Db2 Contract Job Trends in England
IBM Db2
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing Db2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 581 | 422 | 377 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -159 | -45 | +134 |
| Contract jobs citing Db2 | 69 | 95 | 142 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.15% | 0.33% | 0.45% |
| As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category | 1.02% | 1.83% | 2.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 44 | 54 | 86 |
| 10th Percentile | £301 | £343 | £377 |
| 25th Percentile | £419 | £385 | £444 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -14.29% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £591 | £575 | £649 |
| 90th Percentile | £703 | £678 | £759 |
| UK median daily rate | £514 | £475 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.21% | -7.32% | -2.38% |
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 citing database or business intelligence skills in England.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills | 6,774 | 5,197 | 5,628 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 14.62% | 18.22% | 17.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,481 | 3,571 | 3,806 |
| 10th Percentile | £356 | £338 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £510 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.64% | -7.27% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £630 | £625 | £663 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £738 | £800 |
| UK median daily rate | £512 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.35% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 282 | 76 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.17 | £19.46 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.50 | £29.00 | £22.20 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.25 | £43.50 | £33.93 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.47% | +28.21% | -32.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.25 | £65.00 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.68 | £85.50 | £65.98 |
| UK median hourly rate | £40.18 | £42.00 | £30.21 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.32% | +39.01% | -38.97% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in England
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 26 October 2026.
Db2 Hourly Rate Trend in England
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 26 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -100 | 30 | £525 | +4.48% | 1 |
| North of England | -69 | 20 | £440 | -0.57% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | -26 | 15 | £500 | +26.58% | 1 |
| Midlands | -42 | 8 | £800 | +128.57% | 2 |
| East Midlands | -15 | 5 | £800 | +131.88% | 2 |
| South East | -63 | 4 | £550 | +57.14% | 2 |
| North West | -65 | 4 | £307 | -30.54% | 2 |
| West Midlands | -35 | 3 | - | - | |
| North East | - | 1 | £475 | - | |
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Db2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Database & Business Intelligence
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SQL Server | 17.4% | 12 |
| 2 | Data Warehouse | 13.0% | 9 |
| 2 | PostgreSQL | 13.0% | 9 |
| 4 | MongoDB | 10.1% | 7 |
| 5 | DataStage | 8.7% | 6 |
| 5 | Relational Database | 8.7% | 6 |
| 7 | Amazon Aurora | 7.2% | 5 |
| 7 | OLTP | 7.2% | 5 |
| 7 | Oracle Database | 7.2% | 5 |
| 10 | BigQuery | 5.8% | 4 |
| 11 | Apache Cassandra | 4.3% | 3 |
| 11 | MySQL | 4.3% | 3 |
| 11 | NoSQL | 4.3% | 3 |
| 11 | SAP HANA | 4.3% | 3 |
| 15 | Amazon Athena | 2.9% | 2 |
| 15 | Amazon Redshift | 2.9% | 2 |
| 15 | BusinessObjects | 2.9% | 2 |
| 15 | Data Lake | 2.9% | 2 |
| 15 | DynamoDB | 2.9% | 2 |
| 15 | Elasticsearch | 2.9% | 2 |