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The table below looks at the demand for IBM DB2 skills within the East Midlands 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM DB2
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8572
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads823
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.024 %
As % of the category below2.073 %6.534 %
Daily rates quoted23
Average minimum daily rate£400£500
Average daily rate£425£500
% change on same period last year-15.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£371
% change on same period last year+2.69 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.81£36.18
% change on same period last year+7.26 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads386352
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.550 %0.364 %
Daily rates quoted9342
Average minimum daily rate£339£350
Average daily rate£357£356
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£351
% change on same period last year-2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted3951
Average minimum hourly rate£26.92£23.36
Average hourly rate£28.92£25.37
% change on same period last year+13.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.91£27.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.61£31.85
% change on same period last year-7.02 %
DB2 EnglandDB2
England

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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
NorthamptonshireNew entry-4£450-
NottinghamshireDown-41--
DerbyshireNew entry-1--
DB2 EnglandDB2
England

DB2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

115 (50.00 %)WebSphere
214 (46.67 %)SQL
313 (43.33 %)Finance
412 (40.00 %)Java
412 (40.00 %)IBM
412 (40.00 %)Mainframe
510 (33.33 %)COBOL
69 (30.00 %)Oracle
78 (26.67 %)J2EE
86 (20.00 %)NetBeans
86 (20.00 %)JDeveloper
86 (20.00 %)JBuilder
86 (20.00 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
86 (20.00 %)Eclipse
86 (20.00 %)JavaScript
86 (20.00 %)EJB
86 (20.00 %)JDBC
86 (20.00 %)Servlets
86 (20.00 %)SQL Server
86 (20.00 %)JBoss
86 (20.00 %)MVC
86 (20.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
95 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
95 (16.67 %)SOAP
104 (13.33 %)WebSphere MQ
104 (13.33 %)SAP
104 (13.33 %)XML
104 (13.33 %)XML Schema
104 (13.33 %)CICS
104 (13.33 %)WebSphere Message Broker

DB2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (50.00 %)WebSphere
28 (26.67 %)J2EE
36 (20.00 %)EJB
36 (20.00 %)JDBC
36 (20.00 %)Servlets
36 (20.00 %)MVC
36 (20.00 %)NetBeans
45 (16.67 %)SOAP
54 (13.33 %)XML
54 (13.33 %)XML Schema
62 (6.667 %)Struts
71 (3.333 %)Middleware
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (20.00 %)JBoss
24 (13.33 %)CICS
24 (13.33 %)WebSphere MQ
24 (13.33 %)WebSphere Message Broker
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.333 %)MS Visio
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.333 %)Oracle Applications
11 (3.333 %)VisionPLUS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.333 %)TCP/IP
11 (3.333 %)SAN
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (20.00 %)SQL Server
22 (6.667 %)RDBMS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (20.00 %)JBuilder
16 (20.00 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
16 (20.00 %)Eclipse
16 (20.00 %)JDeveloper
16 (20.00 %)Rational Performance Tester
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (43.33 %)Finance
23 (10.00 %)Banking
31 (3.333 %)Financial Institution
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (23.33 %)Developer
17 (23.33 %)Architect
26 (20.00 %)Technical Architect
26 (20.00 %)Analyst
26 (20.00 %)J2EE Architect
26 (20.00 %)Java Technical Architect
26 (20.00 %)J2EE Technical Architect
26 (20.00 %)Java Architect
35 (16.67 %)Tester
35 (16.67 %)Performance Tester
44 (13.33 %)WebSphere Developer
53 (10.00 %)DBA
53 (10.00 %)Test Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Java Developer
62 (6.667 %)Senior Analyst
62 (6.667 %)Java/J2EE Developer
62 (6.667 %)DB2 DBA
62 (6.667 %)Technical Lead
62 (6.667 %)J2EE Developer
62 (6.667 %)Senior Test Analyst
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (40.00 %)Mainframe
22 (6.667 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (3.333 %)Replication
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.333 %)UNIX
11 (3.333 %)Windows
11 (3.333 %)zOS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
24 (13.33 %)Performance Testing
33 (10.00 %)Migration
42 (6.667 %)RUP
42 (6.667 %)Matrix Management
42 (6.667 %)Load Testing
51 (3.333 %)ITIL
51 (3.333 %)Data Modelling
51 (3.333 %)Data Management
51 (3.333 %)Systems Analysis
51 (3.333 %)Business Analysis
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (46.67 %)SQL
212 (40.00 %)Java
310 (33.33 %)COBOL
46 (20.00 %)JavaScript
51 (3.333 %)REXX
51 (3.333 %)PL/1
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.333 %)SLA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (40.00 %)IBM
29 (30.00 %)Oracle
34 (13.33 %)SAP