OO Contracts in the UK excluding London

Object-Oriented (OO)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for OO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OO over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 274 182
Rank change year-on-year +70 -92 -32
Contract jobs citing OO 191 186 431
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 0.79% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.88% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 120 261
10th Percentile £354 £400 £400
25th Percentile £473 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £675 £630 £550
90th Percentile £700 £675 £627
UK median daily rate £575 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +22.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 22
10th Percentile £54.00 £48.19 £43.93
25th Percentile £60.00 £51.25 £48.07
Median hourly rate £75.00 £64.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +16.36% +18.92%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile - £76.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £56.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year +19.11% +2.27% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

OO is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,229 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.55% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,247 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,039 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.30 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OO in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for OO in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OO in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for OO in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for OO in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
South West +20 49 £688 +9.13% 20
South East +4 48 £525 -8.06% 47
Scotland +67 36 £463 -26.00% 19
North of England +32 30 £510 -9.33% 65
North West +40 27 £510 -19.37% 33
East of England +7 13 £550 +29.41% 34
Midlands +29 12 £450 -10.00% 46
West Midlands +21 10 £450 -10.00% 26
Yorkshire +16 3 £475 -13.64% 25
Wales +13 2 £583 -10.38% 9
Northern Ireland +1 1 - - 8
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 28 (14.66%) Confluence
2 7 (3.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 6 (3.14%) Apache
3 6 (3.14%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.62%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (2.09%) SAS
6 3 (1.57%) IIS
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.52%) nginx
7 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.52%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) Simulink
3 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.57%) Maximo
2 3 (1.57%) SAP MDG
2 3 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Magento
4 1 (0.52%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.52%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.52%) SAP MDG-BP
4 1 (0.52%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 36 (18.85%) Azure
2 35 (18.32%) AWS
3 21 (10.99%) Serverless
4 13 (6.81%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (5.76%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
6 9 (4.71%) Amazon S3
7 8 (4.19%) Azure Functions
7 8 (4.19%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (2.62%) Amazon EMR
8 5 (2.62%) Amazon SQS
8 5 (2.62%) Apigee
8 5 (2.62%) Azure API Management
8 5 (2.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (2.62%) Kong
8 5 (2.62%) npm
8 5 (2.62%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.09%) OpenShift
9 4 (2.09%) Power Automate
9 4 (2.09%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.14%) FTP
1 6 (3.14%) HTTP
1 6 (3.14%) Kerberos
2 5 (2.62%) Tactical Data Link
3 4 (2.09%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (2.09%) iSCSI
3 4 (2.09%) SAN
4 3 (1.57%) BGP
4 3 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (1.57%) IOS XR
4 3 (1.57%) Link 16
5 2 (1.05%) Broadband
5 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.52%) NFC
6 1 (0.52%) PPP
6 1 (0.52%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.99%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.28%) Relational Database
3 8 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.14%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.62%) Big Data
5 5 (2.62%) OLAP
5 5 (2.62%) OLTP
5 5 (2.62%) Oracle OLAP
5 5 (2.62%) SQLite
6 4 (2.09%) DB2
6 4 (2.09%) MySQL
6 4 (2.09%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.09%) Redis
6 4 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.57%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (1.05%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 2 (1.05%) Lumira
8 2 (1.05%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 47 (24.61%) JIRA
2 40 (20.94%) Git
3 35 (18.32%) Jenkins
4 31 (16.23%) Bitbucket
5 23 (12.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 9 (4.71%) Rational DOORS
7 6 (3.14%) Visual Studio
8 5 (2.62%) Checkstyle
8 5 (2.62%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.62%) webpack
9 4 (2.09%) Jasmine
9 4 (2.09%) Karma Test Runner
9 4 (2.09%) Mocha
9 4 (2.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (1.57%) ClearCase
10 3 (1.57%) ClearQuest
10 3 (1.57%) Subversion
11 2 (1.05%) IntelliJ
11 2 (1.05%) NUnit
11 2 (1.05%) TestComplete
General
1 58 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.52%) Aerospace
4 20 (10.47%) Finance
5 12 (6.28%) Banking
6 11 (5.76%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.62%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.57%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.05%) Automotive
10 2 (1.05%) Electronics
10 2 (1.05%) Marketing
10 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Aviation
11 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 95 (49.74%) Developer
2 23 (12.04%) Software Engineer
3 15 (7.85%) Senior
4 14 (7.33%) Full Stack Developer
5 13 (6.81%) .NET Developer
5 13 (6.81%) Linux Engineer
5 13 (6.81%) Python Engineer
6 12 (6.28%) Architect
6 12 (6.28%) Java Developer
7 11 (5.76%) Senior Software Engineer
8 10 (5.24%) Software Developer
9 9 (4.71%) Network Engineer
10 8 (4.19%) Linux Scripter
11 7 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.66%) Lead
12 6 (3.14%) Consultant
12 6 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
12 6 (3.14%) Unix Engineer
12 6 (3.14%) Unix Linux Engineer
12 6 (3.14%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (32.46%) .NET
2 44 (23.04%) .NET Core
3 35 (18.32%) JSON
4 27 (14.14%) Spring
5 22 (11.52%) REST
5 22 (11.52%) XML
6 21 (10.99%) .NET Framework
7 20 (10.47%) React
8 18 (9.42%) Web Services
9 17 (8.90%) AngularJS
10 13 (6.81%) RESTful
11 12 (6.28%) SOAP
12 11 (5.76%) Kafka
13 9 (4.71%) CSS
13 9 (4.71%) HTML
13 9 (4.71%) OpenID
14 7 (3.66%) ASP.NET
15 6 (3.14%) LDAP
15 6 (3.14%) Middleware
15 6 (3.14%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.85%) Algorithms
2 13 (6.81%) Data Structures
3 12 (6.28%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.19%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (4.19%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.19%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.14%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (3.14%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.62%) DataPower
7 4 (2.09%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.09%) NVMe
7 4 (2.09%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.57%) ASIC
8 3 (1.57%) Derivative
8 3 (1.57%) FPGA
8 3 (1.57%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.57%) Replication
8 3 (1.57%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.31%) Linux
2 24 (12.57%) Unix
3 19 (9.95%) Windows
4 7 (3.66%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.09%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (2.09%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.52%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (38.74%) Agile
2 73 (38.22%) OOP
3 62 (32.46%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (27.75%) CI/CD
5 48 (25.13%) Scrum
6 45 (23.56%) DevOps
6 45 (23.56%) Software Engineering
7 33 (17.28%) Continuous Integration
8 32 (16.75%) Task Automation
9 31 (16.23%) OOD
10 30 (15.71%) Design Patterns
11 29 (15.18%) Deployment Automation
11 29 (15.18%) Test Automation
12 26 (13.61%) Infrastructure Automation
13 25 (13.09%) Configuration Management
14 24 (12.57%) SDLC
14 24 (12.57%) SOLID
14 24 (12.57%) Unit Testing
15 20 (10.47%) Computer Science
16 19 (9.95%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 83 (43.46%) Python
2 65 (34.03%) Java
3 50 (26.18%) C#
4 43 (22.51%) SQL
5 36 (18.85%) C
6 30 (15.71%) JavaScript
7 29 (15.18%) PowerShell
8 26 (13.61%) C++
9 24 (12.57%) Perl
10 13 (6.81%) Bash
11 7 (3.66%) Go
12 6 (3.14%) ABAP
13 4 (2.09%) Assembly Language
13 4 (2.09%) F#
13 4 (2.09%) Scala
13 4 (2.09%) Shell Script
13 4 (2.09%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.57%) SystemVerilog
14 3 (1.57%) Tcl
15 2 (1.05%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 69 (36.13%) Security Cleared
2 52 (27.23%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.52%) Degree
4 15 (7.85%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.14%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.05%) HND
8 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.42%) QA
2 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.52%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (0.52%) IEC 61508
2 1 (0.52%) MISRA
2 1 (0.52%) MISRA C
System Software
1 9 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.66%) Docker
3 6 (3.14%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.09%) GPFS
4 4 (2.09%) NFS
5 2 (1.05%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 26 (13.61%) Ansible
2 23 (12.04%) PowerCLI
3 10 (5.24%) Terraform
4 7 (3.66%) Kubernetes
5 4 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.09%) Veritas Storage Foundation
6 3 (1.57%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.57%) HP ALM
7 2 (1.05%) Puppet
8 1 (0.52%) Istio
8 1 (0.52%) Kiali
8 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (13.09%) HP
2 23 (12.04%) Atlassian
3 22 (11.52%) Dell
3 22 (11.52%) Microsoft
4 13 (6.81%) SAP
5 12 (6.28%) IBM
6 9 (4.71%) Cadence
6 9 (4.71%) VMware
7 7 (3.66%) Oracle
8 6 (3.14%) Google
9 5 (2.62%) Informatica
9 5 (2.62%) Talend
9 5 (2.62%) TSYS
10 4 (2.09%) Brocade
10 4 (2.09%) EMC
10 4 (2.09%) NetApp
10 4 (2.09%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.09%) Sybase
10 4 (2.09%) Veritas
11 3 (1.57%) Xilinx