OOP Contracts in England

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring OOP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OOP over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 370 355
Rank change year-on-year +13 -15 -26
Contract jobs citing OOP 194 287 537
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.61% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.68% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 213 424
10th Percentile £359 £400 £381
25th Percentile £459 £485 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £545
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +5.50% +9.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £678
90th Percentile £700 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £533
% change year-on-year -8.70% +7.98% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
10th Percentile £47.50 - £42.79
25th Percentile £56.25 - £43.23
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £46.20
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -24.24% -22.16%
75th Percentile - - £61.25
90th Percentile £72.00 - £69.50
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £46.20
% change year-on-year +71.43% -24.24% -21.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

OOP falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

OOP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OOP in England

OOP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for OOP in England

OOP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OOP in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OOP in England

OOP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for OOP in England

OOP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OOP in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for OOP 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 OOP within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 -9 108 £525 -12.50% 72
South West +14 30 £700 +5.66% 9
North of England +25 24 £500 +1.01% 28
North West +24 20 £510 +3.03% 13
South East +6 12 £510 -1.92% 31
West Midlands +22 6 £450 -33.33% 16
Midlands +20 6 £450 -33.33% 20
East of England +6 6 £325 -35.52% 10
Yorkshire +14 4 £475 +5.56% 11
OOP
UK

