Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OLE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OLE over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 862 966 855
Rank change year-on-year +104 -111 -41
Permanent jobs citing OLE 32 27 366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.026% 0.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.15% 0.085% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 29 4 6
10th Percentile - - £46,875
25th Percentile £22,750 £24,000 £49,248
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,500 £38,250 £50,742
Median % change year-on-year -38.56% -24.62% +10.91%
75th Percentile £48,050 £74,688 £54,873
90th Percentile - £107,875 £62,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £23,500 £38,250 £48,750
% change year-on-year -38.56% -21.54% +6.56%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

OLE is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,028 31,808 62,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.42% 30.35% 40.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15,726 19,512 30,385
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,227 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

OLE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OLE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OLE in the UK

OLE
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OLE.

Salary trend for OLE in the UK

OLE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OLE over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for OLE in the UK

OLE
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OLE within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +124 32 £23,500 -38.56% 7
UK excluding London +22 31 £23,500 -38.56% 7
North of England +58 16 £23,500 -81.92% 3
North West +21 16 £23,500 -81.92% 2
South East +35 9 £47,300 +97.08% 2
East Midlands - 6 £35,000 -
Midlands - 6 £35,000 -
London +122 1 £35,000 - 1

OLE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 16 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (18.75%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.75%) Broadband
2 1 (3.13%) LAN
2 1 (3.13%) WAN
General
1 16 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (3.13%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 22 (68.75%) Analyst
2 16 (50.00%) Service Analyst
2 16 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 9 (28.13%) Integration Engineer
4 7 (21.88%) IT Support
5 6 (18.75%) Applications Support
5 6 (18.75%) Applications Support Analyst
5 6 (18.75%) IT Analyst
5 6 (18.75%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (18.75%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.13%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 16 (50.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (28.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 16 (50.00%) ITSM
1 16 (50.00%) Time Management
2 9 (28.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (3.13%) Change Control
3 1 (3.13%) ITIL
3 1 (3.13%) Patch Management
3 1 (3.13%) Project Management
3 1 (3.13%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (50.00%) R
2 9 (28.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) DV Cleared
1 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
1 9 (28.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco
2 1 (3.13%) HP