OO Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Object-Oriented (OO)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring OO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 24 15
Rank change year-on-year -18 -9 +25
Contract jobs citing OO 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 1.47% 3.03% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 3.85% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £521 £500 -
25th Percentile £522 £504 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £510 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -11.30% +6.48%
75th Percentile £523 £518 £588
90th Percentile £524 £522 -
West Midlands median daily rate £523 £550 £460
% change year-on-year -5.00% +19.57% -14.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

OO 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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 78 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 92.65% 78.79% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 66 27
10th Percentile £325 £229 £313
25th Percentile £405 £338 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £435 £480
Median % change year-on-year +16.42% -9.46% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £514 £544
90th Percentile £541 £567 £588
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £27.59 - -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £23.60 -
Median % change year-on-year +32.65% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 - -
90th Percentile £38.53 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 £25.15 £27.50
% change year-on-year -8.56% -8.54% +55.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

OO job vacancy trend in Shropshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing OO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing OO

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Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing OO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing OO

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Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Telford -19 3 £523 +2.45%
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West Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (100.00%) PowerApps
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance