Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for OLE skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OLE over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkObject Linking and Embedding (OLE)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank405574
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+169
Matching contract IT job ads48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.012 %0.010 %
As % of the Application Development category0.049 %0.043 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average daily rate£620£488
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year+27.17 %
UK excluding London average daily rate--
Hourly rates quoted03
Average hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.00
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
814618463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK23.71 %23.98 %
Daily rates quoted32236002
Average daily rate£338£350
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-3.570 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£345
% change on same period last year-13.04 %
Hourly rates quoted4421034
Average hourly rate£25.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£18.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£33.00
% change on same period last year-24.24 %

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.

OLE
Demand Trend

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

OLE Demand Trend

OLE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OLE within the UK.

OLE Daily Rate Trend

OLE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OLE within the UK.

OLE Hourly Rate Trend

OLE
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLE within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1793£620+27.17 %
LondonUp+1283£620+27.17 %
City of LondonUp+623£620+18.09 %
ScotlandNew entry-1--

OLE
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

13 (42.86 %)Migration
13 (42.86 %)Equities
13 (42.86 %)Derivative
13 (42.86 %)Equity Derivative
22 (28.57 %)Device Driver
22 (28.57 %)C++
22 (28.57 %)DHTML
22 (28.57 %)HTML
22 (28.57 %)Java
22 (28.57 %)JavaScript
22 (28.57 %)ASP
22 (28.57 %)DCOM
22 (28.57 %)Windows
22 (28.57 %)ActiveX
22 (28.57 %)Windows NT
22 (28.57 %)Assembly Language
22 (28.57 %)OS/2
22 (28.57 %)OLE DB
31 (14.29 %)Telecoms
31 (14.29 %)Finance
31 (14.29 %)Law
31 (14.29 %)Performance Management
31 (14.29 %)Marketing

OLE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (28.57 %)DHTML
12 (28.57 %)HTML
12 (28.57 %)ASP
12 (28.57 %)DCOM
12 (28.57 %)ActiveX
12 (28.57 %)OLE DB
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Telecoms
11 (14.29 %)Finance
11 (14.29 %)Law
11 (14.29 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Project Manager
13 (42.86 %)Migration Project Manager
22 (28.57 %)Software Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Business Analyst
31 (14.29 %)Procurement Officer
31 (14.29 %)Telecoms Business Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (42.86 %)Equities
13 (42.86 %)Derivative
13 (42.86 %)Equity Derivative
22 (28.57 %)Device Driver
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Windows
12 (28.57 %)Windows NT
12 (28.57 %)OS/2
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)Migration
21 (14.29 %)Performance Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (28.57 %)C++
12 (28.57 %)Java
12 (28.57 %)JavaScript
12 (28.57 %)Assembly Language