Hierarchical Object-Oriented Design (HOOD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HOOD skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited HOOD over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 697 822
Rank change year-on-year +110 +125 -129
Contract jobs citing HOOD 4 8 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.014% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% 0.015% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 17
10th Percentile - £198 £420
25th Percentile £538 £294 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% -25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £590 £700
90th Percentile - £618 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £375 £455
% change year-on-year +53.33% -17.58% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.50
Median hourly rate - - £39.00
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £39.00
% change year-on-year - - +34.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

HOOD 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

HOOD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HOOD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HOOD in the UK

HOOD
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for HOOD in the UK

HOOD
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for HOOD in the UK

HOOD
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HOOD within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +113 3 £575 +84.00%
UK excluding London +50 2 £575 +53.33%
South East - 2 £575 -
Work from Home +123 1 - -
London +86 1 £550 +33.33%

HOOD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Aviation
1 2 (50.00%) Military
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Java Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Safety Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Product Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Software Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) GWT
1 1 (25.00%) JAX-RS
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Restlet
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
1 1 (25.00%) Spring
1 1 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Safety Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Software Assurance
1 2 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Community of Practice
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Product Management
2 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Ada
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Def Stans
1 2 (50.00%) DO-178B
2 1 (25.00%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) IBM
1 2 (50.00%) QinetiQ
2 1 (25.00%) Google