OOD Contracts in England

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 444 488
Rank change year-on-year -9 +44 +36
Contract jobs citing OOD 32 98 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.26% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.30% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 67 112
10th Percentile £475 £380 £457
25th Percentile £481 £459 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £697 £648 £856
90th Percentile £826 £775 £1,000
UK median daily rate £550 £545 £600
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £56.75 £45.47
25th Percentile - £59.38 £49.86
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £56.25
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile - £74.38 £62.06
90th Percentile - £76.25 £66.87
UK median hourly rate - £67.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

OOD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OOD in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for OOD in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OOD in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OOD in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for OOD 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 OOD within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 -10 23 £629 +10.35% 78
South East +39 7 £500 - 36
South West +42 1 £675 +92.86% 9
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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 1 (3.13%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (50.00%) Azure
2 15 (46.88%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (21.88%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.25%) AWS
5 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) HTTP
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) NoSQL
1 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
1 2 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) Apache Ignite
2 1 (3.13%) Big Data
2 1 (3.13%) Couchbase
2 1 (3.13%) KDB
2 1 (3.13%) Kdb+
2 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.13%) MySQL
2 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (37.50%) Git
2 8 (25.00%) Bitbucket
2 8 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 7 (21.88%) GoogleTest
3 7 (21.88%) JIRA
3 7 (21.88%) Rational DOORS
3 7 (21.88%) TestRail
4 2 (6.25%) JUnit
5 1 (3.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (3.13%) GitLab
5 1 (3.13%) Jasmine
5 1 (3.13%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (3.13%) Moq
5 1 (3.13%) NUnit
General
1 13 (40.63%) Back Office
2 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.63%) Finance
3 5 (15.63%) Front Office
4 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.38%) Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Advertising
6 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.13%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Lead
2 12 (37.50%) Technical Leader
3 9 (28.13%) C++ Software Engineer
3 9 (28.13%) Developer
3 9 (28.13%) Software Engineer
4 8 (25.00%) Senior
5 7 (21.88%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Embedded Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Embedded Linux Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Linux Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 7 (21.88%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (9.38%) Java Developer
7 2 (6.25%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (50.00%) .NET
2 3 (9.38%) RESTful
3 2 (6.25%) .NET Core
3 2 (6.25%) .NET Framework
4 1 (3.13%) AngularJS
4 1 (3.13%) Apache Camel
4 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET
4 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (3.13%) CSS
4 1 (3.13%) Entity Framework
4 1 (3.13%) HTML
4 1 (3.13%) Kafka
4 1 (3.13%) LangChain
4 1 (3.13%) Middleware
4 1 (3.13%) NumPy
4 1 (3.13%) Pandas
4 1 (3.13%) React
4 1 (3.13%) Spring
4 1 (3.13%) Web Services
4 1 (3.13%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.38%) Hedge funds
3 2 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 2 (6.25%) Fixed Income
3 2 (6.25%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.13%) Derivative
4 1 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
4 1 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.13%) Hackathon
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (37.50%) Linux
2 7 (21.88%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.13%) Unix
3 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) OO
2 22 (68.75%) Agile
2 22 (68.75%) Clean Code
3 18 (56.25%) Design Patterns
4 17 (53.13%) DevOps
5 15 (46.88%) TDD
6 12 (37.50%) Software Engineering
7 11 (34.38%) Database Optimisation
8 10 (31.25%) Computer Science
8 10 (31.25%) Content Management
9 9 (28.13%) Scrum
10 8 (25.00%) Kanban
10 8 (25.00%) Multithreading
10 8 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (25.00%) SOLID
10 8 (25.00%) Test Automation
11 7 (21.88%) Continuous Integration
11 7 (21.88%) Multithreaded Programming
11 7 (21.88%) Storyboarding
12 6 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (56.25%) Java
2 17 (53.13%) SQL
3 16 (50.00%) C#
4 13 (40.63%) PowerShell
5 12 (37.50%) JavaScript
6 10 (31.25%) C++
7 5 (15.63%) Python
8 1 (3.13%) Fortran
8 1 (3.13%) Groovy
8 1 (3.13%) MATLAB
8 1 (3.13%) Shell Script
8 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) ForgeRock
3 1 (3.13%) Intel