Object-Oriented (OO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OO over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 119 89
Rank change year-on-year -84 -30 -1
Permanent jobs citing OO 1,481 2,897 6,456
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.44% 2.98% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 3.11% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 803 1,530 2,231
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £106,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

OO is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

OO
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OO in the UK

OO
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OO.

Salary trend for OO in the UK

OO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for OO in the UK

OO
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -83 1,241 £52,500 -19.23% 331
UK excluding London -70 1,132 £50,000 -13.04% 245
Work from Home -69 544 £50,000 -20.00% 228
London -91 320 £85,000 +6.25% 118
North of England -50 288 £47,500 -17.39% 64
South East -39 272 £52,500 -12.50% 50
North West +2 195 £45,000 -21.74% 31
Midlands -51 186 £47,500 -17.39% 46
Scotland -50 184 £52,500 -8.70% 23
East Midlands -16 112 £45,000 -21.74% 16
South West -108 88 £47,500 -17.39% 22
Yorkshire -47 77 £55,000 -4.35% 25
East of England -60 76 £47,500 -13.64% 24
West Midlands -71 73 £47,500 -17.39% 30
Northern Ireland -34 20 £40,000 -23.81% 11
Wales -44 18 £46,250 -40.32% 10
North East -53 16 £42,500 -22.73% 8

OO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (2.50%) Apache
2 26 (1.76%) CMS
3 22 (1.49%) SharePoint
4 18 (1.22%) Apache Spark
5 15 (1.01%) Confluence
6 14 (0.95%) ArcGIS
7 13 (0.88%) NServiceBus
8 11 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
9 8 (0.54%) IIS
9 8 (0.54%) nginx
10 6 (0.41%) Apache Pig
10 6 (0.41%) Drupal
10 6 (0.41%) JBoss
10 6 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.34%) WebSphere
12 4 (0.27%) SAS
13 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
13 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 2 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (1.15%) Photoshop
2 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.61%) Trello
5 8 (0.54%) InfoPath
5 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.20%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 18 (1.22%) SDL Web 8
2 4 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.14%) CiviCRM
4 2 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.068%) Shopify
5 1 (0.068%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 678 (45.78%) Azure
2 317 (21.40%) AWS
3 248 (16.75%) IBM Cloud
4 196 (13.23%) Azure DevOps
5 175 (11.82%) Serverless
6 165 (11.14%) Azure Service Bus
7 140 (9.45%) Azure Functions
8 136 (9.18%) Azure API Management
8 136 (9.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 83 (5.60%) GCP
10 40 (2.70%) SaaS
11 32 (2.16%) GitHub
12 28 (1.89%) Amazon S3
12 28 (1.89%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (1.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 18 (1.22%) Azure Monitor
15 17 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 17 (1.15%) NuGet
16 15 (1.01%) Amazon SQS
16 15 (1.01%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 26 (1.76%) TCP/IP
2 25 (1.69%) Internet
3 20 (1.35%) HTTP
3 20 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (1.22%) SSH
5 17 (1.15%) MQTT
6 13 (0.88%) FTP
6 13 (0.88%) SNMP
7 12 (0.81%) 3G
7 12 (0.81%) 4G
7 12 (0.81%) RS-485
7 12 (0.81%) Wireless
8 5 (0.34%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.27%) RS-232
10 3 (0.20%) Kerberos
11 2 (0.14%) Firewall
11 2 (0.14%) Modbus
11 2 (0.14%) WAN
12 1 (0.068%) Software-Defined Radio
12 1 (0.068%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 349 (23.57%) SQL Server
2 333 (22.48%) NoSQL
3 315 (21.27%) MongoDB
3 315 (21.27%) PostgreSQL
4 252 (17.02%) Relational Database
5 238 (16.07%) DB2
6 166 (11.21%) MySQL
7 41 (2.77%) Data Lake
8 39 (2.63%) Qlik Sense
9 28 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
10 27 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
11 23 (1.55%) GIS
12 20 (1.35%) NonStop SQL
13 19 (1.28%) Geospatial Data
14 17 (1.15%) Apache Hive
14 17 (1.15%) MariaDB
14 17 (1.15%) Redis
15 16 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 15 (1.01%) Big Data
17 11 (0.74%) Presto
Development Applications
1 222 (14.99%) Git
2 96 (6.48%) JIRA
3 70 (4.73%) Visual Studio
4 36 (2.43%) Maven
5 31 (2.09%) JUnit
6 29 (1.96%) Jenkins
7 27 (1.82%) NUnit
8 26 (1.76%) Subversion
9 23 (1.55%) Postman
10 22 (1.49%) TeamCity
11 21 (1.42%) Sourcetree
11 21 (1.42%) SpecFlow
12 20 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
13 19 (1.28%) git-flow
13 19 (1.28%) Moq
14 18 (1.22%) Eclipse
14 18 (1.22%) JMeter
15 16 (1.08%) CMake
15 16 (1.08%) Selenium
16 12 (0.81%) Bitbucket
General
1 275 (18.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 273 (18.43%) Finance
3 270 (18.23%) Public Sector
4 236 (15.94%) Social Skills
5 162 (10.94%) Law
6 108 (7.29%) Analytical Skills
7 99 (6.68%) Legal
8 66 (4.46%) Banking
9 58 (3.92%) Marketing
10 48 (3.24%) Investment Banking
11 44 (2.97%) Electronics
12 39 (2.63%) Front Office
13 28 (1.89%) Advertising
14 23 (1.55%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.49%) Prime Brokerage
16 20 (1.35%) Back Office
16 20 (1.35%) Military
16 20 (1.35%) Retail
17 19 (1.28%) Games
18 18 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 700 (47.27%) Developer
2 382 (25.79%) Software Engineer
3 228 (15.40%) Senior
4 205 (13.84%) .NET Developer
5 191 (12.90%) Full Stack Developer
6 161 (10.87%) Full Stack Engineer
7 137 (9.25%) Azure Developer
8 120 (8.10%) Azure Engineer
9 118 (7.97%) Lead
10 110 (7.43%) PHP Developer
11 84 (5.67%) C# Developer
12 80 (5.40%) Senior Software Engineer
13 79 (5.33%) Java Engineer
14 78 (5.27%) Senior Developer
15 69 (4.66%) Java Software Engineer
16 64 (4.32%) Software Developer
17 53 (3.58%) Data Engineer
17 53 (3.58%) Support Engineer
18 46 (3.11%) Full Stack Software Engineer
19 38 (2.57%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 721 (48.68%) .NET
2 523 (35.31%) AngularJS
3 515 (34.77%) HTML
4 495 (33.42%) ASP.NET
5 475 (32.07%) CSS
6 460 (31.06%) React
7 406 (27.41%) Web Services
8 385 (26.00%) REST
9 355 (23.97%) Vue
10 354 (23.90%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 335 (22.62%) jQuery
12 257 (17.35%) .NET Core
13 247 (16.68%) ASP.NET Core
14 241 (16.27%) Ember.js
15 238 (16.07%) Backbone.js
16 221 (14.92%) .NET Framework
17 208 (14.04%) Entity Framework
18 197 (13.30%) ASP.NET MVC
19 171 (11.55%) Node.js
20 162 (10.94%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 385 (26.00%) Algorithms
2 279 (18.84%) Data Structures
3 249 (16.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 248 (16.75%) Blockchain
5 121 (8.17%) e-Learning
6 92 (6.21%) Onboarding
7 86 (5.81%) Greenfield Project
8 59 (3.98%) Cloud Native
9 35 (2.36%) Social Network
10 34 (2.30%) Social Media
11 33 (2.23%) BBC
12 30 (2.03%) Hedge funds
12 30 (2.03%) Mobile App
13 28 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
13 28 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (1.69%) Management Information System
15 23 (1.55%) Product Ownership
16 22 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
17 21 (1.42%) Legacy Code
18 19 (1.28%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 427 (28.83%) Linux
2 336 (22.69%) Windows
3 259 (17.49%) Android
4 257 (17.35%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.82%) Embedded Linux
6 26 (1.76%) Unix
7 22 (1.49%) AIX
8 9 (0.61%) VMS
9 6 (0.41%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.41%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.068%) CentOS
12 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.068%) Solaris
12 1 (0.068%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 807 (54.49%) Agile
2 612 (41.32%) OOP
3 597 (40.31%) Full Stack Development
4 530 (35.79%) MVC
5 518 (34.98%) Software Engineering
6 426 (28.76%) Design Patterns
7 375 (25.32%) Artificial Intelligence
8 350 (23.63%) DevOps
9 341 (23.02%) SOLID
10 335 (22.62%) Web Development
11 296 (19.99%) User Experience
12 274 (18.50%) MVVM
12 274 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
13 258 (17.42%) SDLC
14 255 (17.22%) Responsive Web Design
15 254 (17.15%) Microservices
16 252 (17.02%) Computer Science
17 240 (16.21%) Mentoring
18 239 (16.14%) Co-Creation
19 238 (16.07%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 816 (55.10%) C#
2 761 (51.38%) JavaScript
3 636 (42.94%) SQL
4 522 (35.25%) Java
5 423 (28.56%) Python
6 155 (10.47%) C++
7 138 (9.32%) PHP
8 110 (7.43%) C
9 87 (5.87%) TypeScript
10 61 (4.12%) T-SQL
11 34 (2.30%) PowerShell
12 29 (1.96%) VB
13 28 (1.89%) Scala
14 25 (1.69%) Go
14 25 (1.69%) Perl
15 24 (1.62%) Bash
15 24 (1.62%) XPath
16 23 (1.55%) Groovy
17 21 (1.42%) Kotlin
18 17 (1.15%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 307 (20.73%) Degree
2 132 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 54 (3.65%) Security Cleared
4 44 (2.97%) Master's Degree
5 24 (1.62%) PhD
6 23 (1.55%) SC Cleared
7 13 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.68%) HND
9 6 (0.41%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.34%) HNC
11 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.20%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.14%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.14%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.068%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.068%) MCP
13 1 (0.068%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.068%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.06%) QA
2 14 (0.95%) GDPR
3 12 (0.81%) PMO
4 10 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.61%) MISRA
6 8 (0.54%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.34%) MiFID
7 5 (0.34%) MISRA C
7 5 (0.34%) NCSC
8 4 (0.27%) DICOM
8 4 (0.27%) HL7
8 4 (0.27%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.14%) EMIR
9 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.14%) SEPA
10 1 (0.068%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.068%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.068%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.068%) SLA
System Software
1 88 (5.94%) Docker
2 25 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.28%) Firmware
4 18 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (0.41%) HDFS
7 2 (0.14%) NFS
7 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.068%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (4.66%) Kubernetes
2 66 (4.46%) Terraform
3 13 (0.88%) WMI
4 8 (0.54%) Ansible
5 6 (0.41%) CloudHub
6 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.14%) Istio
7 2 (0.14%) linkerd
8 1 (0.068%) CASB
8 1 (0.068%) Grafana
8 1 (0.068%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.068%) Kiali
8 1 (0.068%) Podman
8 1 (0.068%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.068%) Puppet
8 1 (0.068%) SCCM
8 1 (0.068%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 308 (20.80%) Microsoft
2 251 (16.95%) IBM
3 248 (16.75%) Red Hat
4 114 (7.70%) Oracle
5 74 (5.00%) Google
6 39 (2.63%) Alteryx
7 37 (2.50%) Apple
8 34 (2.30%) Sony
9 33 (2.23%) Facebook
9 33 (2.23%) Yahoo!
10 20 (1.35%) Salesforce
11 19 (1.28%) Adobe
12 18 (1.22%) Databricks
13 17 (1.15%) Cognizant
14 15 (1.01%) SAP
15 14 (0.95%) Atlassian
15 14 (0.95%) Splunk
16 10 (0.68%) Bloomberg
17 9 (0.61%) MuleSoft
17 9 (0.61%) Xamarin