Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ODBC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ODBC over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 869 934 1165
Rank change year-on-year +65 +231 -294
Permanent jobs citing ODBC 27 36 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.034% 0.043%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.13% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 25 23 26
10th Percentile £27,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +41.30% +22.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £88,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - £96,000 £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year - +39.53% +14.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

ODBC is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 20,974 31,729 61,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.39% 30.32% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15,673 19,469 30,328
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,600 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

ODBC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ODBC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ODBC in the UK

ODBC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for ODBC in the UK

ODBC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ODBC over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for ODBC in the UK

ODBC
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ODBC within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 +111 24 £60,000 -7.69% 9
UK excluding London +19 22 £60,000 - 2
South East +41 13 £60,000 -36.84%
Work from Home +71 6 £30,000 -53.85% 3
South West +1 6 £30,000 +13.21%
London +121 2 - - 7
Yorkshire - 2 £52,500 -
North of England - 2 £52,500 - 1
Midlands +4 1 £52,500 -12.50% 1
East Midlands -14 1 £52,500 +16.67% 1

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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 3 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (48.15%) SNMP
1 13 (48.15%) SSH
1 13 (48.15%) TCP/IP
2 3 (11.11%) Broadband
2 3 (11.11%) NaaS
2 3 (11.11%) SSL
2 3 (11.11%) VPN
2 3 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (81.48%) Relational Database
2 13 (48.15%) MySQL
3 9 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 6 (22.22%) Power BI
4 6 (22.22%) Qlik Sense
4 6 (22.22%) Tableau
5 2 (7.41%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 13 (48.15%) Eclipse
2 3 (11.11%) JIRA
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 9 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Senior
2 13 (48.15%) Senior Support Engineer
2 13 (48.15%) Senior Technical Engineer
2 13 (48.15%) Senior Technical Support
2 13 (48.15%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
2 13 (48.15%) Support Engineer
2 13 (48.15%) Technical Engineer
2 13 (48.15%) Technical Support
2 13 (48.15%) Technical Support Engineer
3 12 (44.44%) Developer
4 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Designer
5 3 (11.11%) Senior Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Senior Software Developer
5 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (59.26%) REST
1 16 (59.26%) SOAP
1 16 (59.26%) XML
2 13 (48.15%) Ajax
2 13 (48.15%) AngularJS
2 13 (48.15%) CSS
2 13 (48.15%) HTML
2 13 (48.15%) JDBC
2 13 (48.15%) Web Services
2 13 (48.15%) XHTML
3 3 (11.11%) JSON
3 3 (11.11%) Kafka
3 3 (11.11%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (59.26%) CMDB
2 6 (22.22%) AS400
3 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.11%) TM Forum
4 2 (7.41%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 13 (48.15%) Linux
1 13 (48.15%) Unix
1 13 (48.15%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Business Intelligence
1 19 (70.37%) Mentoring
2 16 (59.26%) ITIL
2 16 (59.26%) ITSM
3 13 (48.15%) Data Extraction
3 13 (48.15%) Database Tuning
3 13 (48.15%) Network Management
3 13 (48.15%) OO
3 13 (48.15%) OOP
4 9 (33.33%) Agile
4 9 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 6 (22.22%) Analytics
5 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (22.22%) Dashboard Development
5 6 (22.22%) Data Analytics
5 6 (22.22%) DSDM
5 6 (22.22%) ETL
5 6 (22.22%) Time Management
5 6 (22.22%) Visualisation
5 6 (22.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (59.26%) JavaScript
2 13 (48.15%) Java
2 13 (48.15%) Perl
2 13 (48.15%) PowerShell
2 13 (48.15%) Python
3 11 (40.74%) SQL
4 3 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (7.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (48.15%) WMI
2 2 (7.41%) ThinApp
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Oracle
2 13 (48.15%) Splunk
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
4 3 (11.11%) Quadient
4 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
5 2 (7.41%) Citrix
5 2 (7.41%) VMware