OOD Jobs in Wales

Object-Oriented Design (OOD)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 119 128
Rank change year-on-year +46 +9 -3
Permanent jobs citing OOD 7 8 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.58% 0.37% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.48% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £43,059 £28,850 £58,050
25th Percentile £51,287 £37,625 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £46,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.54% -45.59% +88.89%
75th Percentile - £51,563 £95,000
90th Percentile - £52,125 -
UK median annual salary £50,055 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.58% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 985 1,673 1,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 82.01% 76.46% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 554 1,106 801
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

OOD
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for OOD in Wales

OOD
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for OOD in Wales

OOD
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing OOD in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OOD in Wales

OOD
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OOD within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
North Wales +2 3 £40,101 +74.35% 1
South Wales +39 2 £65,000 +36.84% 8
West Wales - 2 - -
OOD
UK

OOD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (14.29%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
1 1 (14.29%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 2 (28.57%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Development Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Software Development Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Team Leader
2 2 (28.57%) Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Regular Expression
1 2 (28.57%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) JSP
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) OO
2 5 (71.43%) SDLC
2 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
4 3 (42.86%) Mathematics
4 3 (42.86%) UML
5 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Deployment
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
5 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
5 2 (28.57%) OOP
5 2 (28.57%) Order Management
5 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
5 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
5 2 (28.57%) Statistics
5 2 (28.57%) SysML
5 2 (28.57%) User Experience
5 2 (28.57%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Ada
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) C++
1 3 (42.86%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) C
2 2 (28.57%) Groovy
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Rust
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Numerate Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft