OS/2 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IBM OS/2 (OS2)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 475 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OS/2 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.004% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.031% - -
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,185 2,570 2,941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.31% 16.62% 16.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,970 1,641 1,849
10th Percentile £185 £178 £183
25th Percentile £263 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £447 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% -0.67% -
75th Percentile £556 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £672
UK median daily rate £469 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.22% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 222 243
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.50 £15.18
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £18.39
Median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% -49.70% +14.29%
75th Percentile £67.25 £62.81 £69.22
90th Percentile £74.57 £67.00 £70.00
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 the UK excluding London

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

OS/2 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

OS/2
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OS/2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OS/2

OS/2
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OS/2.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing OS/2

OS/2
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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 the UK excluding London 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