DB2 Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

IBM DB2 Specialist
UK > England

The median IBM DB2 Specialist daily rate in England is £514, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 - 539
Rank change year-on-year - - +137
Contract jobs requiring a DB2 Specialist 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% - 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 - -
UK median daily rate £514 - £460
% change year-on-year - - -12.48%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 36,122 22,602 34,731
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.81% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,747 15,141 23,178
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,403 844 2,344
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.84 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.42 £20.41 £16.25
Median hourly rate £43.61 £33.00 £34.11
Median % change year-on-year +32.15% -3.24% -21.71%
75th Percentile £66.38 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year +27.64% -9.26% -21.40%

DB2 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'DB2 Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

DB2 Specialist job vacancy trend in England

DB2 Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DB2 Specialist job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DB2 Specialist job vacancies in England

DB2 Specialist
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DB2 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 9 April 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire - 1 £514 -
North of England - 1 £514 -
DB2 Specialist
UK

DB2 Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 April 2026, DB2 Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring DB2 Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) CLIST
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) zOS

DB2 Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) MVS
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) CLIST
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) REXX
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ACF2
1 1 (100.00%) RACF
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Broadcom
1 1 (100.00%) IBM