OOD Job Trends in Central London

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring OOD skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 181 177
Rank change year-on-year +43 -4 +70
Permanent jobs citing OOD 5 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.25% 0.12% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.13% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 19
10th Percentile £115,375 £134,000 £72,500
25th Percentile £115,938 £136,250 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 £150,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +71.43% -7.89%
75th Percentile £130,000 £160,000 £143,750
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £85,000 £112,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -24.44% +40.63% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

OOD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,895 3,072 3,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.10% 93.20% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,502 2,047 3,156
10th Percentile £40,913 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.02% +1.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.14%

OOD
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for OOD in Central London

OOD
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing OOD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing OOD

OOD
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +38 5 £125,000 -16.67% 1
OOD
London

OOD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 2 (40.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer - Algorithmic Trading
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Kafka
2 1 (20.00%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Derivative
1 3 (60.00%) Equities
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) OO
2 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (60.00%) Event-Driven
2 3 (60.00%) Low Latency
3 2 (40.00%) Budgeting
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) SOA
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Solace