OOD Job Trends in Manchester

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring OOD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 148 144
Rank change year-on-year +15 -4 +98
Permanent jobs citing OOD 2 7 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.072% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.27% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £40,625
25th Percentile - £60,000 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +43.59% -37.10%
75th Percentile - £80,000 £57,188
90th Percentile - - £58,875
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,027 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.05% +26.37% -38.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,236 2,555 2,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.90% 93.15% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 1,196 1,664
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,815
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,964
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

OOD
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

OOD job vacancy trend in Manchester

OOD
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing OOD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing OOD

OOD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce