Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ADO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ADO over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 638 841 929
Rank change year-on-year +203 +88 +117
Permanent jobs citing ADO 54 55 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.056% 0.058%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.64% 0.26% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 35 32 36
10th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,875 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.20% +3.39% +18.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £97,188 £83,438
90th Percentile £127,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +25.00% +14.29%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

ADO 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,460 21,099 31,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.26% 21.42% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 6,443 15,769 19,367
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,117
25th Percentile £51,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ADO in the UK

ADO
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ADO over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ADO in the UK

ADO
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ADO within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +181 47 £70,000 -6.67% 34
UK excluding London +215 37 £65,000 -13.33% 17
London +104 14 £125,000 +56.25% 20
North of England +90 13 £72,500 +31.82% 3
Work from Home +180 12 £72,500 -14.71% 23
Midlands - 12 £45,000 - 2
West Midlands - 12 £45,000 - 2
North West +40 9 £72,500 +17.41% 2
South West - 6 £57,500 - 2
Yorkshire +73 4 £57,841 +5.16% 1
Scotland +129 2 £95,000 +26.67% 1
South East +101 2 £38,500 -40.77% 9
Wales +40 2 - -

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 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.70%) Apache
2 2 (3.70%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.85%) CMS
3 1 (1.85%) Confluence
3 1 (1.85%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (18.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 45 (83.33%) Azure
2 23 (42.59%) Power Platform
3 12 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (20.37%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (18.52%) GitHub
6 8 (14.81%) Azure API Management
6 8 (14.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (11.11%) PowerApps
8 4 (7.41%) AWS
8 4 (7.41%) GCP
8 4 (7.41%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.70%) Azure Functions
9 2 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.70%) dbt
9 2 (3.70%) Fivetran
9 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (3.70%) Prefect
9 2 (3.70%) Serverless
9 2 (3.70%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (20.37%) SQL Server
2 9 (16.67%) Power BI
3 6 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (5.56%) MS Access
5 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 9 (16.67%) TeamCity
2 6 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 6 (11.11%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (7.41%) JIRA
4 2 (3.70%) Git
4 2 (3.70%) Postman
4 2 (3.70%) SoapUI
5 1 (1.85%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (1.85%) PROIV
General
1 15 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (27.78%) Finance
2 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.96%) Retail
4 3 (5.56%) Law
4 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (35.19%) Lead
2 11 (20.37%) Architect
3 10 (18.52%) Platform Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) Developer
5 8 (14.81%) Lead Architect
6 7 (12.96%) Senior
7 4 (7.41%) CRM Developer
7 4 (7.41%) Designer
7 4 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
7 4 (7.41%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Developer
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (5.56%) Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.56%) C# Developer
8 3 (5.56%) C# Software Developer
8 3 (5.56%) Software Developer
8 3 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.56%) Solutions Designer
9 2 (3.70%) CRM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) MERN Stack
1 8 (14.81%) Middleware
1 8 (14.81%) REST
1 8 (14.81%) SOAP
1 8 (14.81%) WebSockets
2 6 (11.11%) .NET
2 6 (11.11%) CSS
2 6 (11.11%) React
3 4 (7.41%) Blazor
4 3 (5.56%) .NET Framework
4 3 (5.56%) ODBC
4 3 (5.56%) WPF
5 2 (3.70%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (1.85%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.85%) EDI
6 1 (1.85%) HTML
6 1 (1.85%) RESTful
6 1 (1.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Data Structures
2 7 (12.96%) Distributed Architecture
3 3 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.70%) Smart Meter
4 2 (3.70%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.85%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Agile
2 24 (44.44%) CI/CD
3 21 (38.89%) DevOps
4 18 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (25.93%) API Management
6 13 (24.07%) Analytics
7 11 (20.37%) Roadmaps
8 10 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
8 10 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (18.52%) CRM
8 10 (18.52%) Data Governance
8 10 (18.52%) Mentoring
8 10 (18.52%) Platform Engineering
9 9 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (16.67%) Information Security
9 9 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (16.67%) MVC
9 9 (16.67%) Product Vision
10 8 (14.81%) Microservices
10 8 (14.81%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.33%) C#
2 16 (29.63%) JavaScript
3 13 (24.07%) Python
4 9 (16.67%) Bash
4 9 (16.67%) Bicep
4 9 (16.67%) Ruby
5 6 (11.11%) TypeScript
6 4 (7.41%) Delphi
7 3 (5.56%) XAML
8 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
8 2 (3.70%) SQL
9 1 (1.85%) C
9 1 (1.85%) Java
9 1 (1.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) Degree
2 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.70%) ISTQB
3 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 2 (3.70%) PMP
3 2 (3.70%) SnowPro
4 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.85%) MCSD
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (24.07%) Terraform
2 9 (16.67%) Ansible
2 9 (16.67%) Progress Chef
2 9 (16.67%) Puppet
3 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.85%) Grafana
4 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.81%) Databricks
3 2 (3.70%) Google
3 2 (3.70%) Oracle
4 1 (1.85%) OneTrust
4 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.85%) Sitecore