DB2 Job Trends in the East Midlands

IBM DB2
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring DB2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 131 110
Rank change year-on-year -8 -21 +58
Permanent jobs citing DB2 1 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.040% 0.041% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.42% 0.32% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.81%
England median annual salary £90,000 £61,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +46.94% -2.00% -10.71%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
East Midlands

DB2 falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 238 311 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 9.41% 12.90% 25.21%
Number of salaries quoted 162 197 296
10th Percentile £34,775 £32,500 £34,813
25th Percentile £37,728 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,875 £71,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +6.56% -2.40%

DB2
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DB2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

DB2 job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

DB2
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing DB2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing DB2

DB2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (100.00%) CICS
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Adabas
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Mainframe Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) zOS
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) JCL
1 1 (100.00%) Natural
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM