Object-Oriented (OO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OO over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 119 90
Rank change year-on-year -76 -29 -2
Permanent jobs citing OO 1,516 2,776 6,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.42% 2.96% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 3.10% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 804 1,469 2,232
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £45,279
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £92,125 £106,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

OO 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,168 89,599 164,158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.34% 95.45% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 61,788 54,096 83,725
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

OO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OO in the UK

OO
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for OO in the UK

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Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OO over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for OO in the UK

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Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -79 1,276 £52,500 -19.23% 305
UK excluding London -76 1,157 £50,000 -13.04% 222
Work from Home -78 556 £50,000 -20.00% 210
London -97 332 £87,500 +9.38% 107
North of England -52 294 £47,500 -17.39% 62
South East -36 283 £52,500 -16.00% 46
North West -6 196 £45,000 -21.74% 33
Midlands -53 191 £47,500 -17.39% 33
Scotland -52 183 £52,500 -8.70% 20
East Midlands -22 114 £45,000 -21.74% 11
South West -109 90 £47,500 -17.39% 26
Yorkshire -42 82 £55,000 -4.35% 22
East of England -66 76 £47,500 -13.64% 24
West Midlands -89 76 £47,500 -17.39% 22
Northern Ireland -35 20 £40,000 -23.81% 10
Wales -37 20 £47,500 -32.14% 7
North East -62 16 £42,500 -22.73% 7

