DB2 Administrator Contract Job Trends

IBM DB2 Administrator
UK

The median IBM DB2 Administrator daily rate in the UK is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 581 547 609
Rank change year-on-year -34 +62 +194
Contract jobs requiring a DB2 Administrator 5 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.018% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.019% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £366
25th Percentile £413 - £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £388
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.42%
75th Percentile £438 - £397
90th Percentile - - £399
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 33,152 31,803 41,481
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,996 19,553 27,898
10th Percentile £290 £300 £290
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £724 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,961 1,029 1,466
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.49 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.14
Median hourly rate £25.25 £34.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -25.74% -24.02% +46.72%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £72.90 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

DB2 Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

DB2 Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK

DB2 Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DB2 Administrator job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for DB2 Administrator job vacancies in the UK

DB2 Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DB2 Administrator job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for DB2 Administrator job vacancies in the UK

DB2 Administrator
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing DB2 Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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
London -20 4 £425 -
England -33 4 £425 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 £425 -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

DB2 Administrator Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, DB2 Administrator 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 DB2 Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) DB2
2 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) AIX
3 2 (40.00%) Database Migration
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (40.00%) VMS
4 1 (20.00%) CICS
4 1 (20.00%) CLIST
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Data Sharing
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) REXX
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Tivoli NetView

DB2 Administrator 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) DB2
2 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Replication
2 2 (40.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) AIX
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Database Migration
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (20.00%) CLIST
2 1 (20.00%) REXX
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) IBM