DB2 Job Trends in Manchester

IBM DB2
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring DB2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 - 146
Rank change year-on-year - - +92
Permanent jobs citing DB2 3 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.10% - 0.32%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.09% - 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £68,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.14%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £90,000 £52,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +71.43% -30.00% +41.51%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 276 495 488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.39% 18.52% 19.41%
Number of salaries quoted 218 232 411
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,663 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,813 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,250 £87,500 £86,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

DB2
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

DB2 job vacancy trend in Manchester

DB2
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing DB2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing DB2

DB2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Advent Geneva
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) dbt
1 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Data Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mapping
1 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
1 2 (66.67%) Data Validation
1 2 (66.67%) ETL
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Model Validation
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Flow Diagram
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Fund Accounting
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Advent
2 1 (33.33%) Databricks
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft