OO Contracts in England

Object-Oriented (OO)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OO over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 177 151
Rank change year-on-year -31 -26 +15
Contract jobs citing OO 413 697 1,314
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.14% 1.45% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.62% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 470 939
10th Percentile £387 £400 £406
25th Percentile £468 £510 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £750
90th Percentile £825 £882 £813
UK median daily rate £570 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -8.80% +4.17% +20.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 18
10th Percentile £50.80 £47.65 £43.32
25th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £47.56
Median hourly rate £65.50 £67.34 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +22.44% +15.79%
75th Percentile £80.00 £75.50 £56.44
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.80 £62.00
UK median hourly rate £65.50 £57.64 £55.00
% change year-on-year +13.64% +4.80% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

OO is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,336 43,140 63,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.24% 90.03% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,550 30,257 45,511
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,528 1,750
10th Percentile £12.88 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OO in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OO in England.

Daily rate trend for OO in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OO in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OO in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OO in England.

Hourly rate trend for OO in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OO in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for OO in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -55 242 £620 -4.62% 114
South West +23 50 £688 +9.13% 23
South East -7 46 £543 -3.98% 49
North of England +45 34 £510 -8.31% 67
North West +40 30 £510 -18.40% 31
East of England +13 14 £550 +9.13% 25
Midlands +25 13 £450 -10.00% 47
West Midlands +22 11 £450 -10.00% 32
Yorkshire +6 4 £488 -11.36% 26
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 34 (8.23%) Confluence
2 14 (3.39%) CMS
3 13 (3.15%) Apache Spark
4 10 (2.42%) Apache
5 8 (1.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (1.69%) SAS
7 6 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.97%) IIS
9 1 (0.24%) JBoss
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.24%) nginx
9 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (1.94%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.24%) Simulink
4 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.69%) Temenos T24
2 5 (1.21%) Endur
3 4 (0.97%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.73%) Maximo
4 3 (0.73%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 3 (0.73%) SAP EWM
4 3 (0.73%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.48%) SAP R/3
6 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.24%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.24%) Magento
6 1 (0.24%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-BP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.24%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 127 (30.75%) Azure
2 79 (19.13%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (14.04%) AWS
4 46 (11.14%) Azure Service Bus
5 42 (10.17%) Azure Monitor
6 41 (9.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 29 (7.02%) Serverless
8 18 (4.36%) Amazon S3
8 18 (4.36%) Azure Pipelines
9 16 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (3.63%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (2.91%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (2.66%) Azure Functions
13 11 (2.66%) GCP
14 10 (2.42%) Azure API Management
15 8 (1.94%) Amazon EMR
15 8 (1.94%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (1.94%) GitHub
15 8 (1.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.91%) FTP
2 6 (1.45%) Tactical Data Link
3 5 (1.21%) HTTP
4 4 (0.97%) Link 16
5 3 (0.73%) BGP
5 3 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.73%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) 5G
6 1 (0.24%) DHCP
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) Firewall
6 1 (0.24%) Internet
6 1 (0.24%) LTE
6 1 (0.24%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.24%) VPN
6 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (22.76%) SQL Server
2 39 (9.44%) NoSQL
3 33 (7.99%) Relational Database
4 22 (5.33%) KDB
5 15 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.91%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.42%) Oracle Database
9 9 (2.18%) Big Data
10 8 (1.94%) MySQL
11 7 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.69%) OLAP
11 7 (1.69%) OLTP
12 6 (1.45%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (1.45%) Oracle OLAP
13 5 (1.21%) SQLite
14 4 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.97%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.97%) Redis
15 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 111 (26.88%) Git
2 65 (15.74%) JIRA
3 38 (9.20%) Jenkins
4 34 (8.23%) Bitbucket
5 23 (5.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 16 (3.87%) TeamCity
7 13 (3.15%) Visual Studio
8 10 (2.42%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.42%) NUnit
9 9 (2.18%) Rational DOORS
9 9 (2.18%) webpack
10 8 (1.94%) Moq
10 8 (1.94%) Postman
11 7 (1.69%) Selenium
11 7 (1.69%) SonarQube
12 6 (1.45%) Jasmine
