OO Job Trends in Leeds

Object-Oriented (OO)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring OO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 81 102
Rank change year-on-year -3 +21 +8
Permanent jobs citing OO 17 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.29% 0.92% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 1.05% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 6
10th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £50,625
25th Percentile £42,813 £50,938 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £68,750 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +17.02% -18.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £71,563
90th Percentile £79,250 £83,125 £77,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -14.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,070 949 1,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 80.94% 87.55% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 710 546 883
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +2.68%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,367 £53,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +4.47% -5.36% +1.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

OO job vacancy trend in Leeds

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Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing OO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing OO

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Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO in Leeds over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for OO in Leeds

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 15 (88.24%) AWS
2 8 (47.06%) GitHub
2 8 (47.06%) Serverless
3 7 (41.18%) SaaS
4 1 (5.88%) Azure
4 1 (5.88%) Azure API Management
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (5.88%) MySQL
2 1 (5.88%) Redis
2 1 (5.88%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
1 7 (41.18%) Financial Institution
2 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Law
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Developer
2 8 (47.06%) Python Developer
3 6 (35.29%) Java Developer
4 4 (23.53%) Junior
4 4 (23.53%) Junior Developer
4 4 (23.53%) Junior Java Developer
5 3 (17.65%) Java Software Developer
5 3 (17.65%) Software Developer
6 2 (11.76%) Lead
6 2 (11.76%) Lead Developer
6 2 (11.76%) Lead Python Developer
7 1 (5.88%) Applications Developer
7 1 (5.88%) Azure Developer
7 1 (5.88%) Cloud Developer
7 1 (5.88%) IoT Developer
7 1 (5.88%) Junior Java Software Developer
7 1 (5.88%) Junior Software Developer
7 1 (5.88%) Mid-Level Java Developer
7 1 (5.88%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (47.06%) CSS
1 8 (47.06%) Django
1 8 (47.06%) FastAPI
1 8 (47.06%) Flask
1 8 (47.06%) HTML
1 8 (47.06%) React
1 8 (47.06%) Vue
2 7 (41.18%) Micronaut
3 1 (5.88%) CakePHP
3 1 (5.88%) CodeIgniter
3 1 (5.88%) Laravel
3 1 (5.88%) OpenAPI
3 1 (5.88%) RESTful
3 1 (5.88%) SQLAlchemy
3 1 (5.88%) Swagger
3 1 (5.88%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Data Structures
2 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Infrastructure as Code
2 14 (82.35%) CI/CD
2 14 (82.35%) Front End Development
2 14 (82.35%) OOP
3 9 (52.94%) Agile
3 9 (52.94%) DevOps
4 8 (47.06%) Clean Code
5 7 (41.18%) API Testing
5 7 (41.18%) Data Analysis
5 7 (41.18%) Design Patterns
5 7 (41.18%) Fintech
5 7 (41.18%) Logistics
5 7 (41.18%) Mentoring
6 5 (29.41%) Software Engineering
7 4 (23.53%) Software Architecture
7 4 (23.53%) SQL Optimisation
7 4 (23.53%) Test Automation
8 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
8 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
8 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) Python
2 8 (47.06%) JavaScript
3 7 (41.18%) Java
4 5 (29.41%) SQL
5 1 (5.88%) C#
5 1 (5.88%) PHP
5 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) Terraform
2 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes