Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for OLE DB skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OLE DB over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkObject Linking and Embedding for Databases (OLE DB)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank674668916
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+248
Matching permanent IT job ads2248
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.002 %0.002 %0.024 %
As % of the Application Development category0.006 %0.007 %0.073 %
Salaries quoted2246
Average salary£41,250£51,250£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.51 %+23.49 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£38,250£50,250£38,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£44,250£52,250£50,000
UK excluding London average salary--£40,000
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

OLE DB
Demand Trend

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

OLE DB Demand Trend

OLE DB
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OLE DB within the UK.

OLE DB Salary Trend

OLE DB
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OLE DB within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-92£41,250-19.51 %
LondonDown-432£41,250-19.51 %
City of LondonNew entry-2£41,250-

OLE DB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing OLE DB 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 DB.

15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
24 (80.00 %)ADO
24 (80.00 %)ODBC
33 (60.00 %)IIS
33 (60.00 %)VB.NET
33 (60.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
33 (60.00 %)Insurance
42 (40.00 %)BusinessObjects
42 (40.00 %)QA
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
42 (40.00 %)Datawarehouse
42 (40.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
42 (40.00 %)SQLPlus
42 (40.00 %)C#
42 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
42 (40.00 %)PeopleSoft
42 (40.00 %)Business Objects
42 (40.00 %)Oracle
42 (40.00 %)VB
42 (40.00 %)XML
42 (40.00 %)Windows
42 (40.00 %)ETL
51 (20.00 %)FTP
51 (20.00 %)TOAD
51 (20.00 %)Active Directory
51 (20.00 %)Linux
51 (20.00 %)MS Excel
51 (20.00 %)MS Access

OLE DB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing OLE DB 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 DB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)ADO
24 (80.00 %)ODBC
32 (40.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)OLE
41 (20.00 %)DHTML
41 (20.00 %)HTML
41 (20.00 %)ASP
41 (20.00 %)COM+
41 (20.00 %)DCOM
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)IIS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Project
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
11 (20.00 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (100.00 %)SQL Server
23 (60.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
32 (40.00 %)BusinessObjects
32 (40.00 %)SQLPlus
32 (40.00 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
32 (40.00 %)Datawarehouse
32 (40.00 %)ETL
32 (40.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
41 (20.00 %)Xcelsius
41 (20.00 %)TOAD
41 (20.00 %)MS Access
41 (20.00 %)Cognos Impromptu
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (20.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Insurance
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (20.00 %)Tester
11 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Developer
11 (20.00 %)Consultant
11 (20.00 %)Development Specialist
11 (20.00 %)Applications Specialist
11 (20.00 %)Technical Consultant
11 (20.00 %)Software Tester
11 (20.00 %)Test Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Systems Developer
11 (20.00 %)Software Test Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)PMI
11 (20.00 %)Computer Science
11 (20.00 %)Data Conversion
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (40.00 %)Windows
21 (20.00 %)Linux
21 (20.00 %)Windows XP
21 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
21 (20.00 %)UNIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)PRINCE
11 (20.00 %)Project Management
11 (20.00 %)Migration
11 (20.00 %)Scrum
11 (20.00 %)Data Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)SQL
23 (60.00 %)VB.NET
32 (40.00 %)VB
32 (40.00 %)C#
41 (20.00 %)JavaScript
41 (20.00 %)T-SQL
41 (20.00 %)VBScript
41 (20.00 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (20.00 %)ISEB
11 (20.00 %)PMI Certification
11 (20.00 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (40.00 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (40.00 %)Oracle
12 (40.00 %)Business Objects
12 (40.00 %)PeopleSoft
21 (20.00 %)Cognos