The first table below looks at the demand for OLE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OLE over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
Rank - - 49
Contract jobs citing OLE 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol - - 0.155%
As % of the Application Development category - - 0.962%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate - £340 £425
% change year-on-year
- -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.00 -
All Application Development
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
110 203 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 21.32% 24.28% 16.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 139 40
Average daily rate £300 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £405 £372
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
Average hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
OLE
South West

OLE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OLE across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol OLE Jobs Demand Trend

OLE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OLE across the Bristol region.

Bristol OLE Daily Rate Trend

OLE
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing OLE also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OLE.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MFC
1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

OLE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing OLE also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OLE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) MFC
1 1 (100.00%) COM
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Applications Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft