OOP Jobs in the South East

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring OOP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OOP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 203 150
Rank change year-on-year +16 -53 -25
Permanent jobs citing OOP 102 215 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.21% 1.29% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.52% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 76 129 232
10th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £69,063
90th Percentile - £72,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

OOP 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 7,705 14,150 14,159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.03% 84.80% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,103 9,942 8,229
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

OOP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing OOP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for OOP in the South East

OOP
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OOP in the South East.

Salary trend for OOP in the South East

OOP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing OOP in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OOP in the South East

OOP
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 OOP within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Hampshire -23 34 £70,000 +21.74% 10
Thames Valley +94 24 £60,000 - 19
Surrey +62 17 £70,000 +27.27% 10
Oxfordshire +56 16 £60,000 +41.18% 8
Kent +41 13 £32,500 -10.34% 2
West Sussex +36 9 £70,000 +75.00% 2
Buckinghamshire +50 5 £50,000 -16.67% 2
Berkshire +56 3 £55,000 -31.25% 11
East Sussex +30 3 £30,000 -50.00% 1
Middlesex -10 2 - -
OOP
England

OOP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (0.98%) Apache
1 1 (0.98%) GemFire
Cloud Services
1 40 (39.22%) Azure
2 34 (33.33%) AWS
3 18 (17.65%) Amazon EKS
3 18 (17.65%) AWS CloudFormation
4 12 (11.76%) GCP
5 7 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (5.88%) GitHub
7 5 (4.90%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.96%) IaaS
8 2 (1.96%) SaaS
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.98%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.98%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (22.55%) Wireshark
2 7 (6.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (21.57%) MySQL
2 18 (17.65%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (7.84%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (4.90%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.98%) Apache Ignite
5 1 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.98%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.98%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.98%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.98%) Redis
5 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.98%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 24 (23.53%) Git
2 11 (10.78%) JIRA
2 11 (10.78%) Visual Studio
3 5 (4.90%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (2.94%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.98%) CMake
5 1 (0.98%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.98%) MSTest
5 1 (0.98%) NUnit
5 1 (0.98%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.98%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (21.57%) Retail
2 19 (18.63%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (14.71%) Finance
4 15 (14.71%) Social Skills
5 3 (2.94%) Marketing
6 2 (1.96%) Front Office
6 2 (1.96%) Law
7 1 (0.98%) Automotive
7 1 (0.98%) Games
7 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (41.18%) Developer
2 23 (22.55%) Principal Engineer
2 23 (22.55%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 23 (22.55%) Senior
2 23 (22.55%) Systems Engineer
3 22 (21.57%) Software Developer
4 8 (7.84%) Azure Engineer
4 8 (7.84%) Data Engineer
4 8 (7.84%) Python Engineer
4 8 (7.84%) Senior Data Engineer
5 7 (6.86%) Full-Stack Developer
5 7 (6.86%) Junior
5 7 (6.86%) Junior Developer
6 6 (5.88%) Lead
7 5 (4.90%) Azure Data Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) Junior PHP Developer
8 4 (3.92%) Lead Data Engineer
8 4 (3.92%) PHP Developer
8 4 (3.92%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.92%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (36.27%) CSS
1 37 (36.27%) HTML
2 34 (33.33%) .NET
3 21 (20.59%) LAMP
4 18 (17.65%) Node.js
4 18 (17.65%) Pandas
5 16 (15.69%) Web Services
6 13 (12.75%) ASP.NET
6 13 (12.75%) Laravel
7 12 (11.76%) ASP.NET MVC
8 9 (8.82%) jQuery
9 8 (7.84%) .NET Framework
9 8 (7.84%) AngularJS
9 8 (7.84%) Django
10 7 (6.86%) .NET Core
10 7 (6.86%) HTML5
10 7 (6.86%) RESTful
11 5 (4.90%) OAuth
11 5 (4.90%) OAuth2
11 5 (4.90%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.65%) Cyberattack
2 12 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (7.84%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.86%) Algorithms
4 7 (6.86%) Data Structures
5 6 (5.88%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) Credit Derivative
6 2 (1.96%) Derivative
6 2 (1.96%) Equities
6 2 (1.96%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.96%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.98%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (0.98%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.98%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 53 (51.96%) Linux
2 23 (22.55%) Windows
3 21 (20.59%) Android
4 1 (0.98%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (65.69%) OO
2 44 (43.14%) Software Engineering
3 41 (40.20%) Containerisation
4 37 (36.27%) Design Patterns
5 33 (32.35%) Full-Stack Development
6 30 (29.41%) CI/CD
7 28 (27.45%) MVC
8 26 (25.49%) Agile
9 25 (24.51%) Mathematics
10 23 (22.55%) Data Analysis
10 23 (22.55%) Roadmaps
10 23 (22.55%) Systems Engineering
11 20 (19.61%) Android Development
12 19 (18.63%) Collaborative Working
12 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (17.65%) DevOps
13 18 (17.65%) Kanban
13 18 (17.65%) Line Management
13 18 (17.65%) Secure Coding
13 18 (17.65%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 57 (55.88%) JavaScript
2 41 (40.20%) Python
3 32 (31.37%) Java
4 21 (20.59%) Go
4 21 (20.59%) PHP
5 20 (19.61%) SQL
6 19 (18.63%) C++
7 18 (17.65%) Rust
8 17 (16.67%) C#
9 9 (8.82%) TypeScript
10 8 (7.84%) Scala
11 2 (1.96%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.96%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.98%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.98%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.98%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 41 (40.20%) Degree
2 23 (22.55%) BPSS Clearance
2 23 (22.55%) Chartered Engineer
3 19 (18.63%) Security Cleared
4 18 (17.65%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.88%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.98%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.98%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.96%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 24 (23.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (17.65%) Ansible
1 18 (17.65%) Kubernetes
1 18 (17.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (7.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.86%) Google
3 3 (2.94%) Twitter
4 2 (1.96%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.98%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.98%) Intel
5 1 (0.98%) Oracle
5 1 (0.98%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.98%) Solace
5 1 (0.98%) TIBCO