DataStage Developer Contract Job Trends

IBM InfoSphere Developer
UK

The median IBM InfoSphere Developer daily rate in the UK is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 577 542 606
Rank change year-on-year -35 +64 +196
Contract jobs requiring a DataStage Developer 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.003% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.003% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £280 - -
25th Percentile £306 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.30%
75th Percentile £610 - £438
90th Percentile £766 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £425
% change year-on-year - - +14.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 32,988 33,120 42,501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.74% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,924 20,243 28,641
10th Percentile £285 £300 £294
25th Percentile £403 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £645
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,924 1,136 1,517
10th Percentile £14.22 £15.36 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%
75th Percentile £56.81 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £73.66 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -26.97% +78.00%

DataStage Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

DataStage Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

DataStage Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DataStage Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DataStage Developer job vacancies in the UK

DataStage Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing DataStage Developer over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for DataStage Developer in the UK

DataStage Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DataStage Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DataStage Developer job vacancies in the UK

DataStage Developer
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DataStage Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England - 5 £350 - 4
Work from Home 0 3 £350 - 2
London - 3 £350 - 4
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
UK excluding London - 2 - - 1

DataStage Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, DataStage Developer 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 featuring DataStage Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) DataStage
2 4 (80.00%) Data Migration
2 4 (80.00%) IBM
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
3 3 (60.00%) ETL
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) API Integration
4 2 (40.00%) Big Data
4 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Data Extraction
4 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (40.00%) JIRA
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) XML
4 2 (40.00%) XSLT
5 1 (20.00%) .NET
5 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
5 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (20.00%) API Development
5 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Web API

DataStage Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) DataStage
2 2 (40.00%) Big Data
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) XML
1 2 (40.00%) XSLT
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) ETL
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) API Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Data Extraction
3 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (40.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) API Development
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (20.00%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle