OOD Jobs in Scotland

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring OOD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OOD over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 257 201
Rank change year-on-year +106 -56 +42
Permanent jobs citing OOD 12 16 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.40% 0.23% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.26% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4 16 5
10th Percentile - £48,750 -
25th Percentile £37,574 £57,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,101 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.17% -7.69% +47.73%
75th Percentile £42,627 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,055 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.58% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,793 6,205 4,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.15% 90.74% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 2,476 2,066
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £41,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,813 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%

OOD
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing OOD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for OOD in Scotland

OOD
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OOD in Scotland.

Salary trend for OOD in Scotland

OOD
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 June 2025. 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
Glasgow - 5 - - 12
Moray - 2 £40,101 -
Edinburgh +24 1 - - 16
West Lothian -8 1 - - 6
Fife - 1 £40,101 - 2
East Ayrshire - 1 £40,101 -
South Ayrshire - 1 £40,101 -
OOD
UK

OOD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) Apache
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Foundry
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Eclipse
1 5 (41.67%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Banking
2 4 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (33.33%) Law
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Marketing
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Software Engineer
2 5 (41.67%) Junior
2 5 (41.67%) Junior Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Java Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
4 2 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Python Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Java Server Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Mobile Designer
5 1 (8.33%) Mobile UX Designer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Server Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) CSS
1 5 (41.67%) HTML
1 5 (41.67%) JSP
1 5 (41.67%) Middleware
2 4 (33.33%) React
3 3 (25.00%) Spring
4 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
4 2 (16.67%) Django
4 2 (16.67%) Kafka
4 2 (16.67%) Pandas
4 2 (16.67%) Web Services
5 1 (8.33%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Fixed Income
2 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 2 (16.67%) Derivative
4 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 5 (41.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.33%) Android
3 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (8.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) OO
1 11 (91.67%) Software Engineering
2 9 (75.00%) SDLC
3 7 (58.33%) Agile
4 5 (41.67%) Analytics
4 5 (41.67%) Business Analytics
4 5 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (41.67%) ETL
4 5 (41.67%) Mathematics
4 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
4 5 (41.67%) Physics
4 5 (41.67%) UML
4 5 (41.67%) Unit Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Operational Stability
6 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) OOP
7 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
7 2 (16.67%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Python
2 8 (66.67%) Java
2 8 (66.67%) SQL
3 5 (41.67%) Ada
3 5 (41.67%) C#
3 5 (41.67%) Rust
4 4 (33.33%) TypeScript
5 2 (16.67%) C++
5 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 1 (8.33%) C
6 1 (8.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Sybase