Hybrid/Remote Db2 Job Trends

IBM Db2
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Db2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 404 449
Rank change year-on-year -33 +45 +47
Permanent jobs citing Db2 16 29 59
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.070% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.51% 0.97% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 15 21 44
10th Percentile £51,500 - £35,112
25th Percentile £57,500 £31,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.46% +30.48%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,840 £91,991
90th Percentile £72,000 £77,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +27.27%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,145 3,004 5,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.73% 18.16% 20.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,525 2,048 3,867
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,854 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,795 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -3.39% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £122,861
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.51%

Db2
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Db2 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Db2 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Db2
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Db2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Db2

Db2
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Db2 over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Db2 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Db2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 12 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (37.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 4 (25.00%) WhereScape RED
4 3 (18.75%) DB2 UDB
4 3 (18.75%) Power BI
4 3 (18.75%) QlikView
5 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 10 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Applications Support
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Data Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Applications Support
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Finance Business Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Financial Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) JDE Business Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (37.50%) .NET
2 2 (12.50%) EDI
2 2 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (18.75%) AS400
2 3 (18.75%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 6 (37.50%) Customer-Centricity
2 6 (37.50%) ETL
3 5 (31.25%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (25.00%) Data Architecture
4 4 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 4 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
4 4 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (25.00%) ETL Development
4 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (25.00%) Validation
5 3 (18.75%) Cost Accounting
5 3 (18.75%) Cost Management
5 3 (18.75%) Impact Analysis
5 3 (18.75%) Kaizen
5 3 (18.75%) Prototyping
5 3 (18.75%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) SQL
2 10 (62.50%) C#
3 6 (37.50%) PL/SQL
3 6 (37.50%) VB.NET
4 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
4 4 (25.00%) Python
4 4 (25.00%) T-SQL
5 3 (18.75%) RPG
5 3 (18.75%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) IBM
2 3 (18.75%) JD Edwards
3 2 (12.50%) Infor
3 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow