OLE Job Trends in the Midlands

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring OLE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OLE 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.039% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.47% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
England median annual salary £80,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

OLE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 633 1,061 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.14% 16.66% 18.83%
Number of salaries quoted 519 580 959
10th Percentile £32,125 £34,315 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,200 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,200 £76,375 £75,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +0.39% -3.70%

OLE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OLE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

OLE job vacancy trend in the Midlands

OLE
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing OLE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing OLE

OLE
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OLE within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
West Midlands - 3 £80,000 -
OLE
England

OLE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared