DB2 Contracts in the City of London

IBM DB2
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring DB2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited DB2 over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 118 169
Rank change year-on-year +2 +51 +5
Contract jobs citing DB2 7 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.40% 0.41% 0.19%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.80% 1.85% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £500 £650 £750
90th Percentile £545 £703 -
Central London median daily rate £462 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -23.00% - +7.14%

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 389 486 769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 22.15% 22.17% 21.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 326 486
10th Percentile £405 £402 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.54% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £730
90th Percentile £763 £788 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £41.16 - £43.13
25th Percentile £50.97 £46.75 £58.41
Median hourly rate £67.33 £48.50 £84.09
Median % change year-on-year +38.81% -42.32% +38.99%
75th Percentile £83.67 £50.25 £88.30
90th Percentile £93.47 - -
Central London median hourly rate £34.65 £48.50 £84.09
% change year-on-year -28.56% -42.32% +38.99%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing DB2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for DB2 in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DB2 in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for DB2 in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing DB2 in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for DB2 in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (42.86%) Apache
1 3 (42.86%) Apache Spark
2 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Big Data
1 3 (42.86%) Hadoop
1 3 (42.86%) MongoDB
1 3 (42.86%) Relational Database
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) ChangeMan
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Java Developer
2 2 (28.57%) RPG Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Angular Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Information Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Information Systems Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Java Scala Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Scala Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
2 3 (42.86%) AngularJS
2 3 (42.86%) React
2 3 (42.86%) RESTful
2 3 (42.86%) Spring
3 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) AS400
2 1 (14.29%) iSeries
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Data Management
3 3 (42.86%) Data Science
3 3 (42.86%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Fintech
3 3 (42.86%) Parallel Processing
3 3 (42.86%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) Perl
2 3 (42.86%) Scala
2 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
3 2 (28.57%) RPG
3 2 (28.57%) RPG IV
4 1 (14.29%) R
4 1 (14.29%) REXX
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) Sybase
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
3 1 (14.29%) Micro Focus