OO Job Trends in Colchester

Object-Oriented (OO)
Essex > Colchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Colchester requiring OO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OO 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Colchester 0.59% - 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% - 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -44.44% +12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Colchester

OO 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 Colchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 131 23 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Colchester 77.06% 92.00% 78.05%
Number of salaries quoted 53 18 64
10th Percentile £28,400 £26,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +13.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,375 £73,750
Essex median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Colchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OO relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Colchester.

OO job vacancy trend in Colchester

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Salary Trend in Colchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing OO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Colchester citing OO

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Colchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware