Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring OLE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OLE over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 51 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing OLE | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 0.20% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 1.25% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £350 | £550 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -36.36% | - | - |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Birmingham
OLE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Birmingham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 80 | 116 | 168 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 15.75% | 15.47% | 18.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 61 | 83 | 119 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £208 | £344 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £375 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £483 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.40% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £648 | £625 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £700 | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £510 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.95% | -2.44% | +3.54% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £55.00 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £33.91 | £39.96 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -15.14% | - | - |
OLE
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing OLE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
OLE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: