DB2 Systems Programmer Contracts in England

IBM DB2 Systems Programmer
UK > England

The median IBM DB2 Systems Programmer daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 - 611
Rank change year-on-year - - +172
Contract jobs requiring a DB2 Systems Programmer 2 0 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.007% - 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 25,199 33,243 44,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.98% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,389 21,876 31,340
10th Percentile £290 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,249 2,255 1,389
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.25 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.38 £41.27 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.66% -6.22% +76.00%
75th Percentile £56.44 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%

DB2 Systems Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for DB2 Systems Programmer in England

DB2 Systems Programmer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DB2 Systems Programmer in England.

Daily rate trend for DB2 Systems Programmer in England

DB2 Systems Programmer
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 Systems Programmer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 July 2025. 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
London - 2 £500 - 1
DB2 Systems Programmer
UK

DB2 Systems Programmer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 July 2025, DB2 Systems Programmer contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring DB2 Systems Programmer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DB2
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Replication
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 2 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) JCL

DB2 Systems Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (100.00%) Replication
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Data Capture
1 2 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JCL