IBM DB2 Database Administrator
UK

The median IBM DB2 Database Administrator salary in the UK is £71,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 988 1188
Rank change year-on-year +103 +200 -297
Permanent jobs requiring a DB2 DBA 9 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.001% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.001% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 6
10th Percentile £53,241 - £50,625
25th Percentile £56,250 - £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.60%
75th Percentile £74,000 - £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £71,000 - £60,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

DB2 DBA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured DB2 DBA in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DB2 DBA in the UK

DB2 DBA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DB2 DBA.

Salary trend for DB2 DBA in the UK

DB2 DBA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DB2 DBA over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for DB2 DBA in the UK

DB2 DBA
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DB2 DBA within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 9 £71,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 9 £71,000 - 2
Work from Home +105 6 £71,000 -
North of England - 5 £71,000 -
North West - 5 £71,000 -
Midlands - 3 £62,500 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £62,500 - 1
South West - 1 £41,206 -

DB2 DBA Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, DB2 DBA job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring DB2 DBA in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) DB2
2 6 (66.67%) IBM
2 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 6 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (44.44%) zOS
4 3 (33.33%) MAINVIEW
4 3 (33.33%) RACF
4 3 (33.33%) Easytrieve
4 3 (33.33%) JCL
4 3 (33.33%) Middleware
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 3 (33.33%) CICS
4 3 (33.33%) BMC
4 3 (33.33%) REXX
4 3 (33.33%) MySQL
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 3 (33.33%) XML
4 3 (33.33%) Linux
4 3 (33.33%) MQSeries
4 3 (33.33%) HTTP
4 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (33.33%) High Availability
4 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) Clustering

DB2 DBA Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (33.33%) CICS
1 3 (33.33%) MQSeries
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 3 (33.33%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) DB2
2 3 (33.33%) Easytrieve
2 3 (33.33%) MySQL
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Middleware
1 3 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Clustering
1 3 (33.33%) Distributed Computing
1 3 (33.33%) VSAM
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) zOS
2 3 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 3 (33.33%) Data Management
2 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (33.33%) High Availability
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Service Design
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) COBOL
2 3 (33.33%) JCL
2 3 (33.33%) REXX
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) RACF
1 3 (33.33%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) IBM
2 3 (33.33%) BMC
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft