OO Job Trends in the South West

Object-Oriented (OO)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring OO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 134 160
Rank change year-on-year -45 +26 +11
Permanent jobs citing OO 6 59 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.12% 1.37% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 1.62% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 32 35
10th Percentile - £37,625 £39,658
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,603 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% +22.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £43,750 £69,688 £68,750
90th Percentile - £79,650 £92,923
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -7.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,635 3,643 4,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 72.48% 84.45% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,465 1,869 3,032
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,775
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +6.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
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 West

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

OO job vacancy trend in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OO

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +8 4 £42,500 -32.23% 9
Dorset 0 2 - - 5
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Windchill
2 1 (16.67%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) RESTful
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) .NET
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 2 (33.33%) CAD
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) OOA/OOD
2 2 (33.33%) OOD
2 2 (33.33%) PLM
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Perl
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) OCA
3 1 (16.67%) OCP
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens