Db2 Job Trends in the South East

IBM Db2
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Db2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 287 284
Rank change year-on-year -50 -3 -10
Permanent jobs citing Db2 5 2 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.026% 0.022% 0.27%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.41% 0.19% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile - £55,000 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +50.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £76,250 -
90th Percentile - £80,000 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +30.77% +6.12%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,232 1,066 1,891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.44% 11.95% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 588 1,078
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,362 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

Db2
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Db2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Db2 job vacancy trend in the South East

Db2
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Db2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Db2

Db2
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Db2 within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Thames Valley - 5 £60,000 -
Oxfordshire - 5 £60,000 -
Db2
England

Db2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (80.00%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) ChangeMan
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior COBOL Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Legacy Code
1 4 (80.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) zOS
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
1 5 (100.00%) Release Management
2 1 (20.00%) Batch Processing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) COBOL
2 4 (80.00%) JCL
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus COBOL
3 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Micro Focus
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle