OO Job Trends in Lancashire

Object-Oriented (OO)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring OO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 68 36
Rank change year-on-year +12 -32 +38
Permanent jobs citing OO 5 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.44% 0.38% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.41% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 8
10th Percentile £43,537 £52,345 £31,000
25th Percentile £45,092 £57,559 £36,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +58.82% +4.94%
75th Percentile £59,999 £71,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,498 £72,750 -
North West median annual salary £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.08% -2.50% -37.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 968 727 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 84.62% 91.22% 77.71%
Number of salaries quoted 282 435 300
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,450 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,055 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +8.81% +2.22%
75th Percentile £54,798 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,606 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,084 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -0.79% -4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

OO job vacancy trend in Lancashire

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Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing OO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing OO

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Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO in Lancashire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OO in Lancashire

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Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Blackburn - 3 £55,091 - 2
Preston - 1 £50,000 - 4
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North West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) MongoDB
General
1 4 (80.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 1 (20.00%) Blazor
1 1 (20.00%) ML.NET
1 1 (20.00%) React
1 1 (20.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) OOD
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (20.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) HNC
1 4 (80.00%) HND
2 1 (20.00%) CEH
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft