The first table below looks at the demand for OLE skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OLE over the 3 months to 17 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
Rank - 210 -
Permanent jobs citing OLE 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West - 0.091% -
As % of the Application Development category - 0.198% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Average salary - £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £51,500 £35,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+47.14% -17.64%
All Application Development
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2444 2531 2380
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 46.59% 45.88% 40.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2219 2269 2127
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,700 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
OLE
England

OLE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West OLE Jobs Demand Trend

OLE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OLE across the South West region.

South West OLE Salary Trend

OLE
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited OLE.

1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) MFC
1 4 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 4 (100.00%) OOD
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Electronics
3 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (50.00%) Qt
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) COM
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) CAD
4 1 (25.00%) ODBC
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) 3D Graphics

OLE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited OLE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) MFC
2 2 (50.00%) COM
2 2 (50.00%) Qt
3 1 (25.00%) ODBC
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) C Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Applications Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C++ Developer
3 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Applications Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) 3D Graphics
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 4 (100.00%) OOD
2 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft