DB2 Contract Job Trends in England

IBM DB2
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring DB2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 403 464
Rank change year-on-year -113 +61 +36
Contract jobs citing DB2 78 67 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.23% 1.48% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 31 51
10th Percentile £358 £358 £351
25th Percentile £440 £394 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £585 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £800 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +15.79% - -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £64.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £66.00 -

All Database & BI Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 6,359 4,530 6,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.23% 19.01% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,347 3,149 4,518
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £675
90th Percentile £700 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 86 137
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.99 £20.77
Median hourly rate £41.36 £31.85 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.86% -20.39% -31.09%
75th Percentile £73.19 £63.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.13 £73.50
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £32.96 £40.00
% change year-on-year +30.46% -17.60% -31.73%

DB2
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

DB2 job vacancy trend in England

DB2
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DB2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DB2

DB2
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DB2 in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for DB2 in England

DB2
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DB2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing DB2

DB2
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
London -53 56 £550 - 6
North of England -72 16 £450 +11.94% 1
North West -43 8 £301 -25.25% 1
Yorkshire -53 7 £520 -5.55%
South East -53 2 £458 -3.68% 3
West Midlands -60 1 - -
Midlands -63 1 - - 2
North East - 1 £363 -
DB2
UK

DB2
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (25.64%) CICS
2 3 (3.85%) Confluence
2 3 (3.85%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (2.56%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.28%) Apache
4 1 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.28%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.28%) Documentum
4 1 (1.28%) FileNet
4 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.28%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (1.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 27 (34.62%) AWS
2 10 (12.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 10 (12.82%) AWS Lambda
2 10 (12.82%) Serverless
3 8 (10.26%) Azure
4 7 (8.97%) GitHub
5 6 (7.69%) Amazon S3
6 4 (5.13%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (5.13%) AWS Fargate
6 4 (5.13%) GCP
7 3 (3.85%) AWS CodePipeline
7 3 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (3.85%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.56%) Amazon Kinesis
8 2 (2.56%) Amazon MSK
8 2 (2.56%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.56%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.28%) Firewall
1 1 (1.28%) NAS
1 1 (1.28%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (19.23%) SQL Server
2 14 (17.95%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (12.82%) Relational Database
4 9 (11.54%) NoSQL
5 8 (10.26%) DynamoDB
5 8 (10.26%) MongoDB
6 5 (6.41%) DataStage
7 4 (5.13%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (3.85%) Metadata
8 3 (3.85%) Oracle Database
9 2 (2.56%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (2.56%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (2.56%) Hadoop
9 2 (2.56%) OLTP
9 2 (2.56%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (2.56%) Power BI
10 1 (1.28%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 9 (11.54%) GitLab
2 5 (6.41%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.13%) JUnit
4 3 (3.85%) JIRA
5 2 (2.56%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (1.28%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.28%) ChangeMan
6 1 (1.28%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.28%) ER Studio
6 1 (1.28%) ERwin
6 1 (1.28%) JMeter
6 1 (1.28%) Oracle Developer 2000
6 1 (1.28%) Postman
6 1 (1.28%) Selenium
6 1 (1.28%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.28%) XPEDITER
General
1 20 (25.64%) Banking
1 20 (25.64%) Social Skills
2 19 (24.36%) Finance
3 8 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.56%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.28%) German Language
5 1 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.28%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.28%) Legal
5 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.28%) Retail
5 1 (1.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (20.51%) Developer
2 13 (16.67%) Architect
3 9 (11.54%) Data Architect
4 8 (10.26%) DB2 Programmer
4 8 (10.26%) DB2 Systems Programmer
4 8 (10.26%) Programmer
4 8 (10.26%) Senior
4 8 (10.26%) Systems Programmer
4 8 (10.26%) Technical Specialist
5 7 (8.97%) Mainframe Developer
5 7 (8.97%) Mainframe Programmer
5 7 (8.97%) Mainframe Systems Programmer
6 5 (6.41%) Data Engineer
6 5 (6.41%) Java Developer
6 5 (6.41%) Mainframe Specialist
7 4 (5.13%) DBA
7 4 (5.13%) Senior Developer
7 4 (5.13%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (3.85%) DB2 Specialist
8 3 (3.85%) Mainframe Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (17.95%) Web Services
2 11 (14.10%) RESTful
3 9 (11.54%) SOAP
3 9 (11.54%) WSDL
4 8 (10.26%) JSON
4 8 (10.26%) Kafka
5 7 (8.97%) REST
5 7 (8.97%) Spring
6 6 (7.69%) React
6 6 (7.69%) Spring Boot
7 4 (5.13%) AngularJS
8 3 (3.85%) Backbone.js
8 3 (3.85%) Bootstrap
8 3 (3.85%) Ember.js
8 3 (3.85%) jQuery
8 3 (3.85%) Keras
8 3 (3.85%) PyTorch
8 3 (3.85%) TensorFlow
8 3 (3.85%) XML
8 3 (3.85%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 45 (57.69%) Mainframe
2 11 (14.10%) VSAM
3 7 (8.97%) DataPower
4 6 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (7.69%) Online Banking
5 4 (5.13%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.85%) Clustering
6 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.56%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.56%) Replication
7 2 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.28%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.28%) Data Fabric
8 1 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.28%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 27 (34.62%) zOS
2 15 (19.23%) Linux
2 15 (19.23%) Windows
3 14 (17.95%) Unix
4 7 (8.97%) AIX
5 6 (7.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (3.85%) Android
6 3 (3.85%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.56%) MVS
8 1 (1.28%) Solaris
8 1 (1.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.21%) Migration
2 21 (26.92%) Performance Tuning
3 17 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (14.10%) Agile
4 11 (14.10%) Data Migration
5 10 (12.82%) Batch Processing
5 10 (12.82%) CI/CD
6 9 (11.54%) AI
6 9 (11.54%) ETL
6 9 (11.54%) Integration Patterns
6 9 (11.54%) SOA
7 8 (10.26%) Analytics
7 8 (10.26%) Data Modelling
7 8 (10.26%) Validation
8 7 (8.97%) Design Patterns
8 7 (8.97%) DevOps
9 6 (7.69%) Asset Management
9 6 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (7.69%) Microservices
9 6 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 34 (43.59%) SQL
2 18 (23.08%) JCL
3 16 (20.51%) Python
4 13 (16.67%) COBOL
5 10 (12.82%) Java
5 10 (12.82%) Shell Script
6 9 (11.54%) PowerShell
7 6 (7.69%) Bash
8 5 (6.41%) PL/SQL
9 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
9 3 (3.85%) REXX
9 3 (3.85%) XPath
10 1 (1.28%) Assembly Language
10 1 (1.28%) Bicep
10 1 (1.28%) CLIST
10 1 (1.28%) Groovy
10 1 (1.28%) HLASM
10 1 (1.28%) Perl
10 1 (1.28%) Scala
10 1 (1.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (7.69%) Degree
2 5 (6.41%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (3.85%) CISA
3 3 (3.85%) PhD
4 2 (2.56%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.56%) AWS Certified Developer
4 2 (2.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.28%) CISM
5 1 (1.28%) CISSP
5 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.13%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.56%) SEPA
3 1 (1.28%) GDPR
3 1 (1.28%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 6 (7.69%) Hyper-V
1 6 (7.69%) KVM
1 6 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (6.41%) Docker
3 3 (3.85%) RACF
4 2 (2.56%) ACF2
5 1 (1.28%) NFS
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.69%) IBM BigFix
2 6 (7.69%) vCenter Server
3 3 (3.85%) CA Endevor
3 3 (3.85%) Terraform
4 2 (2.56%) Ansible
4 2 (2.56%) Grafana
4 2 (2.56%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (1.28%) Control-M
5 1 (1.28%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.28%) OMEGAMON
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (34.62%) IBM
2 15 (19.23%) Oracle
3 6 (7.69%) Sybase
4 4 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.56%) BEA
6 2 (2.56%) Broadcom
6 2 (2.56%) Informatica
6 2 (2.56%) Teradata
6 2 (2.56%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.28%) Ab Initio
7 1 (1.28%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.28%) Cloudera
7 1 (1.28%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.28%) Databricks
7 1 (1.28%) GoldenSource
7 1 (1.28%) Greenplum
7 1 (1.28%) Perforce
7 1 (1.28%) Remedy
7 1 (1.28%) Solace