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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 119 88
Rank change year-on-year -87 -31 +1
Permanent jobs citing OO 1,436 3,110 5,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.46% 2.97% 3.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 3.11% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 814 1,729 2,318
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £105,000 £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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for OO in the UK

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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 27 April 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 -89 1,191 £55,000 -15.38% 330
UK excluding London -71 1,108 £50,000 -13.04% 254
Work from Home -76 543 £50,000 -18.03% 242
London -118 295 £85,000 +6.25% 107
North of England -42 279 £47,500 -17.39% 67
South East -35 272 £52,500 -12.50% 57
North West +1 192 £45,000 -21.74% 33
Scotland -48 188 £55,000 -4.35% 17
Midlands -61 169 £47,500 -17.39% 41
East Midlands -19 102 £45,000 -21.74% 16
South West -83 91 £47,500 -20.83% 26
Yorkshire -37 74 £55,000 -4.35% 24
East of England -56 73 £47,500 -13.64% 36
West Midlands -71 66 £47,500 -17.39% 25
Northern Ireland -22 20 £40,000 -23.81% 8
Wales -32 17 £45,000 -47.06% 11
North East -53 13 £42,500 -22.73% 10

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 33 (2.30%) Apache
2 22 (1.53%) SharePoint
3 21 (1.46%) CMS
4 16 (1.11%) Confluence
5 15 (1.04%) Apache Spark
6 14 (0.97%) ArcGIS
7 9 (0.63%) NServiceBus
8 8 (0.56%) Apache Pig
8 8 (0.56%) IIS
8 8 (0.56%) nginx
9 7 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.42%) JBoss
10 6 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (0.35%) Drupal
11 5 (0.35%) WebSphere
12 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
13 2 (0.14%) SAS
13 2 (0.14%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.070%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.97%) Photoshop
3 9 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (0.63%) Trello
4 7 (0.49%) InfoPath
4 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.14%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.04%) SDL Web 8
2 4 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.14%) CiviCRM
4 2 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 635 (44.22%) Azure
2 299 (20.82%) AWS
3 231 (16.09%) IBM Cloud
4 182 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
5 165 (11.49%) Serverless
6 159 (11.07%) Azure Service Bus
7 134 (9.33%) Azure Functions
8 130 (9.05%) Azure API Management
8 130 (9.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 76 (5.29%) GCP
10 45 (3.13%) SaaS
11 33 (2.30%) GitHub
12 21 (1.46%) Amazon S3
12 21 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (1.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 18 (1.25%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
15 14 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 14 (0.97%) NuGet
16 13 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.88%) TCP/IP
2 24 (1.67%) Internet
3 20 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (1.18%) HTTP
4 17 (1.18%) MQTT
4 17 (1.18%) SSH
5 13 (0.91%) SNMP
5 13 (0.91%) Wireless
6 12 (0.84%) 3G
6 12 (0.84%) 4G
6 12 (0.84%) RS-485
7 11 (0.77%) FTP
8 5 (0.35%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.35%) WAN
9 4 (0.28%) 5G
9 4 (0.28%) RS-232
9 4 (0.28%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.21%) Kerberos
11 2 (0.14%) Firewall
11 2 (0.14%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 346 (24.09%) SQL Server
2 314 (21.87%) NoSQL
3 294 (20.47%) PostgreSQL
4 293 (20.40%) MongoDB
5 233 (16.23%) Relational Database
6 221 (15.39%) DB2
7 158 (11.00%) MySQL
8 40 (2.79%) Data Lake
9 37 (2.58%) Qlik Sense
10 27 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
11 25 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (1.60%) GIS
13 20 (1.39%) NonStop SQL
14 19 (1.32%) Geospatial Data
15 18 (1.25%) Big Data
15 18 (1.25%) MariaDB
16 16 (1.11%) Redis
16 16 (1.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 15 (1.04%) Apache Hive
18 12 (0.84%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 203 (14.14%) Git
2 95 (6.62%) JIRA
3 70 (4.87%) Visual Studio
4 37 (2.58%) Maven
5 34 (2.37%) Jenkins
5 34 (2.37%) JUnit
6 30 (2.09%) Subversion
7 25 (1.74%) Postman
8 23 (1.60%) NUnit
9 20 (1.39%) TeamCity
10 18 (1.25%) Eclipse
10 18 (1.25%) Octopus Deploy
10 18 (1.25%) Sourcetree
10 18 (1.25%) SpecFlow
11 17 (1.18%) CMake
11 17 (1.18%) JMeter
11 17 (1.18%) Moq
12 16 (1.11%) git-flow
13 15 (1.04%) Selenium
14 11 (0.77%) Bitbucket
General
1 264 (18.38%) Finance
2 260 (18.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 250 (17.41%) Public Sector
4 234 (16.30%) Social Skills
5 149 (10.38%) Law
6 114 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
7 94 (6.55%) Legal
8 68 (4.74%) Banking
9 53 (3.69%) Marketing
10 50 (3.48%) Investment Banking
11 38 (2.65%) Electronics
12 30 (2.09%) Front Office
13 24 (1.67%) Advertising
13 24 (1.67%) Retail
14 23 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.53%) Prime Brokerage
16 21 (1.46%) Military
17 18 (1.25%) Back Office
18 17 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
19 16 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 677 (47.14%) Developer
2 361 (25.14%) Software Engineer
3 219 (15.25%) Senior
4 197 (13.72%) .NET Developer
5 171 (11.91%) Full Stack Developer
6 151 (10.52%) Full Stack Engineer
7 131 (9.12%) Azure Developer
8 115 (8.01%) Lead
9 108 (7.52%) Azure Engineer
10 106 (7.38%) PHP Developer
11 80 (5.57%) Java Engineer
12 79 (5.50%) Senior Software Engineer
13 77 (5.36%) C# Developer
14 74 (5.15%) Senior Developer
15 70 (4.87%) Java Software Engineer
16 64 (4.46%) Software Developer
17 54 (3.76%) Data Engineer
18 52 (3.62%) Support Engineer
19 46 (3.20%) Java Developer
20 45 (3.13%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 682 (47.49%) .NET
2 489 (34.05%) HTML
3 487 (33.91%) AngularJS
4 472 (32.87%) ASP.NET
5 450 (31.34%) CSS
6 420 (29.25%) React
7 383 (26.67%) Web Services
8 364 (25.35%) REST
9 335 (23.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 328 (22.84%) Vue
11 317 (22.08%) jQuery
12 241 (16.78%) .NET Core
13 228 (15.88%) ASP.NET Core
14 224 (15.60%) Ember.js
15 221 (15.39%) Backbone.js
16 202 (14.07%) .NET Framework
17 195 (13.58%) Entity Framework
18 190 (13.23%) ASP.NET MVC
19 163 (11.35%) Node.js
20 157 (10.93%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 366 (25.49%) Algorithms
2 260 (18.11%) Data Structures
3 232 (16.16%) Hybrid Cloud
4 231 (16.09%) Blockchain
5 112 (7.80%) e-Learning
6 89 (6.20%) Onboarding
7 84 (5.85%) Greenfield Project
8 54 (3.76%) Cloud Native
9 34 (2.37%) Social Media
9 34 (2.37%) Social Network
10 33 (2.30%) BBC
11 31 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.95%) Mobile App
13 26 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
13 26 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
14 24 (1.67%) Product Ownership
15 22 (1.53%) Management Information System
16 19 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
16 19 (1.32%) Distributed Applications
16 19 (1.32%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 405 (28.20%) Linux
2 316 (22.01%) Windows
3 237 (16.50%) Android
4 235 (16.36%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.74%) Embedded Linux
6 23 (1.60%) Unix
7 22 (1.53%) AIX
8 9 (0.63%) VMS
9 6 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.42%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
11 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.070%) CentOS
