OOP Jobs in England

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring OOP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OOP over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 249 185
Rank change year-on-year +51 -64 -19
Permanent jobs citing OOP 835 1,003 1,694
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.71% 1.12% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 1.33% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 318 623 989
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £80,375 £93,250 £106,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

OOP 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 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

OOP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OOP in England

OOP
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for OOP in England

OOP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OOP in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OOP in England

OOP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOP within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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 +139 502 £47,500 -9.52% 267
North West +90 459 £41,000 -21.90% 135
London +23 131 £64,500 -16.77% 178
South East -17 94 £62,500 +8.70% 341
East of England +18 34 £34,750 -44.40% 152
Yorkshire +55 29 £70,000 +55.56% 96
Midlands -37 28 £40,000 -20.00% 182
South West +34 27 £60,000 +33.33% 133
West Midlands +27 17 £55,000 +10.00% 99
North East +50 14 £55,000 -23.08% 40
East Midlands -49 11 £40,000 -21.95% 71
OOP
UK

OOP
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 11 (1.32%) WordPress
2 10 (1.20%) CMS
2 10 (1.20%) Drupal
3 9 (1.08%) Apache
4 5 (0.60%) Confluence
4 5 (0.60%) nginx
5 4 (0.48%) GemFire
5 4 (0.48%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (0.36%) IIS
7 2 (0.24%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.12%) Camunda
Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (1.32%) JDE OneWorld
2 11 (1.32%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) iTrent
3 1 (0.12%) Magento
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 149 (17.84%) Azure
2 139 (16.65%) AWS
3 49 (5.87%) Amazon EKS
3 49 (5.87%) AWS CloudFormation
4 39 (4.67%) GCP
5 32 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (1.80%) SaaS
7 11 (1.32%) Boomi
7 11 (1.32%) Serverless
8 10 (1.20%) GitHub
9 9 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (0.60%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.48%) Amazon Cognito
11 4 (0.48%) Azure Pipelines
11 4 (0.48%) CloudFront
12 3 (0.36%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 3 (0.36%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 397 (47.54%) DNS
1 397 (47.54%) VPN
2 23 (2.75%) Wireshark
3 12 (1.44%) HTTP
4 9 (1.08%) Multicast
5 2 (0.24%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.24%) Modbus
5 2 (0.24%) Profibus
5 2 (0.24%) RTP
5 2 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (11.62%) MySQL
2 93 (11.14%) SQL Server
3 55 (6.59%) Elasticsearch
4 31 (3.71%) NoSQL
5 28 (3.35%) Relational Database
6 27 (3.23%) MongoDB
7 18 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.20%) Big Data
9 10 (1.20%) RDBMS
10 8 (0.96%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.72%) Redis
12 5 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.48%) Apache Ignite
13 4 (0.48%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.48%) InterSystems Cache
14 3 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
15 2 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.24%) Apache Iceberg
15 2 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 120 (14.37%) Git
2 23 (2.75%) JIRA
3 21 (2.51%) JUnit
4 16 (1.92%) NUnit
5 14 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.68%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.20%) Selenium
7 9 (1.08%) Postman
8 8 (0.96%) Maven
8 8 (0.96%) PHPUnit
9 7 (0.84%) TestNG
10 6 (0.72%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.72%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.60%) GitLab
11 5 (0.60%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.60%) webpack
12 4 (0.48%) Grunt
12 4 (0.48%) gulp
12 4 (0.48%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.48%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 533 (63.83%) Finance
2 477 (57.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 475 (56.89%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (9.70%) Social Skills
5 37 (4.43%) Games
6 33 (3.95%) Retail
7 25 (2.99%) Law
8 24 (2.87%) Banking
9 23 (2.75%) Front Office
10 10 (1.20%) Marketing
10 10 (1.20%) Public Sector
11 6 (0.72%) Back Office
11 6 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.60%) iGaming
13 3 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.24%) Advertising
14 2 (0.24%) Aviation
14 2 (0.24%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 694 (83.11%) Developer
2 486 (58.20%) Software Developer
3 103 (12.34%) Senior
4 63 (7.54%) Senior Developer
5 49 (5.87%) PHP Developer
6 41 (4.91%) .NET Developer
7 38 (4.55%) Lead
8 37 (4.43%) Software Engineer
9 25 (2.99%) C# Developer
9 25 (2.99%) Principal Engineer
9 25 (2.99%) Systems Engineer
10 24 (2.87%) Graduate
10 24 (2.87%) Graduate Developer
11 23 (2.75%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 22 (2.63%) IT Graduate
13 20 (2.40%) Python Developer
14 19 (2.28%) C++ Developer
14 19 (2.28%) Python Engineer
14 19 (2.28%) Quantitative Developer
15 18 (2.16%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (20.60%) CSS
2 163 (19.52%) .NET
3 146 (17.49%) HTML
4 73 (8.74%) React
5 69 (8.26%) Node.js
6 57 (6.83%) REST
7 54 (6.47%) jQuery
8 52 (6.23%) LAMP
9 49 (5.87%) Pandas
10 47 (5.63%) Laravel
11 44 (5.27%) ASP.NET
12 39 (4.67%) RESTful
13 37 (4.43%) Web Services
14 35 (4.19%) .NET Core
15 33 (3.95%) AngularJS
16 27 (3.23%) CSS3
17 26 (3.11%) .NET Framework
18 24 (2.87%) Boost C++ Libraries
19 23 (2.75%) HTML5
19 23 (2.75%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 446 (53.41%) Cyberattack
2 50 (5.99%) Management Information System
3 46 (5.51%) Mobile App
4 43 (5.15%) Algorithms
5 35 (4.19%) Data Structures
6 28 (3.35%) Equities
7 20 (2.40%) Hedge funds
8 18 (2.16%) Derivative
8 18 (2.16%) Product Ownership
9 15 (1.80%) Fixed Income
10 14 (1.68%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 6 (0.72%) Credit Derivative
13 6 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 6 (0.72%) Public Cloud
14 5 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.60%) Reinsurance
15 4 (0.48%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 511 (61.20%) Linux
2 452 (54.13%) Android
3 33 (3.95%) Windows
4 9 (1.08%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.48%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 714 (85.51%) OO
2 617 (73.89%) Agile
3 533 (63.83%) Design Patterns
4 466 (55.81%) Mathematics
5 450 (53.89%) Android Development
6 447 (53.53%) Line Management
7 156 (18.68%) Software Engineering
8 136 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
9 129 (15.45%) CI/CD
10 92 (11.02%) Containerisation
11 84 (10.06%) MVC
12 71 (8.50%) Computer Science
13 66 (7.90%) Kanban
14 65 (7.78%) Collaborative Working
15 63 (7.54%) DevOps
16 62 (7.43%) E-Commerce
16 62 (7.43%) Test Automation
17 61 (7.31%) Web Development
18 57 (6.83%) Secure Coding
19 53 (6.35%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 552 (66.11%) Java
2 532 (63.71%) Python
3 495 (59.28%) C++
4 453 (54.25%) Go
5 212 (25.39%) JavaScript
6 135 (16.17%) C#
7 103 (12.34%) PHP
8 89 (10.66%) SQL
9 49 (5.87%) Rust
10 35 (4.19%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.20%) Scala
12 5 (0.60%) Swift
13 3 (0.36%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.36%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.24%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.24%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.24%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.24%) Ruby
15 1 (0.12%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 460 (55.09%) Security Cleared
2 449 (53.77%) DV Cleared
3 142 (17.01%) Degree
4 47 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 23 (2.75%) Chartered Engineer
6 12 (1.44%) Master's Degree
6 12 (1.44%) SC Cleared
7 8 (0.96%) Numerate Degree
8 5 (0.60%) PhD
9 4 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.48%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
10 2 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.24%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.12%) MCSE
11 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.12%) VCAP
11 1 (0.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.63%) Accessibility
1 22 (2.63%) QA
2 2 (0.24%) IEC 61131
2 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.24%) NCSC
3 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 477 (57.13%) Docker
2 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 452 (54.13%) Ansible
2 73 (8.74%) Kubernetes
3 59 (7.07%) Terraform
4 3 (0.36%) Grafana
4 3 (0.36%) Kustomize
4 3 (0.36%) Packer
4 3 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.12%) Puppet
5 1 (0.12%) vRealize
Vendors
1 48 (5.75%) Oracle
2 39 (4.67%) Microsoft
3 15 (1.80%) Twitter
4 13 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.32%) Dell
6 8 (0.96%) Okta
7 7 (0.84%) Splunk
8 5 (0.60%) Solace
9 4 (0.48%) Bloomberg
9 4 (0.48%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.48%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.24%) Adobe
10 2 (0.24%) Apple
10 2 (0.24%) Google
10 2 (0.24%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.12%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.12%) Facebook
11 1 (0.12%) Intel
11 1 (0.12%) New Relic
11 1 (0.12%) SAP