IBM DB2
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring DB2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited DB2 over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 537 752
Rank change year-on-year -113 +215 +191
Permanent jobs citing DB2 87 387 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.39% 0.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.09% 2.32% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 46 90 93
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,585 £27,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £78,126 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +34.70% -9.63%
75th Percentile £72,500 £90,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £80,625 £95,000 £84,510
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.99% +27.62% -10.26%

All Database and 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 7,973 16,647 17,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.25% 16.58% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,965 11,160 12,345
10th Percentile £35,250 £36,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -6.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

DB2
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing DB2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for DB2 in the UK

DB2
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DB2.

Salary trend for DB2 in the UK

DB2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DB2 over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for DB2 in the UK

DB2
Top 14 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 17 July 2025. 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 -134 67 £65,000 -16.80% 38
London +73 43 £65,625 -27.08% 13
UK excluding London -104 42 £65,000 -2.99% 41
Work from Home +20 31 £65,000 -16.80% 19
Scotland +85 15 £75,000 +4.18% 16
West Midlands +56 10 £65,000 -13.33% 2
Midlands 0 10 £65,000 -13.33% 6
North of England -38 10 £32,500 -58.40% 12
Yorkshire +33 7 £32,500 -7.14% 3
North West -75 3 - - 7
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 1
South East -30 2 £82,500 +83.33% 7
South West +85 1 - -
East of England - 1 £65,000 - 2

DB2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.05%) CICS
2 4 (4.60%) WebSphere
3 2 (2.30%) Apache Spark
3 2 (2.30%) Confluence
3 2 (2.30%) Tomcat
3 2 (2.30%) WebLogic
3 2 (2.30%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (1.15%) Apache
4 1 (1.15%) IIS
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.15%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 1 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 40 (45.98%) Azure
2 13 (14.94%) AWS
3 8 (9.20%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (8.05%) Azure Logic Apps
4 7 (8.05%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (8.05%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.45%) GCP
6 2 (2.30%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.30%) Serverless
6 2 (2.30%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.15%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (1.15%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (1.15%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.90%) Multicast
1 6 (6.90%) SAN
2 4 (4.60%) FTP
3 1 (1.15%) HTTP
3 1 (1.15%) LAN
3 1 (1.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (31.03%) SQL Server
2 18 (20.69%) MongoDB
2 18 (20.69%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (19.54%) Relational Database
4 15 (17.24%) NoSQL
5 14 (16.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (9.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (4.60%) MaxDB
7 4 (4.60%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (4.60%) SAP HANA
8 3 (3.45%) RDBMS
9 2 (2.30%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (2.30%) IBM InfoSphere
9 2 (2.30%) MySQL
10 1 (1.15%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (1.15%) Data Hub
10 1 (1.15%) DataStage
10 1 (1.15%) DynamoDB
10 1 (1.15%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (10.34%) Visual Studio
2 7 (8.05%) Jenkins
3 4 (4.60%) Git
3 4 (4.60%) JIRA
3 4 (4.60%) JUnit
4 3 (3.45%) Eclipse
5 2 (2.30%) Bitbucket
5 2 (2.30%) GitLab
5 2 (2.30%) IntelliJ
6 1 (1.15%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.15%) Gradle
6 1 (1.15%) NetBeans
General
1 33 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 22 (25.29%) Finance
3 17 (19.54%) Public Sector
4 15 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (12.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (10.34%) Banking
7 5 (5.75%) Advertising
8 4 (4.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.30%) Front Office
9 2 (2.30%) Games
10 1 (1.15%) Aviation
10 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.15%) Law
10 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (29.89%) Senior
2 15 (17.24%) Analyst
3 14 (16.09%) Applications Support
3 14 (16.09%) Support Analyst
4 13 (14.94%) Applications Support Analyst
4 13 (14.94%) Senior Analyst
5 12 (13.79%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (13.79%) Senior Applications Support
5 12 (13.79%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
5 12 (13.79%) Senior Support Analyst
6 11 (12.64%) Consultant
6 11 (12.64%) Developer
6 11 (12.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 9 (10.34%) Support Engineer
8 8 (9.20%) Java Developer
9 7 (8.05%) Software Engineer
10 6 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 6 (6.90%) Lead
11 5 (5.75%) Architect
11 5 (5.75%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.24%) .NET
2 14 (16.09%) AngularJS
2 14 (16.09%) React
3 12 (13.79%) Backbone.js
3 12 (13.79%) Bootstrap
3 12 (13.79%) Ember.js
3 12 (13.79%) jQuery
4 11 (12.64%) Spring
5 9 (10.34%) .NET Framework
5 9 (10.34%) ASP.NET
6 8 (9.20%) Spring Boot
6 8 (9.20%) Web Services
7 6 (6.90%) Middleware
8 4 (4.60%) SAP Basis
8 4 (4.60%) SOAP
9 3 (3.45%) Hibernate
9 3 (3.45%) J2EE
9 3 (3.45%) JSON
9 3 (3.45%) RESTful
10 2 (2.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.54%) Mainframe
2 15 (17.24%) Data Structures
3 14 (16.09%) Algorithms
3 14 (16.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (12.64%) e-Learning
5 8 (9.20%) Replication
6 5 (5.75%) AS400
6 5 (5.75%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (5.75%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
7 4 (4.60%) iSeries
8 3 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (2.30%) Equity Derivative
9 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
9 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.15%) Client/Server
10 1 (1.15%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 40 (45.98%) Windows
2 21 (24.14%) Linux
3 12 (13.79%) Android
3 12 (13.79%) Apple iOS
4 11 (12.64%) Unix
5 10 (11.49%) zOS
6 6 (6.90%) AIX
6 6 (6.90%) Windows 10
6 6 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.15%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.15%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.18%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (29.89%) Agile
3 21 (24.14%) Mentoring
4 18 (20.69%) DevOps
5 15 (17.24%) Artificial Intelligence
6 12 (13.79%) Change Management
6 12 (13.79%) Co-Creation
6 12 (13.79%) Code Quality
6 12 (13.79%) Design Thinking
6 12 (13.79%) Test Automation
6 12 (13.79%) User Experience
7 11 (12.64%) Coaching
7 11 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development
7 11 (12.64%) Problem Management
8 10 (11.49%) Service Delivery
8 10 (11.49%) Software Engineering
9 9 (10.34%) Application Security
9 9 (10.34%) ITSM
9 9 (10.34%) Proactive Maintenance
10 8 (9.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 55 (63.22%) SQL
2 29 (33.33%) Java
3 17 (19.54%) PL/SQL
4 14 (16.09%) C#
4 14 (16.09%) VB.NET
5 11 (12.64%) COBOL
6 9 (10.34%) Python
6 9 (10.34%) T-SQL
7 8 (9.20%) JCL
8 5 (5.75%) RPG
8 5 (5.75%) RPG IV
9 4 (4.60%) ABAP
9 4 (4.60%) Bash
9 4 (4.60%) REXX
9 4 (4.60%) Shell Script
10 3 (3.45%) Assembly Language
10 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
10 3 (3.45%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.15%) Perl
11 1 (1.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 16 (18.39%) Degree
2 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.15%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.15%) NCSC
1 1 (1.15%) NIST
1 1 (1.15%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.60%) Docker
3 2 (2.30%) Job Entry Subsystem
3 2 (2.30%) RACF
3 2 (2.30%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (1.15%) ACF2
4 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.60%) Ansible
3 3 (3.45%) CA Endevor
3 3 (3.45%) Prometheus
3 3 (3.45%) Terraform
4 2 (2.30%) Control-M
4 2 (2.30%) Grafana
5 1 (1.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 44 (50.57%) IBM
2 22 (25.29%) Microsoft
3 15 (17.24%) Oracle
4 13 (14.94%) Red Hat
5 11 (12.64%) ServiceNow
6 10 (11.49%) Sybase
7 7 (8.05%) SolarWinds
8 5 (5.75%) Cisco
8 5 (5.75%) SAP
9 3 (3.45%) Splunk
10 2 (2.30%) Curam
10 2 (2.30%) Dynatrace
11 1 (1.15%) AppDynamics
11 1 (1.15%) Broadcom
11 1 (1.15%) Cloudera
11 1 (1.15%) Cognos
11 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
11 1 (1.15%) Imperva
11 1 (1.15%) JD Edwards
11 1 (1.15%) Syncsort