OS/2 Contract Job Trends in England

IBM OS/2 (OS2)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring OS/2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OS/2 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.002% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.022% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £153 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - -
75th Percentile £158 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £155 - -

All Operating Systems
England

OS/2 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,531 3,825 4,703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.77% 13.75% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,901 2,523 3,040
10th Percentile £190 £190 £200
25th Percentile £310 £304 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £583 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 242 241
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £15.17
25th Percentile £19.00 £18.51 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -52.10% +14.43%
75th Percentile £67.84 £59.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £67.00 -
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +2.47% -47.05% +5.57%

OS/2
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OS/2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

OS/2 job vacancy trend in England

OS/2
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OS/2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OS/2

OS/2
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OS/2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing OS/2

OS/2
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OS/2 within the England region over the 6 months to 11 September 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 1 £155 - 1
OS/2
UK

OS/2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) City & Guilds