DB2 Programmer Contract Job Trends in London

IBM DB2 Programmer
England > London

The median IBM DB2 Programmer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a DB2 Programmer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,179 14,595 18,242
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 93.55% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,760 9,478 13,182
10th Percentile £338 £338 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 152 214
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.05
25th Percentile £21.12 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £27.61 £36.65 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -24.68% +1.41% +3.26%
75th Percentile £53.59 £54.06 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.16 £80.75 £73.31
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

DB2 Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DB2 Programmer job vacancy trend in London

DB2 Programmer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DB2 Programmer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DB2 Programmer job vacancies in London

DB2 Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DB2 Programmer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DB2 Programmer job vacancies in London

DB2 Programmer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, DB2 Programmer 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 London region featuring DB2 Programmer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Change Data Capture
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (66.67%) Data Collection
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) CICS
3 1 (33.33%) CLIST
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) JCL
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) REXX
3 1 (33.33%) Tivoli NetView

DB2 Programmer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (33.33%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (100.00%) Replication
2 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Change Data Capture
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (66.67%) Data Collection
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) CLIST
1 1 (33.33%) JCL
1 1 (33.33%) REXX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) IBM