JDBC Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring JDBC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited JDBC over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 328 439
Rank change year-on-year +41 +111 +114
Contract jobs citing JDBC 13 18 32
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.50% 0.49% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 24
10th Percentile £446 - £441
25th Percentile £454 £570 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £594 £495
Median % change year-on-year -21.52% +19.95% -10.00%
75th Percentile £491 £619 £586
90th Percentile £537 - £655
UK median daily rate £485 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -15.65% +9.52% -6.67%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

JDBC 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 with remote or hybrid options 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 2,580 3,644 6,476
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.06% 23.92% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,880 2,550 4,822
10th Percentile £368 £331 £395
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.37%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £660
90th Percentile £825 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 93 80
10th Percentile £52.50 £28.00 £22.50
25th Percentile £61.25 - £43.60
Median hourly rate £66.50 £43.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.65% -31.20% +27.55%
75th Percentile £69.13 £62.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £93.63 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.84 £65.00
% change year-on-year +38.77% -27.94% +32.65%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing JDBC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

JDBC trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing JDBC.

JDBC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing JDBC.

JDBC hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (38.46%) NetWeaver
2 2 (15.38%) JBoss
2 2 (15.38%) WebSphere
2 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (7.69%) Apache
3 1 (7.69%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.69%) Amazon S3
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) HTTP
2 4 (30.77%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) DB2
1 2 (15.38%) IMS/DB
2 1 (7.69%) CockroachDB
2 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (7.69%) Spark SQL
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Banking
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Integration Developer
2 5 (38.46%) SAP Developer
3 2 (15.38%) ForgeRock Developer
3 2 (15.38%) ForgeRock Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Support Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (84.62%) SOAP
2 7 (53.85%) Middleware
2 7 (53.85%) XML
2 7 (53.85%) XSLT
3 5 (38.46%) EDI
3 5 (38.46%) IDoc
3 5 (38.46%) JMS
3 5 (38.46%) REST
3 5 (38.46%) SAP PI
4 4 (30.77%) OAuth
4 4 (30.77%) OAuth2
4 4 (30.77%) OpenID
5 2 (15.38%) EJB
5 2 (15.38%) J2EE
5 2 (15.38%) RESTful
5 2 (15.38%) Web Services
5 2 (15.38%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (7.69%) Hibernate
6 1 (7.69%) Kafka
6 1 (7.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Legacy Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Virtual Team
2 4 (30.77%) PKI
2 4 (30.77%) Taxonomies
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Unix
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Agile
1 9 (69.23%) Scrum
2 5 (38.46%) Performance Testing
2 5 (38.46%) SDLC
2 5 (38.46%) System Integration Testing
2 5 (38.46%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (30.77%) API Integration
3 4 (30.77%) Coaching
3 4 (30.77%) DevSecOps
3 4 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (30.77%) Identity Management
3 4 (30.77%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
3 4 (30.77%) Open Source
3 4 (30.77%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
4 2 (15.38%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (92.31%) Java
2 5 (38.46%) ABAP
3 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 4 (30.77%) SQL
4 3 (23.08%) PL/SQL
5 2 (15.38%) REXX
6 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) SAP
2 4 (30.77%) ForgeRock
2 4 (30.77%) Ping Identity
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) IBM
4 2 (15.38%) MuleSoft
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