12 6 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 5 (1.21%) Karma Test Runner
13 5 (1.21%) SpecFlow
13 5 (1.21%) WiX
General
1 122 (29.54%) Social Skills
2 90 (21.79%) Finance
3 55 (13.32%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (10.41%) Banking
5 42 (10.17%) Back Office
6 31 (7.51%) Public Sector
7 23 (5.57%) Aerospace
8 22 (5.33%) Front Office
9 11 (2.66%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.69%) Retail
12 6 (1.45%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.45%) Marketing
13 5 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.97%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.73%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.73%) Local Government
15 3 (0.73%) Retail Banking
16 2 (0.48%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 240 (58.11%) Developer
2 79 (19.13%) Senior
3 55 (13.32%) Senior Developer
4 40 (9.69%) Software Engineer
5 39 (9.44%) Lead
6 35 (8.47%) Java Developer
7 34 (8.23%) C# Developer
8 30 (7.26%) Full Stack Developer
9 25 (6.05%) .NET Developer
10 18 (4.36%) Technical Leader
11 17 (4.12%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 16 (3.87%) Senior Java Developer
13 15 (3.63%) Architect
13 15 (3.63%) C# .NET Developer
13 15 (3.63%) Data Engineer
13 15 (3.63%) Senior Software Engineer
14 13 (3.15%) Azure Developer
14 13 (3.15%) Software Developer
15 12 (2.91%) Consultant
16 11 (2.66%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (40.68%) .NET
2 108 (26.15%) .NET Core
3 67 (16.22%) REST
4 59 (14.29%) React
5 54 (13.08%) HTML
6 48 (11.62%) CSS
7 47 (11.38%) ASP.NET
8 39 (9.44%) JSON
8 39 (9.44%) Spring
9 33 (7.99%) Kafka
10 30 (7.26%) .NET Framework
10 30 (7.26%) Web Services
11 29 (7.02%) XML
12 24 (5.81%) AngularJS
13 21 (5.08%) SOAP
13 21 (5.08%) YAML
14 20 (4.84%) ASP.NET Core
15 19 (4.60%) Vue
16 18 (4.36%) jQuery
16 18 (4.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.99%) Algorithms
2 31 (7.51%) Data Structures
2 31 (7.51%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (5.81%) Product Ownership
4 22 (5.33%) Derivative
5 19 (4.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (4.36%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
8 16 (3.87%) Fixed Income
9 13 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (3.15%) Management Information System
10 11 (2.66%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (2.18%) Market Risk
13 7 (1.69%) DataPower
13 7 (1.69%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.69%) iPad
13 7 (1.69%) iPhone
14 6 (1.45%) Public Cloud
15 5 (1.21%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 89 (21.55%) Linux
2 28 (6.78%) Unix
2 28 (6.78%) Windows
3 9 (2.18%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.48%) Android
7 1 (0.24%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (43.34%) Agile
2 139 (33.66%) OOP
3 124 (30.02%) DevOps
4 114 (27.60%) CI/CD
5 106 (25.67%) Problem-Solving
6 98 (23.73%) OOD
7 97 (23.49%) TDD
8 93 (22.52%) Design Patterns
9 84 (20.34%) Software Engineering
10 63 (15.25%) Continuous Integration
10 63 (15.25%) Scrum
10 63 (15.25%) Test Automation
11 62 (15.01%) Clean Code
12 60 (14.53%) API Management
13 58 (14.04%) Unit Testing
14 46 (11.14%) SOLID
15 42 (10.17%) SDLC
16 41 (9.93%) Computer Science
16 41 (9.93%) Multithreading
17 38 (9.20%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 176 (42.62%) C#
2 125 (30.27%) SQL
3 124 (30.02%) Java
4 121 (29.30%) Python
5 84 (20.34%) JavaScript
6 53 (12.83%) C++
7 50 (12.11%) Bicep
8 40 (9.69%) C
8 40 (9.69%) PowerShell
9 23 (5.57%) TypeScript
10 18 (4.36%) Perl
11 13 (3.15%) Bash
12 12 (2.91%) Scala
13 11 (2.66%) ABAP
13 11 (2.66%) T-SQL
14 10 (2.42%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.69%) Objective-C
15 7 (1.69%) PHP
15 7 (1.69%) Swift
15 7 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (17.43%) Security Cleared
2 55 (13.32%) SC Cleared
3 49 (11.86%) Degree
4 22 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (3.15%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.94%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.97%) CISSP
8 3 (0.73%) HND
9 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) ISEB
9 1 (0.24%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.30%) Accessibility
2 25 (6.05%) QA
3 21 (5.08%) WCAG
4 6 (1.45%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.97%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.97%) MiFID
6 1 (0.24%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) HL7
6 1 (0.24%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.24%) MISRA
6 1 (0.24%) MISRA C
System Software
1 40 (9.69%) Docker
2 37 (8.96%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (6.78%) Ansible
2 23 (5.57%) PowerCLI
2 23 (5.57%) Terraform
3 21 (5.08%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.21%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.73%) Puppet
7 2 (0.48%) Podman
7 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.24%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.24%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.24%) Grafana
8 1 (0.24%) Istio
8 1 (0.24%) Kiali
8 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.24%) systemd
Vendors
1 69 (16.71%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.78%) Oracle
3 27 (6.54%) HP
4 23 (5.57%) Atlassian
5 22 (5.33%) Dell
6 17 (4.12%) SAP
7 14 (3.39%) TIBCO
8 11 (2.66%) IBM
9 9 (2.18%) ION Trading
10 8 (1.94%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.69%) Google
11 7 (1.69%) TSYS
12 6 (1.45%) Solace
13 5 (1.21%) Informatica
13 5 (1.21%) Talend
14 4 (0.97%) Adobe
14 4 (0.97%) Sparx
14 4 (0.97%) Xamarin
15 3 (0.73%) Citrix
15 3 (0.73%) Nintex