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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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject-Oriented (OO)
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2629
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads62459915
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.296 %5.021 %
As % of the category below9.155 %9.150 %
Salaries quoted54388323
Average minimum salary£38,619£39,683
Average salary£42,612£44,172
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Average maximum salary£46,605£48,660
UK excluding London average salary£37,023£37,298
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads68211108355
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled57.84 %54.87 %
Salaries quoted5730486960
Average minimum salary£42,780£44,547
Average salary£46,730£48,675
% change on same period last year-3.99 %
Average maximum salary£50,679£52,802
UK excluding London average salary£42,788£44,757
% change on same period last year-4.40 %

OO
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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandUp+36023£42,900-3.33 %
LondonUp+42693£51,370-3.35 %
South EastUp+41184£40,352+0.76 %
City of LondonUp+2744£57,855-2.96 %
South WestUp+1460£35,249-2.77 %
East of EnglandUp+2455£40,568+6.14 %
North WestDown-5454£31,989-7.37 %
SurreyUp+21378£41,882+3.42 %
YorkshireDown-2357£34,485-2.55 %
ManchesterUp+7276£29,946-13.99 %
BerkshireUp+14266£43,961+2.43 %
West YorkshireUp+4263£34,777-0.58 %
West MidlandsUp+8260£35,045-4.01 %
OxfordshireUp+33187£36,184+1.95 %
LeedsUp+5184£33,629-8.58 %
CambridgeshireDown-5183£40,344+6.18 %
DevonUp+53162£36,630+29.95 %
HampshireDown-16155£37,237-5.38 %
CambridgeDown-5154£40,264+3.57 %
East MidlandsDown-13153£36,072+13.03 %
OxfordUp+26135£36,832+5.34 %
ScotlandDown-11126£34,094-2.63 %
BristolDown-9126£34,505+5.53 %
HertfordshireUp+23124£44,597+12.18 %
CheshireDown-9118£35,978+1.95 %
ExeterUp+31107£37,976+36.03 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1681£39,497+7.86 %
NottinghamshireUp+281£34,816+6.74 %
West SussexDown-777£42,074+16.65 %
ReadingUp+377£45,078-3.03 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

16546 (42.43 %)C#
26454 (41.83 %).NET
35242 (33.98 %)Java
44528 (29.35 %)SQL
54445 (28.81 %)XML
64421 (28.66 %)SQL Server
74384 (28.42 %)C++
83564 (23.10 %)Finance
93303 (21.41 %)ASP.NET
103188 (20.66 %)JavaScript
112808 (18.20 %)HTML
122746 (17.80 %)Degree
132460 (15.95 %)Oracle
142393 (15.51 %)CSS
152271 (14.72 %)UML
162112 (13.69 %)Windows
172099 (13.61 %)J2EE
181980 (12.83 %)Microsoft
191860 (12.06 %)WebServices
201764 (11.43 %)PHP
211735 (11.25 %)UNIX
221685 (10.92 %)Linux
231582 (10.25 %)AJAX
241557 (10.09 %)OOD
251498 (9.710 %)MySQL
261454 (9.424 %)Agile Software Development
271443 (9.353 %)Banking
281416 (9.178 %)OOP
291407 (9.120 %)VB.NET
301319 (8.549 %)VB

OO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
16454 (41.83 %).NET
24445 (28.81 %)XML
33303 (21.41 %)ASP.NET
42808 (18.20 %)HTML
52393 (15.51 %)CSS
62099 (13.61 %)J2EE
71860 (12.06 %)WebServices
81582 (10.25 %)AJAX
91204 (7.804 %).NET Framework
101080 (7.000 %)XHTML
111034 (6.702 %)Spring
12953 (6.177 %)XSLT
13823 (5.334 %)WinForms
14793 (5.140 %)ASP
15791 (5.127 %)Hibernate
16777 (5.036 %)JSP
17704 (4.563 %)Flash
18578 (3.746 %)SOAP
19569 (3.688 %)WebSphere
20535 (3.468 %)STL
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1682 (4.421 %)Apache
2487 (3.157 %)WebLogic
3423 (2.742 %)SharePoint
4369 (2.392 %)Tomcat
5312 (2.022 %)IIS
6289 (1.873 %)JBoss
7267 (1.731 %)CMS
8261 (1.692 %)BizTalk Server
9139 (0.901 %)SharePoint Server 2007
10121 (0.784 %)WebSphere Application Server
1188 (0.570 %)MQSeries
1251 (0.331 %)ColdFusion
1350 (0.324 %)ATG Dynamo
1441 (0.266 %)WebLogic Portal
1538 (0.246 %)WebSphere MQ
1632 (0.207 %)Rendezvous
1726 (0.169 %)Commerce Server
1822 (0.143 %)ESB
1918 (0.117 %)Lightstreamer
2017 (0.110 %)Commerce Server 2007
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1845 (5.477 %)MS Excel
2242 (1.569 %)Photoshop
3198 (1.283 %)MS Visio
4162 (1.050 %)MS Office
573 (0.473 %)MATLAB
668 (0.441 %)Adobe Illustrator
750 (0.324 %)Spreadsheet
833 (0.214 %)MS Project
920 (0.130 %)Fireworks
1011 (0.071 %)3ds Max
118 (0.052 %)LightWave 3D
118 (0.052 %)Maya
118 (0.052 %)MS PowerPoint
127 (0.045 %)Doxygen
136 (0.039 %)InfoPath
136 (0.039 %)FrameMaker
145 (0.032 %)Acrobat
145 (0.032 %)CA Clarity
154 (0.026 %)Quicktime
163 (0.019 %)Adobe Director
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
143 (0.279 %)SAP CRM
229 (0.188 %)Endur
324 (0.156 %)Summit
417 (0.110 %)Dynamics AX
516 (0.104 %)Oracle Financials
613 (0.084 %)Dynamics CRM
712 (0.078 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
712 (0.078 %)Axapta
88 (0.052 %)RMDS
97 (0.045 %)Navision
106 (0.039 %)Microsoft CRM
106 (0.039 %)Capstone
106 (0.039 %)BASE24
106 (0.039 %)SAP IS-U
115 (0.032 %)Google Analytics
115 (0.032 %)SAP Oil and Gas
124 (0.026 %)Monis
124 (0.026 %)SunGard Panorama
124 (0.026 %)FRONT ARENA
124 (0.026 %)Oracle Applications
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1731 (4.738 %)Internet
2337 (2.184 %)TCP/IP
3215 (1.394 %)HTTP
4203 (1.316 %)Intranet
566 (0.428 %)GSM
663 (0.408 %)SMTP
762 (0.402 %)Extranet
857 (0.369 %)SMS
950 (0.324 %)FTP
1049 (0.318 %)Wireless
1148 (0.311 %)GPRS
1244 (0.285 %)DNS
1336 (0.233 %)VoIP
1429 (0.188 %)UMTS
1429 (0.188 %)ISDN
1527 (0.175 %)Q.931
1527 (0.175 %)QSIG
1626 (0.169 %)SNMP
1724 (0.156 %)DVB
1724 (0.156 %)SMPP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14421 (28.66 %)SQL Server
21498 (9.710 %)MySQL
31154 (7.480 %)SQL Server 2005
4617 (3.999 %)RDBMS
5591 (3.831 %)SQL Server 2000
6289 (1.873 %)Oracle 10g
7198 (1.283 %)DB2
8148 (0.959 %)SQL Server 2008
9139 (0.901 %)Oracle 9i
10120 (0.778 %)Datawarehouse
11115 (0.745 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12105 (0.681 %)PostgreSQL
13104 (0.674 %)DTS
13104 (0.674 %)GIS
1492 (0.596 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1588 (0.570 %)ETL
1588 (0.570 %)Crystal Reports
1671 (0.460 %)Oracle 8/8i
1770 (0.454 %)Oracle Reports
