DB2 Job Trends in London

IBM DB2
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring DB2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 366 456
Rank change year-on-year +6 +90 +119
Permanent jobs citing DB2 52 42 51
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.27% 0.33% 0.22%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 2.22% 1.48% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 34 33 23
10th Percentile £48,970 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £83,230
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -27.78% +16.13%
75th Percentile £109,375 £68,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £71,200 £117,789
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £78,126
% change year-on-year - -16.80% +25.00%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,342 2,831 4,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 12.21% 21.93% 21.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,524 1,970 3,786
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,925 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £96,563 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £138,750 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% -11.54%

DB2
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

DB2 job vacancy trend in London

DB2
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DB2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing DB2

DB2
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing DB2 in London over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for DB2 in London

DB2
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DB2 within the London region over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -11 12 £65,000 - 4
South London - 1 £55,200 -
DB2
England

DB2
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 10 (19.23%) Confluence
2 2 (3.85%) Tomcat
2 2 (3.85%) WebSphere
2 2 (3.85%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (1.92%) CICS
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (13.46%) MS Visio
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (25.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.92%) Azure
2 8 (15.38%) AWS
3 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.77%) GCP
5 1 (1.92%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.92%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.92%) OCI
5 1 (1.92%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) CHAP
2 2 (3.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (46.15%) SQL Server
2 16 (30.77%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (21.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (21.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (7.69%) DB2 UDB
4 4 (7.69%) Power BI
4 4 (7.69%) QlikView
5 2 (3.85%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.92%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.92%) Metadata
6 1 (1.92%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Cucumber
1 11 (21.15%) JIRA
1 11 (21.15%) Selenium
2 10 (19.23%) Bitbucket
2 10 (19.23%) Jenkins
2 10 (19.23%) TeamCity
3 2 (3.85%) webpack
General
1 27 (51.92%) Finance
2 25 (48.08%) Social Skills
3 24 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (32.69%) Banking
5 13 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (5.77%) Financial Institution
6 3 (5.77%) Retail
7 2 (3.85%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (42.31%) Senior
2 13 (25.00%) Applications Support
2 13 (25.00%) Consultant
2 13 (25.00%) Maximo Consultant
3 11 (21.15%) Developer
4 10 (19.23%) Senior Consultant
4 10 (19.23%) Senior Maximo Consultant
5 9 (17.31%) Java Developer
6 8 (15.38%) Analyst
7 7 (13.46%) Senior Applications Support
8 6 (11.54%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (9.62%) Agile Developer
9 5 (9.62%) Agile Java Developer
9 5 (9.62%) Architect
9 5 (9.62%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 4 (7.69%) Applications Support Analyst
10 4 (7.69%) Business Analyst
10 4 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (7.69%) Lead
10 4 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (25.00%) Web Services
2 12 (23.08%) .NET
2 12 (23.08%) React
3 11 (21.15%) CSS
3 11 (21.15%) Elastic Stack
3 11 (21.15%) HTML
3 11 (21.15%) RESTful
4 10 (19.23%) Gherkin
5 9 (17.31%) Node.js
6 3 (5.77%) Middleware
7 2 (3.85%) AngularJS
7 2 (3.85%) CSS3
7 2 (3.85%) Express.js
7 2 (3.85%) HTML5
7 2 (3.85%) LAPP Stack
7 2 (3.85%) LDAP
7 2 (3.85%) Model Context Protocol
7 2 (3.85%) Sass
7 2 (3.85%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (1.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Legacy Applications
2 10 (19.23%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (13.46%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (9.62%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.77%) Blockchain
6 2 (3.85%) AI Agents
6 2 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.92%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.92%) iSeries
7 1 (1.92%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.92%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 18 (34.62%) Windows
2 5 (9.62%) Unix
3 4 (7.69%) Linux
4 3 (5.77%) AIX
5 2 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (36.54%) Agile
3 13 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 13 (25.00%) EAM
3 13 (25.00%) Facilities Management
3 13 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 13 (25.00%) Scrum
3 13 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 12 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 12 (23.08%) Microservices
5 11 (21.15%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 11 (21.15%) Customer-Centricity
5 11 (21.15%) Design Patterns
5 11 (21.15%) Software Engineering
6 10 (19.23%) BDD
6 10 (19.23%) Dynamic Code Analysis
6 10 (19.23%) Epics
6 10 (19.23%) Front End Development
6 10 (19.23%) Static Code Analysis
6 10 (19.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 30 (57.69%) Java
2 27 (51.92%) SQL
3 11 (21.15%) C#
3 11 (21.15%) PL/SQL
3 11 (21.15%) VB.NET
4 10 (19.23%) JavaScript
5 8 (15.38%) Python
6 4 (7.69%) RPG
7 2 (3.85%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.92%) COBOL
8 1 (1.92%) JCL
8 1 (1.92%) Scala
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 13 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 13 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.31%) Degree
3 3 (5.77%) CGEIT
3 3 (5.77%) CISA
3 3 (5.77%) CISM
3 3 (5.77%) CISSP
3 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.77%) FFIEC
3 3 (5.77%) SANS
4 2 (3.85%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) COBIT
1 3 (5.77%) GDPR
1 3 (5.77%) NIST
2 2 (3.85%) SLA
3 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 11 (21.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (21.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.92%) Control-M
2 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (40.38%) IBM
2 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 7 (13.46%) Atlassian
4 6 (11.54%) ServiceNow
5 4 (7.69%) JD Edwards
6 3 (5.77%) Citrix
6 3 (5.77%) Oracle
7 2 (3.85%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.92%) BMC
8 1 (1.92%) Google
8 1 (1.92%) Talend
8 1 (1.92%) VMware