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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 316 395
Rank change year-on-year +10 +79 +176
Contract jobs citing ODBC 5 9 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.051% 0.073% 0.010%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.19% 0.28% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £256 - £214
25th Percentile £306 £203 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £205 £242
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -15.38% -31.86%
75th Percentile £473 £278 £258
90th Percentile £524 £474 £265
UK median daily rate £575 £220 £290
% change year-on-year +161.36% -24.14% -42.00%

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 2,614 3,176 4,843
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.82% 25.66% 25.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,738 2,123 3,592
10th Percentile £350 £325 £360
25th Percentile £415 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £533 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.19% -2.91%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -6.97% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 43 60
10th Percentile £31.05 £28.40 £45.75
25th Percentile £38.00 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £43.00 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year +33.72% -35.09% +1.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £67.40 £75.00 £82.75
UK median hourly rate £51.97 £65.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year -20.05% +13.04% -11.54%

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

ODBC
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 17 October 2025.

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

ODBC
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 4 (80.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Marketing
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Architect
2 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow Architect
3 2 (40.00%) Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
2 4 (80.00%) AngularJS
2 4 (80.00%) Apache Camel
2 4 (80.00%) HTML
2 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 4 (80.00%) JDBC
2 4 (80.00%) jQuery
2 4 (80.00%) JSON
2 4 (80.00%) LDAP
2 4 (80.00%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (80.00%) REST
2 4 (80.00%) SAML
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) FHIR
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) DevOps
1 4 (80.00%) Integration Patterns
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
1 4 (80.00%) Microservices
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) DICOM
1 1 (20.00%) HL7
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) BMC
1 4 (80.00%) HP
1 4 (80.00%) Ivanti
1 4 (80.00%) Remedy
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) SAP