OOD Job Trends in England

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring OOD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 568 598 576
Rank change year-on-year +30 -22 -13
Permanent jobs citing OOD 37 78 108
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.070% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.087% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16 43 91
10th Percentile £49,467 £45,521 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,813 £50,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -3.36%
75th Percentile £78,125 £78,750 £76,875
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £130,000
UK median annual salary £62,499 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.69% -4.17% -3.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,676 43,550 44,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.20% 90.77% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 25,628 21,301 34,459
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

OOD
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

OOD job vacancy trend in England

OOD
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing OOD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing OOD

OOD
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OOD in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OOD in England

OOD
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
London +53 18 £77,500 -17.33% 13
North of England +24 8 £60,000 +19.87% 4
North West +26 6 £60,000 +19.87% 4
South East -1 5 £52,500 +5.00% 14
South West -2 4 - - 2
Yorkshire -8 2 £60,000 +33.33%
East of England - 2 £75,900 - 9
OOD
UK

OOD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 9 (24.32%) Appian
2 3 (8.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Cloud Services
1 14 (37.84%) Azure
2 9 (24.32%) Anthropic Claude
2 9 (24.32%) Azure AI
2 9 (24.32%) Azure Data Factory
2 9 (24.32%) Power Automate
3 6 (16.22%) AWS
4 3 (8.11%) Kong
5 1 (2.70%) GCP
5 1 (2.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (35.14%) SQL Server
2 9 (24.32%) Pinecone
3 5 (13.51%) Relational Database
4 4 (10.81%) NoSQL
5 3 (8.11%) DynamoDB
5 3 (8.11%) MongoDB
5 3 (8.11%) MySQL
5 3 (8.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (24.32%) MLflow
2 2 (5.41%) Git
General
1 13 (35.14%) Finance
2 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Avionics
5 3 (8.11%) Law
6 2 (5.41%) Aerospace
6 2 (5.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Developer
1 10 (27.03%) Software Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
2 9 (24.32%) Automation Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Senior
4 4 (10.81%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Lead
4 4 (10.81%) Software Team Leader
4 4 (10.81%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Team Leader
5 3 (8.11%) .NET Software Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) IT Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) IT Manager
5 3 (8.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Software Manager
6 2 (5.41%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.41%) C++ Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Salesforce Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (32.43%) REST
1 12 (32.43%) RESTful
2 10 (27.03%) .NET
2 10 (27.03%) Django
2 10 (27.03%) FastAPI
2 10 (27.03%) Flask
3 9 (24.32%) Faiss
3 9 (24.32%) Hugging Face
3 9 (24.32%) JWT
3 9 (24.32%) NumPy
3 9 (24.32%) OAuth
3 9 (24.32%) OpenAPI
3 9 (24.32%) Pandas
3 9 (24.32%) pytest
3 9 (24.32%) PyTorch
3 9 (24.32%) scikit-learn
3 9 (24.32%) Swagger
3 9 (24.32%) TensorFlow
3 9 (24.32%) Web Services
4 5 (13.51%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Legacy Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Low-Code
2 3 (8.11%) Data Structures
2 3 (8.11%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (8.11%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.11%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Derivative
4 1 (2.70%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.70%) Equities
4 1 (2.70%) Hedge funds
4 1 (2.70%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (91.89%) OO
2 20 (54.05%) CI/CD
3 19 (51.35%) Software Engineering
4 15 (40.54%) Agile
5 14 (37.84%) Containerisation
6 13 (35.14%) Test Automation
7 12 (32.43%) AI
7 12 (32.43%) Clean Code
7 12 (32.43%) Generative AI
7 12 (32.43%) Validation
8 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (27.03%) API Development
9 10 (27.03%) Data Modelling
10 9 (24.32%) Change Management
10 9 (24.32%) Data Cleansing
10 9 (24.32%) ETL
10 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (24.32%) Unit Testing
10 9 (24.32%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (24.32%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (48.65%) SQL
2 13 (35.14%) Python
3 9 (24.32%) C++
4 7 (18.92%) C#
5 4 (10.81%) C
5 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
6 2 (5.41%) Bash
7 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (37.84%) Degree
2 8 (21.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (10.81%) HNC
3 4 (10.81%) HND
4 3 (8.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (8.11%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.70%) CEH
5 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (24.32%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (40.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (37.84%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Automation Anywhere
1 9 (24.32%) OpenAI
1 9 (24.32%) UiPath
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.11%) MuleSoft
3 3 (8.11%) Oracle
4 2 (5.41%) Salesforce