The first table below looks at the demand for DB2 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited DB2 over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM DB2
Rank 68 83 98
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +15
Permanent jobs citing DB2 17 12 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.584% 0.874% 0.459%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 5.075% 3.252% 1.683%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 7
Average salary £41,250 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.55% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £17,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
335 369 416
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 31.22% 26.88% 27.30%
Number of salaries quoted 213 293 292
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
DB2
Scotland

DB2
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh DB2 Jobs Demand Trend

DB2
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing DB2 across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh DB2 Salary Trend

DB2
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing DB2 across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Edinburgh DB2 Salary Histogram

DB2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DB2.

1 21 (72.41%) Oracle
2 20 (68.97%) Java
3 15 (51.72%) SQL Server
4 13 (44.83%) SQL
5 11 (37.93%) RDBMS
6 8 (27.59%) Informix
6 8 (27.59%) WebSphere
7 7 (24.14%) JSF
7 7 (24.14%) assyst
7 7 (24.14%) J2EE
7 7 (24.14%) IBM
8 6 (20.69%) Finance
8 6 (20.69%) MQSeries
8 6 (20.69%) UNIX
9 5 (17.24%) Windows
9 5 (17.24%) Sybase
9 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
9 5 (17.24%) C#
9 5 (17.24%) XML
10 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
10 4 (13.79%) Log4j
10 4 (13.79%) Perl
10 4 (13.79%) .NET
10 4 (13.79%) MySQL
10 4 (13.79%) JSP
10 4 (13.79%) Struts
10 4 (13.79%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (13.79%) SOA
10 4 (13.79%) Content Management
10 4 (13.79%) Dojo

DB2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 IT job ads sampled that cited DB2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (27.59%) WebSphere
2 7 (24.14%) JSF
2 7 (24.14%) J2EE
3 5 (17.24%) XML
4 4 (13.79%) .NET
4 4 (13.79%) JSP
4 4 (13.79%) Struts
4 4 (13.79%) Dojo
4 4 (13.79%) Ajax
5 3 (10.34%) EJB
6 2 (6.897%) Web Services
7 1 (3.448%) Apache Flex
7 1 (3.448%) BlazeDS
7 1 (3.448%) XML Schema
7 1 (3.448%) XSL
7 1 (3.448%) XSLT
7 1 (3.448%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) MQSeries
2 2 (6.897%) OpenROAD
3 1 (3.448%) Windows Azure
3 1 (3.448%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (24.14%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) LAN
1 2 (6.897%) WAN
1 2 (6.897%) DHCP
1 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.897%) DNS
1 2 (6.897%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (51.72%) SQL Server
2 11 (37.93%) RDBMS
3 8 (27.59%) Informix
4 4 (13.79%) MySQL
5 3 (10.34%) Ingres
5 3 (10.34%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (10.34%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (3.448%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Log4j
1 4 (13.79%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Advertising
3 1 (3.448%) Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (48.28%) Developer
2 7 (24.14%) Java Developer
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst Programmer
3 4 (13.79%) Programmer
4 3 (10.34%) Database Developer
5 2 (6.897%) SQL Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Technical Specialist
5 2 (6.897%) SQL DBA
5 2 (6.897%) Perl Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Perl Programmer
5 2 (6.897%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Administrator
5 2 (6.897%) Field Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) DBA
5 2 (6.897%) Software Developer
5 2 (6.897%) Informix DBA
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Architect
6 1 (3.448%) C# Architect
6 1 (3.448%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.69%) UNIX
2 5 (17.24%) Windows
3 3 (10.34%) HPUX
3 3 (10.34%) Solaris
3 3 (10.34%) Linux
4 1 (3.448%) Windows 2000
4 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.448%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.79%) SOA
1 4 (13.79%) Content Management
2 2 (6.897%) Migration
2 2 (6.897%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (3.448%) Software Engineering
3 1 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (3.448%) Workflow
3 1 (3.448%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 20 (68.97%) Java
2 13 (44.83%) SQL
3 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
3 5 (17.24%) C#
4 4 (13.79%) Perl
5 3 (10.34%) C
6 2 (6.897%) VB
6 2 (6.897%) C++
6 2 (6.897%) Progress 4GL
6 2 (6.897%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 2 (6.897%) Python
7 1 (3.448%) COBOL
7 1 (3.448%) VB.NET
7 1 (3.448%) JCL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (72.41%) Oracle
2 7 (24.14%) IBM
3 5 (17.24%) Sybase
4 2 (6.897%) Sun
4 2 (6.897%) Dell
5 1 (3.448%) JBoss
5 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Position: Software Developer / Java... The key responsibilities of this position will include: * The development of significant features and components of the assyst product site * All aspects of the...
Reed Technology
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
My client is looking for the following experience: *A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent *Strong database knowledge and experience - Oracle/DB2/SQL Server *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client is looking for the following experience: *A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent *Strong database knowledge and experience - Oracle/DB2/SQL Server *Experience of...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Due to continued growth they are in urgent need of an experienced Informix Database Administrator / Informix Developer to take an instrumental client facing position. To be considered for...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
As a Solution Architect within RBS Technology Services, you will be based in Edinburgh or London and aware of a wide range of systems, technologies and/or processes...
Royal Bank Of Scotland
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
At RBS, technology is at the heart of everything we do. It allows us to trade across time zones, perform complex calculations, transfer funds and ensures that we...
Royal Bank Of Scotland
Posted: 17 May 2013