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 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 315 340
Rank change year-on-year -41 +25 +115
Contract jobs citing ODBC 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.052% 0.010% 0.021%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.22% 0.036% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £486 - £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £205
Median % change year-on-year - - -70.71%
75th Percentile £600 - £208
90th Percentile £710 - -
UK median daily rate £480 £630 £205
% change year-on-year -23.81% +207.32% -65.83%

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 3,153 2,765 3,701
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.37% 27.02% 25.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,081 1,974 2,618
10th Percentile £363 £356 £345
25th Percentile £431 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year - -3.45% +1.83%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 45 92
10th Percentile £45.90 £27.45 £35.10
25th Percentile £62.50 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £69.00 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% +51.16% -33.85%
75th Percentile £76.75 £68.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.50 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.50 £55.63
% change year-on-year +17.12% -0.22% -14.42%

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 9 July 2026.

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 3 (42.86%) Tuxedo
2 2 (28.57%) Apache
3 1 (14.29%) nginx
3 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
3 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) GitHub
1 4 (57.14%) GitHub Copilot
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) RDBMS
1 5 (71.43%) Relational Database
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) Ingres
3 1 (14.29%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (14.29%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
3 1 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (14.29%) GIS
3 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (14.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Git
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Forms
1 4 (57.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Publishing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Developer Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Healthcare Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Systems Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) ADO
1 4 (57.14%) COM
2 2 (28.57%) JDBC
2 2 (28.57%) Middleware
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) ActiveX
3 1 (14.29%) EJB
3 1 (14.29%) Java EE
3 1 (14.29%) Java SE
3 1 (14.29%) JSP
3 1 (14.29%) OpenLayers
3 1 (14.29%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Low-Code
2 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) AIX
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) Migration
1 5 (71.43%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Data Migration
2 4 (57.14%) Data Protection
2 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (57.14%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Runbook
2 4 (57.14%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Validation
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 3 (42.86%) Model Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
4 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 1 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) VB
2 4 (57.14%) VB6
3 2 (28.57%) C
3 2 (28.57%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) MUMPS
4 1 (14.29%) Perl
4 1 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) Actian
3 1 (14.29%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (14.29%) Bomgar
3 1 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) InterSystems
3 1 (14.29%) VMware