IBM OS/2 (OS2)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for OS/2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OS/2 over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 901 981 -
Rank change year-on-year +80 - -
Permanent jobs citing OS/2 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.002% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.014% 0.012% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,500 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -
75th Percentile £32,500 £52,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -40.00% - -

All Operating Systems
UK

OS/2 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,128 16,640 29,545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.34% 15.99% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10,924 11,185 16,770
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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

OS/2
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OS/2 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +94 2 £30,000 -40.00% 1
UK excluding London +4 2 £30,000 -40.00%
South East - 2 £30,000 -

OS/2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) DataOps Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) DataOps
1 2 (100.00%) Migration