OOD Job Trends in the City of London

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of 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 128 166 166
Rank change year-on-year +38 0 +75
Permanent jobs citing OOD 5 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.29% 0.14% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.15% 0.58%
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 - - -
Central London median annual salary £125,000 £150,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +71.43% -7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,631 2,683 3,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.00% 93.19% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,298 1,825 2,922
10th Percentile £39,450 £42,598 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £117,375
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,250
% change year-on-year +3.45% -1.02% +1.03%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for OOD in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing OOD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing OOD

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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