OOD Contracts in the City of London

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring OOD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OOD over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 117 156
Rank change year-on-year -3 +39 +41
Contract jobs citing OOD 4 8 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.22% 0.37% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.41% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 9
10th Percentile £574 £393 £506
25th Percentile £591 £420 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £463 £625
Median % change year-on-year +37.84% -26.00% -19.35%
75th Percentile £697 £498 £750
90th Percentile £721 £543 £885
Central London median daily rate £638 £463 £625
% change year-on-year +37.84% -26.00% -19.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

OOD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,701 1,946 3,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.87% 91.10% 91.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,091 1,348 2,138
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £552 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -1.43% -6.67% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 24
10th Percentile £17.02 £20.04 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.43 £20.36 £16.33
Median hourly rate £29.75 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% -22.86% -18.83%
75th Percentile £50.75 £40.92 £57.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £67.35 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.47% -20.54% -18.13%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing OOD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for OOD in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OOD in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for OOD in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OOD in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OOD in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OOD in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for OOD in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Advertising
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Architect
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) Blazor
2 1 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (25.00%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (25.00%) Fixed Income
2 1 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OO
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Low Latency
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Algorithmic Trading
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
4 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (25.00%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (25.00%) Kanban
4 1 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) DevExpress