The first table below looks at the demand for OS/2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OS/2 over the 3 months to 17 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM OS/2 (OS2)
Rank 389 413 438
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +25
Contract jobs citing OS/2 1 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.004% 0.011% 0.010%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.021% 0.054% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £500 - £513
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £13.00 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +23.80%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.50 -
All Operating Systems
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
4778 5574 6379
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 20.74% 20.91% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 3137 3289 3857
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 327 321
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% +2.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.70 £34.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.08
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +5.70%
OS/2
England

OS/2
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OS/2 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

London OS/2 Jobs Demand Trend

OS/2
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OS/2 across the London region.

London OS/2 Daily Rate Trend

OS/2
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OS/2 across the London region.

London OS/2 Hourly Rate Trend

OS/2
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing OS/2 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OS/2.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) WebTrends
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App

OS/2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing OS/2 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OS/2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) WebTrends
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
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