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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 622 543 785
Rank change year-on-year -79 +242 +147
Permanent jobs citing DB2 87 396 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.38% 0.18%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.14% 2.16% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 48 91 108
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,125 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £78,126 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +25.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £71,563 £90,995 £72,813
90th Percentile £77,875 £95,000 £87,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £71,496 £53,325
% change year-on-year -9.09% +34.08% -8.06%

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 7,654 18,365 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 17.78% 21.51%
Number of salaries quoted 4,812 12,527 13,034
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,394 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.03% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,751 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £103,750
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 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for DB2 in the UK

DB2
Top 13 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 30 May 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 -105 69 £65,000 -16.80% 260
London +99 47 £65,000 -27.78% 23
UK excluding London -79 39 £65,000 -9.09% 276
Work from Home +59 34 £65,000 -16.80% 32
Scotland +92 14 £74,935 +4.09% 18
North of England -50 11 £32,500 -56.67% 58
West Midlands +58 9 £65,000 -16.13% 27
Midlands +14 9 £65,000 -16.13% 56
Yorkshire +51 8 £32,500 -7.14% 23
North West -81 3 - - 29
Northern Ireland - 3 £50,000 - 6
South East -4 1 £85,000 +88.89% 72
East of England - 1 £65,000 - 42

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 8 (9.20%) CICS
2 4 (4.60%) WebSphere
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%) Apache Spark
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 45 (51.72%) Azure
2 10 (11.49%) AWS
3 7 (8.05%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (8.05%) Azure Logic Apps
3 7 (8.05%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (8.05%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (8.05%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.60%) GCP
5 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.30%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.15%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (1.15%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.15%) IaaS
6 1 (1.15%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.15%) PaaS
6 1 (1.15%) SaaS
6 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.90%) Multicast
2 5 (5.75%) SAN
3 4 (4.60%) FTP
4 1 (1.15%) HTTP
4 1 (1.15%) LAN
4 1 (1.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (34.48%) SQL Server
2 19 (21.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 18 (20.69%) MongoDB
4 16 (18.39%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (17.24%) Relational Database
6 14 (16.09%) NoSQL
7 13 (14.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (4.60%) MaxDB
8 4 (4.60%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (4.60%) SAP HANA
9 2 (2.30%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (2.30%) IBM InfoSphere
9 2 (2.30%) RDBMS
10 1 (1.15%) Apache Hive
10 1 (1.15%) DataStage
10 1 (1.15%) Hadoop
10 1 (1.15%) MS Access
10 1 (1.15%) MySQL
10 1 (1.15%) QlikView
10 1 (1.15%) QualityStage
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%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (1.15%) NetBeans
General
1 38 (43.68%) Social Skills
2 24 (27.59%) Finance
3 16 (18.39%) 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
10 1 (1.15%) Aviation
10 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.15%) Games
10 1 (1.15%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (35.63%) Senior
2 20 (22.99%) Analyst
3 19 (21.84%) Support Analyst
4 18 (20.69%) Applications Support
4 18 (20.69%) Applications Support Analyst
4 18 (20.69%) Senior Analyst
5 17 (19.54%) Senior Applications Support
5 17 (19.54%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
5 17 (19.54%) Senior Support Analyst
6 11 (12.64%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (12.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 10 (11.49%) Consultant
7 10 (11.49%) Developer
8 9 (10.34%) Support Engineer
9 7 (8.05%) 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 20 (22.99%) .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 9 (10.34%) .NET Framework
4 9 (10.34%) ASP.NET
4 9 (10.34%) Spring
5 8 (9.20%) Web Services
6 7 (8.05%) Spring Boot
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
10 2 (2.30%) IBM Integration Bus
10 2 (2.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.24%) Data Structures
1 15 (17.24%) Mainframe
2 14 (16.09%) Algorithms
2 14 (16.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (12.64%) e-Learning
4 10 (11.49%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (6.90%) Replication
6 5 (5.75%) AS400
6 5 (5.75%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (4.60%) iSeries
8 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
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%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (1.15%) Private Cloud
10 1 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 43 (49.43%) Windows
2 19 (21.84%) 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%) Windows 10
6 6 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (5.75%) AIX
8 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.15%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (32.18%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (29.89%) Mentoring
3 24 (27.59%) Agile
4 18 (20.69%) DevOps
5 14 (16.09%) Artificial Intelligence
6 12 (13.79%) Co-Creation
6 12 (13.79%) Code Quality
6 12 (13.79%) Customer-Centricity
6 12 (13.79%) Design Thinking
6 12 (13.79%) Test Automation
6 12 (13.79%) User Experience
7 11 (12.64%) Change Management
7 11 (12.64%) Coaching
7 11 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development
7 11 (12.64%) Problem Management
7 11 (12.64%) Software Engineering
8 10 (11.49%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 10 (11.49%) Service Delivery
9 9 (10.34%) Application Security
9 9 (10.34%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 58 (66.67%) SQL
2 27 (31.03%) Java
3 21 (24.14%) PL/SQL
4 19 (21.84%) C#
4 19 (21.84%) VB.NET
5 10 (11.49%) COBOL
6 9 (10.34%) T-SQL
7 8 (9.20%) JCL
7 8 (9.20%) Python
8 5 (5.75%) RPG
8 5 (5.75%) RPG IV
9 4 (4.60%) ABAP
9 4 (4.60%) Bash
10 3 (3.45%) JavaScript
10 3 (3.45%) REXX
10 3 (3.45%) Shell Script
11 2 (2.30%) Assembly Language
11 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
12 1 (1.15%) PL/1
12 1 (1.15%) Scala
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Degree
2 9 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
3 4 (4.60%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.15%) Azure 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 4 (4.60%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.45%) Ansible
3 2 (2.30%) CA Endevor
3 2 (2.30%) Control-M
3 2 (2.30%) Grafana
3 2 (2.30%) Prometheus
3 2 (2.30%) Terraform
4 1 (1.15%) CA Service Virtualization
4 1 (1.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 43 (49.43%) IBM
2 26 (29.89%) Microsoft
3 13 (14.94%) Red Hat
4 12 (13.79%) Oracle
5 11 (12.64%) ServiceNow
6 10 (11.49%) Sybase
7 7 (8.05%) SolarWinds
8 5 (5.75%) Cisco
9 4 (4.60%) SAP
10 3 (3.45%) Splunk
11 2 (2.30%) Curam
11 2 (2.30%) Dynatrace
12 1 (1.15%) Adobe
12 1 (1.15%) AppDynamics
12 1 (1.15%) Broadcom
12 1 (1.15%) Cincom
12 1 (1.15%) Cloudera
12 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
12 1 (1.15%) Imperva
12 1 (1.15%) Syncsort