JDO Contract Job Trends in the South West

Java Data Objects (JDO)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring JDO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JDO 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.19% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £319 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £339 - -
75th Percentile £358 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £339 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

JDO 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 398 364 487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 15.06% 19.30% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 214 350
10th Percentile £350 £375 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £665 £650
90th Percentile £700 £734 £720
England median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 21 40
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £48.32
25th Percentile - £62.50 £48.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year - +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile - £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.10 £68.75 £78.00
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

JDO
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JDO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

JDO job vacancy trend in the South West

JDO
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JDO within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
Somerset - 5 £339 - 2
JDO
England

JDO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Support
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) People Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft