IBM Db2
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Db2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 729 606 486
Rank change year-on-year -123 -120 +237
Permanent jobs citing Db2 58 76 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.055% 0.15% 0.44%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.65% 1.00% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 42 35 65
10th Percentile - £31,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -10.00% +34.53%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,170 £90,000
90th Percentile £107,250 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +23.81% +16.67%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 8,983 7,598 13,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.56% 15.32% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 6,024 4,867 8,691
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,755
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

Db2
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Db2 job vacancy trend in the UK

Db2
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Db2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Db2

Db2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Db2 over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Db2 in the UK

Db2
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Db2 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 August 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
England -89 58 £65,000 - 16
London -25 45 £80,000 +18.52% 7
Work from Home -31 19 £62,500 -5.84% 5
UK excluding London -102 13 £60,000 -7.69% 8
Midlands -34 6 £60,000 -7.69% 4
South East -22 4 £60,000 -27.27%
West Midlands -34 4 £60,000 -7.69% 1
North of England -56 3 - - 2
North West -10 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 - - 3
North East - 1 - -

Db2
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 11 (18.97%) Confluence
2 9 (15.52%) CICS
3 1 (1.72%) JBoss
3 1 (1.72%) PegaRULES
3 1 (1.72%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.72%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.72%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (17.24%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (13.79%) Maximo
2 1 (1.72%) Misys Equation
2 1 (1.72%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 26 (44.83%) Azure
2 10 (17.24%) Lucidchart
3 5 (8.62%) AWS
3 5 (8.62%) GCP
4 4 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.17%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.45%) GitHub
6 2 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.72%) OCI
7 1 (1.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 13 (22.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (18.97%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (17.24%) DTS
5 9 (15.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (6.90%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (6.90%) WhereScape RED
7 3 (5.17%) DB2 UDB
7 3 (5.17%) Power BI
7 3 (5.17%) QlikView
8 2 (3.45%) Easytrieve
8 2 (3.45%) Hazelcast
8 2 (3.45%) MongoDB
8 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
9 1 (1.72%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Git
1 5 (8.62%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.90%) ChangeMan
3 3 (5.17%) Eclipse
3 3 (5.17%) JIRA
4 2 (3.45%) IntelliJ
5 1 (1.72%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.72%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.72%) NetBeans
5 1 (1.72%) Selenium
General
1 20 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
1 20 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 19 (32.76%) Finance
3 8 (13.79%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (10.34%) Banking
5 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.17%) Retail
6 2 (3.45%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Senior
2 14 (24.14%) Architect
3 13 (22.41%) Developer
3 13 (22.41%) Solutions Architect
4 10 (17.24%) Consultant
5 9 (15.52%) Applications Support
6 8 (13.79%) Maximo Consultant
6 8 (13.79%) Senior Consultant
6 8 (13.79%) Senior Maximo Consultant
7 7 (12.07%) Analyst
8 5 (8.62%) Senior Applications Support
9 4 (6.90%) Applications Support Analyst
9 4 (6.90%) COBOL Developer
9 4 (6.90%) Data Engineer
9 4 (6.90%) Java Architect
9 4 (6.90%) Java Solutions Architect
9 4 (6.90%) Senior COBOL Developer
9 4 (6.90%) Senior Developer
9 4 (6.90%) Support Analyst
10 3 (5.17%) JDE Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (24.14%) Middleware
2 13 (22.41%) Spring
3 12 (20.69%) .NET
3 12 (20.69%) Kafka
3 12 (20.69%) Spring Boot
4 11 (18.97%) Node.js
5 8 (13.79%) Web Services
6 4 (6.90%) HTML
6 4 (6.90%) ISPF
6 4 (6.90%) React
7 3 (5.17%) AngularJS
7 3 (5.17%) CSS
7 3 (5.17%) Jakarta EE
7 3 (5.17%) REST
7 3 (5.17%) RESTful
8 2 (3.45%) CSS3
8 2 (3.45%) HTML5
8 2 (3.45%) JMS
8 2 (3.45%) Model Context Protocol
8 2 (3.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.76%) Legacy Systems
2 14 (24.14%) iSeries
3 13 (22.41%) Legacy Applications
4 10 (17.24%) EPoS
5 7 (12.07%) Mainframe
6 6 (10.34%) AS400
7 5 (8.62%) VSAM
8 4 (6.90%) Legacy Code
9 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
9 3 (5.17%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (3.45%) AI Agents
10 2 (3.45%) Blockchain
10 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
10 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (1.72%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 13 (22.41%) Windows
2 6 (10.34%) zOS
3 3 (5.17%) Unix
4 2 (3.45%) AIX
4 2 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (41.38%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (20.69%) Agile
2 12 (20.69%) Microservices
3 11 (18.97%) Event-Driven
3 11 (18.97%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 10 (17.24%) API Management
4 10 (17.24%) Containerisation
4 10 (17.24%) Data Integration
4 10 (17.24%) Data Mapping
4 10 (17.24%) E-Commerce
4 10 (17.24%) Webhook
5 9 (15.52%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 9 (15.52%) Customer-Centricity
5 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
6 8 (13.79%) Asset Management
6 8 (13.79%) EAM
6 8 (13.79%) Facilities Management
6 8 (13.79%) Migration
6 8 (13.79%) Performance Management
7 7 (12.07%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (50.00%) SQL
2 27 (46.55%) Java
3 17 (29.31%) RPG
4 13 (22.41%) C#
5 11 (18.97%) PL/SQL
6 10 (17.24%) COBOL
7 9 (15.52%) JCL
7 9 (15.52%) VB.NET
8 6 (10.34%) Python
9 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
9 4 (6.90%) RPG IV
9 4 (6.90%) T-SQL
10 3 (5.17%) JavaScript
11 2 (3.45%) Assembly Language
11 2 (3.45%) RPG III
12 1 (1.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) DV Cleared
1 8 (13.79%) SC Cleared
1 8 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.62%) Degree
3 2 (3.45%) CGEIT
3 2 (3.45%) CISA
3 2 (3.45%) CISM
3 2 (3.45%) CISSP
3 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.45%) FFIEC
3 2 (3.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.45%) COBIT
2 2 (3.45%) GDPR
2 2 (3.45%) NIST
3 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.45%) Time Sharing Option
2 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) CA Endevor
2 1 (1.72%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (48.28%) IBM
2 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.34%) Oracle
4 5 (8.62%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.90%) Citrix
6 3 (5.17%) JD Edwards
7 2 (3.45%) Pega
8 1 (1.72%) Google
8 1 (1.72%) Misys
8 1 (1.72%) Sybase
8 1 (1.72%) VMware