OO Job Trends in the North of England

Object-Oriented (OO)
England > North of England

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 238 189
Rank change year-on-year -55 -49 +19
Permanent jobs citing OO 74 56 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.31% 0.62% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.71% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 52 44 65
10th Percentile £38,750 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £31,344 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £50,092 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.80% -8.92% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,269 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £85,500
England median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% -15.38% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

6 months to
21 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,215 7,891 10,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.36% 86.96% 80.29%
Number of salaries quoted 12,752 4,104 4,914
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -6.80% -6.36%
75th Percentile £74,985 £63,750 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

OO Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

OO job vacancy trend in the North of England

OO Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing OO

OO Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Salary histogram for OO in the North of England

OO Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
North West -42 32 £50,000 -16.67% 23
Yorkshire -34 23 £55,000 +37.50% 9
North East -58 19 £65,000 +160.00% 18
OO
England

OO Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Agile63.5%47
2Full-Stack Development48.6%36
3DevOps45.9%34
4AI43.2%32
5CI/CD37.8%28
6Machine Learning36.5%27
7TDD25.7%19
8OOP24.3%18
9Multithreading21.6%16
10Software Engineering16.2%12
11SDLC13.5%10
12BDD12.2%9
12Continuous Improvement12.2%9
12Problem-Solving12.2%9
15Design Patterns10.8%8
15Mentoring10.8%8
15Microservices10.8%8
18Coaching9.5%7
18Collaborative Working9.5%7
18Computer Science9.5%7
49 OO jobs in the North of England