Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring OOD skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OOD over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 673 734
Rank change year-on-year +74 +61 -228
Permanent jobs citing OOD 113 210 242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.25% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 77 144 170
10th Percentile - £42,500 £40,231
25th Percentile £37,574 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -7.69% +4.69%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £96,750 £104,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,711 84,738 96,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.87% 85.57% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 26,444 59,708 57,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%

OOD
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OOD in the UK

OOD
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for OOD in the UK

OOD
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OOD over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OOD in the UK

OOD
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +131 88 £50,000 -16.67% 102
England +41 83 £52,500 -14.63% 168
South East +83 37 £61,250 -3.92% 38
Work from Home +77 37 £50,055 -16.58% 101
London +61 16 £77,500 -1.59% 99
South West +109 12 £48,918 +2.99% 8
North of England +38 11 £50,027 -16.62% 31
Scotland +110 9 £40,101 -33.17% 12
Wales +41 7 £65,000 +44.44% 3
North West 0 6 £50,055 -16.58% 18
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
Yorkshire +67 4 £40,101 - 11
Midlands +47 4 £40,101 -15.58% 7
East of England +41 3 £40,101 -47.41% 5
West Midlands +43 2 - - 2
East Midlands +30 2 £40,101 -10.89% 4
North East +44 1 £55,000 - 2

OOD
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 31 (27.43%) Apache
2 9 (7.96%) CMS
2 9 (7.96%) WordPress
3 4 (3.54%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.65%) IIS
5 1 (0.88%) Confluence
5 1 (0.88%) Drupal
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.88%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.88%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.54%) SaaS
2 3 (2.65%) AWS
3 2 (1.77%) Azure
3 2 (1.77%) GCP
4 1 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.88%) GitHub
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.88%) Broadband
2 1 (0.88%) HTTP
2 1 (0.88%) Internet
2 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.42%) MySQL
3 4 (3.54%) Apache Hive
3 4 (3.54%) Big Data
3 4 (3.54%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.77%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.77%) SQLite
5 1 (0.88%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.88%) DB2
5 1 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.88%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.88%) Power BI
5 1 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 26 (23.01%) Eclipse
1 26 (23.01%) Eclipse RCP
2 19 (16.81%) Git
3 6 (5.31%) JIRA
4 5 (4.42%) Subversion
4 5 (4.42%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.65%) NetBeans
6 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.88%) Qt Creator
6 1 (0.88%) RSpec
6 1 (0.88%) Spock
6 1 (0.88%) TeamCity
General
1 16 (14.16%) Finance
1 16 (14.16%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.39%) Aerospace
2 14 (12.39%) Electronics
3 8 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.31%) Front Office
5 5 (4.42%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.54%) Aviation
7 3 (2.65%) Games
7 3 (2.65%) Military
8 1 (0.88%) Automotive
8 1 (0.88%) Banking
8 1 (0.88%) Legal
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Publishing
8 1 (0.88%) Retail
8 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (38.05%) Software Engineer
2 28 (24.78%) Developer
3 23 (20.35%) Junior
3 23 (20.35%) Junior Software Engineer
3 23 (20.35%) Senior
4 16 (14.16%) Lead
4 16 (14.16%) Team Leader
5 15 (13.27%) Software Team Leader
6 8 (7.08%) C# Developer
6 8 (7.08%) Full-Stack Developer
6 8 (7.08%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
6 8 (7.08%) PHP Developer
6 8 (7.08%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Java Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Front Office Developer
9 4 (3.54%) Apache Spark Developer
9 4 (3.54%) Electronics Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.54%) Java Software Engineer
9 4 (3.54%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (32.74%) HTML
2 36 (31.86%) CSS
3 27 (23.89%) Middleware
4 26 (23.01%) JSP
5 18 (15.93%) XML
6 14 (12.39%) .NET
7 9 (7.96%) Laravel
8 8 (7.08%) jQuery
9 7 (6.19%) AngularJS
10 6 (5.31%) Angular 2
10 6 (5.31%) Kafka
10 6 (5.31%) Web Services
11 5 (4.42%) Spring
12 4 (3.54%) Hibernate
12 4 (3.54%) J2EE
12 4 (3.54%) Java EE
12 4 (3.54%) Spring Boot
13 3 (2.65%) Entity Framework
13 3 (2.65%) JavaFX
13 3 (2.65%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 6 (5.31%) Hedge funds
4 5 (4.42%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.54%) CPLD
5 4 (3.54%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.54%) FPGA
6 3 (2.65%) Equities
6 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.77%) Robotics
7 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.88%) 3D Graphics
8 1 (0.88%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 40 (35.40%) Linux
2 32 (28.32%) Windows
3 2 (1.77%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.88%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (97.35%) OO
2 70 (61.95%) Software Engineering
3 57 (50.44%) SDLC
4 48 (42.48%) UML
5 40 (35.40%) Mentoring
6 38 (33.63%) Unit Testing
7 35 (30.97%) Design Patterns
8 32 (28.32%) Agile
9 29 (25.66%) Mathematics
10 27 (23.89%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (23.89%) ETL
10 27 (23.89%) Physics
11 26 (23.01%) Analytics
11 26 (23.01%) Business Analytics
12 20 (17.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (15.93%) Customer Requirements
14 17 (15.04%) SysML
15 15 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
16 14 (12.39%) Full-Stack Development
16 14 (12.39%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 54 (47.79%) SQL
2 52 (46.02%) C#
3 47 (41.59%) Java
4 37 (32.74%) Ada
5 32 (28.32%) C
5 32 (28.32%) Python
6 28 (24.78%) C++
7 23 (20.35%) Rust
8 20 (17.70%) JavaScript
9 12 (10.62%) PHP
10 6 (5.31%) TypeScript
11 3 (2.65%) Groovy
12 1 (0.88%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.88%) COBOL
12 1 (0.88%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.88%) Ruby
12 1 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 49 (43.36%) Degree
2 43 (38.05%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (9.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.65%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.77%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (1.77%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.88%) PhD
6 1 (0.88%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.54%) QA
2 3 (2.65%) Def Stans
2 3 (2.65%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 15022
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 20022
3 1 (0.88%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (3.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.88%) Grafana
2 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (7.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.31%) Oracle
3 5 (4.42%) Sybase
4 4 (3.54%) Agilent
5 2 (1.77%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.88%) HP
6 1 (0.88%) IBM
6 1 (0.88%) Salesforce