OOD Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 311 404
Rank change year-on-year +19 +93 +95
Contract jobs citing OOD 12 34 73
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.25% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 52
10th Percentile £359 £435 £444
25th Percentile £444 £463 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.81% -10.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £756
90th Percentile £668 £740 £875
UK median daily rate £550 £545 £600
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £48.75
25th Percentile - £55.00 £49.17
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £52.36
Median % change year-on-year - +14.60% -12.74%
75th Percentile - £65.00 £55.40
90th Percentile - - £55.73
UK median hourly rate - £67.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -4.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

OOD
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OOD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OOD trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

OOD
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OOD.

OOD daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

OOD
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing OOD over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

OOD daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

OOD
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OOD.

OOD hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

OOD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 6 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (8.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 1 (8.33%) Hadoop
2 1 (8.33%) KDB
2 1 (8.33%) Kdb+
2 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (8.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (8.33%) JUnit
General
1 6 (50.00%) Back Office
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Advertising
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (8.33%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Lead
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Leader
3 2 (16.67%) Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Architect
4 1 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Java Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Python Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Team Leader
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) FHIR
2 1 (8.33%) LangChain
2 1 (8.33%) NumPy
2 1 (8.33%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) OO
2 10 (83.33%) Agile
3 8 (66.67%) TDD
4 7 (58.33%) Clean Code
4 7 (58.33%) DevOps
5 6 (50.00%) Content Management
5 6 (50.00%) Database Optimisation
6 5 (41.67%) Design Patterns
7 4 (33.33%) Scrum
7 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
8 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
9 2 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
9 2 (16.67%) SDLC
9 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
10 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1 (8.33%) BDD
10 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
10 1 (8.33%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Java
2 7 (58.33%) C#
2 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
2 7 (58.33%) PowerShell
3 6 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (41.67%) Python
5 4 (33.33%) C++
6 1 (8.33%) Groovy
6 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft