Job market reports · Skill · September 2026

object-oriented programming

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

Which roles ask for it

Share of the 183 postings naming object-oriented programming that belong to each role. This is the answer to "what would learning this qualify me for".

  1. 1Software Engineer83.6%
  2. 2Full-Stack Engineer6%
  3. 3AI Engineer2.2%
  4. 4DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer2.2%
  5. 5Machine Learning Engineer1.6%
  6. 6Backend Engineer1.1%
  7. 7Data Engineer1.1%
  8. 8Data Scientist1.1%

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 = 119
10th
$108k
25th
$133k
Median
$159k
75th
$195k
90th
$219k

Where those jobs are

Metro share of the postings naming this skill.

  1. 1Remote10.9%
  2. 2Silicon Valley, CA9.3%
  3. 3San Francisco, CA4.4%
  4. 4New York, NY3.8%
  5. 5Denver, CO2.7%
  6. 6Washington, DC2.7%
  7. 7Chicago, IL2.2%
  8. 8Boston, MA1.6%

How we counted

668,970 live US postings read directly from 79,892 employers’ own careers pages in September 2026 — not from a jobs aggregator, so a role reposted across several sites is counted once. Full methodology, limitations and external checks.