The first table below looks at the demand for DB2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DB2 over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM DB2
Rank 97 122 63
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -59
Contract jobs citing DB2 22 15 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.904% 0.489% 2.293%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.081% 4.967% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 24
Average daily rate £388 £386 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.38% +13.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £356 £323 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £426 £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.88 £30.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-11.88% -12.85%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
433 302 568
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 17.80% 9.853% 19.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 132 257
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £263 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £472
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 6 52
Average hourly rate £33.75 £45.00 £42.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +5.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £16.75 £32.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
DB2
South East

DB2
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DB2 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Berkshire DB2 Jobs Demand Trend

DB2
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DB2 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire DB2 Daily Rate Trend

DB2
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DB2 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire DB2 Daily Rate Histogram

DB2
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DB2 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire DB2 Hourly Rate Trend

DB2
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DB2 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +13 6 £373 -
Slough - 3 - -
Bracknell -13 1 £450 +3.44%
Maidenhead - 1 £203 -
DB2
South East

DB2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing DB2 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DB2.

1 20 (60.61%) ETL
2 17 (51.52%) UNIX
3 15 (45.45%) SQL
4 14 (42.42%) XML
4 14 (42.42%) WebSphere
5 12 (36.36%) Ajax
5 12 (36.36%) Retail
5 12 (36.36%) Java
5 12 (36.36%) JavaScript
6 11 (33.33%) HTML
6 11 (33.33%) J2EE
6 11 (33.33%) EJB
6 11 (33.33%) CSS
6 11 (33.33%) JSP
6 11 (33.33%) JUnit
6 11 (33.33%) RAD
6 11 (33.33%) E-Commerce
6 11 (33.33%) JMS
6 11 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 11 (33.33%) JSTL
7 10 (30.30%) IBM
8 9 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (24.24%) ERwin
9 8 (24.24%) Finance
10 7 (21.21%) Migration
10 7 (21.21%) Automated Testing
10 7 (21.21%) JCL
10 7 (21.21%) COBOL
11 6 (18.18%) Mainframe
11 6 (18.18%) Data Management

DB2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing DB2 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited DB2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (42.42%) XML
1 14 (42.42%) WebSphere
2 12 (36.36%) Ajax
3 11 (33.33%) JSTL
3 11 (33.33%) JMS
3 11 (33.33%) HTML
3 11 (33.33%) J2EE
3 11 (33.33%) EJB
3 11 (33.33%) CSS
3 11 (33.33%) JSP
4 2 (6.061%) Web Services
4 2 (6.061%) .NET
5 1 (3.030%) Middleware
5 1 (3.030%) REST
5 1 (3.030%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) CICS
2 3 (9.091%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (9.091%) Oracle Workflow
2 3 (9.091%) SAS
3 1 (3.030%) Commerce Server
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) MS Office
1 1 (3.030%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.030%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (27.27%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 5 (15.15%) Star Schema
3 4 (12.12%) RDBMS
3 4 (12.12%) OLAP
4 3 (9.091%) TOAD
4 3 (9.091%) DataStage
4 3 (9.091%) Base SAS
Development Applications
1 11 (33.33%) JUnit
2 8 (24.24%) ERwin
General
1 12 (36.36%) Retail
2 8 (24.24%) Finance
3 1 (3.030%) Billing
3 1 (3.030%) German Language
3 1 (3.030%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 18 (54.55%) Developer
2 10 (30.30%) Analyst
3 8 (24.24%) Systems Developer
3 8 (24.24%) Data Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) WebSphere Developer
5 3 (9.091%) SAS Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Consultant
6 2 (6.061%) Applications Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Analyst Programmer
6 2 (6.061%) Programmer
6 2 (6.061%) Java Developer
7 1 (3.030%) Architect
7 1 (3.030%) Systems Programmer
7 1 (3.030%) Senior Programmer
7 1 (3.030%) Senior Systems Programmer
7 1 (3.030%) Database Engineer
7 1 (3.030%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (3.030%) DB2 Consultant
7 1 (3.030%) Systems Analyst Programmer
7 1 (3.030%) Senior Systems Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Mainframe
2 3 (9.091%) iSeries
3 1 (3.030%) VSAM
3 1 (3.030%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 17 (51.52%) UNIX
2 3 (9.091%) MVS
3 2 (6.061%) Linux
3 2 (6.061%) Windows
4 1 (3.030%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (60.61%) ETL
2 11 (33.33%) RAD
2 11 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 11 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 7 (21.21%) Automated Testing
3 7 (21.21%) Migration
4 6 (18.18%) Data Management
4 6 (18.18%) Master Data Management
5 5 (15.15%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (15.15%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.12%) Scrum
6 4 (12.12%) Performance Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Data Governance
7 3 (9.091%) Web Application Development
7 3 (9.091%) Problem Management
7 3 (9.091%) Workflow
8 2 (6.061%) TOGAF
8 2 (6.061%) PRINCE
8 2 (6.061%) Six Sigma
8 2 (6.061%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) SQL
2 12 (36.36%) Java
2 12 (36.36%) JavaScript
3 7 (21.21%) JCL
3 7 (21.21%) COBOL
4 3 (9.091%) ALGOL
4 3 (9.091%) RPG IV
4 3 (9.091%) RPG
5 1 (3.030%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.061%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.091%) Ganglia
2 2 (6.061%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) IBM
2 6 (18.18%) Ab Initio
3 5 (15.15%) Oracle
4 4 (12.12%) Adobe
5 3 (9.091%) Unisys
5 3 (9.091%) Micro Focus
6 2 (6.061%) SAP
7 1 (3.030%) Sybase
7 1 (3.030%) Informatica
7 1 (3.030%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (3.030%) Microsoft
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