Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 27 July 2021

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for OOP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OOP over the 6 months to 27 July 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
27 Jul 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 115 134 128
Rank change year-on-year +19 -6 +41
Permanent jobs citing OOP 656 110 205
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.88% 2.03% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 2.19% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 564 93 202
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £36,499
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £76,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%

OOP is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,326 5,022 7,606
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.66% 92.64% 93.29%
Number of salaries quoted 16,961 4,327 6,597
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

OOP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing OOP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OOP trend for jobs with a WFH option

OOP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OOP.

OOP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

OOP
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing OOP over the 6 months to 27 July 2021.

OOP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 27 July 2021, OOP job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for OOP.

1 323 (49.24%) OO
2 278 (42.38%) JavaScript
3 277 (42.23%) Agile Software Development
4 266 (40.55%) AWS
5 261 (39.79%) Software Engineering
6 231 (35.21%) Docker
7 213 (32.47%) Microservices
8 205 (31.25%) DevOps
9 197 (30.03%) SQL
10 192 (29.27%) Linux
11 191 (29.12%) Git (software)
12 190 (28.96%) Java
13 180 (27.44%) MySQL
14 179 (27.29%) PHP
15 170 (25.91%) Azure
16 164 (25.00%) React
17 158 (24.09%) HTML
18 155 (23.63%) CSS
19 152 (23.17%) C#
20 148 (22.56%) MVC
21 146 (22.26%) RESTful
22 136 (20.73%) Node.js
22 136 (20.73%) SQL Server
23 125 (19.05%) jQuery
24 107 (16.31%) .NET
25 105 (16.01%) Web Services
25 105 (16.01%) Go
25 105 (16.01%) Kubernetes
26 98 (14.94%) Jenkins
27 97 (14.79%) Python

OOP
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (4.12%) CMS
2 22 (3.35%) Apache
3 18 (2.74%) nginx
4 16 (2.44%) IIS
5 14 (2.13%) Confluence
6 11 (1.68%) EPiServer
7 10 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.37%) SharePoint
9 6 (0.91%) Apache Spark
10 5 (0.76%) Drupal
10 5 (0.76%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.61%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.61%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.46%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.30%) Kentico
13 2 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.30%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.91%) InDesign
2 6 (0.91%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.61%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.15%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (1.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.91%) Shopify
3 5 (0.76%) Magento
4 2 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.15%) SDL Web 8
5 1 (0.15%) Sentinel
Cloud Services
1 266 (40.55%) AWS
2 170 (25.91%) Azure
3 44 (6.71%) GitHub
4 42 (6.40%) GCP
4 42 (6.40%) SaaS
5 28 (4.27%) Serverless
6 14 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (1.83%) Power Platform
8 10 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.52%) Datadog
9 7 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (0.91%) Amazon Kinesis
10 6 (0.91%) Amazon SQS
10 6 (0.91%) AWS CodeBuild
10 6 (0.91%) Cloudflare
10 6 (0.91%) PaaS
11 5 (0.76%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.46%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.37%) TCP/IP
2 8 (1.22%) Internet
3 5 (0.76%) Firewall
4 4 (0.61%) RIP
5 3 (0.46%) AMQP
5 3 (0.46%) DLNA
5 3 (0.46%) UPnP
5 3 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.30%) Network Security
6 2 (0.30%) SSL
7 1 (0.15%) Broadband
7 1 (0.15%) DAB
7 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.15%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (27.44%) MySQL
2 136 (20.73%) SQL Server
3 96 (14.63%) NoSQL
4 84 (12.80%) MongoDB
5 44 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (4.12%) Relational Database
7 25 (3.81%) Redis
8 21 (3.20%) MariaDB
9 20 (3.05%) Amazon DynamoDB
10 19 (2.90%) Big Data
11 16 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
11 16 (2.44%) SQL Server 2017
12 15 (2.29%) SQL Server 2012
12 15 (2.29%) SQL Server 2014
13 12 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (1.83%) Redshift Spectrum
14 7 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (1.07%) Power BI
14 7 (1.07%) SAP HANA
15 6 (0.91%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 191 (29.12%) Git (software)
2 98 (14.94%) Jenkins
3 90 (13.72%) JUnit
4 75 (11.43%) Maven
5 39 (5.95%) JIRA
6 33 (5.03%) GitLab
7 21 (3.20%) PHPUnit
8 18 (2.74%) Selenium
9 14 (2.13%) webpack
10 13 (1.98%) Postman
11 11 (1.68%) git-flow
11 11 (1.68%) Terragrunt
12 10 (1.52%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.52%) JMeter
12 10 (1.52%) Visual Studio
13 9 (1.37%) gulp
14 8 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
15 6 (0.91%) Cactus
15 6 (0.91%) Subversion
16 5 (0.76%) Mocha
General
1 80 (12.20%) Finance
2 64 (9.76%) Social Skills
3 46 (7.01%) Retail
4 35 (5.34%) Marketing
5 33 (5.03%) Games
6 31 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (2.29%) French Language
8 10 (1.52%) Banking
9 9 (1.37%) Law
9 9 (1.37%) Public Sector
10 6 (0.91%) Back Office
10 6 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.61%) Electronics
11 4 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.46%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.30%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.30%) Automotive
13 2 (0.30%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.15%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 459 (69.97%) Developer
2 157 (23.93%) Senior Developer
3 135 (20.58%) PHP Developer
4 111 (16.92%) Software Engineer
5 71 (10.82%) Software Developer
6 65 (9.91%) .NET Developer
7 62 (9.45%) C# Developer
8 56 (8.54%) JavaScript Developer
9 55 (8.38%) Java Developer
10 51 (7.77%) Ruby Developer
10 51 (7.77%) Senior Java Developer
11 50 (7.62%) Senior Ruby Developer
12 48 (7.32%) C# .NET Developer
13 46 (7.01%) Java Engineer
14 45 (6.86%) Java Software Engineer
15 35 (5.34%) Senior Software Engineer
16 34 (5.18%) Full Stack Developer
17 28 (4.27%) Python Developer
18 27 (4.12%) Senior PHP Developer
19 26 (3.96%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (25.00%) React
2 158 (24.09%) HTML
3 155 (23.63%) CSS
4 146 (22.26%) RESTful
5 136 (20.73%) Node.js
6 125 (19.05%) jQuery
7 107 (16.31%) .NET
8 105 (16.01%) Web Services
9 94 (14.33%) REST
9 94 (14.33%) Spring
10 89 (13.57%) AngularJS
10 89 (13.57%) Spring Boot
11 80 (12.20%) Symfony
12 76 (11.59%) Kafka
13 63 (9.60%) Ruby on Rails
14 56 (8.54%) Laravel
15 55 (8.38%) ASP.NET
16 52 (7.93%) LAMP
17 45 (6.86%) HTML5
18 44 (6.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.66%) User Experience
2 18 (2.74%) Legacy Code
3 15 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (1.83%) Algorithms
6 11 (1.68%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (1.68%) Management Information System
7 10 (1.52%) Life Science
8 7 (1.07%) Blog
8 7 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (1.07%) NHS
9 6 (0.91%) Data Structures
9 6 (0.91%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (0.76%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.76%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.61%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.46%) Digital TV
12 3 (0.46%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.46%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 192 (29.27%) Linux
2 26 (3.96%) Windows
3 24 (3.66%) Android
4 15 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.91%) Windows 7
6 6 (0.91%) Windows 8
7 4 (0.61%) Unix
8 3 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.15%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (49.24%) OO
2 277 (42.23%) Agile Software Development
3 261 (39.79%) Software Engineering
4 213 (32.47%) Microservices
5 205 (31.25%) DevOps
6 148 (22.56%) MVC
7 84 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
8 82 (12.50%) Web Development
9 72 (10.98%) TDD
10 68 (10.37%) Test Automation
10 68 (10.37%) Unit Testing
11 60 (9.15%) SOLID
12 57 (8.69%) Computer Science
12 57 (8.69%) IT Strategy
13 54 (8.23%) Front End Development
14 52 (7.93%) E-Commerce
14 52 (7.93%) Technology Roadmap
15 50 (7.62%) Scrum
16 42 (6.40%) Fintech
17 37 (5.64%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 278 (42.38%) JavaScript
2 197 (30.03%) SQL
3 190 (28.96%) Java
4 179 (27.29%) PHP
5 152 (23.17%) C#
6 105 (16.01%) Go
7 97 (14.79%) Python
8 77 (11.74%) Ruby
9 65 (9.91%) TypeScript
10 39 (5.95%) PHP 7
11 32 (4.88%) C++
12 31 (4.73%) C
13 24 (3.66%) ES6
13 24 (3.66%) T-SQL
14 15 (2.29%) PHP 5
14 15 (2.29%) Scala
15 11 (1.68%) Java 8
15 11 (1.68%) Kotlin
16 9 (1.37%) Apple Swift
16 9 (1.37%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 45 (6.86%) Degree
2 41 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (1.98%) Security Cleared
4 5 (0.76%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.44%) QA
2 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 231 (35.21%) Docker
2 4 (0.61%) KVM
2 4 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 105 (16.01%) Kubernetes
2 52 (7.93%) Terraform
3 5 (0.76%) Ansible
4 4 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
4 4 (0.61%) Salt
5 3 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.30%) Hadoop YARN
7 1 (0.15%) Consul
7 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 93 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 82 (12.50%) Oracle
3 71 (10.82%) Zend
4 29 (4.42%) Google
5 9 (1.37%) SAP
6 8 (1.22%) Adobe
7 6 (0.91%) Salesforce.com
8 4 (0.61%) SaltStack
8 4 (0.61%) VMware
9 3 (0.46%) Siemens
9 3 (0.46%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.30%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.15%) Blue Prism
11 1 (0.15%) Capita
11 1 (0.15%) Databricks
11 1 (0.15%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.15%) New Relic
11 1 (0.15%) OpenText
11 1 (0.15%) Remedy
11 1 (0.15%) Telerik