JDO Contract Job Trends

Java Data Objects (JDO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring JDO skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 - 650
Rank change year-on-year - - +184
Contract jobs citing JDO 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.002%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.013% - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £587
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.69%
75th Percentile - - £591
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £587
% change year-on-year - - +6.73%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,498 8,630 10,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.76% 22.41% 22.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,987 5,626 7,855
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £794 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% - -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 187 176
10th Percentile £31.25 £25.60 £35.94
25th Percentile £41.42 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 £61.60 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +2.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £73.67
90th Percentile £72.40 £74.65 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.25 £65.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year -13.46% +10.11% -6.24%

JDO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for JDO in the UK

JDO
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JDO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JDO

JDO
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JDO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JDO

JDO
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JDO within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
South West - 1 - - 3
England - 1 - - 3
UK excluding London - 1 - - 3

JDO
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft