Object-Oriented (OO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 178 163
Rank change year-on-year -10 -15 +13
Contract jobs citing OO 502 819 1,542
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.44% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.60% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 528 1,067
10th Percentile £385 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £506 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.17% +23.08%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £735
90th Percentile £825 £875 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £565 £500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +13.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 21 23
10th Percentile £55.50 - £43.74
25th Percentile £60.00 £47.50 £47.84
Median hourly rate £67.00 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.11% +2.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £82.50 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £78.00 £61.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £75.00 £64.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +17.19% +16.36% +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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

OO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OO in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OO in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OO over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OO in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for OO in the UK

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Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OO over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for OO in the UK

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Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OO within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England -25 412 £575 -8.00% 372
London -51 243 £620 -4.62% 127
UK excluding London +68 196 £550 -2.65% 296
Work from Home -37 168 £550 -14.73% 267
South West +18 50 £688 +9.13% 27
South East +12 46 £543 -3.98% 74
Scotland +63 37 £463 -11.90% 21
North of England +43 33 £510 -9.33% 68
North West +40 29 £510 -19.37% 33
Midlands +23 13 £450 -10.00% 55
East of England +6 13 £550 +9.13% 33
West Midlands +22 11 £450 -10.00% 35
Yorkshire +6 4 £488 -11.36% 26
Wales +13 3 £583 -10.38% 14
Northern Ireland 0 1 - - 9

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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 33 (6.57%) Confluence
2 14 (2.79%) CMS
3 13 (2.59%) Apache Spark
4 11 (2.19%) SAS
5 10 (1.99%) Apache
6 8 (1.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.80%) IIS
9 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.20%) JBoss
10 1 (0.20%) nginx
10 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.39%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) Simulink
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
1 7 (1.39%) Temenos T24
2 5 (1.00%) Endur
3 4 (0.80%) Distributed Ledger
3 4 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.60%) Maximo
4 3 (0.60%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 3 (0.60%) SAP EWM
4 3 (0.60%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.40%) SAP R/3
5 2 (0.40%) Shopify
6 1 (0.20%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.20%) Magento
6 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG-BP
6 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (0.20%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 139 (27.69%) Azure
2 83 (16.53%) AWS
3 78 (15.54%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (9.16%) Azure Service Bus
5 42 (8.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 42 (8.37%) Azure Monitor
6 37 (7.37%) Serverless
7 23 (4.58%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (3.98%) Amazon S3
9 18 (3.59%) Azure Pipelines
10 16 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (3.19%) GCP
11 15 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (2.39%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (2.19%) Azure Functions
14 10 (1.99%) Azure API Management
15 8 (1.59%) Amazon EMR
15 8 (1.59%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (1.59%) GitHub
15 8 (1.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.59%) FTP
2 6 (1.20%) HTTP
2 6 (1.20%) Kerberos
2 6 (1.20%) Tactical Data Link
3 4 (0.80%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (0.80%) iSCSI
3 4 (0.80%) Link 16
3 4 (0.80%) SAN
4 3 (0.60%) BGP
4 3 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.60%) IOS XR
4 3 (0.60%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.40%) Broadband
6 1 (0.20%) DHCP
6 1 (0.20%) DNS
6 1 (0.20%) Firewall
6 1 (0.20%) Internet
6 1 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.20%) VPN
6 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (19.72%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.37%) NoSQL
3 36 (7.17%) Relational Database
4 22 (4.38%) KDB
5 19 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
7 13 (2.59%) MongoDB
8 12 (2.39%) MySQL
9 10 (1.99%) Oracle Database
10 9 (1.79%) Big Data
11 8 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (1.39%) OLAP
12 7 (1.39%) OLTP
13 6 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (1.20%) Oracle OLAP
14 5 (1.00%) SQLite
15 4 (0.80%) DB2
15 4 (0.80%) Redis
15 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 127 (25.30%) Git
2 71 (14.14%) JIRA
3 45 (8.96%) Jenkins
4 40 (7.97%) Bitbucket
5 26 (5.18%) Cucumber
6 23 (4.58%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 16 (3.19%) TeamCity
8 13 (2.59%) Visual Studio
9 10 (1.99%) NUnit
9 10 (1.99%) webpack
10 9 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (1.59%) Moq
11 8 (1.59%) Postman
11 8 (1.59%) Selenium
12 7 (1.39%) SonarQube
12 7 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 6 (1.20%) Jasmine
13 6 (1.20%) Maven
13 6 (1.20%) Subversion
14 5 (1.00%) Checkstyle
General
1 141 (28.09%) Social Skills
2 95 (18.92%) Finance
3 62 (12.35%) Banking
4 60 (11.95%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (8.37%) Back Office
6 35 (6.97%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.78%) Investment Banking
8 22 (4.38%) Aerospace
8 22 (4.38%) Front Office
9 10 (1.99%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.39%) Electronics
10 7 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.39%) Retail
11 6 (1.20%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.20%) Marketing
11 6 (1.20%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.60%) Local Government
13 3 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 290 (57.77%) Developer
2 84 (16.73%) Senior
3 56 (11.16%) Senior Developer
4 45 (8.96%) Software Engineer
5 40 (7.97%) Lead
6 38 (7.57%) Java Developer
7 36 (7.17%) Full Stack Developer
8 35 (6.97%) C# Developer
9 29 (5.78%) .NET Developer
10 27 (5.38%) Scala Developer
11 19 (3.78%) Data Engineer
11 19 (3.78%) Senior Software Engineer
12 18 (3.59%) Technical Leader
13 17 (3.39%) Architect
13 17 (3.39%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 16 (3.19%) Python Engineer
14 16 (3.19%) Senior Java Developer
15 15 (2.99%) C# .NET Developer
15 15 (2.99%) Linux Engineer
16 14 (2.79%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (36.45%) .NET
2 115 (22.91%) .NET Core
3 75 (14.94%) REST
4 62 (12.35%) React
5 61 (12.15%) HTML
6 57 (11.35%) CSS
7 49 (9.76%) ASP.NET
8 48 (9.56%) JSON
9 44 (8.76%) Spring
10 43 (8.57%) Web Services
11 35 (6.97%) XML
12 34 (6.77%) Kafka
13 33 (6.57%) .NET Framework
14 29 (5.78%) AngularJS
15 25 (4.98%) Middleware
16 24 (4.78%) Vue
17 23 (4.58%) RESTful
18 22 (4.38%) ASP.NET Core
18 22 (4.38%) Node.js
18 22 (4.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.77%) Algorithms
2 37 (7.37%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (6.57%) Data Structures
4 27 (5.38%) Product Ownership
5 22 (4.38%) Derivative
6 20 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 17 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (3.39%) Management Information System
9 16 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (3.19%) Fixed Income
10 11 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.79%) Client/Server
12 9 (1.79%) Market Risk
13 7 (1.39%) DataPower
13 7 (1.39%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.39%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
14 6 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 116 (23.11%) Linux
2 46 (9.16%) Unix
3 35 (6.97%) Windows
4 11 (2.19%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.99%) Windows Server
6 6 (1.20%) Android
7 4 (0.80%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.20%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (39.24%) Agile
2 157 (31.27%) OOP
3 143 (28.49%) DevOps
4 132 (26.29%) CI/CD
5 116 (23.11%) Problem-Solving
6 110 (21.91%) OOD
7 101 (20.12%) Design Patterns
8 98 (19.52%) TDD
9 91 (18.13%) Software Engineering
10 75 (14.94%) Test Automation
11 74 (14.74%) Scrum
12 71 (14.14%) Continuous Integration
13 62 (12.35%) Clean Code
13 62 (12.35%) Unit Testing
14 60 (11.95%) API Management
15 53 (10.56%) Computer Science
16 52 (10.36%) SOLID
17 50 (9.96%) MVC
18 49 (9.76%) SDLC
19 46 (9.16%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 188 (37.45%) C#
2 151 (30.08%) Python
3 148 (29.48%) Java
4 141 (28.09%) SQL
5 94 (18.73%) JavaScript
6 53 (10.56%) C++
7 50 (9.96%) Bicep
8 45 (8.96%) C
9 40 (7.97%) PowerShell
10 38 (7.57%) Perl
11 35 (6.97%) Scala
12 27 (5.38%) TypeScript
13 19 (3.78%) ABAP
14 14 (2.79%) Bash
15 12 (2.39%) T-SQL
16 10 (1.99%) Go
16 10 (1.99%) PL/SQL
17 7 (1.39%) F#
17 7 (1.39%) PHP
17 7 (1.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 58 (11.55%) Degree
3 56 (11.16%) SC Cleared
4 29 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (2.99%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.59%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.80%) CISSP
9 2 (0.40%) HND
9 2 (0.40%) ISEB
9 2 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.20%) PhD
10 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.18%) QA
2 29 (5.78%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.58%) WCAG
4 6 (1.20%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.80%) MiFID
6 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.20%) GDPR
6 1 (0.20%) HL7
6 1 (0.20%) IEC 61508
6 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.20%) MISRA
6 1 (0.20%) MISRA C
System Software
1 45 (8.96%) Docker
2 43 (8.57%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.80%) GPFS
4 4 (0.80%) NFS
4 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (8.37%) Ansible
2 36 (7.17%) Terraform
3 25 (4.98%) Kubernetes
4 23 (4.58%) PowerCLI
5 10 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.00%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.80%) Dell DRAC
7 4 (0.80%) Veritas Storage Foundation
8 3 (0.60%) Puppet
9 2 (0.40%) Podman
9 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Grafana
10 1 (0.20%) Istio
10 1 (0.20%) Kiali
10 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.20%) SCOM
10 1 (0.20%) systemd
Vendors
1 75 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.78%) Oracle
3 27 (5.38%) HP
4 23 (4.58%) Atlassian
4 23 (4.58%) SAP
5 22 (4.38%) Dell
6 15 (2.99%) Google
6 15 (2.99%) IBM
7 14 (2.79%) TIBCO
8 10 (1.99%) VMware
9 9 (1.79%) Cadence
9 9 (1.79%) ION Trading
9 9 (1.79%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.39%) TSYS
11 6 (1.20%) Solace
11 6 (1.20%) Xamarin
12 5 (1.00%) Informatica
12 5 (1.00%) Talend
13 4 (0.80%) NetApp
13 4 (0.80%) Veritas