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This section looks at the demand for IBM DB2 skills within the Scotland 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.

LinkIBM DB2
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3739
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads73108
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.109 %
As % of the category below12.29 %12.47 %
Daily rates quoted1623
Average minimum daily rate£273£327
Average daily rate£286£337
% change on same period last year-15.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£298£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£385
% change on same period last year-8.53 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£42.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.01£34.54
% change on same period last year+15.84 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads594866
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.792 %0.876 %
Daily rates quoted107171
Average minimum daily rate£303£305
Average daily rate£323£320
% change on same period last year+0.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£348£355
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Hourly rates quoted2730
Average minimum hourly rate£27.27£33.23
Average hourly rate£29.78£34.89
% change on same period last year-14.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.30£36.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.85£31.30
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
DB2 UKDB2
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 Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland DB2 Hourly Rate Trend

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 Scotland 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.

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
EdinburghDown-258£262-22.79 %
GlasgowUp+64£326-21.01 %
DB2 UKDB2
UK

DB2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

174 (67.89 %)Finance
264 (58.72 %)Mainframe
363 (57.80 %)COBOL
426 (23.85 %)Java
426 (23.85 %)SQL
524 (22.02 %)JCL
616 (14.68 %)Banking
714 (12.84 %)Oracle
714 (12.84 %)IBM
813 (11.93 %)CICS
813 (11.93 %)Retail
911 (10.09 %)WebSphere
911 (10.09 %)Pensions
1010 (9.174 %)Configuration Management
1010 (9.174 %)Easytrieve
1010 (9.174 %)UNIX
1010 (9.174 %)ClearCase
119 (8.257 %)J2EE
119 (8.257 %)BMC
128 (7.339 %)Agile Software Development
128 (7.339 %)Financial Institution
128 (7.339 %)PVCS
128 (7.339 %)JSP
137 (6.422 %)MicroStrategy
137 (6.422 %)IBM Mainframe
146 (5.505 %)Retail Banking
146 (5.505 %)CruiseControl
146 (5.505 %)REXX
146 (5.505 %)XML
146 (5.505 %)Datawarehouse

DB2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (10.09 %)WebSphere
29 (8.257 %)J2EE
38 (7.339 %)JSP
46 (5.505 %).NET
46 (5.505 %)XML
53 (2.752 %)XSLT
53 (2.752 %)WSDL
62 (1.835 %)WebServices
71 (0.917 %)XML Schema
71 (0.917 %)Spring
71 (0.917 %)ISPF
71 (0.917 %)HTML
71 (0.917 %)Struts
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (11.93 %)CICS
24 (3.670 %)IBM HTTP Server
32 (1.835 %)IIS
32 (1.835 %)Apache
32 (1.835 %)SAS
32 (1.835 %)Oracle HTTP Server
41 (0.917 %)MQSeries
41 (0.917 %)ESB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (3.670 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
21 (0.917 %)PeopleSoft Financials
21 (0.917 %)BASE24
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (1.835 %)LDAP
12 (1.835 %)HTTP
12 (1.835 %)SSL
12 (1.835 %)Internet
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (9.174 %)Easytrieve
26 (5.505 %)Datawarehouse
35 (4.587 %)ETL
43 (2.752 %)IMS/DB
52 (1.835 %)DB2 UDB
52 (1.835 %)Base SAS
61 (0.917 %)TOAD
61 (0.917 %)DataStage
61 (0.917 %)Oracle 8/8i
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (9.174 %)ClearCase
28 (7.339 %)PVCS
36 (5.505 %)CruiseControl
36 (5.505 %)Ant
45 (4.587 %)Telon
54 (3.670 %)TestDirector
63 (2.752 %)XMLSpy
71 (0.917 %)JMeter
71 (0.917 %)JUnit
71 (0.917 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
71 (0.917 %)Eclipse
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
174 (67.89 %)Finance
216 (14.68 %)Banking
313 (11.93 %)Retail
411 (10.09 %)Pensions
58 (7.339 %)Financial Institution
66 (5.505 %)Retail Banking
74 (3.670 %)Manufacturing
81 (0.917 %)Investment Banking
81 (0.917 %)Insurance
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
141 (37.61 %)Analyst
228 (25.69 %)Programmer
327 (24.77 %)Developer
426 (23.85 %)Analyst Programmer
515 (13.76 %)Mainframe Programmer
614 (12.84 %)Mainframe Developer
713 (11.93 %)Mainframe Analyst Programmer
811 (10.09 %)DB2 DBA
811 (10.09 %)DBA
99 (8.257 %)Java Developer
107 (6.422 %)Project Manager
116 (5.505 %)Test Analyst
116 (5.505 %)Administrator
123 (2.752 %)Systems Analyst
123 (2.752 %)Development Manager
123 (2.752 %)Test Manager
123 (2.752 %)Cognos Developer
123 (2.752 %)Mainframe DBA
132 (1.835 %)COBOL Analyst
132 (1.835 %)Build Manager
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
164 (58.72 %)Mainframe
27 (6.422 %)IBM Mainframe
32 (1.835 %)Data Integration
41 (0.917 %)VSAM
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (9.174 %)UNIX
25 (4.587 %)zOS
34 (3.670 %)Solaris
42 (1.835 %)Windows
42 (1.835 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.917 %)OS/390
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (9.174 %)Configuration Management
28 (7.339 %)Agile Software Development
34 (3.670 %)User Acceptance Testing
34 (3.670 %)RAD
34 (3.670 %)Business Intelligence
43 (2.752 %)RDF
43 (2.752 %)Migration
43 (2.752 %)Scrum
43 (2.752 %)Systems Analysis
43 (2.752 %)Requirements Analysis
43 (2.752 %)Load Balancing
52 (1.835 %)ITIL
52 (1.835 %)E-Commerce
52 (1.835 %)Service Management
52 (1.835 %)Data Management
52 (1.835 %)Volume Testing
61 (0.917 %)Unit Testing
61 (0.917 %)Integration Testing
61 (0.917 %)Test Management
61 (0.917 %)System Testing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
163 (57.80 %)COBOL
226 (23.85 %)Java
226 (23.85 %)SQL
324 (22.02 %)JCL
46 (5.505 %)REXX
54 (3.670 %)VB
63 (2.752 %)C#
72 (1.835 %)SAS Macro
72 (1.835 %)Jython
81 (0.917 %)VB6
81 (0.917 %)Assembly Language
81 (0.917 %)PeopleCode
81 (0.917 %)Shell Script
81 (0.917 %)JavaScript
81 (0.917 %)PL/SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.752 %)ISEB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.917 %)QA
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.917 %)RACF
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.670 %)OMEGAMON
21 (0.917 %)MAINVIEW
21 (0.917 %)AllFusion Endevor
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
114 (12.84 %)Oracle
114 (12.84 %)IBM
29 (8.257 %)BMC
37 (6.422 %)MicroStrategy
44 (3.670 %)Informatica
44 (3.670 %)Microsoft
44 (3.670 %)Cognos
52 (1.835 %)Cisco
52 (1.835 %)Sybase
52 (1.835 %)Sun
52 (1.835 %)HP
61 (0.917 %)PeopleSoft
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