1856 (0.363 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11019 (6.605 %)Visual Studio
2566 (3.669 %)JUnit
3494 (3.202 %)Eclipse
4381 (2.470 %)Subversion
5281 (1.821 %)Ant
6235 (1.523 %)NUnit
7104 (0.674 %)ClearCase
8102 (0.661 %)VSS/SourceSafe
980 (0.519 %)Log4j
1071 (0.460 %)Rational Rose
1161 (0.395 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1249 (0.318 %)Selenium
1343 (0.279 %)JDeveloper
1343 (0.279 %)Oracle Forms
1343 (0.279 %)JBuilder
1343 (0.279 %)ClearQuest
1442 (0.272 %)PowerBuilder
1535 (0.227 %)CruiseControl
1632 (0.207 %)TeamCity
1730 (0.194 %)LSMW
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13564 (23.10 %)Finance
21443 (9.353 %)Banking
31001 (6.488 %)Front Office
4807 (5.231 %)Insurance
5795 (5.153 %)Pensions
6625 (4.051 %)Investment Banking
7613 (3.973 %)Games
8600 (3.889 %)Health
9501 (3.247 %)Education
10401 (2.599 %)Marketing
11376 (2.437 %)Telecoms
12300 (1.945 %)Retail
13253 (1.640 %)Back Office
14161 (1.044 %)Online Games
15150 (0.972 %)Government
16146 (0.946 %)Publishing
17123 (0.797 %)Advertising
18118 (0.765 %)Electronics
19109 (0.707 %)Financial Institution
20102 (0.661 %)Animation
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110696 (69.33 %)Developer
22558 (16.58 %)C# Developer
32442 (15.83 %).NET Developer
41913 (12.40 %)Java Developer
51828 (11.85 %)Senior Developer
61507 (9.768 %)Software Engineer
71170 (7.584 %)Web Developer
81123 (7.279 %)Software Developer
91031 (6.683 %)Analyst
10933 (6.047 %)C++ Developer
11840 (5.445 %)PHP Developer
12736 (4.771 %)Architect
13677 (4.388 %)ASP.NET Developer
14644 (4.174 %)Programmer
15605 (3.921 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
16494 (3.202 %)Graduate
17475 (3.079 %)Java/J2EE Developer
18428 (2.774 %)Senior Java Developer
19425 (2.755 %)Team Leader
20424 (2.748 %)C++ Software Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1966 (6.261 %)Derivative
2875 (5.672 %)Computer Science
3743 (4.816 %)N-Tier
4602 (3.902 %)Mathematics
5437 (2.833 %)Equities
6416 (2.696 %)Multithreading
7398 (2.580 %)Fixed Income
8362 (2.346 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
9305 (1.977 %)Client/Server
10251 (1.627 %)Equity Derivative
11230 (1.491 %)Web 2.0
12172 (1.115 %)Physics
13133 (0.862 %)Credit Derivative
14120 (0.778 %)W3C
15107 (0.694 %)Social Network
15107 (0.694 %)Market Risk
16106 (0.687 %)Grid Computing
1788 (0.570 %)Credit Risk
1867 (0.434 %)Streaming Video
1960 (0.389 %)Statistical Arbitrage
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12112 (13.69 %)Windows
21735 (11.25 %)UNIX
31685 (10.92 %)Linux
4259 (1.679 %)Solaris
5111 (0.719 %)Windows XP
6104 (0.674 %)Windows 2000
6104 (0.674 %)Windows NT
771 (0.460 %)Windows Mobile
861 (0.395 %)Windows Server 2003
951 (0.331 %)VMS
1049 (0.318 %)Red Hat Linux
1142 (0.272 %)AIX
1239 (0.253 %)Windows CE
1338 (0.246 %)VxWorks
1435 (0.227 %)Mac OS X
1533 (0.214 %)Symbian OS
1623 (0.149 %)Windows Vista
1716 (0.104 %)CentOS
1812 (0.078 %)Windows Server 2008
1812 (0.078 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12271 (14.72 %)UML
21557 (10.09 %)OOD
31454 (9.424 %)Agile Software Development
41416 (9.178 %)OOP
51040 (6.741 %)Web Development
6858 (5.561 %)TDD
7850 (5.509 %)E-Commerce
8791 (5.127 %)Unit Testing
9790 (5.121 %)SOA
10682 (4.421 %)Software Engineering
11618 (4.006 %)Scrum
12557 (3.610 %)Project Management
13410 (2.658 %)OOA/OOD
14337 (2.184 %)Risk Management
15328 (2.126 %)RUP
16291 (1.886 %)Data Modelling
17278 (1.802 %)Content Management
18219 (1.419 %)Continuous Integration
19215 (1.394 %)RAD
20210 (1.361 %)Business Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16546 (42.43 %)C#
25242 (33.98 %)Java
34528 (29.35 %)SQL
44384 (28.42 %)C++
53188 (20.66 %)JavaScript
61764 (11.43 %)PHP
71407 (9.120 %)VB.NET
81319 (8.549 %)VB
91052 (6.819 %)C
10703 (4.557 %)Transact-SQL
11684 (4.433 %)Perl
12607 (3.934 %)VB6
13562 (3.643 %)PHP5
14556 (3.604 %)ActionScript
15508 (3.293 %)PL/SQL
16432 (2.800 %)VC++
17416 (2.696 %)Python
18404 (2.619 %)Delphi
19348 (2.256 %)VBA
20315 (2.042 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12746 (17.80 %)Degree
2354 (2.295 %)Microsoft Certification
3165 (1.069 %)Security Cleared
4142 (0.920 %)PhD
5140 (0.907 %)MCSD
6132 (0.856 %)MCP
7113 (0.732 %)MCAD
874 (0.480 %)Sun Certification
947 (0.305 %)ISEB
1040 (0.259 %)HND
1040 (0.259 %)MCTS
1139 (0.253 %)SC Cleared
1226 (0.169 %)HNC
1315 (0.097 %)MBA
1414 (0.091 %)DV Cleared
1511 (0.071 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1610 (0.065 %)MCPD
177 (0.045 %)ICAEW
177 (0.045 %)IBM Certification
177 (0.045 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1243 (1.575 %)QA
239 (0.253 %)WAI
326 (0.169 %)ISO9001
423 (0.149 %)WCAG
513 (0.084 %)HL7
612 (0.078 %)BS7799
79 (0.058 %)ISO9000
85 (0.032 %)TickIT
94 (0.026 %)ISO14001
94 (0.026 %)SLA
103 (0.019 %)MiFID
112 (0.013 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
112 (0.013 %)Basel II
121 (0.006 %)JTAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
134 (0.220 %)Active Directory
229 (0.188 %)MSMQ
37 (0.045 %)AquaLogic
46 (0.039 %)Cronacle
55 (0.032 %)Oracle RAC
64 (0.026 %)NDS
73 (0.019 %)Xen
82 (0.013 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
91 (0.006 %)NetBackup
91 (0.006 %)Oracle RMAN
91 (0.006 %)NFS
91 (0.006 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
111 (0.071 %)MOM
210 (0.065 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
33 (0.019 %)AutoSys
42 (0.013 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
42 (0.013 %)Netcool
42 (0.013 %)Tivoli
42 (0.013 %)Tivoli Monitoring
42 (0.013 %)Netcool/Webtop
51 (0.006 %)SCOM
51 (0.006 %)OpenView
51 (0.006 %)BMC PATROL
51 (0.006 %)AllFusion Endevor
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12460 (15.95 %)Oracle
21980 (12.83 %)Microsoft
3489 (3.170 %)Sybase
4233 (1.510 %)Zend
5217 (1.407 %)Adobe
6169 (1.095 %)BEA
7152 (0.985 %)IBM
8150 (0.972 %)TIBCO
9113 (0.732 %)Symbian
10103 (0.668 %)Sun
1195 (0.616 %)SAP
1291 (0.590 %)Red Hat
1357 (0.369 %)Yahoo!
1452 (0.337 %)ATG
1550 (0.324 %)Business Objects
1646 (0.298 %)Perforce
1739 (0.253 %)Reuters
1828 (0.181 %)Vignette
1828 (0.181 %)Interwoven
1927 (0.175 %)Google