The first table below looks at the demand for DB2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DB2 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Slough 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM DB2
Rank 30 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing DB2 6 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 2.469% - 1.875%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 10.17% - 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £223 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £29.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-22.41% -17.14%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
59 22 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 24.28% 11.52% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 11 22
Average daily rate £325 £325 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £273 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £358 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -19.35%
DB2
Berkshire

DB2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough DB2 Daily Rate Trend

DB2
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough DB2 Hourly Rate Trend

DB2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 7 (100.00%) RPG
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) IBM
1 7 (100.00%) DataStage
1 7 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 7 (100.00%) ERwin
1 7 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 7 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 7 (100.00%) iSeries
1 7 (100.00%) RPG IV
1 7 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 6 (85.71%) Workflow
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle Workflow
2 6 (85.71%) Automated Testing
3 5 (71.43%) TOAD
3 5 (71.43%) XML
4 4 (57.14%) ITIL
4 4 (57.14%) .NET
4 4 (57.14%) UNIX
4 4 (57.14%) Linux
4 4 (57.14%) DSDM
4 4 (57.14%) Six Sigma
4 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
4 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
4 4 (57.14%) Mainframe
4 4 (57.14%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 2 (28.57%) AS400
5 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence

DB2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 7 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 7 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 5 (71.43%) XML
3 4 (57.14%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (28.57%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
1 2 (28.57%) FTP
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) DataStage
2 5 (71.43%) TOAD
3 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) ERwin
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) RPG Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Applications Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) iSeries
2 4 (57.14%) Mainframe
3 2 (28.57%) AS400
3 2 (28.57%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) UNIX
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 7 (100.00%) Web Application Development
2 6 (85.71%) Workflow
2 6 (85.71%) Automated Testing
3 4 (57.14%) ITIL
3 4 (57.14%) DSDM
3 4 (57.14%) Six Sigma
3 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
3 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
3 4 (57.14%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
4 2 (28.57%) OOP
4 2 (28.57%) OO
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) RPG
1 7 (100.00%) RPG IV
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) SAP
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