12 1 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.070%) Solaris
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server
12 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 781 (54.39%) Agile
2 562 (39.14%) OOP
3 561 (39.07%) Full Stack Development
4 501 (34.89%) MVC
5 492 (34.26%) Software Engineering
6 405 (28.20%) Design Patterns
7 357 (24.86%) Artificial Intelligence
8 331 (23.05%) DevOps
9 314 (21.87%) Web Development
10 306 (21.31%) SOLID
11 278 (19.36%) User Experience
12 264 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
13 257 (17.90%) SDLC
14 254 (17.69%) MVVM
15 251 (17.48%) Computer Science
16 244 (16.99%) Microservices
17 240 (16.71%) Mentoring
18 235 (16.36%) Responsive Web Design
19 222 (15.46%) Co-Creation
20 221 (15.39%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 791 (55.08%) C#
2 717 (49.93%) JavaScript
3 602 (41.92%) SQL
4 509 (35.45%) Java
5 413 (28.76%) Python
6 164 (11.42%) C++
7 128 (8.91%) PHP
8 114 (7.94%) C
9 75 (5.22%) TypeScript
10 58 (4.04%) T-SQL
11 32 (2.23%) VB
12 26 (1.81%) Bash
12 26 (1.81%) Perl
13 25 (1.74%) PowerShell
14 24 (1.67%) Go
15 23 (1.60%) XPath
16 22 (1.53%) Groovy
17 19 (1.32%) Scala
18 17 (1.18%) Bicep
18 17 (1.18%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 305 (21.24%) Degree
2 128 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 57 (3.97%) Security Cleared
4 48 (3.34%) Master's Degree
5 30 (2.09%) SC Cleared
6 28 (1.95%) PhD
7 10 (0.70%) HND
8 8 (0.56%) DV Cleared
9 7 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.49%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
11 5 (0.35%) HNC
12 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.14%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.070%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.070%) ISEB
14 1 (0.070%) MCP
14 1 (0.070%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.070%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.070%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (4.39%) QA
2 14 (0.97%) GDPR
3 13 (0.91%) PMO
4 10 (0.70%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.56%) MISRA
7 5 (0.35%) NCSC
8 4 (0.28%) DICOM
8 4 (0.28%) HL7
8 4 (0.28%) ISO 13485
8 4 (0.28%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.14%) MiFID
9 2 (0.14%) SEPA
10 1 (0.070%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.070%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.070%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.070%) SLA
System Software
1 90 (6.27%) Docker
2 25 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.25%) Firmware
4 10 (0.70%) Embedded Firmware
5 9 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.56%) HDFS
7 2 (0.14%) NFS
7 2 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.070%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.070%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 66 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 57 (3.97%) Terraform
3 13 (0.91%) WMI
4 6 (0.42%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.14%) Ansible
6 2 (0.14%) Istio
6 2 (0.14%) linkerd
7 1 (0.070%) Grafana
7 1 (0.070%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.070%) Kiali
7 1 (0.070%) Podman
7 1 (0.070%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.070%) Puppet
7 1 (0.070%) SCCM
Vendors
1 287 (19.99%) Microsoft
2 233 (16.23%) IBM
3 231 (16.09%) Red Hat
4 111 (7.73%) Oracle
5 69 (4.81%) Google
6 37 (2.58%) Alteryx
7 36 (2.51%) Apple
8 33 (2.30%) Facebook
8 33 (2.30%) Sony
8 33 (2.30%) Yahoo!
9 19 (1.32%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.11%) Adobe
11 15 (1.04%) Atlassian
11 15 (1.04%) Databricks
12 14 (0.97%) Cognizant
12 14 (0.97%) Splunk
13 13 (0.91%) SAP
14 9 (0.63%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.56%) ESRI
16 7 (0.49%) Sybase