OO
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 38 (2.51%) Apache
2 31 (2.04%) CMS
3 21 (1.39%) SharePoint
4 19 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 15 (0.99%) Confluence
6 14 (0.92%) ArcGIS
6 14 (0.92%) NServiceBus
7 11 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.59%) IIS
8 9 (0.59%) nginx
9 6 (0.40%) Drupal
9 6 (0.40%) JBoss
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.33%) Apache Pig
10 5 (0.33%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.26%) SAS
11 4 (0.26%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 3 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 19 (1.25%) Photoshop
2 17 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.66%) Trello
5 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (0.53%) InfoPath
7 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.20%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 20 (1.32%) SDL Web 8
2 4 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.13%) CiviCRM
4 2 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.13%) Magento
4 2 (0.13%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.066%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 687 (45.32%) Azure
2 324 (21.37%) AWS
3 248 (16.36%) IBM Cloud
4 203 (13.39%) Azure DevOps
5 176 (11.61%) Serverless
6 164 (10.82%) Azure Service Bus
7 140 (9.23%) Azure Functions
8 135 (8.91%) Azure API Management
8 135 (8.91%) Azure Logic Apps
9 83 (5.47%) GCP
10 40 (2.64%) SaaS
11 30 (1.98%) GitHub
12 29 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (1.85%) Amazon S3
14 20 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 19 (1.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 19 (1.25%) NuGet
16 18 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
17 16 (1.06%) Amazon SQS
18 13 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 28 (1.85%) TCP/IP
2 24 (1.58%) Internet
3 21 (1.39%) HTTP
3 21 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
4 18 (1.19%) MQTT
4 18 (1.19%) SSH
5 13 (0.86%) 3G
5 13 (0.86%) 4G
5 13 (0.86%) FTP
5 13 (0.86%) RS-485
5 13 (0.86%) SNMP
5 13 (0.86%) Wireless
6 5 (0.33%) Bluetooth
7 4 (0.26%) RS-232
8 3 (0.20%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.13%) Firewall
9 2 (0.13%) Modbus
9 2 (0.13%) Network Security
9 2 (0.13%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 359 (23.68%) SQL Server
2 330 (21.77%) NoSQL
3 321 (21.17%) PostgreSQL
4 315 (20.78%) MongoDB
5 256 (16.89%) Relational Database
6 238 (15.70%) DB2
7 177 (11.68%) MySQL
8 41 (2.70%) Data Lake
9 39 (2.57%) Qlik Sense
10 30 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
11 28 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
12 23 (1.52%) GIS
13 20 (1.32%) NonStop SQL
14 19 (1.25%) Geospatial Data
15 17 (1.12%) Redis
16 16 (1.06%) Apache Hive
16 16 (1.06%) MariaDB
16 16 (1.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 14 (0.92%) Big Data
18 11 (0.73%) Presto
Development Applications
1 231 (15.24%) Git
2 100 (6.60%) JIRA
3 72 (4.75%) Visual Studio
4 37 (2.44%) Maven
5 33 (2.18%) JUnit
6 30 (1.98%) NUnit
7 28 (1.85%) Jenkins
8 26 (1.72%) Subversion
9 23 (1.52%) Sourcetree
9 23 (1.52%) SpecFlow
9 23 (1.52%) TeamCity
10 22 (1.45%) Postman
11 21 (1.39%) git-flow
11 21 (1.39%) Moq
11 21 (1.39%) Octopus Deploy
12 19 (1.25%) JMeter
12 19 (1.25%) Selenium
13 18 (1.19%) Eclipse
14 16 (1.06%) CMake
15 14 (0.92%) Bitbucket
General
1 281 (18.54%) Finance
2 273 (18.01%) Public Sector
3 271 (17.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 238 (15.70%) Social Skills
5 157 (10.36%) Law
6 109 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
7 98 (6.46%) Legal
8 63 (4.16%) Banking
9 61 (4.02%) Marketing
10 48 (3.17%) Electronics
11 46 (3.03%) Investment Banking
12 39 (2.57%) Front Office
13 30 (1.98%) Advertising
14 27 (1.78%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.45%) Back Office
15 22 (1.45%) Prime Brokerage
16 20 (1.32%) Games
16 20 (1.32%) Military
16 20 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
17 19 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 727 (47.96%) Developer
2 397 (26.19%) Software Engineer
3 243 (16.03%) Senior
4 213 (14.05%) .NET Developer
5 199 (13.13%) Full Stack Developer
6 161 (10.62%) Full Stack Engineer
7 137 (9.04%) Azure Developer
8 121 (7.98%) Azure Engineer
9 117 (7.72%) Lead
10 115 (7.59%) PHP Developer
11 93 (6.13%) C# Developer
12 92 (6.07%) Senior Developer
13 83 (5.47%) Senior Software Engineer
14 80 (5.28%) Java Engineer
15 68 (4.49%) Java Software Engineer
16 67 (4.42%) Software Developer
17 53 (3.50%) Support Engineer
18 50 (3.30%) Data Engineer
19 45 (2.97%) Full Stack Software Engineer
20 42 (2.77%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 738 (48.68%) .NET
2 527 (34.76%) HTML
3 526 (34.70%) AngularJS
4 504 (33.25%) ASP.NET
5 483 (31.86%) CSS
6 469 (30.94%) React
7 414 (27.31%) Web Services
8 394 (25.99%) REST
9 354 (23.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 354 (23.35%) Vue
10 338 (22.30%) jQuery
11 261 (17.22%) .NET Core
12 248 (16.36%) ASP.NET Core
13 241 (15.90%) Ember.js
14 238 (15.70%) Backbone.js
15 229 (15.11%) .NET Framework
16 214 (14.12%) Entity Framework
17 202 (13.32%) ASP.NET MVC
18 173 (11.41%) Node.js
19 164 (10.82%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 382 (25.20%) Algorithms
2 278 (18.34%) Data Structures
3 249 (16.42%) Hybrid Cloud
4 248 (16.36%) Blockchain
5 121 (7.98%) e-Learning
6 89 (5.87%) Onboarding
7 87 (5.74%) Greenfield Project
8 60 (3.96%) Cloud Native
9 35 (2.31%) Social Network
10 34 (2.24%) Social Media
11 33 (2.18%) BBC
12 31 (2.04%) Hedge funds
13 30 (1.98%) Mobile App
14 29 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
15 28 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
16 25 (1.65%) Management Information System
17 23 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
17 23 (1.52%) Legacy Code
18 22 (1.45%) Product Ownership
19 20 (1.32%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 434 (28.63%) Linux
2 342 (22.56%) Windows
3 260 (17.15%) Android
4 258 (17.02%) Apple iOS
5 28 (1.85%) Embedded Linux
6 27 (1.78%) Unix
7 22 (1.45%) AIX
8 9 (0.59%) VMS
9 6 (0.40%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.40%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.066%) CentOS
12 1 (0.066%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.066%) Solaris
12 1 (0.066%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 812 (53.56%) Agile
2 641 (42.28%) OOP
3 606 (39.97%) Full Stack Development
4 538 (35.49%) Software Engineering
5 537 (35.42%) MVC
6 433 (28.56%) Design Patterns
7 372 (24.54%) Artificial Intelligence
8 355 (23.42%) DevOps
9 346 (22.82%) SOLID
10 341 (22.49%) Web Development
11 299 (19.72%) User Experience
12 282 (18.60%) Problem-Solving
13 275 (18.14%) MVVM
14 259 (17.08%) Microservices
15 257 (16.95%) Responsive Web Design
16 253 (16.69%) Computer Science
17 252 (16.62%) SDLC
18 240 (15.83%) Mentoring
19 239 (15.77%) Co-Creation
20 238 (15.70%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 832 (54.88%) C#
2 777 (51.25%) JavaScript
3 650 (42.88%) SQL
4 531 (35.03%) Java
5 425 (28.03%) Python
6 158 (10.42%) C++
7 147 (9.70%) PHP
8 113 (7.45%) C
9 90 (5.94%) TypeScript
10 63 (4.16%) T-SQL
11 38 (2.51%) PowerShell
12 31 (2.04%) Scala
13 29 (1.91%) VB
14 28 (1.85%) Go
15 26 (1.72%) XPath
16 25 (1.65%) Perl
17 24 (1.58%) Bash
18 23 (1.52%) Groovy
18 23 (1.52%) Kotlin
19 17 (1.12%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 315 (20.78%) Degree
2 137 (9.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 56 (3.69%) Security Cleared
4 45 (2.97%) Master's Degree
5 25 (1.65%) SC Cleared
6 24 (1.58%) PhD
7 13 (0.86%) DV Cleared
8 11 (0.73%) HND
9 6 (0.40%) HNC
9 6 (0.40%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
10 5 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.20%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.20%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.13%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.066%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.066%) MCP
13 1 (0.066%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.066%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (5.01%) QA
2 15 (0.99%) GDPR
3 12 (0.79%) PMO
4 10 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 9 (0.59%) MISRA
6 7 (0.46%) MiFID
7 5 (0.33%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.33%) MISRA C
7 5 (0.33%) NCSC
8 4 (0.26%) DICOM
8 4 (0.26%) EMIR
8 4 (0.26%) HL7
8 4 (0.26%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.13%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.13%) SEPA
10 1 (0.066%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.066%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.066%) ISO 9000
10 1 (0.066%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 93 (6.13%) Docker
2 25 (1.65%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.32%) Firmware
3 20 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (0.33%) HDFS
6 2 (0.13%) NFS
6 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.066%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 75 (4.95%) Kubernetes
2 69 (4.55%) Terraform
3 13 (0.86%) WMI
4 11 (0.73%) Ansible
5 6 (0.40%) CloudHub
6 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.13%) CASB
7 2 (0.13%) Istio
7 2 (0.13%) linkerd
7 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.066%) Grafana
8 1 (0.066%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.066%) Kiali
8 1 (0.066%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.066%) Packer
8 1 (0.066%) Podman
8 1 (0.066%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.066%) Puppet
8 1 (0.066%) SCCM
Vendors
1 315 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 252 (16.62%) IBM
3 249 (16.42%) Red Hat
4 115 (7.59%) Oracle
5 73 (4.82%) Google
6 39 (2.57%) Alteryx
7 37 (2.44%) Apple
8 34 (2.24%) Sony
9 33 (2.18%) Facebook
9 33 (2.18%) Yahoo!
10 21 (1.39%) Adobe
11 20 (1.32%) Salesforce
12 19 (1.25%) Cognizant
12 19 (1.25%) Databricks
13 15 (0.99%) SAP
14 14 (0.92%) Atlassian
14 14 (0.92%) Splunk
15 10 (0.66%) Bloomberg
15 10 (0.66%) MuleSoft
16 9 (0.59%) Xamarin