OO Jobs in England

Object-Oriented (OO)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring OO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OO over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 200 122
Rank change year-on-year +22 -78 -30
Permanent jobs citing OO 927 1,232 2,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.87% 1.43% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.67% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 378 716 1,387
10th Percentile £30,800 £35,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £82,751 £95,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -16.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,644 73,553 84,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.10% 85.14% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,839 53,945 50,143
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OO in England

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Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OO in England.

Salary trend for OO in England

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OO in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
North of England +90 512 £47,500 - 129
North West +70 457 £41,000 -8.89% 69
London -22 141 £75,000 -11.76% 338
South East -36 119 £62,500 +19.05% 140
East of England +21 58 £55,000 +15.79% 45
Yorkshire +34 44 £70,000 +27.27% 45
Midlands -58 44 £40,101 -15.58% 39
South West +58 37 £48,918 +2.99% 59
West Midlands +5 27 £50,000 +5.26% 17
East Midlands -62 14 £40,000 -11.11% 19
North East +33 11 £52,500 +23.53% 18
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 28 (3.02%) Apache
2 11 (1.19%) CMS
2 11 (1.19%) Drupal
2 11 (1.19%) WordPress
3 10 (1.08%) Kinematics
4 7 (0.76%) Confluence
5 5 (0.54%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.43%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
6 4 (0.43%) GemFire
6 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.32%) IIS
7 3 (0.32%) nginx
8 2 (0.22%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Simulink
4 1 (0.11%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.29%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (1.19%) JDE OneWorld
2 11 (1.19%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.11%) iTrent
4 1 (0.11%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 181 (19.53%) Azure
2 122 (13.16%) AWS
3 52 (5.61%) AWS CloudFormation
4 49 (5.29%) Amazon EKS
5 34 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (2.70%) GCP
7 19 (2.05%) GitHub
8 13 (1.40%) Serverless
9 11 (1.19%) Boomi
9 11 (1.19%) SaaS
10 10 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (0.97%) Apigee
11 9 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (0.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 8 (0.86%) dbt
12 8 (0.86%) Snowflake
13 7 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (0.65%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 397 (42.83%) DNS
1 397 (42.83%) VPN
2 23 (2.48%) Wireshark
3 9 (0.97%) HTTP
4 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.22%) Modbus
4 2 (0.22%) Profibus
4 2 (0.22%) RTP
4 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.11%) Broadband
5 1 (0.11%) Internet
5 1 (0.11%) Network Security
5 1 (0.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (10.14%) SQL Server
2 55 (5.93%) Elasticsearch
2 55 (5.93%) MySQL
3 44 (4.75%) NoSQL
4 27 (2.91%) Relational Database
5 21 (2.27%) MongoDB
6 19 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (1.62%) Big Data
8 10 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
9 9 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.86%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.86%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (0.76%) NonStop SQL
11 7 (0.76%) Redis
12 6 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.65%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.54%) SQLite
14 4 (0.43%) InterSystems Cache
14 4 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 100 (10.79%) Git
2 29 (3.13%) JUnit
3 26 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 21 (2.27%) Eclipse
5 19 (2.05%) Eclipse RCP
5 19 (2.05%) Visual Studio
6 15 (1.62%) Maven
7 14 (1.51%) NUnit
8 13 (1.40%) JIRA
9 12 (1.29%) Selenium
9 12 (1.29%) SonarQube
10 11 (1.19%) GitLab
11 10 (1.08%) Postman
12 9 (0.97%) Sonatype Nexus
12 9 (0.97%) TestNG
13 8 (0.86%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.76%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.76%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.76%) Subversion
15 6 (0.65%) JMeter
General
1 550 (59.33%) Finance
2 479 (51.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 478 (51.56%) Analytical Skills
4 99 (10.68%) Social Skills
5 30 (3.24%) Banking
5 30 (3.24%) Electronics
6 29 (3.13%) Front Office
7 20 (2.16%) Aerospace
8 18 (1.94%) Law
9 13 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.19%) Marketing
11 10 (1.08%) Public Sector
12 9 (0.97%) Military
13 7 (0.76%) Retail
14 6 (0.65%) Advertising
14 6 (0.65%) Automotive
14 6 (0.65%) Aviation
14 6 (0.65%) Legal
15 4 (0.43%) Games
15 4 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 679 (73.25%) Developer
2 481 (51.89%) Software Developer
3 102 (11.00%) Senior
4 88 (9.49%) Software Engineer
5 47 (5.07%) Lead
6 46 (4.96%) C# Developer
7 40 (4.31%) .NET Developer
8 34 (3.67%) Graduate
8 34 (3.67%) PHP Developer
9 33 (3.56%) Graduate Developer
9 33 (3.56%) Senior Software Engineer
10 32 (3.45%) IT Graduate
11 31 (3.34%) Systems Engineer
12 30 (3.24%) Senior Developer
13 25 (2.70%) Principal Engineer
14 23 (2.48%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 21 (2.27%) Data Engineer
16 20 (2.16%) Junior
17 19 (2.05%) Quantitative Developer
18 18 (1.94%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (21.25%) .NET
2 149 (16.07%) CSS
3 127 (13.70%) HTML
4 74 (7.98%) React
5 68 (7.34%) Node.js
6 64 (6.90%) jQuery
7 53 (5.72%) ASP.NET
8 52 (5.61%) REST
9 51 (5.50%) RESTful
10 49 (5.29%) Pandas
11 40 (4.31%) AngularJS
11 40 (4.31%) Middleware
12 38 (4.10%) .NET Core
13 36 (3.88%) XML
14 32 (3.45%) Web Services
15 30 (3.24%) HTML5
16 29 (3.13%) CSS3
17 28 (3.02%) Spring
18 26 (2.80%) .NET Framework
18 26 (2.80%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 447 (48.22%) Cyberattack
2 53 (5.72%) Management Information System
3 40 (4.31%) Algorithms
4 38 (4.10%) Data Structures
5 25 (2.70%) Equities
6 21 (2.27%) Hedge funds
7 19 (2.05%) Cloud Native
8 17 (1.83%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.51%) Robotics
10 12 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
10 12 (1.29%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.19%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.86%) Derivative
12 8 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.76%) Fixed Income
13 7 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
14 6 (0.65%) Credit Derivative
14 6 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 6 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (0.43%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 540 (58.25%) Linux
2 452 (48.76%) Android
3 63 (6.80%) Windows
4 14 (1.51%) Unix
5 6 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 718 (77.45%) OOP
2 645 (69.58%) Agile
3 520 (56.09%) Design Patterns
4 485 (52.32%) Mathematics
5 447 (48.22%) Android Development
5 447 (48.22%) Line Management
6 220 (23.73%) Software Engineering
7 145 (15.64%) CI/CD
8 140 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
9 91 (9.82%) Containerisation
10 81 (8.74%) OOD
10 81 (8.74%) Test Automation
11 79 (8.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 75 (8.09%) Computer Science
13 70 (7.55%) DevOps
14 68 (7.34%) SDLC
15 67 (7.23%) MVC
16 66 (7.12%) Collaborative Working
17 61 (6.58%) Unit Testing
18 59 (6.36%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 617 (66.56%) Java
2 576 (62.14%) Python
3 534 (57.61%) C++
4 460 (49.62%) Go
5 212 (22.87%) C#
6 187 (20.17%) JavaScript
7 172 (18.55%) SQL
8 70 (7.55%) Rust
9 67 (7.23%) PHP
10 45 (4.85%) TypeScript
11 39 (4.21%) C
12 29 (3.13%) Ada
13 14 (1.51%) Scala
14 7 (0.76%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.54%) Bash
16 4 (0.43%) Perl
16 4 (0.43%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.32%) Delphi
17 3 (0.32%) MATLAB
17 3 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 468 (50.49%) Security Cleared
2 448 (48.33%) DV Cleared
3 190 (20.50%) Degree
4 61 (6.58%) BPSS Clearance
5 60 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (2.48%) Chartered Engineer
7 14 (1.51%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.51%) SC Cleared
8 9 (0.97%) HND
9 6 (0.65%) HNC
9 6 (0.65%) PhD
10 5 (0.54%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.22%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.22%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (3.24%) QA
2 24 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.32%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.32%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.32%) IEC 61508
4 2 (0.22%) IEC 61131
4 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.22%) NCSC
5 1 (0.11%) ISO 15022
5 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 485 (52.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 451 (48.65%) Ansible
2 88 (9.49%) Kubernetes
3 69 (7.44%) Terraform
4 9 (0.97%) Istio
5 3 (0.32%) Grafana
5 3 (0.32%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.32%) Packer
5 3 (0.32%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.22%) MIIS
Vendors
1 53 (5.72%) Oracle
2 47 (5.07%) Microsoft
3 14 (1.51%) Salesforce
4 11 (1.19%) Dell
5 10 (1.08%) Databricks
6 8 (0.86%) Okta
7 6 (0.65%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.54%) TIBCO
9 4 (0.43%) Agilent
9 4 (0.43%) ANSYS
9 4 (0.43%) F5
9 4 (0.43%) SAP
9 4 (0.43%) Solace
10 3 (0.32%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.32%) EMC
10 3 (0.32%) Google
11 2 (0.22%) Apple
11 2 (0.22%) IBM
12 1 (0.11%) HP
12 1 (0.11%) Intel