OO Contracts in England

Object-Oriented (OO)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OO over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 172 152
Rank change year-on-year -40 -20 +13
Contract jobs citing OO 408 727 1,323
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.12% 1.48% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.64% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 494 928
10th Percentile £385 £413 £405
25th Percentile £463 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £738
90th Percentile £825 £886 £813
UK median daily rate £575 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +22.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 20
10th Percentile £55.50 £47.65 £43.55
25th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £47.38
Median hourly rate £67.00 £67.34 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +22.44% +15.79%
75th Percentile £82.50 £71.17 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £56.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +19.11% +2.27% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,661 44,294 64,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.54% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,752 31,074 45,519
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £674 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,232 1,569 1,736
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.73 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OO in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OO in England.

Daily rate trend for OO in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OO in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OO in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OO in England.

Hourly rate trend for OO in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OO in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for OO in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -52 245 £625 -3.85% 112
South West +20 49 £688 +9.13% 20
South East +4 48 £525 -8.06% 48
North of England +32 30 £510 -9.33% 66
North West +40 27 £510 -19.37% 33
East of England +7 13 £550 +29.41% 34
Midlands +29 12 £450 -10.00% 47
West Midlands +21 10 £450 -10.00% 26
Yorkshire +16 3 £475 -13.64% 26
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 31 (7.60%) Confluence
2 14 (3.43%) CMS
3 12 (2.94%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.45%) Apache
5 7 (1.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (1.72%) SAS
6 6 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.23%) IIS
8 1 (0.25%) JBoss
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.25%) Simulink
4 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Endur
1 5 (1.23%) Temenos T24
2 4 (0.98%) Distributed Ledger
2 4 (0.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.74%) Maximo
3 3 (0.74%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 3 (0.74%) SAP EWM
3 3 (0.74%) SAP MDG
3 3 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.74%) Shopify
4 2 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.49%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.25%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.25%) Magento
5 1 (0.25%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 124 (30.39%) Azure
2 79 (19.36%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (13.73%) AWS
4 46 (11.27%) Azure Service Bus
5 41 (10.05%) Azure Monitor
6 38 (9.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 30 (7.35%) Serverless
8 18 (4.41%) Amazon S3
8 18 (4.41%) Azure Pipelines
9 17 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (3.68%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
11 13 (3.19%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (2.70%) Azure API Management
12 11 (2.70%) Azure Functions
13 10 (2.45%) GCP
14 9 (2.21%) PaaS
15 8 (1.96%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (1.96%) GitHub
16 7 (1.72%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.94%) FTP
2 5 (1.23%) HTTP
2 5 (1.23%) Tactical Data Link
3 3 (0.74%) BGP
3 3 (0.74%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (0.74%) IOS XR
3 3 (0.74%) Link 16
4 2 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.25%) Internet
5 1 (0.25%) NFC
5 1 (0.25%) PPP
5 1 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (23.28%) SQL Server
2 38 (9.31%) NoSQL
3 31 (7.60%) Relational Database
4 21 (5.15%) KDB
5 15 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.70%) Oracle Database
8 10 (2.45%) MongoDB
9 9 (2.21%) Big Data
10 8 (1.96%) MySQL
11 6 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.47%) Geospatial Data
12 5 (1.23%) OLAP
12 5 (1.23%) OLTP
12 5 (1.23%) Oracle OLAP
12 5 (1.23%) SQLite
13 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.98%) Redis
14 3 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 3 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 113 (27.70%) Git
2 60 (14.71%) JIRA
3 39 (9.56%) Jenkins
4 33 (8.09%) Bitbucket
5 23 (5.64%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 17 (4.17%) TeamCity
7 15 (3.68%) Visual Studio
8 13 (3.19%) Cucumber
9 11 (2.70%) NUnit
9 11 (2.70%) webpack
10 10 (2.45%) Rational DOORS
11 9 (2.21%) Moq
11 9 (2.21%) Postman
11 9 (2.21%) Selenium
12 7 (1.72%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.47%) Jasmine
13 6 (1.47%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 5 (1.23%) Maven
14 5 (1.23%) WiX
General
1 121 (29.66%) Social Skills
2 89 (21.81%) Finance
3 52 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.54%) Banking
5 42 (10.29%) Back Office
6 30 (7.35%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.64%) Front Office
8 22 (5.39%) Aerospace
9 11 (2.70%) Investment Banking
10 8 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.47%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.47%) Retail
13 5 (1.23%) Marketing
13 5 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.98%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.74%) Local Government
15 3 (0.74%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.49%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 232 (56.86%) Developer
2 78 (19.12%) Senior
3 52 (12.75%) Senior Developer
4 40 (9.80%) Software Engineer
5 39 (9.56%) Lead
6 35 (8.58%) Java Developer
7 34 (8.33%) C# Developer
8 29 (7.11%) Full Stack Developer
9 26 (6.37%) .NET Developer
10 18 (4.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 18 (4.41%) Technical Leader
11 16 (3.92%) Senior Java Developer
11 16 (3.92%) Senior Software Engineer
12 15 (3.68%) Data Engineer
13 14 (3.43%) C# .NET Developer
14 13 (3.19%) Architect
14 13 (3.19%) Azure Developer
15 12 (2.94%) Software Developer
16 11 (2.70%) Consultant
16 11 (2.70%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (41.67%) .NET
2 108 (26.47%) .NET Core
3 68 (16.67%) REST
4 59 (14.46%) React
5 52 (12.75%) HTML
6 48 (11.76%) ASP.NET
7 47 (11.52%) CSS
8 39 (9.56%) JSON
9 37 (9.07%) Spring
10 30 (7.35%) .NET Framework
10 30 (7.35%) Kafka
11 29 (7.11%) Web Services
12 25 (6.13%) XML
13 24 (5.88%) AngularJS
14 21 (5.15%) ASP.NET Core
14 21 (5.15%) SOAP
14 21 (5.15%) Vue
15 20 (4.90%) RESTful
16 19 (4.66%) YAML
17 18 (4.41%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.84%) Algorithms
1 32 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
2 28 (6.86%) Data Structures
3 23 (5.64%) Derivative
3 23 (5.64%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (4.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 16 (3.92%) Fixed Income
7 15 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (3.19%) Management Information System
9 11 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (2.21%) Market Risk
11 6 (1.47%) Hedge funds
11 6 (1.47%) iPad
11 6 (1.47%) iPhone
11 6 (1.47%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.23%) Credit Risk
12 5 (1.23%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 89 (21.81%) Linux
2 30 (7.35%) Windows
3 27 (6.62%) Unix
4 8 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.47%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.98%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.49%) Android
8 1 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.25%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (44.85%) Agile
2 139 (34.07%) OOP
3 123 (30.15%) DevOps
4 113 (27.70%) CI/CD
5 104 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (23.53%) OOD
7 94 (23.04%) TDD
8 90 (22.06%) Design Patterns
9 83 (20.34%) Software Engineering
10 65 (15.93%) Continuous Integration
10 65 (15.93%) Scrum
10 65 (15.93%) Test Automation
11 62 (15.20%) Clean Code
12 58 (14.22%) Unit Testing
13 57 (13.97%) API Management
14 49 (12.01%) SOLID
15 45 (11.03%) SDLC
16 42 (10.29%) Computer Science
16 42 (10.29%) Multithreading
17 40 (9.80%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 182 (44.61%) C#
2 124 (30.39%) Java
3 123 (30.15%) Python
4 121 (29.66%) SQL
5 82 (20.10%) JavaScript
6 51 (12.50%) C++
7 50 (12.25%) Bicep
8 40 (9.80%) C
8 40 (9.80%) PowerShell
9 21 (5.15%) TypeScript
10 18 (4.41%) Perl
11 13 (3.19%) Bash
12 11 (2.70%) Scala
12 11 (2.70%) T-SQL
13 10 (2.45%) ABAP
14 9 (2.21%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.72%) PHP
15 7 (1.72%) VBA
16 6 (1.47%) Objective-C
16 6 (1.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (18.14%) Security Cleared
2 55 (13.48%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.50%) Degree
4 23 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.68%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.21%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.98%) CISSP
8 2 (0.49%) HND
8 2 (0.49%) ISEB
8 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.86%) Accessibility
2 26 (6.37%) QA
3 19 (4.66%) WCAG
4 6 (1.47%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.23%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.98%) MiFID
7 1 (0.25%) GDPR
7 1 (0.25%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.25%) MISRA
7 1 (0.25%) MISRA C
System Software
1 39 (9.56%) Docker
2 36 (8.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (6.62%) Ansible
2 24 (5.88%) Terraform
3 23 (5.64%) PowerCLI
4 19 (4.66%) Kubernetes
5 5 (1.23%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.74%) Puppet
8 2 (0.49%) Podman
8 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.25%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.25%) Grafana
9 1 (0.25%) Istio
9 1 (0.25%) Kiali
9 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.25%) systemd
Vendors
1 66 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.11%) Oracle
3 28 (6.86%) HP
4 23 (5.64%) Atlassian
5 22 (5.39%) Dell
6 16 (3.92%) SAP
7 15 (3.68%) TIBCO
8 10 (2.45%) IBM
9 9 (2.21%) ION Trading
9 9 (2.21%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.72%) Google
11 6 (1.47%) Solace
12 5 (1.23%) Informatica
12 5 (1.23%) Talend
12 5 (1.23%) TSYS
13 4 (0.98%) Adobe
13 4 (0.98%) Sparx
14 3 (0.74%) Cisco
14 3 (0.74%) Citrix
14 3 (0.74%) Nintex