OOP Contracts

Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for OOP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OOP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 363 351
Rank change year-on-year -3 -12 -6
Contract jobs citing OOP 218 361 667
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.64% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.72% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 253 535
10th Percentile £363 £400 £381
25th Percentile £459 £488 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £638
90th Percentile £706 £763 £791
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £531 £444
% change year-on-year +12.94% +19.72% +10.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 7
10th Percentile £47.50 - £42.94
25th Percentile £56.25 - £43.61
Median hourly rate £60.00 £35.00 £56.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -38.05% -3.76%
75th Percentile - - £61.70
90th Percentile £72.00 - £67.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - £51.35
% change year-on-year - - -13.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

OOP 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 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

OOP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for OOP in the UK

OOP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for OOP in the UK

OOP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OOP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OOP in the UK

OOP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for OOP in the UK

OOP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OOP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for OOP in the UK

OOP
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 OOP within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 -9 186 £545 -5.22% 174
London -18 97 £525 -9.87% 85
UK excluding London +56 85 £600 +12.94% 107
Work from Home +49 71 £504 -12.35% 113
South West +28 40 £694 +4.72% 9
North of England +31 24 £500 +6.38% 22
North West +29 20 £510 +4.08% 11
South East -3 7 £375 -27.88% 22
East of England +6 6 £325 -35.52% 11
Midlands +24 4 £450 -33.33% 24
Yorkshire +18 4 £475 +5.56% 8
West Midlands +16 4 £450 -33.33% 20
Scotland +35 2 £400 -23.81% 13
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 4
Wales - 1 £583 - 3

