DB2 Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

IBM DB2
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring DB2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 36 64
Rank change year-on-year -28 +28 +10
Contract jobs citing DB2 2 9 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.30% 2.37% 0.60%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.64% 17.65% 6.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £375 -
% change year-on-year +46.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £64.50 -
East of England median hourly rate - £64.50 -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 55 51 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.27% 13.42% 9.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 20 31
10th Percentile £456 £330 £350
25th Percentile £472 £399 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.50% -4.67%
75th Percentile £641 £597 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 0
10th Percentile £29.13 £41.21 -
25th Percentile £38.27 £59.38 -
Median hourly rate £53.52 £64.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.03% - -
75th Percentile £68.76 £66.00 -
90th Percentile £77.90 £68.33 -
East of England median hourly rate £33.75 £63.00 £30.09
% change year-on-year -46.43% +109.37% -26.12%

DB2
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

DB2 job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

DB2
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DB2

DB2
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing DB2

DB2
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DB2 within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Watford - 2 £550 -
DB2
East of England

DB2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (100.00%) Apache
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Maximo Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAFM
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Facilities Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) System Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft