OOD Contracts in London

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 301 300
Rank change year-on-year -39 -1 +126
Contract jobs citing OOD 29 78 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.48% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.54% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 48 111
10th Percentile £402 £418 £500
25th Percentile £447 £456 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £681 £506 £650
Median % change year-on-year +34.57% -22.12% -
75th Percentile £797 £650 £838
90th Percentile £849 £820 £950
England median daily rate £628 £520 £640
% change year-on-year +20.67% -18.75% +2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £66.00
25th Percentile - - £67.50
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - £72.50
90th Percentile - - £74.00
England median hourly rate - - £54.07
% change year-on-year - - -1.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,427 14,366 21,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.30% 88.88% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,271 10,045 15,374
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 197 228
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.99 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £22.00 £22.86
Median hourly rate £29.07 £35.00 £39.92
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% -12.31% +10.88%
75th Percentile £48.75 £53.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.50 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.55
% change year-on-year -41.17% +5.44% +50.28%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for OOD in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for OOD in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OOD in London over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OOD in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for OOD in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the London region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Central London -11 4 £638 +37.84% 1
West London +1 3 £405 -17.44% 3
OOD
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Azure AKS
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Functions
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (6.90%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (6.90%) OpenShift
3 2 (6.90%) Serverless
4 1 (3.45%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) HTTP
2 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) NoSQL
2 3 (10.34%) MongoDB
3 2 (6.90%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (6.90%) RDBMS
3 2 (6.90%) Relational Database
3 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.45%) Apache Ignite
4 1 (3.45%) Big Data
4 1 (3.45%) Couchbase
4 1 (3.45%) KDB
4 1 (3.45%) Kdb+
4 1 (3.45%) MySQL
4 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Git
2 4 (13.79%) JIRA
3 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (51.72%) Finance
2 6 (20.69%) Banking
2 6 (20.69%) Front Office
3 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Advertising
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) C++ Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Python Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Lead
4 3 (10.34%) Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Middleware Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) .NET Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Administrator
5 2 (6.90%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Administrator
5 2 (6.90%) Azure Developer
5 2 (6.90%) C++ Developer - Algorithmic Trading
5 2 (6.90%) Database Developer
5 2 (6.90%) DBA
5 2 (6.90%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Lead Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Messaging Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior
5 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (24.14%) Kafka
2 6 (20.69%) .NET
3 4 (13.79%) .NET Core
3 4 (13.79%) AWT
3 4 (13.79%) GWT
3 4 (13.79%) JMS
3 4 (13.79%) Rendezvous
3 4 (13.79%) TIBCO EMS
4 3 (10.34%) Middleware
4 3 (10.34%) RESTful
5 2 (6.90%) ASP.NET
5 2 (6.90%) Blazor
5 2 (6.90%) CSS
5 2 (6.90%) HTML
5 2 (6.90%) JSON
5 2 (6.90%) Node.js
5 2 (6.90%) React
5 2 (6.90%) Spring
5 2 (6.90%) Web Services
6 1 (3.45%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Fixed Income
1 5 (17.24%) Hedge funds
2 4 (13.79%) Equities
3 3 (10.34%) Algorithms
3 3 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (10.34%) Replication
4 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
4 2 (6.90%) Derivative
4 2 (6.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
5 1 (3.45%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (3.45%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.45%) Tandem
5 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (44.83%) Linux
2 7 (24.14%) Unix
3 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (96.55%) OO
2 11 (37.93%) Agile
3 9 (31.03%) Computer Science
3 9 (31.03%) Low Latency
4 8 (27.59%) CI/CD
4 8 (27.59%) Design Patterns
4 8 (27.59%) Microservices
4 8 (27.59%) Multithreading
5 7 (24.14%) Analytics
6 5 (17.24%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (13.79%) DevOps
7 4 (13.79%) Garbage Collection
7 4 (13.79%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
7 4 (13.79%) Test Automation
8 3 (10.34%) Algorithmic Trading
8 3 (10.34%) Electronic Trading
8 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
8 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.34%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 13 (44.83%) Java
2 12 (41.38%) Python
2 12 (41.38%) SQL
3 7 (24.14%) C++
4 6 (20.69%) C#
5 2 (6.90%) COBOL
5 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.45%) Rust
6 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) ISO 15022
1 2 (6.90%) ISO 20022
2 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Google
1 4 (13.79%) TIBCO
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle
3 2 (6.90%) DevExpress
3 2 (6.90%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) HP
4 1 (3.45%) Red Hat