Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring ODBC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ODBC over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 111 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing ODBC | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | - | 0.051% | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 0.39% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £750 | £400 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +87.50% | -33.33% | +23.08% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 224 | 257 | 362 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 16.64% | 13.17% | 15.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 152 | 189 | 248 |
| 10th Percentile | £388 | £297 | £360 |
| 25th Percentile | £423 | £375 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.95% | -4.76% | +6.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £645 | £652 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £750 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £530 | £550 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.64% | -2.22% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £29.60 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £26.25 | £39.92 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £33.91 | £40.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.23% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £55.63 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £56.25 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £46.18 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.75% | -28.95% | +32.65% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing ODBC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ODBC in the West Midlands.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ODBC in the West Midlands.