Hybrid/Remote ODBC Contract Job Trends

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ODBC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 309 324
Rank change year-on-year -51 +15 +108
Contract jobs citing ODBC 11 5 7
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.082% 0.051% 0.055%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.31% 0.17% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 6
10th Percentile £491 £256 -
25th Percentile £500 £306 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £390 £205
Median % change year-on-year +82.93% +90.00% -24.07%
75th Percentile £725 £473 £208
90th Percentile - £524 £214
UK median daily rate £500 £592 £205
% change year-on-year -15.47% +188.54% -62.73%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

ODBC 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,602 2,945 3,649
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.70% 30.04% 28.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,334 2,012 2,533
10th Percentile £375 £350 £340
25th Percentile £438 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £721 £775 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 69 61
10th Percentile £45.54 £31.25 £36.25
25th Percentile £62.31 £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +51.16% -29.80%
75th Percentile £77.00 - £62.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £52.50 £61.80
% change year-on-year +27.62% -15.05% +3.00%

ODBC
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ODBC and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ODBC job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ODBC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ODBC

ODBC
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ODBC over the 6 months to 7 September 2026.

ODBC daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) Apache
1 3 (27.27%) Tuxedo
2 2 (18.18%) nginx
2 2 (18.18%) Tomcat
2 2 (18.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub Copilot
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (72.73%) RDBMS
1 8 (72.73%) Relational Database
1 8 (72.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (45.45%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (27.27%) Ingres
4 2 (18.18%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (9.09%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (9.09%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (9.09%) Data Lake
5 1 (9.09%) GIS
5 1 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Git
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (27.27%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (45.45%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Publishing
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Senior
2 7 (63.64%) Developer
3 6 (54.55%) Senior Developer
4 5 (45.45%) Analyst
4 5 (45.45%) Analyst Developer
4 5 (45.45%) Data Analyst
4 5 (45.45%) Developer Analyst
4 5 (45.45%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (45.45%) Senior Data Analyst
4 5 (45.45%) Senior Systems Analyst
4 5 (45.45%) Senior Systems Developer
4 5 (45.45%) Systems Analyst
4 5 (45.45%) Systems Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Java Developer
5 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared Java Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Architect
6 1 (9.09%) AWS Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Healthcare Analyst
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) JDBC
2 6 (54.55%) Middleware
3 5 (45.45%) .NET
4 3 (27.27%) ADO
4 3 (27.27%) COM
5 2 (18.18%) EJB
5 2 (18.18%) Java SE
5 2 (18.18%) JSP
6 1 (9.09%) Jakarta EE
6 1 (9.09%) OpenLayers
6 1 (9.09%) Spring
6 1 (9.09%) Spring Boot
6 1 (9.09%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Low-Code
2 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) AIX
1 5 (45.45%) Unix
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Validation
2 5 (45.45%) Information Governance
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Knowledge Transfer
3 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 4 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Data Protection
4 3 (27.27%) Operational Acceptance Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Runbook
4 3 (27.27%) System Integration Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) ETL
5 2 (18.18%) Model Validation
5 2 (18.18%) Refactoring
5 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Java
2 5 (45.45%) C#
2 5 (45.45%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) VB
3 3 (27.27%) VB6
4 2 (18.18%) C
4 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
5 1 (9.09%) MUMPS
5 1 (9.09%) Perl
5 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) GDPR
2 3 (27.27%) QA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle
2 6 (54.55%) VMware
3 5 (45.45%) BeyondTrust
3 5 (45.45%) Bomgar
4 3 (27.27%) Actian
5 2 (18.18%) IBM
6 1 (9.09%) InterSystems