)Architect
12816 (4.537 %)Programmer
13797 (4.431 %)ASP.NET Developer
14697 (3.875 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
15559 (3.108 %)Graduate
16555 (3.086 %)Java/J2EE Developer
17529 (2.941 %)Senior Java Developer
18520 (2.891 %)Team Leader
19490 (2.724 %)C++ Software Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11135 (6.310 %)Derivative
2957 (5.321 %)Computer Science
3790 (4.392 %)N-Tier
4672 (3.736 %)Mathematics
5521 (2.897 %)Equities
6520 (2.891 %)Multithreading
7504 (2.802 %)Fixed Income
8457 (2.541 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9374 (2.079 %)Client/Server
10308 (1.712 %)Equity Derivative
11270 (1.501 %)Web 2.0
12201 (1.117 %)Physics
13153 (0.851 %)Grid Computing
14147 (0.817 %)W3C
15134 (0.745 %)Credit Derivative
15134 (0.745 %)Social Network
16117 (0.650 %)Market Risk
1799 (0.550 %)Credit Risk
1874 (0.411 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1972 (0.400 %)BBC
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12525 (14.04 %)Windows
21996 (11.10 %)UNIX
31991 (11.07 %)Linux
4271 (1.507 %)Solaris
5134 (0.745 %)Windows XP
6111 (0.617 %)Windows NT
7110 (0.612 %)Windows 2000
886 (0.478 %)Windows Server 2003
979 (0.439 %)Windows Mobile
1072 (0.400 %)Red Hat Linux
1168 (0.378 %)AIX
1259 (0.328 %)VxWorks
1351 (0.284 %)VMS
1351 (0.284 %)Symbian OS
1449 (0.272 %)Windows Vista
1547 (0.261 %)Mac OS X
1641 (0.228 %)Windows CE
1738 (0.211 %)HPUX
1817 (0.095 %)CentOS
1915 (0.083 %)Embedded Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12817 (15.66 %)UML
21844 (10.25 %)OOD
31577 (8.767 %)Agile Software Development
41572 (8.740 %)OOP
51194 (6.638 %)Web Development
61027 (5.710 %)E-Commerce
7880 (4.892 %)TDD
8879 (4.887 %)SOA
9804 (4.470 %)Unit Testing
10801 (4.453 %)Software Engineering
11689 (3.831 %)Scrum
12612 (3.402 %)Project Management
13559 (3.108 %)OOA/OOD
14456 (2.535 %)RUP
15392 (2.179 %)Risk Management
16366 (2.035 %)Data Modelling
17315 (1.751 %)Content Management
18267 (1.484 %)RAD
19259 (1.440 %)Business Analysis
20248 (1.379 %)CRM
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17513 (41.77 %)C#
26078 (33.79 %)Java
35339 (29.68 %)SQL
45120 (28.47 %)C++
53607 (20.05 %)JavaScript
61865 (10.37 %)PHP
71665 (9.257 %)VB.NET
81554 (8.640 %)VB
91274 (7.083 %)C
10858 (4.770 %)Transact-SQL
11827 (4.598 %)Perl
12707 (3.931 %)ActionScript
13690 (3.836 %)VB6
14583 (3.241 %)PHP5
15568 (3.158 %)PL/SQL
16528 (2.935 %)VC++
17516 (2.869 %)Python
18426 (2.368 %)Delphi
19407 (2.263 %)VBA
20372 (2.068 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13132 (17.41 %)Degree
2412 (2.291 %)Microsoft Certification
3178 (0.990 %)MCSD
4174 (0.967 %)PhD
5153 (0.851 %)MCAD
6148 (0.823 %)MCP
793 (0.517 %)Sun Certification
854 (0.300 %)ISEB
941 (0.228 %)MCTS
1040 (0.222 %)HND
1125 (0.139 %)HNC
1214 (0.078 %)Postgraduate
1214 (0.078 %)MBA
1214 (0.078 %)MCPD
1313 (0.072 %)PRINCE2 Certification
149 (0.050 %)IBM Certification
157 (0.039 %)ICAEW
166 (0.033 %)MCSE
175 (0.028 %)MCDST
184 (0.022 %)SCJP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1314 (1.746 %)QA
245 (0.250 %)WAI
331 (0.172 %)WCAG
428 (0.156 %)ISO9001
511 (0.061 %)BS7799
69 (0.050 %)ISO9000
78 (0.044 %)ISO14001
87 (0.039 %)HL7
95 (0.028 %)SLA
103 (0.017 %)MiFID
112 (0.011 %)JTAG
112 (0.011 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
112 (0.011 %)Basel II
121 (0.006 %)TickIT
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
141 (0.228 %)Active Directory
226 (0.145 %)MSMQ
316 (0.089 %)AquaLogic
46 (0.033 %)Cronacle
55 (0.028 %)Oracle RAC
64 (0.022 %)NDS
72 (0.011 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
81 (0.006 %)Orbix
81 (0.006 %)NetBackup
81 (0.006 %)Oracle RMAN
81 (0.006 %)Xen
81 (0.006 %)NFS
81 (0.006 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
113 (0.072 %)SCOM
212 (0.067 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
36 (0.033 %)AutoSys
44 (0.022 %)MOM
44 (0.022 %)Tivoli
53 (0.017 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
62 (0.011 %)Netcool
62 (0.011 %)Tivoli Monitoring
62 (0.011 %)Netcool/Webtop
71 (0.006 %)OpenView
71 (0.006 %)BMC PATROL
71 (0.006 %)AllFusion Endevor
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12854 (15.87 %)Oracle
22359 (13.12 %)Microsoft
3547 (3.041 %)Sybase
4246 (1.368 %)Adobe
5191 (1.062 %)BEA
6189 (1.051 %)TIBCO
7181 (1.006 %)Zend
8179 (0.995 %)IBM
9134 (0.745 %)Symbian
10122 (0.678 %)Sun
11117 (0.650 %)SAP
12114 (0.634 %)Red Hat
1374 (0.411 %)Yahoo!
1464 (0.356 %)Business Objects
1557 (0.317 %)Perforce
1654 (0.300 %)ATG
1743 (0.239 %)Reuters
1838 (0.211 %)OpenLink
1936 (0.200 %)EMC
2032 (0.178 %)Hummingbird