DB2 Contracts with Work from Home Options

IBM DB2
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for DB2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DB2 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 365 465
Rank change year-on-year +71 +100 -48
Contract jobs citing DB2 47 103 150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.41% 0.34%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.63% 2.15% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 53 101
10th Percentile £350 £463 £450
25th Percentile £360 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -21.39% +4.55% +8.16%
75th Percentile £552 £647 £650
90th Percentile £599 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £470 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -14.55% +0.92% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £66.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £66.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year - +40.43% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

DB2 is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,887 4,781 9,514
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.15% 19.06% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,125 3,489 6,911
10th Percentile £356 £381 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £734
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 83 83
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.20 £19.20
25th Percentile £22.61 £41.75 £22.08
Median hourly rate £40.25 £65.00 £46.67
Median % change year-on-year -38.08% +39.28% +50.55%
75th Percentile £63.00 £75.00 £62.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £68.20
UK median hourly rate £40.13 £60.00 £42.92
% change year-on-year -33.13% +39.80% +59.07%

DB2
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing DB2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DB2 trend for jobs with a WFH option

DB2
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DB2.

DB2 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

DB2
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing DB2 over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

DB2 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DB2
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing DB2.

DB2 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

DB2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (27.66%) CICS
2 9 (19.15%) SAS
3 5 (10.64%) IIS
4 3 (6.38%) Apache
4 3 (6.38%) CMS
4 3 (6.38%) WebLogic
4 3 (6.38%) WebSphere
5 2 (4.26%) JBoss
5 2 (4.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (6.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) BusinessWorks
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.02%) Azure
2 6 (12.77%) AWS
3 3 (6.38%) SaaS
4 2 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.26%) GCP
5 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.28%) IDMS
2 5 (10.64%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (10.64%) SQL Server
3 4 (8.51%) MySQL
4 2 (4.26%) Adabas
4 2 (4.26%) MariaDB
4 2 (4.26%) MongoDB
4 2 (4.26%) NewSQL
4 2 (4.26%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.26%) OLTP
4 2 (4.26%) Oracle Database
4 2 (4.26%) Relational Database
5 1 (2.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (2.13%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 12 (25.53%) Git
2 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.26%) Vagrant
3 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (27.66%) Finance
2 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Banking
3 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Arabic Language
4 2 (4.26%) French Language
4 2 (4.26%) German Language
4 2 (4.26%) Japanese Language
4 2 (4.26%) Korean Language
4 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Spanish Language
5 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Developer
2 10 (21.28%) Architect
2 10 (21.28%) Mainframe Developer
3 9 (19.15%) IBM Mainframe Developer
4 5 (10.64%) COBOL Developer
4 5 (10.64%) DB2 Specialist
4 5 (10.64%) z/OS Specialist
5 4 (8.51%) Administrator
5 4 (8.51%) DB2 Administrator
6 3 (6.38%) CyberArk Architect
6 3 (6.38%) DB2 Developer
6 3 (6.38%) DBA
6 3 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Data Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Mainframe Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (4.26%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.26%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) TIBCO Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) .NET
2 5 (10.64%) XML
3 3 (6.38%) EJB
3 3 (6.38%) J2EE
3 3 (6.38%) JSP
3 3 (6.38%) LDAP
3 3 (6.38%) React
3 3 (6.38%) Servlets
3 3 (6.38%) Web Services
4 2 (4.26%) JSON
4 2 (4.26%) SOAP
4 2 (4.26%) Spring
4 2 (4.26%) Spring Boot
4 2 (4.26%) TIBCO EMS
4 2 (4.26%) XSD
4 2 (4.26%) XSLT
5 1 (2.13%) Hibernate
5 1 (2.13%) HTML
5 1 (2.13%) HTML5
5 1 (2.13%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 24 (51.06%) Mainframe
2 13 (27.66%) IBM Mainframe
3 5 (10.64%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.38%) Public Cloud
5 2 (4.26%) LPAR
5 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.26%) Replication
6 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (42.55%) zOS
2 7 (14.89%) Linux
3 4 (8.51%) Unix
3 4 (8.51%) Windows
4 3 (6.38%) Android
4 3 (6.38%) Apple iOS
4 3 (6.38%) VMS
5 2 (4.26%) AIX
5 2 (4.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) Agile
2 13 (27.66%) Requirements Gathering
2 13 (27.66%) Scrum
3 9 (19.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (17.02%) Performance Tuning
5 7 (14.89%) Migration
6 6 (12.77%) Microservices
7 5 (10.64%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (10.64%) Database Migration
7 5 (10.64%) DevOps
7 5 (10.64%) Waterfall
8 4 (8.51%) CI/CD
8 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (8.51%) Roadmaps
8 4 (8.51%) SDLC
9 3 (6.38%) API Design
9 3 (6.38%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (6.38%) Mentoring
9 3 (6.38%) Performance Analysis
9 3 (6.38%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (44.68%) COBOL
2 17 (36.17%) REXX
3 13 (27.66%) SQL
4 11 (23.40%) Java
5 10 (21.28%) SELCOPY
6 9 (19.15%) CLIST
7 3 (6.38%) C
8 2 (4.26%) XPath
9 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
9 1 (2.13%) JCL
9 1 (2.13%) Natural
9 1 (2.13%) Python
9 1 (2.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (27.66%) SC Cleared
1 13 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.51%) Degree
3 3 (6.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.38%) CISSP
3 3 (6.38%) SANS
4 2 (4.26%) PMP
5 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.38%) GRC
2 2 (4.26%) GDPR
3 1 (2.13%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) CA Endevor
1 2 (4.26%) TIBCO Hawk
1 2 (4.26%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 25 (53.19%) IBM
2 11 (23.40%) Syncsort
3 9 (19.15%) Oracle
4 4 (8.51%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.38%) CyberArk
5 3 (6.38%) ICL
6 2 (4.26%) AppDynamics
6 2 (4.26%) F5
6 2 (4.26%) Google
6 2 (4.26%) TIBCO