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DB2 freelance projects & contracts in Germany 2026

0.5% of the analysed German IT freelance listings name DB2 – 246 projects, rank 204 of the 250 most requested IT skills. In October 2026 it was 0.5% (+0.1 percentage points from the month before). DB2 is asked for most often in Java Backend Developer projects: they make up 29% of the engineering projects with DB2.

By . Data: 52,106 listings on German IT freelance project boards, May 2026 – October 2026. Published , last updated .

Is DB2 required or nice to have?

63% of the listings with DB2 name it as a required skill. That is less often than for most skills of this overview (median 69%). 24% name it as nice to have, 13% without a clear mark.

DB2 demand by month

Share of listings with DB2 per month of first publication, with the number of projects under each month; months with fewer than 1,000 projects are left out. Single months fluctuate.

  1. June 202656 of 7,653 projects0.7%
  2. July 202642 of 9,884 projects0.4%
  3. August 202643 of 10,216 projects0.4%
  4. September 202641 of 10,958 projects0.4%
  5. October 202659 of 13,054 projects0.5%

Skills asked for together with DB2

The 15 skills that listings with DB2 name most often besides it, as a share of those projects. Blue: typical for DB2, i.e. asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall; the tick shows the share across all projects.

Under each skill: its share across all projects.

  1. SQLall projects 4.8%45%
  2. Javaall projects 6.6%38%
  3. Mainframeall projects 0.3%25%
  4. z/OSall projects 0.2%24%
  5. PostgreSQLall projects 2.9%23%
  6. REST APIsall projects 7.3%21%
  7. COBOLall projects 0.3%20%
  8. Linuxall projects 4.7%20%
  9. Dockerall projects 4.8%19%
  10. Jenkinsall projects 2%18%
  11. Jiraall projects 8.5%17%
  12. Gitall projects 5.1%17%
  13. Spring Bootall projects 3.7%17%
  14. Kubernetesall projects 7.1%17%
  15. Bankingall projects 2.5%15%

Typical for DB2 – asked for at least 3 times as often as in projects overall – are z/OS (24%), Mainframe (25%), COBOL (20%), SQL (45%), Jenkins (18%), PostgreSQL (23%).

Frequent anyway and often part of it here: REST APIs (21%), Jira (17%), Kubernetes (17%).

Roles asking for DB2

73% of the projects with DB2 are engineering projects (180 projects) – projects that build software or technical systems; the rest are e.g. consulting, project management or IT operations. The bars show the roles with the most of those projects and their share of them; 39% fit none of the major roles. Under each role: how many of its projects name DB2, and how often as required.

  1. Java Backend Developerin 4.2% of the role's projects · required 57%29%
  2. Java Fullstack Developerin 2.3% of the role's projects · required 79%11%
  3. Test Engineerin 1% of the role's projects · required 33%8.3%
  4. Data Engineerin 0.8% of the role's projects · required 73%6.1%

Skills related to DB2

Skills of this overview that are asked for together with DB2 much more often than chance would predict.

How to use the data

If DB2 is in your profile, the blue skills often belong with it – name them if you have them. Projectmatch automatically matches new projects against your profile and shows for each project which of the required skills your profile covers. Browse current DB2 projects or try it now.

All skills compared: Most in-demand IT skills in German freelance projects. Which skills form clusters: Which skills belong together? Which skills are in particular demand in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and other cities: IT freelance projects by city. How DB2 compares with its alternatives: PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server: databases in demand.

Method

An AI model reads the requested skills from each project description, and a project's role from its title and skills; the figures are updated monthly. Details: method of the IT skills analysis.