OOP
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 23 (10.55%) Confluence
2 8 (3.67%) Apache
3 6 (2.75%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.46%) IIS
6 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.21%) Trello
3 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.46%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) SAP EWM
1 2 (0.92%) SAP R/3
1 2 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.46%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.46%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.46%) SAP POS DM
2 1 (0.46%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 55 (25.23%) Azure
2 45 (20.64%) AWS
3 13 (5.96%) Amazon S3
3 13 (5.96%) PaaS
3 13 (5.96%) SaaS
4 12 (5.50%) GCP
4 12 (5.50%) Serverless
4 12 (5.50%) Snowflake
5 11 (5.05%) Amazon SQS
6 9 (4.13%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (3.67%) Amazon EC2
8 7 (3.21%) Miro
8 7 (3.21%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.29%) Amazon EMR
10 5 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.29%) GitHub
10 5 (2.29%) npm
10 5 (2.29%) WhatsApp
11 4 (1.83%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.13%) SSH
2 6 (2.75%) FTP
3 1 (0.46%) 5G
3 1 (0.46%) DHCP
3 1 (0.46%) DNS
3 1 (0.46%) HTTP
3 1 (0.46%) LTE
3 1 (0.46%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.46%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.46%) VPN
3 1 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.76%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.80%) MySQL
2 17 (7.80%) NoSQL
3 15 (6.88%) Big Data
4 12 (5.50%) Oracle Database
5 8 (3.67%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.21%) Power BI
7 6 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (2.75%) Tableau
8 5 (2.29%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.29%) Redis
8 5 (2.29%) Tableau Server
9 4 (1.83%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.92%) DB2
10 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.92%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.46%) SAP BW
11 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.46%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 51 (23.39%) JIRA
2 35 (16.06%) Jenkins
3 29 (13.30%) Git
4 24 (11.01%) Bitbucket
5 23 (10.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 14 (6.42%) Cucumber
6 14 (6.42%) JUnit
7 8 (3.67%) GitLab
7 8 (3.67%) Selenium
8 7 (3.21%) Maven
8 7 (3.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (2.75%) Mocha
10 5 (2.29%) SoapUI
10 5 (2.29%) webpack
11 4 (1.83%) CircleCI
11 4 (1.83%) Jasmine
11 4 (1.83%) Karma Test Runner
11 4 (1.83%) PHPUnit
11 4 (1.83%) TestNG
11 4 (1.83%) WebDriver
General
1 71 (32.57%) Social Skills
2 59 (27.06%) Finance
3 43 (19.72%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (11.93%) Banking
5 20 (9.17%) Aerospace
6 16 (7.34%) Investment Banking
7 13 (5.96%) Front Office
8 9 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.67%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.75%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.75%) Retail
11 5 (2.29%) Electronics
11 5 (2.29%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.83%) Back Office
12 4 (1.83%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.83%) Law
12 4 (1.83%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.38%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.92%) Marketing
15 1 (0.46%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 127 (58.26%) Developer
2 31 (14.22%) Java Developer
3 25 (11.47%) Full Stack Developer
4 17 (7.80%) .NET Developer
4 17 (7.80%) C# Developer
4 17 (7.80%) Senior
5 14 (6.42%) Software Engineer
6 11 (5.05%) C# .NET Developer
6 11 (5.05%) React Developer
7 10 (4.59%) Data Engineer
8 9 (4.13%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.13%) PHP Developer
9 8 (3.67%) Lead
9 8 (3.67%) Site Engineer
9 8 (3.67%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (3.67%) Tester
10 7 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (3.21%) Python Developer
10 7 (3.21%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (33.49%) .NET
2 42 (19.27%) Spring
3 39 (17.89%) HTML
4 38 (17.43%) CSS
5 34 (15.60%) .NET Core
5 34 (15.60%) React
6 31 (14.22%) REST
6 31 (14.22%) Web Services
7 20 (9.17%) AngularJS
8 19 (8.72%) .NET Framework
8 19 (8.72%) Vue
9 18 (8.26%) JSON
10 17 (7.80%) Node.js
11 16 (7.34%) ASP.NET
11 16 (7.34%) XML
12 15 (6.88%) Hibernate
12 15 (6.88%) Kafka
12 15 (6.88%) SOAP
13 12 (5.50%) ASP.NET Core
14 9 (4.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.26%) Data Structures
2 15 (6.88%) Algorithms
2 15 (6.88%) Derivative
3 13 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (5.05%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.59%) Fixed Income
6 9 (4.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 9 (4.13%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (3.67%) Management Information System
8 7 (3.21%) Hedge funds
9 5 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.29%) Distributed Architecture
10 4 (1.83%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.83%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.83%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (1.38%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.92%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (22.02%) Linux
2 29 (13.30%) Windows
3 15 (6.88%) Unix
4 11 (5.05%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.29%) CentOS
5 5 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (2.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.83%) Android
6 4 (1.83%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (75.69%) OO
2 93 (42.66%) Agile
3 84 (38.53%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (30.28%) CI/CD
5 57 (26.15%) Scrum
6 53 (24.31%) Continuous Integration
7 47 (21.56%) DevOps
8 44 (20.18%) Design Patterns
9 33 (15.14%) Test Automation
10 32 (14.68%) Computer Science
11 31 (14.22%) Full Stack Development
11 31 (14.22%) Software Engineering
12 29 (13.30%) TDD
13 28 (12.84%) Deployment Automation
13 28 (12.84%) SOLID
14 26 (11.93%) Configuration Management
14 26 (11.93%) MVC
15 25 (11.47%) Task Automation
15 25 (11.47%) Unit Testing
16 23 (10.55%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 91 (41.74%) Java
2 89 (40.83%) Python
3 80 (36.70%) SQL
4 65 (29.82%) C#
5 53 (24.31%) JavaScript
6 35 (16.06%) PowerShell
7 17 (7.80%) PL/SQL
8 14 (6.42%) PHP
9 13 (5.96%) C
10 9 (4.13%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.67%) Perl
11 8 (3.67%) VB
11 8 (3.67%) VBA
12 7 (3.21%) Bash
12 7 (3.21%) F#
12 7 (3.21%) Shell Script
12 7 (3.21%) TypeScript
12 7 (3.21%) VB.NET
13 6 (2.75%) Scala
14 4 (1.83%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 57 (26.15%) Security Cleared
2 44 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 41 (18.81%) Degree
4 15 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (4.59%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.83%) CISSP
7 4 (1.83%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.46%) ISEB
9 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (17.43%) QA
2 4 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.38%) WCAG
4 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.46%) HL7
System Software
1 15 (6.88%) Docker
2 5 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.92%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (12.39%) Ansible
2 23 (10.55%) PowerCLI
3 22 (10.09%) Terraform
4 8 (3.67%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.38%) Puppet
7 1 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.46%) SCOM
7 1 (0.46%) systemd
Vendors
1 27 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.55%) Atlassian
2 23 (10.55%) HP
3 22 (10.09%) Dell
4 15 (6.88%) Oracle
5 10 (4.59%) Google
6 7 (3.21%) Dynatrace
6 7 (3.21%) SAP
6 7 (3.21%) Splunk
7 6 (2.75%) Cloudera
7 6 (2.75%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.29%) Informatica
8 5 (2.29%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.29%) Talend
9 4 (1.83%) Okta
9 4 (1.83%) Roku
10 3 (1.38%) Citrix
11 2 (0.92%) Adobe
11 2 (0.92%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.92%) VMware