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This section looks at the demand for IBM DB2 skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Database & Business Intelligence category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited DB2 over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM DB2
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank100127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads2934
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.034 %
As % of the category below4.341 %3.125 %
Daily rates quoted82
Average minimum daily rate£295£325
Average daily rate£324£338
% change on same period last year-4.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£386
% change on same period last year-8.66 %
Hourly rates quoted45
Average minimum hourly rate£36.50£31.00
Average hourly rate£38.00£32.20
% change on same period last year+18.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.50£33.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.35£34.54
% change on same period last year+13.91 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads6681088
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.889 %1.103 %
Daily rates quoted188329
Average minimum daily rate£343£360
Average daily rate£366£375
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Hourly rates quoted5377
Average minimum hourly rate£34.60£38.51
Average hourly rate£36.47£39.67
% change on same period last year-8.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.34£40.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.81£31.09
% change on same period last year+5.51 %
DB2 South EastDB2
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

DB2
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

DB2
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DB2 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Berkshire DB2 Daily Rate Histogram

DB2
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DB2 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

Berkshire DB2 Hourly Rate Histogram

DB2
Contract Locations

This section 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 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-29£370+5.71 %
SloughNew entry-9£210-
DB2 South EastDB2
South East

DB2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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.

156 (53.33 %)Java
254 (51.43 %)Oracle
347 (44.76 %)WebSphere
444 (41.90 %)Finance
444 (41.90 %)SQL
543 (40.95 %)J2EE
640 (38.10 %)IBM
732 (30.48 %)RDBMS
830 (28.57 %)RUP
927 (25.71 %)SQL Server
1026 (24.76 %)WebSphere Application Server
1123 (21.90 %)JSP
1222 (20.95 %)Struts
1222 (20.95 %)DB2 UDB
1320 (19.05 %)IIS
1419 (18.10 %)UML
1517 (16.19 %)HTML
1517 (16.19 %)Windows
1517 (16.19 %)OO
1517 (16.19 %)Migration
1616 (15.24 %)MS Excel
1715 (14.29 %)JavaScript
1814 (13.33 %)ASP
1814 (13.33 %)CSS
1814 (13.33 %)Flash
1814 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
1814 (13.33 %)Extranet
1913 (12.38 %)Dreamweaver
1913 (12.38 %)Photoshop
1913 (12.38 %)VSS/SourceSafe

DB2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
147 (44.76 %)WebSphere
243 (40.95 %)J2EE
323 (21.90 %)JSP
422 (20.95 %)Struts
517 (16.19 %)HTML
614 (13.33 %)ASP
614 (13.33 %)CSS
711 (10.48 %)JRules
810 (9.524 %)ASP.NET
810 (9.524 %).NET
98 (7.619 %)Spring
98 (7.619 %)AJAX
98 (7.619 %)Hibernate
106 (5.714 %)Servlets
113 (2.857 %)JDBC
113 (2.857 %)XHTML
121 (0.952 %)WebServices
121 (0.952 %)XML
121 (0.952 %)JSTL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
126 (24.76 %)WebSphere Application Server
220 (19.05 %)IIS
31 (0.952 %)Apache
31 (0.952 %)Tomcat
31 (0.952 %)Oracle HTTP Server
31 (0.952 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (0.952 %)IBM HTTP Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
116 (15.24 %)MS Excel
213 (12.38 %)Photoshop
312 (11.43 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.952 %)Oracle Financials
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (13.33 %)Extranet
213 (12.38 %)Internet
32 (1.905 %)TCP/IP
32 (1.905 %)Intranet
41 (0.952 %)HTTP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (30.48 %)RDBMS
227 (25.71 %)SQL Server
322 (20.95 %)DB2 UDB
410 (9.524 %)Datawarehouse
57 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2005
65 (4.762 %)Oracle 8/8i
74 (3.810 %)Data Cleansing
83 (2.857 %)Informix
83 (2.857 %)SQL Server 7
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (13.33 %)Flash
213 (12.38 %)VSS/SourceSafe
213 (12.38 %)Dreamweaver
310 (9.524 %)TestDirector
48 (7.619 %)ERwin
56 (5.714 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (1.905 %)Eclipse
71 (0.952 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
71 (0.952 %)WinRunner
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
144 (41.90 %)Finance
28 (7.619 %)Multimedia
34 (3.810 %)Billing
42 (1.905 %)Retail
42 (1.905 %)Financial Institution
51 (0.952 %)Telecoms
51 (0.952 %)Automotive
51 (0.952 %)Banking
51 (0.952 %)Animation
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
153 (50.48 %)Developer
233 (31.43 %)Java Developer
332 (30.48 %)J2EE Developer
431 (29.52 %)Java/J2EE Developer
515 (14.29 %)Analyst
613 (12.38 %)Web Developer
712 (11.43 %)Tester
87 (6.667 %)Data Modeller
96 (5.714 %)Architect
105 (4.762 %)Business Analyst
105 (4.762 %)Data Architect
105 (4.762 %)SAP Architect
114 (3.810 %)Programmer
114 (3.810 %)SAP Technical Architect
114 (3.810 %)Project Leader
114 (3.810 %)Technical Architect
114 (3.810 %)Data Analyst
123 (2.857 %)Analyst Programmer
123 (2.857 %)Functional Tester
123 (2.857 %)Java Programmer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (5.714 %)Mainframe
22 (1.905 %)Replication
31 (0.952 %)HACMP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (16.19 %)Windows
214 (13.33 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (10.48 %)UNIX
47 (6.667 %)AIX
56 (5.714 %)MVS
63 (2.857 %)Windows NT
72 (1.905 %)Solaris
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (28.57 %)RUP
219 (18.10 %)UML
317 (16.19 %)Migration
317 (16.19 %)OO
49 (8.571 %)Release Management
49 (8.571 %)Data Modelling
49 (8.571 %)Business Intelligence
56 (5.714 %)Data Migration
65 (4.762 %)Project Management
65 (4.762 %)SAP Implementation
74 (3.810 %)CRM
83 (2.857 %)Regression Testing
83 (2.857 %)Test Scripting
92 (1.905 %)Web Development
92 (1.905 %)Load Balancing
92 (1.905 %)OOD
92 (1.905 %)OOA/OOD
101 (0.952 %)E-Commerce
101 (0.952 %)Stakeholder Management
101 (0.952 %)Automated Testing
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
156 (53.33 %)Java
244 (41.90 %)SQL
315 (14.29 %)JavaScript
412 (11.43 %)ActionScript
55 (4.762 %)C
64 (3.810 %)Perl
73 (2.857 %)Shell Script
73 (2.857 %)VB.NET
82 (1.905 %)Jython
82 (1.905 %)Korn
82 (1.905 %)C#
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (10.48 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (10.48 %)QA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.905 %)Tivoli
12 (1.905 %)CONTROL-M
21 (0.952 %)CA SiteMinder
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
154 (51.43 %)Oracle
240 (38.10 %)IBM
312 (11.43 %)SAP
410 (9.524 %)ILOG
59 (8.571 %)MicroStrategy
64 (3.810 %)Ab Initio
73 (2.857 %)Sybase
82 (1.905 %)Microsoft
82 (1.905 %)Informatica
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