ODBC Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring ODBC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 - 174
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ODBC 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.014% - 0.045%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.072% - 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £473 £610 £205
% change year-on-year -22.46% +197.56% -65.83%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

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 requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,383 749 787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 19.14% 19.54% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 869 537 536
10th Percentile £366 £340 £350
25th Percentile £420 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.04% -4.71%
75th Percentile £594 £545 £600
90th Percentile £675 £623 £725
England median daily rate £525 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 5 20
10th Percentile £49.36 £46.00 £13.87
25th Percentile £65.00 - £43.41
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £54.34
Median % change year-on-year - +28.82% +17.67%
75th Percentile £76.00 £88.75 £71.59
90th Percentile £86.00 £94.63 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £58.00
% change year-on-year +13.04% -0.86% -7.20%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ODBC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

ODBC job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ODBC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ODBC

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ODBC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ODBC

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ODBC within the North of England region over the 6 months to 23 July 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 1 - - 1
ODBC
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Assistant
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Assistant
1 1 (100.00%) Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) T-SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft