Job market reports · Skill · October 2026

object-oriented programming

199 live US technical postings name object-oriented programming in October 2026. Here is which roles ask for it, what those roles pay, and where they are.

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 199 postings naming object-oriented programming that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer85.4%
  2. 2Full-Stack Engineer5%
  3. 3Data Engineer2%
  4. 4Data Scientist2%
  5. 5AI Engineer1%
  6. 6Backend Engineer1%
  7. 7DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer1%
  8. 8Frontend Engineer1%

What postings asking for it pay

Across every role, for the postings that both name this skill and disclose a salary. A skill does not cause a salary — senior roles ask for more of everything — so read this as association, not as a raise.

Disclosed pay where object-oriented programming is named
n = 121
10th
$108k
25th
$133k
Median
$159k
75th
$190k
90th
$209k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Silicon Valley, CA8.5%
  2. 2Remote8%
  3. 3Los Angeles, CA5.5%
  4. 4San Francisco, CA4.5%
  5. 5New York, NY4%
  6. 6Washington, DC3%
  7. 7Boston, MA2.5%
  8. 8Philadelphia, PA2%

How we counted

967,730 live US postings read directly from 82,954 employers’ own careers pages in October 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.