OO Contracts

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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 183 163
Rank change year-on-year -23 -20 +4
Contract jobs citing OO 504 800 1,526
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.16% 1.44% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.61% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 533 1,061
10th Percentile £375 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £700 £750 £744
90th Percentile £825 £875 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £562 £500
% change year-on-year -2.14% +12.40% +17.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 22
10th Percentile £51.65 - £44.35
25th Percentile £60.00 £47.50 £51.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.64 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.77% +4.80% +22.22%
75th Percentile £80.00 £76.13 £57.19
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.20 £61.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.50 £64.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +0.78% +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 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 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
England -33 425 £550 -12.00% 297
London -50 259 £600 -7.69% 103
UK excluding London +60 184 £550 -2.14% 225
Work from Home -20 172 £538 -16.67% 213
South East -7 42 £550 -1.08% 48
South West +17 41 £700 +11.11% 24
North of England +48 40 £495 -5.81% 62
North West +39 36 £495 -20.88% 31
Scotland +52 27 £350 -33.33% 20
East of England +7 17 £563 +14.80% 23
Midlands +23 13 £515 +2.90% 32
West Midlands +13 11 £505 +1.00% 21
Yorkshire +10 4 £488 -7.14% 22
Wales +13 3 - - 7
Northern Ireland +1 1 - - 15

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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 32 (6.35%) Confluence
2 14 (2.78%) CMS
3 13 (2.58%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.98%) Apache
5 8 (1.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (1.39%) SAS
7 6 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.79%) IIS
9 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.20%) nginx
10 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.59%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.40%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.20%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Simulink
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
1 7 (1.39%) Temenos T24
2 5 (0.99%) Endur
3 4 (0.79%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.60%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.60%) Maximo
4 3 (0.60%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 3 (0.60%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.20%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.20%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (0.20%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (0.20%) SAP POS DM
5 1 (0.20%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 131 (25.99%) Azure
2 72 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 71 (14.09%) AWS
4 40 (7.94%) Azure Service Bus
5 39 (7.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 37 (7.34%) Azure Monitor
7 30 (5.95%) Serverless
8 21 (4.17%) Amazon S3
8 21 (4.17%) AWS Lambda
9 19 (3.77%) Azure Pipelines
10 16 (3.17%) GCP
11 15 (2.98%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (2.58%) Snowflake
13 12 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (2.18%) PaaS
15 9 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (1.79%) Power Platform
15 9 (1.79%) SaaS
16 8 (1.59%) Amazon EMR
16 8 (1.59%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.58%) FTP
2 6 (1.19%) HTTP
2 6 (1.19%) Kerberos
2 6 (1.19%) Tactical Data Link
3 4 (0.79%) Link 16
3 4 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.60%) BGP
4 3 (0.60%) Broadband
4 3 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.60%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.40%) 5G
6 1 (0.20%) 4G
6 1 (0.20%) DHCP
6 1 (0.20%) Firewall
6 1 (0.20%) LTE
6 1 (0.20%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.20%) RS-485
6 1 (0.20%) VPN
6 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 40 (7.94%) NoSQL
3 34 (6.75%) Relational Database
4 23 (4.56%) KDB
5 21 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (3.17%) Big Data
7 14 (2.78%) Oracle Database
8 12 (2.38%) MongoDB
9 11 (2.18%) MySQL
10 10 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (1.59%) Power BI
12 7 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (1.39%) OLAP
12 7 (1.39%) OLTP
12 7 (1.39%) Tableau
13 6 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (1.19%) Oracle OLAP
13 6 (1.19%) Tableau Server
14 5 (0.99%) SQLite
15 4 (0.79%) Redis
Development Applications
1 119 (23.61%) Git
2 72 (14.29%) JIRA
3 46 (9.13%) Jenkins
4 39 (7.74%) Bitbucket
5 26 (5.16%) Cucumber
6 21 (4.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 16 (3.17%) TeamCity
8 12 (2.38%) Visual Studio
9 10 (1.98%) NUnit
10 9 (1.79%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (1.59%) Moq
11 8 (1.59%) Selenium
12 7 (1.39%) Jasmine
12 7 (1.39%) Maven
12 7 (1.39%) Postman
12 7 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 7 (1.39%) webpack
13 6 (1.19%) Karma Test Runner
13 6 (1.19%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 140 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 105 (20.83%) Finance
3 64 (12.70%) Banking
4 63 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (8.13%) Back Office
6 36 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.75%) Investment Banking
8 26 (5.16%) Front Office
9 23 (4.56%) Aerospace
10 11 (2.18%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.79%) Retail
12 8 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.39%) Electronics
14 6 (1.19%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.19%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (0.99%) Marketing
15 5 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (0.79%) Corporate Banking
16 4 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 299 (59.33%) Developer
2 84 (16.67%) Senior
3 58 (11.51%) Senior Developer
4 47 (9.33%) Software Engineer
5 43 (8.53%) Java Developer
6 39 (7.74%) C# Developer
6 39 (7.74%) Lead
7 30 (5.95%) .NET Developer
8 27 (5.36%) Full Stack Developer
8 27 (5.36%) Scala Developer
9 21 (4.17%) Data Engineer
10 19 (3.77%) C# .NET Developer
10 19 (3.77%) Senior Software Engineer
11 18 (3.57%) Technical Leader
12 17 (3.37%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 17 (3.37%) Senior Java Developer
13 15 (2.98%) Architect
13 15 (2.98%) Software Developer
14 14 (2.78%) Python Developer
15 12 (2.38%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (34.92%) .NET
2 108 (21.43%) .NET Core
3 75 (14.88%) REST
4 59 (11.71%) HTML
5 56 (11.11%) CSS
6 54 (10.71%) React
7 48 (9.52%) JSON
8 46 (9.13%) ASP.NET
9 45 (8.93%) Spring
10 40 (7.94%) .NET Framework
10 40 (7.94%) Web Services
11 36 (7.14%) XML
12 32 (6.35%) Kafka
12 32 (6.35%) RESTful
13 27 (5.36%) Middleware
14 24 (4.76%) AngularJS
15 23 (4.56%) jQuery
16 21 (4.17%) YAML
17 20 (3.97%) ASP.NET Core
17 20 (3.97%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 41 (8.13%) Algorithms
2 40 (7.94%) Data Structures
3 37 (7.34%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (4.96%) Derivative
5 25 (4.96%) Product Ownership
6 23 (4.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 20 (3.97%) Fixed Income
8 18 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (3.57%) Management Information System
9 16 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (2.18%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.59%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.39%) DataPower
13 7 (1.39%) iPad
13 7 (1.39%) iPhone
13 7 (1.39%) Market Risk
13 7 (1.39%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.19%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (22.22%) Linux
2 44 (8.73%) Unix
3 35 (6.94%) Windows
4 12 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.99%) Android
7 3 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.20%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (37.10%) Agile
2 163 (32.34%) OOP
3 129 (25.60%) CI/CD
3 129 (25.60%) DevOps
4 113 (22.42%) Design Patterns
4 113 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (21.03%) OOD
6 98 (19.44%) Software Engineering
7 95 (18.85%) TDD
8 81 (16.07%) Continuous Integration
8 81 (16.07%) Scrum
9 76 (15.08%) Test Automation
10 61 (12.10%) Unit Testing
11 60 (11.90%) Computer Science
12 58 (11.51%) Clean Code
13 56 (11.11%) API Management
14 48 (9.52%) SOLID
15 45 (8.93%) Microservices
16 44 (8.73%) Multithreading
16 44 (8.73%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 184 (36.51%) C#
2 143 (28.37%) Java
2 143 (28.37%) SQL
3 139 (27.58%) Python
4 86 (17.06%) JavaScript
5 62 (12.30%) C++
6 46 (9.13%) Bicep
7 40 (7.94%) C
8 39 (7.74%) PowerShell
9 35 (6.94%) Scala
10 32 (6.35%) Perl
11 26 (5.16%) TypeScript
12 19 (3.77%) PL/SQL
13 18 (3.57%) ABAP
14 14 (2.78%) Bash
15 12 (2.38%) T-SQL
16 11 (2.18%) Go
16 11 (2.18%) VBA
17 10 (1.98%) VB
18 8 (1.59%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 71 (14.09%) Degree
1 71 (14.09%) Security Cleared
2 54 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.79%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.79%) CISSP
8 3 (0.60%) HND
9 2 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.20%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.20%) ISEB
10 1 (0.20%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.20%) PhD
10 1 (0.20%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.56%) Accessibility
2 25 (4.96%) QA
3 23 (4.56%) WCAG
4 6 (1.19%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.19%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.79%) 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 43 (8.53%) Docker
2 39 (7.74%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 46 (9.13%) Ansible
2 36 (7.14%) Terraform
3 26 (5.16%) Kubernetes
4 21 (4.17%) PowerCLI
5 10 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.99%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.60%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (0.60%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.40%) Podman
8 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.40%) Puppet
9 1 (0.20%) Grafana
9 1 (0.20%) Istio
9 1 (0.20%) Kiali
9 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.20%) SCOM
9 1 (0.20%) systemd
Vendors
1 76 (15.08%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.35%) Oracle
3 25 (4.96%) HP
4 21 (4.17%) Atlassian
5 20 (3.97%) Dell
5 20 (3.97%) SAP
6 15 (2.98%) TIBCO
7 12 (2.38%) Google
8 11 (2.18%) IBM
9 9 (1.79%) Cadence
9 9 (1.79%) ION Trading
10 8 (1.59%) VMware
11 7 (1.39%) Cloudera
11 7 (1.39%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.39%) Solace
11 7 (1.39%) TSYS
12 6 (1.19%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.19%) Xamarin
13 5 (0.99%) Informatica
13 5 (0.99%) Talend