England DB2 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for IBM DB2 skills within the England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IBM DB2
Location Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chessington Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Fareham Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Lytham St Annes Manchester Marlow Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Stevenage Surrey Swindon Tadworth Thames Valley Tonbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	225	195
Rank change on same period last year	-30
Matching contract IT job ads	457	758
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.609 %	0.767 %
As % of the category below	3.428 %	3.982 %
Daily rates quoted	120	180
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£375
Average daily rate	£374	£405
% change on same period last year	-7.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£436
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£385
% change on same period last year	-8.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.88	£31.09
Average hourly rate	£39.01	£32.12
% change on same period last year	+21.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£41.14	£33.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.01	£34.54
% change on same period last year	+15.84 %
Database & Business Intelligence England
Matching contract IT job ads	13330	19036
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	17.77 %	19.26 %
Daily rates quoted	4311	5676
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£375
Average daily rate	£390	£400
% change on same period last year	-2.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£426
UK excluding London average daily rate	£348	£355
% change on same period last year	-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	949	1222
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.37	£28.79
Average hourly rate	£31.68	£31.03
% change on same period last year	+2.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.99	£33.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.85	£31.30
% change on same period last year	+4.96 %
DB2 UK

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

DB2
Daily Rate Trend

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

DB2
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DB2 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

DB2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

DB2
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DB2 across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 25 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.

Location	Rank 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
South East	+20	200	£358	-7.08 %
London	-38	114	£405	-3.27 %
East of England	-12	33	£372	+12.04 %
Midlands	+21	26	£407	-34.93 %
Yorkshire	-26	20	£389	+0.63 %
North West	-15	19	£359	-22.94 %
East Midlands	-1	18	£483	+10.47 %
West Midlands	-3	16	£356	-5.00 %
South West	-19	8	£256	-19.92 %
North East	-6	1	-	-

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DB2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 410 (37.93 %) Oracle 2 384 (35.52 %) SQL 3 349 (32.28 %) IBM 4 346 (32.01 %) Finance 5 310 (28.68 %) UNIX 6 304 (28.12 %) Java 7 271 (25.07 %) WebSphere 8 218 (20.17 %) Mainframe 9 214 (19.80 %) J2EE 10 182 (16.84 %) COBOL 11 180 (16.65 %) SQL Server 12 163 (15.08 %) Banking 13 130 (12.03 %) Windows 14 125 (11.56 %) WebSphere Application Server 15 120 (11.10 %) AIX

16 117 (10.82 %) Linux 17 108 (9.991 %) Migration 18 107 (9.898 %) CICS 19 101 (9.343 %) IBM Mainframe 20 98 (9.066 %) JCL 21 91 (8.418 %) DB2 UDB 22 83 (7.678 %) Sybase 23 78 (7.216 %) UML 24 73 (6.753 %) Datawarehouse 25 72 (6.660 %) JavaScript 26 69 (6.383 %) Hibernate 26 69 (6.383 %) Spring 27 66 (6.105 %) JSP 28 64 (5.920 %) Retail 29 62 (5.735 %) RDBMS

DB2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 1 271 (25.07 %) WebSphere 2 214 (19.80 %) J2EE 3 69 (6.383 %) Hibernate 3 69 (6.383 %) Spring 4 66 (6.105 %) JSP 5 57 (5.273 %) .NET 6 56 (5.180 %) JDBC 7 55 (5.088 %) HTML 7 55 (5.088 %) EJB 8 54 (4.995 %) XML 9 52 (4.810 %) Servlets 10 46 (4.255 %) Struts 11 37 (3.423 %) Middleware 12 34 (3.145 %) JMS 13 31 (2.868 %) SOAP 13 31 (2.868 %) ISPF 14 29 (2.683 %) CSS 15 23 (2.128 %) Swing 16 20 (1.850 %) ASP 17 19 (1.758 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 125 (11.56 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 107 (9.898 %) CICS 3 53 (4.903 %) MQSeries 4 36 (3.330 %) WebSphere MQ 5 34 (3.145 %) JBoss 6 27 (2.498 %) IIS 7 23 (2.128 %) Tomcat 8 17 (1.573 %) WebLogic 9 16 (1.480 %) BizTalk Server 9 16 (1.480 %) WebSphere Message Broker 10 12 (1.110 %) Tuxedo 11 11 (1.018 %) SAS 12 7 (0.648 %) Apache 13 6 (0.555 %) Mule 13 6 (0.555 %) TIBCO EMS 13 6 (0.555 %) IBM HTTP Server 14 5 (0.463 %) PowerExchange 14 5 (0.463 %) Lotus Notes 15 4 (0.370 %) ESB 16 3 (0.278 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 39 (3.608 %) MS Excel 2 37 (3.423 %) MS Office 3 21 (1.943 %) MS Visio 4 13 (1.203 %) Photoshop 5 7 (0.648 %) MS Project 6 3 (0.278 %) MS PowerPoint 7 1 (0.093 %) Spreadsheet 7 1 (0.093 %) CATIA	Business Applications 1 7 (0.648 %) SAP ERP 2 4 (0.370 %) SunGard GMI 3 3 (0.278 %) PeopleSoft Financials 4 1 (0.093 %) WebTrends 4 1 (0.093 %) BusinessWorks 4 1 (0.093 %) SAP R/3 4 1 (0.093 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.093 %) BASE24 4 1 (0.093 %) MAXIMO 4 1 (0.093 %) Summit 4 1 (0.093 %) VisionPLUS 4 1 (0.093 %) SMARTEAM 4 1 (0.093 %) RMDS 4 1 (0.093 %) JDE EnterpriseOne 4 1 (0.093 %) Oracle Financials 4 1 (0.093 %) Oracle 11i 4 1 (0.093 %) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking 1 25 (2.313 %) LDAP 2 21 (1.943 %) Internet 3 15 (1.388 %) HTTP 4 14 (1.295 %) Extranet 4 14 (1.295 %) SAN 5 9 (0.833 %) WAN 5 9 (0.833 %) LAN 6 8 (0.740 %) TCP/IP 7 6 (0.555 %) DNS 7 6 (0.555 %) HTTPS 8 4 (0.370 %) Firewall 8 4 (0.370 %) FTP 8 4 (0.370 %) Network Security 9 3 (0.278 %) Cisco IOS 10 2 (0.185 %) SNA 10 2 (0.185 %) ISDN 10 2 (0.185 %) SSL 10 2 (0.185 %) DMZ 10 2 (0.185 %) Intranet 11 1 (0.093 %) SSH	Database & Business Intelligence 1 180 (16.65 %) SQL Server 2 91 (8.418 %) DB2 UDB 3 73 (6.753 %) Datawarehouse 4 62 (5.735 %) RDBMS 5 46 (4.255 %) ETL 6 41 (3.793 %) BusinessObjects 7 30 (2.775 %) SQL Server 2005 8 29 (2.683 %) Oracle 10g 9 28 (2.590 %) SQL Server 2000 10 27 (2.498 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 25 (2.313 %) PowerCenter 12 23 (2.128 %) Oracle 9i 13 21 (1.943 %) Crystal Reports 14 17 (1.573 %) OLTP 14 17 (1.573 %) DataStage 14 17 (1.573 %) SQL Server 7 15 16 (1.480 %) Informix 15 16 (1.480 %) MS Access 16 14 (1.295 %) Data Cleansing 17 12 (1.110 %) OLAP
Development Applications 1 53 (4.903 %) Eclipse 2 34 (3.145 %) JUnit 3 33 (3.053 %) TestDirector 4 26 (2.405 %) Rational Performance Tester 5 22 (2.035 %) Ant 6 18 (1.665 %) VSS/SourceSafe 6 18 (1.665 %) IntelliJ 7 17 (1.573 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 8 15 (1.388 %) JBuilder 8 15 (1.388 %) Flash 8 15 (1.388 %) QuickTest Pro 8 15 (1.388 %) Dreamweaver 8 15 (1.388 %) JDeveloper 9 14 (1.295 %) ERwin 10 12 (1.110 %) CruiseControl 10 12 (1.110 %) Atlassian Bamboo 11 10 (0.925 %) ClearCase 12 9 (0.833 %) ClearQuest 13 7 (0.648 %) Rational Rose 14 5 (0.463 %) TestPartner	General 1 346 (32.01 %) Finance 2 163 (15.08 %) Banking 3 64 (5.920 %) Retail 4 53 (4.903 %) Insurance 5 35 (3.238 %) Financial Institution 6 30 (2.775 %) Investment Banking 7 22 (2.035 %) Back Office 8 17 (1.573 %) Pensions 8 17 (1.573 %) Retail Banking 9 16 (1.480 %) Government 10 14 (1.295 %) Billing 11 13 (1.203 %) Telecoms 11 13 (1.203 %) Front Office 12 10 (0.925 %) Games 12 10 (0.925 %) Corporate Banking 13 8 (0.740 %) Local Government 13 8 (0.740 %) Multimedia 13 8 (0.740 %) Pharmaceutical 14 5 (0.463 %) Manufacturing 14 5 (0.463 %) Automotive
Job Titles 1 310 (28.68 %) Developer 2 222 (20.54 %) Analyst 3 134 (12.40 %) DBA 4 130 (12.03 %) Java Developer 5 87 (8.048 %) Architect 6 71 (6.568 %) DB2 DBA 7 67 (6.198 %) J2EE Developer 8 65 (6.013 %) Java/J2EE Developer 9 62 (5.735 %) Consultant 10 60 (5.550 %) Administrator 11 57 (5.273 %) Programmer 12 53 (4.903 %) Tester 13 41 (3.793 %) Test Analyst 14 38 (3.515 %) Systems Analyst 15 36 (3.330 %) Project Manager 16 32 (2.960 %) Business Analyst 17 31 (2.868 %) Technical Architect 18 30 (2.775 %) Support Analyst 19 29 (2.683 %) Applications Support 19 29 (2.683 %) Analyst Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 218 (20.17 %) Mainframe 2 101 (9.343 %) IBM Mainframe 3 45 (4.163 %) AS400 4 29 (2.683 %) VSAM 5 26 (2.405 %) Derivative 6 15 (1.388 %) Clustering 7 14 (1.295 %) Client/Server 8 12 (1.110 %) Chip and PIN 9 11 (1.018 %) Replication 9 11 (1.018 %) Equity Derivative 10 8 (0.740 %) PMI 11 7 (0.648 %) HACMP 12 6 (0.555 %) Management Information System 13 5 (0.463 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 13 5 (0.463 %) Credit Risk 14 4 (0.370 %) Spanish Language 15 3 (0.278 %) Thin Client 15 3 (0.278 %) Fat Client 15 3 (0.278 %) Equities 15 3 (0.278 %) Data Extraction
Operating Systems 1 310 (28.68 %) UNIX 2 130 (12.03 %) Windows 3 120 (11.10 %) AIX 4 117 (10.82 %) Linux 5 55 (5.088 %) zOS 6 53 (4.903 %) Solaris 7 42 (3.885 %) Windows NT 8 32 (2.960 %) HPUX 9 28 (2.590 %) MVS 10 15 (1.388 %) Windows Server 2003 11 14 (1.295 %) SUSE 12 12 (1.110 %) Windows 2000 13 5 (0.463 %) OS/390 14 4 (0.370 %) i5/OS 15 3 (0.278 %) OS/400 16 2 (0.185 %) OS/2 16 2 (0.185 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 108 (9.991 %) Migration 2 78 (7.216 %) UML 3 61 (5.643 %) OO 4 48 (4.440 %) Project Management 5 47 (4.348 %) Data Modelling 6 45 (4.163 %) Data Migration 7 40 (3.700 %) Systems Analysis 8 39 (3.608 %) RUP 8 39 (3.608 %) Test Scripting 9 31 (2.868 %) Performance Testing 10 29 (2.683 %) E-Commerce 10 29 (2.683 %) SOA 10 29 (2.683 %) Business Intelligence 11 27 (2.498 %) CRM 11 27 (2.498 %) Data Management 11 27 (2.498 %) Security Cleared 12 23 (2.128 %) ITIL 13 20 (1.850 %) Disaster Recovery 13 20 (1.850 %) Continuous Integration 14 19 (1.758 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 384 (35.52 %) SQL 2 304 (28.12 %) Java 3 182 (16.84 %) COBOL 4 98 (9.066 %) JCL 5 72 (6.660 %) JavaScript 6 50 (4.625 %) C++ 7 42 (3.885 %) Shell Script 8 29 (2.683 %) VB 8 29 (2.683 %) Perl 8 29 (2.683 %) C# 9 26 (2.405 %) REXX 10 22 (2.035 %) RPG 10 22 (2.035 %) C 11 19 (1.758 %) PL/SQL 12 15 (1.388 %) PL/1 13 12 (1.110 %) ActionScript 14 10 (0.925 %) VB.NET 15 8 (0.740 %) NATURAL 16 7 (0.648 %) VB6 17 6 (0.555 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 28 (2.590 %) Degree 2 25 (2.313 %) ISEB 3 9 (0.833 %) IBM Certification 4 6 (0.555 %) Sun Certification 5 4 (0.370 %) Citrix Certification 6 2 (0.185 %) Microsoft Certification 6 2 (0.185 %) ITIL Certification 6 2 (0.185 %) MCSA 7 1 (0.093 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 7 1 (0.093 %) PMI Certification 7 1 (0.093 %) IBM AIX Certification 7 1 (0.093 %) SCWCD 7 1 (0.093 %) OCP 7 1 (0.093 %) Oracle Certification 7 1 (0.093 %) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 23 (2.128 %) QA 2 5 (0.463 %) SLA 3 4 (0.370 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (0.093 %) Basel II	System Software 1 29 (2.683 %) NetBackup 2 20 (1.850 %) Oracle RAC 3 14 (1.295 %) Oracle RMAN 4 11 (1.018 %) RACF 5 3 (0.278 %) Active Directory 5 3 (0.278 %) VMware Infrastructure 6 2 (0.185 %) MSMQ 6 2 (0.185 %) MetaFrame 6 2 (0.185 %) Citrix Presentation Server 7 1 (0.093 %) Orbix
Systems Management 1 39 (3.608 %) Tivoli 2 25 (2.313 %) CONTROL-M 3 9 (0.833 %) MAINVIEW 4 7 (0.648 %) MOM 5 6 (0.555 %) AutoSys 6 5 (0.463 %) DameWare 7 4 (0.370 %) OMEGAMON 7 4 (0.370 %) CA SiteMinder 8 3 (0.278 %) Tivoli Identity Manager 8 3 (0.278 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 9 2 (0.185 %) AllFusion Endevor 10 1 (0.093 %) SCCM 10 1 (0.093 %) SCOM 10 1 (0.093 %) OpenView 10 1 (0.093 %) Unicenter 10 1 (0.093 %) BMC PATROL	Vendors 1 410 (37.93 %) Oracle 2 349 (32.28 %) IBM 3 83 (7.678 %) Sybase 4 55 (5.088 %) Microsoft 5 53 (4.903 %) SAP 6 41 (3.793 %) Business Objects 7 26 (2.405 %) Informatica 8 24 (2.220 %) BMC 9 18 (1.665 %) MicroStrategy 9 18 (1.665 %) HP 9 18 (1.665 %) Vignette 9 18 (1.665 %) Red Hat 9 18 (1.665 %) Ab Initio 10 14 (1.295 %) Sun 11 13 (1.203 %) VERITAS 11 13 (1.203 %) ILOG 12 11 (1.018 %) TIBCO 13 8 (0.740 %) Siebel 14 7 (0.648 %) Cognos 14 7 (0.648 %) Lotus