IBM OS/2 (OS2)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring OS/2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OS/2 over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 898 911
Rank change year-on-year - +13 -
Permanent jobs citing OS/2 0 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK - 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.014% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £30,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £30,000 -

All Operating Systems
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 7,151 14,325 14,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.64% 12.99% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,382 10,705 10,170
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -

OS/2
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OS/2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OS/2 in the UK

OS/2
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OS/2.

Salary trend for OS/2 in the UK