OOD Job Trends in Essex

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring OOD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OOD 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.28% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
East of England median annual salary £75,900 - £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +82.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 562 357 469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 79.38% 79.69% 85.90%
Number of salaries quoted 325 123 381
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £25,759
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,890 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

OOD
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

OOD job vacancy trend in Essex

OOD
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing OOD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing OOD

OOD
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the Essex region over the 6 months to 21 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
Billericay - 1 £75,900 -
Ingatestone - 1 - -
OOD
East of England

OOD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Software Team Leader
1 2 (100.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SysML
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) Degree