Hierarchical Object-Oriented Design (HOOD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring HOOD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited HOOD over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 705 - 952
Rank change year-on-year - - +204
Permanent jobs citing HOOD 7 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% - 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £65,625
25th Percentile - - £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile - - £96,875
90th Percentile - - £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £68,750
% change year-on-year - - +111.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

HOOD 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,745 85,153 95,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.88% 85.20% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,622 59,851 56,203
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,079 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

HOOD
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HOOD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HOOD in the UK

HOOD
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HOOD.

Salary trend for HOOD in the UK

HOOD
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HOOD within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
London - 6 £60,000 -
England - 6 £60,000 -
Work from Home - 5 - -

HOOD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (57.14%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Figma
2 2 (28.57%) Anthropic Claude
2 2 (28.57%) ChatGPT
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Copilot
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Bazaar
2 1 (14.29%) Axure RP
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Product Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Product Ownership
1 3 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Content Management
1 4 (57.14%) E-Commerce
1 4 (57.14%) SEO
2 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) B2B
2 3 (42.86%) Creative Thinking
2 3 (42.86%) Data Management
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Design Thinking
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) User Experience
2 3 (42.86%) Wireframes
3 2 (28.57%) B2C
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Management
3 2 (28.57%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 1 (14.29%) Data Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Market Research
4 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA