Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ADO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ADO over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 481 529 594
Rank change year-on-year +48 +65 +17
Contract jobs citing ADO 109 171 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.30% 0.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.22% 1.27% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 107 161
10th Percentile £373 £400 £400
25th Percentile £411 £468 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +22.55%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £775
90th Percentile £790 £825 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £544
% change year-on-year +10.00% -8.05% +27.94%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

ADO 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 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 8,920 13,429 23,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.74% 23.23% 27.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,180 9,787 17,354
10th Percentile £350 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 156 243
10th Percentile £21.25 £30.38 £23.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.65
90th Percentile £74.85 £81.00 £76.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year -25.78% +24.27% +14.44%

ADO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ADO in the UK

ADO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ADO.

Daily rate trend for ADO in the UK

ADO
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ADO over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ADO in the UK

ADO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ADO.

Hourly rate trend for ADO in the UK

ADO
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ADO within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 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
England +60 99 £519 -5.68% 14
London +73 71 £500 -16.67% 4
Work from Home +91 36 £550 - 12
UK excluding London +27 28 £550 +10.00% 14
South East +8 14 - - 3
Midlands +27 6 £650 +30.00% 3
West Midlands +14 6 £650 +30.00% 2
North of England +30 3 £463 +8.82% 2
Yorkshire +18 3 £463 -15.91% 2
South West +14 3 £625 -10.71% 2
Scotland +36 1 £550 +44.26% 2
Wales - 1 - - 3

ADO
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.59%) Confluence
2 3 (2.75%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.92%) Apache
3 1 (0.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.75%) Trello
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.92%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.92%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.92%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.92%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 50 (45.87%) Azure
2 26 (23.85%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (13.76%) AWS
4 14 (12.84%) AWS CloudFormation
5 11 (10.09%) Power Platform
6 8 (7.34%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (5.50%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.59%) dbt
8 5 (4.59%) GitHub
8 5 (4.59%) Power Automate
9 4 (3.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.67%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (3.67%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (3.67%) Serverless
10 3 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.75%) Miro
10 3 (2.75%) SaaS
11 2 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.75%) Internet
2 1 (0.92%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.42%) Power BI
2 4 (3.67%) Data Lake
2 4 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.67%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.75%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.83%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.83%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.92%) Big Data
5 1 (0.92%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.92%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.92%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 38 (34.86%) JIRA
2 8 (7.34%) JMeter
2 8 (7.34%) Selenium
3 4 (3.67%) Cucumber
3 4 (3.67%) Git
4 2 (1.83%) GitLab
4 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.92%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.92%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.92%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (25.69%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.85%) Finance
3 13 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.42%) Banking
4 7 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.59%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.75%) Back Office
6 3 (2.75%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.75%) Wholesale Banking
7 2 (1.83%) Billing
7 2 (1.83%) Front Office
7 2 (1.83%) Retail
8 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.92%) Legal
8 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (12.84%) Analyst
2 12 (11.01%) Tester
3 9 (8.26%) Developer
3 9 (8.26%) Manual Tester
3 9 (8.26%) Test Manager
4 8 (7.34%) Applications Engineer
5 7 (6.42%) Lead
5 7 (6.42%) Project Manager
6 5 (4.59%) Software Engineer
6 5 (4.59%) Test Analyst
6 5 (4.59%) Testing Manager
7 4 (3.67%) Architect
7 4 (3.67%) Business Analyst
7 4 (3.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 4 (3.67%) Integration Developer
8 3 (2.75%) AWS Engineer
8 3 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (2.75%) Data Engineer
8 3 (2.75%) Scrum Master
8 3 (2.75%) Software Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.42%) .NET
2 5 (4.59%) .NET Core
3 4 (3.67%) JSON
3 4 (3.67%) Node.js
3 4 (3.67%) React
3 4 (3.67%) XML
4 3 (2.75%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (2.75%) Flask
4 3 (2.75%) Gherkin
4 3 (2.75%) Pandas
4 3 (2.75%) pytest
4 3 (2.75%) YAML
5 2 (1.83%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.83%) HTML
6 1 (0.92%) CSS
6 1 (0.92%) HTML5
6 1 (0.92%) Kafka
6 1 (0.92%) MERN Stack
6 1 (0.92%) Middleware
6 1 (0.92%) Tkinter
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.93%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.67%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.67%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.92%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.92%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.92%) Solar Panel
4 1 (0.92%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.09%) Linux
2 9 (8.26%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.75%) Android
3 3 (2.75%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.75%) Unix
4 2 (1.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (41.28%) DevOps
2 42 (38.53%) Agile
3 18 (16.51%) Test Management
4 17 (15.60%) Scrum
5 15 (13.76%) CI/CD
5 15 (13.76%) Project Management
6 14 (12.84%) End-to-End Testing
6 14 (12.84%) Project Delivery
7 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (10.09%) Infrastructure as Code
9 11 (10.09%) Test Automation
10 10 (9.17%) Data Modelling
10 10 (9.17%) Scenario Testing
10 10 (9.17%) SDLC
10 10 (9.17%) Test Planning
10 10 (9.17%) User Acceptance Testing
10 10 (9.17%) Validation
11 9 (8.26%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (8.26%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.60%) C#
2 14 (12.84%) SQL
3 13 (11.93%) Python
4 11 (10.09%) C++
5 10 (9.17%) Java
6 7 (6.42%) JavaScript
7 4 (3.67%) PowerShell
7 4 (3.67%) T-SQL
7 4 (3.67%) X++
8 1 (0.92%) Bash
8 1 (0.92%) Bicep
8 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (7.34%) Degree
2 4 (3.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.75%) PMP
4 2 (1.83%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.83%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.83%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.92%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.09%) QA
2 3 (2.75%) PMO
3 2 (1.83%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 1 (0.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (9.17%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.34%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.75%) Terraform
3 2 (1.83%) Grafana
3 2 (1.83%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.92%) Ansible
Vendors
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.59%) Oracle
2 5 (4.59%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.67%) Genesys
3 4 (3.67%) Informatica
4 2 (1.83%) SAP
5 1 (0.92%) Apple
5 1 (0.92%) Avaya
5 1 (0.92%) Databricks
5 1 (0.92%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.92%) JDA
5 1 (0.92%) Planview
5 1 (0.92%) Splunk