DB2 Contract Job Trends in the City of London

IBM DB2
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring DB2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 120 142
Rank change year-on-year +2 +22 +48
Contract jobs citing DB2 4 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.24% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.11% 1.12% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile - £458 £481
25th Percentile - £470 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -6.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £481 £650 £609
90th Percentile £628 £725 £634
Central London median daily rate £400 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -23.81% -6.67% -25.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
City of London

DB2 falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 361 447 555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 21.32% 21.09% 19.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 320 364
10th Percentile £384 £406 £384
25th Percentile £443 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - +2.35%
75th Percentile £688 £719 £713
90th Percentile £791 £825 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £595 £600
% change year-on-year -3.40% -0.79% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £22.70 - £38.95
25th Percentile £32.00 £36.75 £40.38
Median hourly rate £34.00 £38.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% -12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £40.25 £48.88
90th Percentile - - £51.05
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £40.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -15.00% -9.09% -20.00%

DB2
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DB2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

DB2 job vacancy trend in the City of London

DB2
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DB2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DB2

DB2
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DB2 in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DB2 in the City of London

DB2
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DB2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DB2

DB2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Hadoop
1 3 (75.00%) MemSQL
1 3 (75.00%) MongoDB
1 3 (75.00%) NoSQL
1 3 (75.00%) Sybase IQ
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (75.00%) Data Structures
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) AS400
2 1 (25.00%) iSeries
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Secure Coding
3 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) COBOL
2 1 (25.00%) RPG
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CFA
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Avaloq
1 1 (25.00%) FNZ
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft