The first table below looks at the demand for the DB2 Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited DB2 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
DB2 Consultant
Rank - - 581
Contract jobs requiring a DB2 Consultant 0 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £413
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £413
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

DB2 Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing DB2 Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

DB2 Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

DB2 Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing DB2 Consultant within the UK.

DB2 Consultant Daily Rate Trend

DB2 Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing DB2 Consultant within the UK.

DB2 Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

DB2 Consultant
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited DB2 Consultant in their job title 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 with DB2 Consultant in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) DB2
2 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Basis
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) AIX
3 1 (25.00%) IBM

DB2 Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited DB2 Consultant in their job title 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 with DB2 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Basis
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) DB2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) IBM