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This section looks at the demand for IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) skills within the South East 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 UDB over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank210294
Rank change on same period last yearUp+84
Matching contract IT job ads345
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.454 %0.141 %
Daily rates quoted141
Average minimum daily rate£320£300
Average daily rate£366£300
% change on same period last year+22.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£374£408
% change on same period last year-8.43 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£39.33-
Average hourly rate£42.17-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.17-
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
South East
Matching contract IT job ads23383544
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.116 %3.535 %
Daily rates quoted617996
Average minimum daily rate£336£338
Average daily rate£359£357
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£358
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted198355
Average minimum hourly rate£32.28£33.54
Average hourly rate£34.72£35.61
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.16£37.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.15£32.12
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
DB2 UDB EnglandDB2 UDB
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 UDB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing DB2 UDB across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South East DB2 UDB Demand Trend

DB2 UDB
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East DB2 UDB Daily Rate Trend

DB2 UDB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DB2 UDB across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

South East DB2 UDB Daily Rate Histogram

DB2 UDB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East DB2 UDB Hourly Rate Trend

DB2 UDB
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing DB2 UDB across the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

South East DB2 UDB Hourly Rate Histogram

DB2 UDB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DB2 UDB within the South East region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
BuckinghamshireUp+2213£320-
BerkshireUp+4912£249-17.08 %
OxfordshireNew entry-8£454-
HampshireUp+241--
DB2 UDB EnglandDB2 UDB
England

DB2 UDB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DB2 UDB 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 UDB.

148 (100.00 %)DB2
233 (68.75 %)SQL Server
233 (68.75 %)Windows
329 (60.42 %)SQL
426 (54.17 %)IBM
520 (41.67 %)Oracle
616 (33.33 %)Java
715 (31.25 %)JSP
814 (29.17 %)Windows Server 2003
913 (27.08 %)UNIX
913 (27.08 %)Oracle 8/8i
913 (27.08 %)IIS
913 (27.08 %)Sybase
913 (27.08 %)Disaster Recovery
913 (27.08 %)NetBackup
913 (27.08 %)Oracle RMAN
913 (27.08 %)WebSphere
1012 (25.00 %)Finance
1012 (25.00 %)Hibernate
1012 (25.00 %)J2EE
1111 (22.92 %)WebSphere Application Server
1111 (22.92 %)Spring
1111 (22.92 %)Migration
1210 (20.83 %)AJAX
1210 (20.83 %)SQL Server 2005
1210 (20.83 %)Struts
1210 (20.83 %)Internet
138 (16.67 %)Data Management
147 (14.58 %)Government
147 (14.58 %)Data Migration

DB2 UDB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing DB2 UDB 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 UDB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (31.25 %)JSP
213 (27.08 %)WebSphere
312 (25.00 %)J2EE
312 (25.00 %)Hibernate
411 (22.92 %)Spring
510 (20.83 %)AJAX
510 (20.83 %)Struts
67 (14.58 %)ASP
67 (14.58 %)HTML
67 (14.58 %)CSS
76 (12.50 %)JDBC
76 (12.50 %)Servlets
85 (10.42 %).NET
85 (10.42 %)ASP.NET
91 (2.083 %)XML
91 (2.083 %)XHTML
91 (2.083 %)XML Messaging
91 (2.083 %)WBIMB
91 (2.083 %)ISPF
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (27.08 %)IIS
211 (22.92 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (4.167 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (2.083 %)WebSphere Message Broker
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (12.50 %)MS Excel
25 (10.42 %)Photoshop
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (20.83 %)Internet
27 (14.58 %)Extranet
27 (14.58 %)LAN
27 (14.58 %)WAN
32 (4.167 %)Intranet
41 (2.083 %)LDAP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (100.00 %)DB2
233 (68.75 %)SQL Server
313 (27.08 %)Oracle 8/8i
410 (20.83 %)SQL Server 2005
57 (14.58 %)Crystal Reports
57 (14.58 %)BusinessObjects
64 (8.333 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (4.167 %)DataStage
81 (2.083 %)Oracle 9i
81 (2.083 %)Datawarehouse
81 (2.083 %)ETL
81 (2.083 %)Oracle 10g
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (14.58 %)Flash
25 (10.42 %)VSS/SourceSafe
25 (10.42 %)Dreamweaver
31 (2.083 %)JUnit
31 (2.083 %)Eclipse
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (25.00 %)Finance
27 (14.58 %)Government
36 (12.50 %)Banking
36 (12.50 %)Local Government
44 (8.333 %)Multimedia
52 (4.167 %)Animation
52 (4.167 %)Automotive
61 (2.083 %)Retail
61 (2.083 %)Financial Institution
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (43.75 %)Developer
215 (31.25 %)DBA
310 (20.83 %)Analyst
47 (14.58 %)Data Analyst
47 (14.58 %)J2EE Developer
47 (14.58 %)Solutions Analyst
56 (12.50 %)Web Developer
65 (10.42 %)COBOL Developer
74 (8.333 %)Project Leader
74 (8.333 %)SQL DBA
83 (6.250 %)Oracle DBA
83 (6.250 %)SQL Server DBA
83 (6.250 %)Applications Developer
83 (6.250 %)J2EE Applications Developer
92 (4.167 %)Java/J2EE Developer
92 (4.167 %)COBOL Analyst
92 (4.167 %)Lead Developer
92 (4.167 %)Java Developer
92 (4.167 %)Developer Analyst
92 (4.167 %)DB2 DBA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.250 %)Mainframe
13 (6.250 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (2.083 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (2.083 %)Replication
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
133 (68.75 %)Windows
214 (29.17 %)Windows Server 2003
313 (27.08 %)UNIX
47 (14.58 %)Linux
47 (14.58 %)Windows 2000
47 (14.58 %)AIX
51 (2.083 %)HPUX
51 (2.083 %)Solaris
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (27.08 %)Disaster Recovery
211 (22.92 %)Migration
38 (16.67 %)Data Management
47 (14.58 %)Data Migration
56 (12.50 %)Resource Management
64 (8.333 %)Release Management
64 (8.333 %)Project Management
71 (2.083 %)Service Management
71 (2.083 %)ITIL
71 (2.083 %)UML
71 (2.083 %)Data Modelling
71 (2.083 %)E-business
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (60.42 %)SQL
216 (33.33 %)Java
37 (14.58 %)JavaScript
37 (14.58 %)ActionScript
37 (14.58 %)JCL
46 (12.50 %)COBOL
51 (2.083 %)REXX
51 (2.083 %)VB.NET
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (4.167 %)Degree
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (27.08 %)NetBackup
113 (27.08 %)Oracle RMAN
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.083 %)Tivoli
11 (2.083 %)MAINVIEW
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
126 (54.17 %)IBM
220 (41.67 %)Oracle
313 (27.08 %)Sybase
47 (14.58 %)Business Objects
51 (2.083 %)BMC