OS/2 Contract Job Trends in the South West

IBM OS/2 (OS2)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring OS/2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OS/2 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.027% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.24% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £153 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 - -
75th Percentile £158 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £155 - -

All Operating Systems
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 417 350 548
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 11.22% 17.83% 20.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 224 334
10th Percentile £213 £186 £179
25th Percentile £363 £225 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £437 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -16.71% +0.96%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £588
90th Percentile £731 £675 £672
England median daily rate £468 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 49 65
10th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £57.60
25th Percentile £21.09 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.38% -73.04% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £79.38 £68.00 -
England median hourly rate £34.68 £25.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +38.70% -52.38% +14.43%

OS/2
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

OS/2 job vacancy trend in the South West

OS/2
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OS/2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing OS/2

OS/2
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Bristol - 1 £155 - 1
OS/2
England

OS/2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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