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This section looks at the demand for Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) skills within the Leicestershire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OLE over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkObject Linking and Embedding (OLE)
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3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
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Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£363
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads6069
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.069 %
Daily rates quoted912
Average minimum daily rate£296£450
Average daily rate£331£453
% change on same period last year-27.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted33
Average minimum hourly rate£24.78£27.00
Average hourly rate£26.72£30.68
% change on same period last year-12.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.67£34.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
OLE East MidlandsOLE
East Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

OLE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OLE across the Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Leicestershire OLE Demand Trend

OLE
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)ODBC
11 (100.00 %)ITIL
11 (100.00 %)Informix
11 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
11 (100.00 %)Data Modelling
11 (100.00 %)ETL
11 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)DataStage

OLE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)ODBC
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)Informix
11 (100.00 %)Datawarehouse
11 (100.00 %)ETL
11 (100.00 %)DataStage
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)ETL Developer
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)ITIL
11 (100.00 %)Data Modelling
11 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence