OO Job Trends in the East of England

Object-Oriented (OO)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring OO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 106 151
Rank change year-on-year -32 +45 -46
Permanent jobs citing OO 49 67 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.74% 1.94% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 2.17% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 46 45 57
10th Percentile £31,750 - £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £25,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £78,250 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,375 - £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,716 3,094 4,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 71.47% 89.40% 77.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,287 1,647 3,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £89,700 £75,000 £78,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

OO job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing OO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing OO

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO in the East of England over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for OO in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the East of England region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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
Hertfordshire -23 16 £62,500 -1.19% 4
Cambridgeshire -41 13 £76,500 +39.09% 6
Essex -31 8 £37,500 +50.00% 4
Norfolk -21 5 £55,000 +1.85% 2
Bedfordshire - 4 £51,359 - 3
Suffolk +22 3 £42,500 - 3
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) CMS
1 1 (2.04%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 26 (53.06%) Azure
2 21 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (28.57%) AWS
4 8 (16.33%) Azure AI
5 4 (8.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (4.08%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (42.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (34.69%) MongoDB
3 13 (26.53%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (12.24%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.08%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Plastic SCM
3 1 (2.04%) Git
3 1 (2.04%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Finance
3 4 (8.16%) Legal
4 2 (4.08%) Games
5 1 (2.04%) Electronics
5 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (63.27%) Developer
2 21 (42.86%) .NET Developer
3 14 (28.57%) Lead
3 14 (28.57%) Software Engineer
4 10 (20.41%) Lead Software Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Software Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Application Support Team Leader
6 4 (8.16%) Applications Support
6 4 (8.16%) C# Developer
6 4 (8.16%) C# Software Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Graduate
6 4 (8.16%) Graduate C# Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Graduate Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Graduate Software Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 4 (8.16%) PHP Developer
6 4 (8.16%) SQL Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Support Team Leader
6 4 (8.16%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (44.90%) .NET
2 21 (42.86%) .NET Core
2 21 (42.86%) ASP.NET
2 21 (42.86%) ASP.NET Core
3 19 (38.78%) React
4 17 (34.69%) CSS
5 13 (26.53%) Entity Framework
5 13 (26.53%) HTML
5 13 (26.53%) Node.js
6 10 (20.41%) Web Services
7 8 (16.33%) Blazor
7 8 (16.33%) ML.NET
7 8 (16.33%) RESTful
8 4 (8.16%) jQuery
9 2 (4.08%) STL
9 2 (4.08%) Unity (Game Engine)
10 1 (2.04%) REST
10 1 (2.04%) SOAP
10 1 (2.04%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) e-Learning
1 10 (20.41%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.20%) BBC
2 5 (10.20%) Social Media
3 4 (8.16%) Algorithms
3 4 (8.16%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (8.16%) Virtual Team
4 3 (6.12%) Social Network
5 2 (4.08%) Animation
5 2 (4.08%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.04%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Linux
2 4 (8.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (71.43%) Agile
2 32 (65.31%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (44.90%) DevOps
4 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (30.61%) CI/CD
5 15 (30.61%) Software Engineering
6 14 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (28.57%) OOP
7 12 (24.49%) User Experience
8 10 (20.41%) AI
8 10 (20.41%) Computer Science
8 10 (20.41%) Kanban
8 10 (20.41%) Product Vision
8 10 (20.41%) Requirements Gathering
8 10 (20.41%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 10 (20.41%) Scrum
8 10 (20.41%) Scrum-ban
8 10 (20.41%) Test Strategy
8 10 (20.41%) UX Design
8 10 (20.41%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 31 (63.27%) C#
2 29 (59.18%) SQL
3 20 (40.82%) Python
4 19 (38.78%) Java
4 19 (38.78%) JavaScript
5 11 (22.45%) TypeScript
6 8 (16.33%) C++
7 6 (12.24%) PHP
8 4 (8.16%) Shell Script
9 1 (2.04%) C
9 1 (2.04%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) Degree
2 10 (20.41%) DBS Check
3 5 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (8.16%) HNC
4 4 (8.16%) HND
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.49%) QA
2 2 (4.08%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.04%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Firmware
Vendors
1 27 (55.10%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) Apple
2 5 (10.20%) Facebook
2 5 (10.20%) Google
2 5 (10.20%) Oracle
2 5 (10.20%) Sony
2 5 (10.20%) Yahoo!