OOP
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 20 (10.31%) Confluence
2 8 (4.12%) Apache
3 6 (3.09%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.58%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.52%) IIS
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) ION MarketView
1 1 (0.52%) SAP EWM
1 1 (0.52%) SAP R/3
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 48 (24.74%) Azure
2 27 (13.92%) AWS
3 13 (6.70%) GCP
3 13 (6.70%) Snowflake
4 10 (5.15%) Amazon S3
4 10 (5.15%) Serverless
5 9 (4.64%) Amazon SQS
6 8 (4.12%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (4.12%) SaaS
7 7 (3.61%) PaaS
7 7 (3.61%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (2.58%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.58%) Amazon EMR
9 5 (2.58%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.58%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (2.58%) npm
9 5 (2.58%) WhatsApp
10 4 (2.06%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.64%) SSH
2 5 (2.58%) FTP
3 1 (0.52%) 5G
3 1 (0.52%) DHCP
3 1 (0.52%) DNS
3 1 (0.52%) LTE
3 1 (0.52%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.52%) VPN
3 1 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.92%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.25%) Big Data
2 16 (8.25%) Oracle Database
3 15 (7.73%) NoSQL
4 14 (7.22%) MySQL
5 7 (3.61%) Power BI
5 7 (3.61%) Tableau
6 6 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.09%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.09%) Tableau Server
7 5 (2.58%) Redis
8 4 (2.06%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (2.06%) BigQuery
8 4 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.52%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 47 (24.23%) JIRA
2 30 (15.46%) Jenkins
3 23 (11.86%) Git
4 21 (10.82%) Bitbucket
5 20 (10.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 13 (6.70%) Cucumber
6 13 (6.70%) JUnit
7 7 (3.61%) Selenium
8 6 (3.09%) Maven
8 6 (3.09%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (2.58%) Postman
9 5 (2.58%) webpack
10 4 (2.06%) Artifactory
10 4 (2.06%) Jasmine
10 4 (2.06%) Karma Test Runner
10 4 (2.06%) Mocha
10 4 (2.06%) PHPUnit
10 4 (2.06%) TeamCity
11 3 (1.55%) TestNG
11 3 (1.55%) WebDriver
General
1 67 (34.54%) Social Skills
2 62 (31.96%) Finance
3 43 (22.16%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (13.40%) Banking
5 20 (10.31%) Aerospace
6 16 (8.25%) Investment Banking
7 13 (6.70%) Front Office
8 5 (2.58%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.58%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.58%) Retail
9 4 (2.06%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (2.06%) Retail Banking
10 3 (1.55%) Back Office
10 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.03%) Law
12 1 (0.52%) Aviation
12 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 118 (60.82%) Developer
2 30 (15.46%) Java Developer
3 26 (13.40%) .NET Developer
4 20 (10.31%) C# Developer
5 16 (8.25%) Full Stack Developer
6 15 (7.73%) C# .NET Developer
7 12 (6.19%) React Developer
8 11 (5.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (5.67%) Senior
9 10 (5.15%) Data Engineer
9 10 (5.15%) Senior Developer
10 9 (4.64%) Tester
11 8 (4.12%) Lead
11 8 (4.12%) PHP Developer
12 7 (3.61%) Site Engineer
12 7 (3.61%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 6 (3.09%) Snowflake Data Engineer
13 6 (3.09%) Snowflake Engineer
13 6 (3.09%) Software Engineer
14 5 (2.58%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (37.63%) .NET
2 33 (17.01%) HTML
3 31 (15.98%) CSS
4 30 (15.46%) .NET Core
4 30 (15.46%) React
5 29 (14.95%) Spring
6 28 (14.43%) REST
7 27 (13.92%) .NET Framework
8 25 (12.89%) Web Services
9 19 (9.79%) JSON
10 16 (8.25%) XML
11 14 (7.22%) AngularJS
11 14 (7.22%) Vue
12 13 (6.70%) ASP.NET
12 13 (6.70%) Kafka
12 13 (6.70%) Node.js
12 13 (6.70%) SOAP
13 12 (6.19%) Hibernate
14 11 (5.67%) RESTful
15 10 (5.15%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.82%) Data Structures
2 18 (9.28%) Algorithms
3 15 (7.73%) Derivative
3 15 (7.73%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (6.70%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (6.70%) Fixed Income
5 9 (4.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 9 (4.64%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.61%) Hedge funds
7 5 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.06%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (2.06%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.06%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.03%) Market Risk
11 1 (0.52%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (23.20%) Linux
2 27 (13.92%) Windows
3 14 (7.22%) Unix
4 11 (5.67%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.58%) CentOS
5 5 (2.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.03%) Android
6 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (77.84%) OO
2 73 (37.63%) Agile
3 69 (35.57%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (28.87%) CI/CD
5 55 (28.35%) Scrum
6 50 (25.77%) Continuous Integration
7 44 (22.68%) Design Patterns
8 38 (19.59%) DevOps
9 30 (15.46%) Computer Science
10 28 (14.43%) Test Automation
11 25 (12.89%) Configuration Management
11 25 (12.89%) Deployment Automation
11 25 (12.89%) Software Engineering
12 24 (12.37%) TDD
13 23 (11.86%) SOLID
14 22 (11.34%) Task Automation
14 22 (11.34%) Unit Testing
15 20 (10.31%) Full Stack Development
15 20 (10.31%) SDLC
15 20 (10.31%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 79 (40.72%) SQL
2 75 (38.66%) Python
3 71 (36.60%) Java
4 70 (36.08%) C#
5 36 (18.56%) JavaScript
6 33 (17.01%) PowerShell
7 20 (10.31%) PL/SQL
8 13 (6.70%) PHP
9 12 (6.19%) VB
9 12 (6.19%) VBA
10 9 (4.64%) Perl
10 9 (4.64%) VB.NET
11 8 (4.12%) T-SQL
12 7 (3.61%) Bash
13 6 (3.09%) F#
14 5 (2.58%) C
14 5 (2.58%) Shell Script
15 4 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (2.06%) Ruby
16 3 (1.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 40 (20.62%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.53%) Degree
3 31 (15.98%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.61%) Numerate Degree
6 6 (3.09%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.06%) CISSP
7 4 (2.06%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.52%) ISEB
8 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.92%) QA
2 3 (1.55%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.52%) HL7
System Software
1 16 (8.25%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (13.92%) Ansible
2 20 (10.31%) PowerCLI
3 18 (9.28%) Terraform
4 13 (6.70%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.55%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (1.03%) Puppet
7 1 (0.52%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.52%) systemd
Vendors
1 20 (10.31%) Atlassian
1 20 (10.31%) HP
2 19 (9.79%) Dell
3 18 (9.28%) Oracle
4 17 (8.76%) Microsoft
5 7 (3.61%) Cloudera
5 7 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.09%) Google
7 5 (2.58%) Informatica
7 5 (2.58%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.58%) Talend
8 3 (1.55%) Citrix
9 2 (1.03%) ION Trading
9 2 (1.03%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.03%) SAP
10 1 (0.52%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.52%) New Relic
10 1 (0.52%) Splunk
10 1 (0.52%) VMware
10 1 (0.52%) Xamarin