OOD Job Trends in the South East

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring OOD skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 277 260
Rank change year-on-year +12 -17 +16
Permanent jobs citing OOD 5 29 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.048% 0.32% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.37% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 33
10th Percentile - - £37,600
25th Percentile £51,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £64,825 £74,375 £67,900
90th Percentile £71,470 £90,000 £73,500
England median annual salary £63,750 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -3.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

OOD job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OOD.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OOD

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing OOD in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OOD in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Thames Valley +5 3 £52,500 +16.67% 6
Berkshire -13 2 £52,500 +16.67% 4
Isle of Wight - 2 £75,900 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - - 2
OOD
England

OOD
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C++ Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Software Team Leader
2 2 (40.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (40.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (20.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) OO
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Multithreading
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (40.00%) SDLC
3 2 (40.00%) SysML
3 2 (40.00%) System Testing
3 2 (40.00%) UML
3 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Concurrent Programming
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) MVC
4 1 (20.00%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft