Object-Oriented (OO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring OO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OO over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 221 116
Rank change year-on-year +29 -105 -18
Permanent jobs citing OO 1,049 969 4,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 1.63% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.73% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 458 668 2,057
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,125 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,410 56,130 135,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.81% 94.41% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 31,055 40,211 76,155
10th Percentile £33,875 £32,500 £33,986
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £52,700 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.47% +0.38% +5.00%

OO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OO in the UK

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Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for OO in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for OO in the UK

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Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 2024. 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
England +16 910 £63,750 -2.67% 288
UK excluding London +56 782 £56,000 +1.82% 223
Work from Home +28 384 £57,500 -11.54% 522
London -87 239 £85,000 +9.68% 94
South East +38 211 £54,500 -0.91% 48
North of England -13 134 £55,000 +4.76% 67
East of England +54 119 £67,500 +8.00% 34
South West +18 104 £57,500 +10.05% 23
Midlands -11 93 £55,000 - 25
North West -11 68 £47,500 -11.63% 36
Scotland +3 64 £66,000 +1.54% 15
Yorkshire +28 51 £57,500 +9.52% 20
West Midlands -22 50 £55,000 -6.38% 15
Wales +58 49 £32,500 -35.00% 10
East Midlands -19 43 £52,750 -4.09% 10
North East -22 15 £55,000 +22.22% 11
Northern Ireland +10 8 £50,000 -4.76% 5

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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 39 (3.72%) CMS
2 22 (2.10%) Apache
3 16 (1.53%) Confluence
4 12 (1.14%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.76%) WildFly
6 6 (0.57%) IIS
6 6 (0.57%) NServiceBus
6 6 (0.57%) WordPress
7 5 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.48%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.48%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.19%) SAS
9 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.095%) Appian
10 1 (0.095%) Moodle
10 1 (0.095%) Totara
Applications
1 13 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.48%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.38%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.095%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.095%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.095%) OrCAD
7 1 (0.095%) Simulink
7 1 (0.095%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) SDL Web 8
2 4 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.19%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.095%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.095%) Maximo
4 1 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 236 (22.50%) Azure
2 202 (19.26%) AWS
3 65 (6.20%) GCP
4 60 (5.72%) IBM Cloud
5 56 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (4.00%) SaaS
7 33 (3.15%) Serverless
8 21 (2.00%) npm
9 20 (1.91%) GitHub
10 18 (1.72%) Azure Functions
11 14 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 14 (1.33%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.14%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (1.05%) Azure API Management
15 8 (0.76%) AWS Step Functions
15 8 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
16 7 (0.67%) Amazon S3
16 7 (0.67%) Entra ID
16 7 (0.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.76%) HTTP
2 23 (2.19%) TCP/IP
3 21 (2.00%) Internet
4 15 (1.43%) Network Security
5 8 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.67%) FTP
7 5 (0.48%) SSH
8 4 (0.38%) SMTP
8 4 (0.38%) SNMP
9 2 (0.19%) DNS
9 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.19%) Firewall
9 2 (0.19%) MQTT
9 2 (0.19%) RS-485
9 2 (0.19%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.19%) VPN
9 2 (0.19%) WAN
10 1 (0.095%) 4G
10 1 (0.095%) 5G
10 1 (0.095%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (14.01%) MySQL
2 94 (8.96%) SQL Server
3 86 (8.20%) PostgreSQL
4 82 (7.82%) NoSQL
5 80 (7.63%) Relational Database
6 66 (6.29%) MongoDB
7 37 (3.53%) DB2
8 18 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (1.43%) Redis
10 11 (1.05%) Data Lake
11 10 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (0.76%) Big Data
13 8 (0.76%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.76%) SQLite
14 6 (0.57%) Flink
14 6 (0.57%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.38%) Apache Hive
15 4 (0.38%) MariaDB
15 4 (0.38%) Presto
Development Applications
1 192 (18.30%) Git
2 157 (14.97%) Rational DOORS
3 34 (3.24%) Visual Studio
4 33 (3.15%) JIRA
4 33 (3.15%) Selenium
5 22 (2.10%) JUnit
5 22 (2.10%) PHPUnit
5 22 (2.10%) webpack
6 19 (1.81%) Grunt
7 17 (1.62%) Jenkins
8 16 (1.53%) Subversion
9 15 (1.43%) CMake
9 15 (1.43%) Maven
10 14 (1.33%) JMeter
11 13 (1.24%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.05%) Eclipse
12 11 (1.05%) Gatling
12 11 (1.05%) NUnit
13 10 (0.95%) Eclipse RCP
13 10 (0.95%) MSTest
General
1 312 (29.74%) Social Skills
2 200 (19.07%) Finance
3 78 (7.44%) Public Sector
4 61 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 41 (3.91%) Legal
7 35 (3.34%) Electronics
8 29 (2.76%) Law
9 28 (2.67%) Games
10 25 (2.38%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.38%) Marketing
11 21 (2.00%) Front Office
12 20 (1.91%) Advertising
13 18 (1.72%) Aerospace
13 18 (1.72%) Banking
14 13 (1.24%) Automotive
15 12 (1.14%) Military
16 11 (1.05%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.86%) Back Office
17 9 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 352 (33.56%) Developer
2 292 (27.84%) Software Engineer
3 236 (22.50%) Senior
4 168 (16.02%) Systems Engineer
5 139 (13.25%) Senior Software Engineer
6 135 (12.87%) Requirements Engineer
7 88 (8.39%) Lead
8 75 (7.15%) .NET Developer
9 72 (6.86%) PHP Developer
10 68 (6.48%) Senior Developer
11 67 (6.39%) C# Developer
12 64 (6.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 60 (5.72%) Full-Stack Developer
14 41 (3.91%) Embedded Engineer
15 38 (3.62%) Azure Engineer
16 35 (3.34%) Software Developer
17 32 (3.05%) C# Software Engineer
17 32 (3.05%) C++ Software Engineer
18 27 (2.57%) Java Developer
19 26 (2.48%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (26.50%) .NET
2 262 (24.98%) HTML
3 257 (24.50%) React
4 217 (20.69%) CSS
5 138 (13.16%) AngularJS
6 117 (11.15%) REST
7 108 (10.30%) ASP.NET
8 100 (9.53%) Vue
9 97 (9.25%) Web Services
10 85 (8.10%) jQuery
11 80 (7.63%) .NET Framework
12 74 (7.05%) RESTful
13 67 (6.39%) .NET Core
14 59 (5.62%) Electron
15 54 (5.15%) Laravel
15 54 (5.15%) Spring
15 54 (5.15%) Symfony
16 51 (4.86%) ASP.NET Core
16 51 (4.86%) HTML5
17 47 (4.48%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 68 (6.48%) Algorithms
2 60 (5.72%) Blockchain
2 60 (5.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 59 (5.62%) Data Structures
4 45 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (3.43%) Cloud Native
5 36 (3.43%) Embedded Systems
6 31 (2.96%) e-Learning
6 31 (2.96%) Greenfield Project
7 30 (2.86%) Product Ownership
8 29 (2.76%) FPGA
9 28 (2.67%) Hedge funds
10 26 (2.48%) ASIC
10 26 (2.48%) Verilog
10 26 (2.48%) VHDL
11 25 (2.38%) Legacy Code
12 21 (2.00%) Cybercrime
12 21 (2.00%) Management Information System
13 20 (1.91%) Mobile App
14 17 (1.62%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 162 (15.44%) Linux
2 110 (10.49%) Windows
3 60 (5.72%) Android
4 58 (5.53%) Apple iOS
5 41 (3.91%) Unix
6 7 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.38%) CentOS
7 4 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.38%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.095%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.095%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (51.38%) Agile
2 430 (40.99%) OOP
3 394 (37.56%) Software Engineering
4 225 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
5 186 (17.73%) Full-Stack Development
5 186 (17.73%) TDD
6 173 (16.49%) Design Patterns
7 168 (16.02%) Validation
8 157 (14.97%) Systems Engineering
9 149 (14.20%) Computer Science
9 149 (14.20%) DevOps
10 143 (13.63%) MVC
11 136 (12.96%) Requirements Engineering
11 136 (12.96%) Verification and Validation
12 126 (12.01%) Mentoring
13 119 (11.34%) Microservices
14 117 (11.15%) CI/CD
15 111 (10.58%) Unit Testing
16 108 (10.30%) SOLID
17 101 (9.63%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 398 (37.94%) C#
2 311 (29.65%) JavaScript
3 298 (28.41%) Java
4 277 (26.41%) SQL
5 211 (20.11%) Python
6 142 (13.54%) PHP
7 140 (13.35%) C++
8 137 (13.06%) TypeScript
9 73 (6.96%) C
10 38 (3.62%) PowerShell
11 32 (3.05%) Shell Script
12 27 (2.57%) Scala
13 26 (2.48%) Assembly Language
13 26 (2.48%) SystemVerilog
13 26 (2.48%) Tcl
14 25 (2.38%) Kotlin
15 18 (1.72%) T-SQL
16 16 (1.53%) Go
17 15 (1.43%) Embedded C++
18 12 (1.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 202 (19.26%) Degree
2 138 (13.16%) HNC
3 99 (9.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 56 (5.34%) Security Cleared
5 38 (3.62%) Master's Degree
6 29 (2.76%) SC Cleared
7 13 (1.24%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.86%) Numerate Degree
9 8 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (0.76%) CCSP
9 8 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (0.76%) CISSP
10 5 (0.48%) HND
11 4 (0.38%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.38%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.19%) PhD
13 1 (0.095%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (5.72%) QA
2 29 (2.76%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.14%) ISO 9001
5 8 (0.76%) NIST
5 8 (0.76%) SOC 2
6 7 (0.67%) MiFID
7 5 (0.48%) NCSC
7 5 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.38%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.38%) EMIR
8 4 (0.38%) PMO
9 3 (0.29%) GDPR
10 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.095%) MISRA
11 1 (0.095%) MISRA C
System Software
1 97 (9.25%) Docker
2 14 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (0.57%) Firmware
4 5 (0.48%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.095%) GlusterFS
7 1 (0.095%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 76 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 65 (6.20%) Terraform
3 19 (1.81%) Ansible
4 4 (0.38%) Grafana
4 4 (0.38%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.19%) CASB
5 2 (0.19%) Kustomize
5 2 (0.19%) Packer
5 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.095%) Kibana
Vendors
1 127 (12.11%) Microsoft
2 63 (6.01%) IBM
3 62 (5.91%) Red Hat
4 28 (2.67%) Google
5 27 (2.57%) Xilinx
6 19 (1.81%) Oracle
7 13 (1.24%) SAP
8 12 (1.14%) Databricks
9 10 (0.95%) Bloomberg
10 8 (0.76%) Adobe
10 8 (0.76%) Splunk
10 8 (0.76%) Xamarin
11 5 (0.48%) Cognizant
11 5 (0.48%) Sybase
12 4 (0.38%) DevExpress
12 4 (0.38%) EMC
12 4 (0.38%) VMware
12 4 (0.38%) YouTube
13 3 (0.29%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.29%) MuleSoft