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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 61 177
Rank change year-on-year -238 +116 +21
Permanent jobs citing OO 67 445 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.28% 4.67% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 5.30% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 51 46 72
10th Percentile £38,750 £25,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £29,031 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £47,592 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +16.62% -2.38% -7.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -9.17%

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,129 8,393 10,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.01% 88.11% 79.45%
Number of salaries quoted 12,710 4,016 5,538
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,735 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -2.53% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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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

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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

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Salary histogram for OO in the North of England

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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 30 September 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 -197 30 £48,500 -30.71% 27
Yorkshire -49 22 £55,000 +37.50% 16
North East -59 15 £65,000 +160.00% 19
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.99%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 32 (47.76%) Azure
2 21 (31.34%) Azure AI
2 21 (31.34%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (13.43%) AWS
3 9 (13.43%) GitHub
4 8 (11.94%) GitHub Copilot
5 6 (8.96%) Serverless
6 4 (5.97%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (5.97%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (5.97%) Slack
7 2 (2.99%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (2.99%) npm
8 1 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.49%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.49%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 1 (1.49%) AWS CodeBuild
8 1 (1.49%) AWS CodePipeline
8 1 (1.49%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (1.49%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.97%) Internet
2 1 (1.49%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (38.81%) MongoDB
2 23 (34.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (11.94%) MySQL
4 6 (8.96%) NonStop SQL
4 6 (8.96%) Relational Database
5 5 (7.46%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (4.48%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.99%) Redis
7 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
8 1 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (1.49%) Db2
8 1 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Git
2 3 (4.48%) Eclipse
2 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.48%) JUnit
2 3 (4.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 16 (23.88%) Finance
2 10 (14.93%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.94%) Advertising
4 7 (10.45%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Legal
5 4 (5.97%) Local Government
5 4 (5.97%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.49%) Automotive
7 1 (1.49%) Banking
7 1 (1.49%) Electronics
7 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (74.63%) Developer
2 29 (43.28%) .NET Developer
3 11 (16.42%) Senior
4 9 (13.43%) Software Developer
5 7 (10.45%) Software Engineer
6 6 (8.96%) Senior Developer
7 5 (7.46%) Backend Developer
7 5 (7.46%) Consultant
7 5 (7.46%) Senior Backend Developer
7 5 (7.46%) Software Consultant
8 4 (5.97%) Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Delphi Developer
8 4 (5.97%) Integration Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Technical Analyst
9 2 (2.99%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (2.99%) C# Developer
9 2 (2.99%) Mid Level C# Developer
9 2 (2.99%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (56.72%) .NET
2 28 (41.79%) .NET Core
3 27 (40.30%) ASP.NET
3 27 (40.30%) ASP.NET Core
4 21 (31.34%) ML.NET
4 21 (31.34%) React
5 20 (29.85%) CSS
6 16 (23.88%) HTML
7 15 (22.39%) RESTful
8 13 (19.40%) Blazor
9 7 (10.45%) Entity Framework
10 6 (8.96%) LINQ
10 6 (8.96%) REST
11 5 (7.46%) Terraform
12 4 (5.97%) SOAP
12 4 (5.97%) Web Services
12 4 (5.97%) WSDL
12 4 (5.97%) XML
12 4 (5.97%) XSD
12 4 (5.97%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.91%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (7.46%) BBC
2 5 (7.46%) Social Media
3 4 (5.97%) Blog
3 4 (5.97%) Social Network
4 3 (4.48%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.48%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (4.48%) NHS
5 2 (2.99%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.49%) Culture of Ownership
6 1 (1.49%) IoT
6 1 (1.49%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.97%) Linux
2 1 (1.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (64.18%) Agile
2 31 (46.27%) Full-Stack Development
3 28 (41.79%) DevOps
4 26 (38.81%) AI
5 25 (37.31%) CI/CD
6 23 (34.33%) Machine Learning
7 20 (29.85%) OOP
8 18 (26.87%) TDD
9 13 (19.40%) Multithreading
10 11 (16.42%) Software Engineering
11 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (13.43%) SDLC
12 8 (11.94%) BDD
12 8 (11.94%) Computer Science
12 8 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (11.94%) Design Patterns
12 8 (11.94%) Microservices
13 7 (10.45%) Collaborative Working
13 7 (10.45%) Mentoring
14 6 (8.96%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 45 (67.16%) C#
2 31 (46.27%) SQL
3 19 (28.36%) Java
4 16 (23.88%) JavaScript
5 14 (20.90%) Python
6 5 (7.46%) Go
6 5 (7.46%) PHP
6 5 (7.46%) Scala
7 4 (5.97%) Delphi
7 4 (5.97%) Ruby
7 4 (5.97%) XPath
8 2 (2.99%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.49%) C
9 1 (1.49%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) SC Cleared
1 10 (14.93%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.94%) Degree
3 6 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 10 (14.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (14.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.49%) logstash
Vendors
1 33 (49.25%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) Apple
2 5 (7.46%) Facebook
2 5 (7.46%) Google
2 5 (7.46%) Sony
2 5 (7.46%) Yahoo!
3 1 (1.49%) Cisco
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle
3 1 (1.49%) Sybase