The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
Rank 108 117 118
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 13 15 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.546% 0.482% 0.400%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.390% 2.890% 1.951%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 1
Average daily rate £179 £215 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.86% -28.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £200 £300
% change year-on-year
+37.50% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Average hourly rate £182.50 - £13.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £17.00 £12.30
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +38.21%
All Operating Systems
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
544 519 615
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 22.86% 16.68% 20.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 219 218
Average daily rate £350 £325 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +3.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £216 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 50 48
Average hourly rate £20.50 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.24% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.75 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows 2000
South East

Windows 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Berkshire Windows 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Berkshire Windows 2000 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 2000 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bracknell -12 8 £165 -48.43%
Reading +5 4 £300 +39.53% 2
Wokingham - - - -
Windows 2000
South East

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows 2000 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows 2000.

1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
4 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
5 8 (50.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 7 (43.75%) McAfee
7 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
8 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
8 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
8 5 (31.25%) CAE
8 5 (31.25%) HP
8 5 (31.25%) Software Deployment
8 5 (31.25%) Software Distribution
9 4 (25.00%) SMS
9 4 (25.00%) IIS
9 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
10 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (18.75%) VMware
10 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
11 2 (12.50%) Internet
11 2 (12.50%) Citrix
11 2 (12.50%) CCA
11 2 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (12.50%) MetaFrame
11 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (12.50%) Thin Client
11 2 (12.50%) Windows NT
11 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
11 2 (12.50%) NFS
11 2 (12.50%) DNS

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Windows 2000 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) IIS
2 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
3 2 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (12.50%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) SMS
2 2 (12.50%) Internet
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (6.250%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (18.75%) Support Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Support Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Support Technician
6 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Server Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) Server Support Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Technical Leader
6 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Thin Client
1 2 (12.50%) Fat Client
2 1 (6.250%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
4 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (12.50%) Windows NT
5 2 (12.50%) UNIX
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) CAE
1 5 (31.25%) Software Deployment
1 5 (31.25%) Software Distribution
2 2 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (6.250%) Process Architecture
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) CCA
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (12.50%) MCSE
3 2 (12.50%) HNC
3 2 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) MetaFrame
2 2 (12.50%) NFS
2 2 (12.50%) vSphere
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) McAfee
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) HP
4 3 (18.75%) VMware
5 2 (12.50%) Citrix