OOP Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring OOP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OOP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 2.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £716 - -
Scotland median daily rate £535 £500 -
% change year-on-year +7.05% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

OOP 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 Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 86.67% 80.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 3 0
10th Percentile £405 £306 -
25th Percentile £427 £327 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.80% - -
75th Percentile £492 £413 -
90th Percentile £516 £428 -
Scotland median daily rate £451 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -3.12% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 9 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.60 - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% +101.20% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -15.00% +2.09% +2.81%

OOP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OOP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

OOP job vacancy trend in the Highlands

OOP
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 15 August 2026. 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
Inverness - 2 £716 -
OOP
Scotland

OOP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Blue Prism
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow