OLE Contracts in the Thames Valley

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for OLE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 137 150 167
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 -
Contract jobs citing OLE 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.074% 0.068% 0.029%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.53% 0.40% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 £488 -
Median % change year-on-year -75.38% - -
South East median daily rate £120 £488 -
% change year-on-year -75.38% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 377 496 608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.01% 16.88% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 355 442
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £435 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +13.89%
75th Percentile £616 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £692 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 5
10th Percentile £56.58 £52.90 £30.50
25th Percentile £56.65 £75.06 £35.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £78.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.78% +20.23% +69.03%
75th Percentile - £80.25 £68.25
90th Percentile £62.00 £80.48 £75.54
South East median hourly rate £61.60 £70.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -12.00% +55.56% +4.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing OLE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OLE in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OLE in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for OLE in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OLE within the Thames Valley region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -7 2 £120 -75.38%
OLE
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft