Berkshire Windows 2000 Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Atherstone Banbury Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Buxton Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Colchester Cornwall Coventry Crawley Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Dewsbury Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Grays Great Yarmouth Greenock Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hull Huntingdon Ilford Inverclyde Ipswich Kent Kidderminster Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newmarket Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redditch Reigate Renfrewshire Rotherham Rugby Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Helens Staffordshire Staines Street Stroud Suffolk Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weston-super-Mare Wiltshire Winchester Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	56	36
Rank change on same period last year	-20
Matching contract IT job ads	62	152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.098 %	0.163 %
As % of the category below	11.52 %	15.56 %
Daily rates quoted	15	24
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£236
Average daily rate	£306	£251
% change on same period last year	+22.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£316	£265
UK excluding London average daily rate	£245	£277
% change on same period last year	-11.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	75
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.95	£20.94
Average hourly rate	£19.79	£21.95
% change on same period last year	-9.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.63	£22.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.29	£17.64
% change on same period last year	-1.98 %
Operating Systems Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	538	977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.847 %	1.047 %
Daily rates quoted	134	281
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£329
Average daily rate	£341	£345
% change on same period last year	-1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£321
% change on same period last year	-1.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	63	209
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.87	£25.33
Average hourly rate	£22.62	£26.94
% change on same period last year	-16.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.38	£28.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.36	£22.18
% change on same period last year	+0.80 %
Windows 2000 South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Windows 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Trend

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

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-20	18	£335	+106.27 %
Slough	+10	10	£350	-
Bracknell	+4	8	£265	+120.83 %
Wokingham	+1	4	£313	-0.79 %
Maidenhead	+2	1	-	-

Windows 2000 South East

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

1 128 (100.00 %) Windows 2 79 (61.72 %) Windows Server 2003 3 65 (50.78 %) Windows XP 4 50 (39.06 %) MS Office 5 48 (37.50 %) Microsoft 6 30 (23.44 %) Windows Vista 7 26 (20.31 %) Active Directory 8 22 (17.19 %) VBScript 8 22 (17.19 %) VB 8 22 (17.19 %) SAN 9 21 (16.41 %) SQL Server 9 21 (16.41 %) Windows NT 10 20 (15.63 %) Security Cleared 10 20 (15.63 %) Microsoft Certification 11 19 (14.84 %) HP

11 19 (14.84 %) HTML 12 18 (14.06 %) SQL 13 17 (13.28 %) DNS 13 17 (13.28 %) VMware 14 16 (12.50 %) MS Excel 15 15 (11.72 %) C# 15 15 (11.72 %) Citrix 15 15 (11.72 %) Clustering 16 14 (10.94 %) Internet 16 14 (10.94 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 16 14 (10.94 %) EMC 17 13 (10.16 %) MS Exchange 17 13 (10.16 %) IIS 17 13 (10.16 %) Telecoms 18 12 (9.375 %) Migration

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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 Development 1 19 (14.84 %) HTML 2 10 (7.813 %) .NET 2 10 (7.813 %) ASP.NET 3 8 (6.250 %) CSS 3 8 (6.250 %) ASP 4 2 (1.563 %) XML 4 2 (1.563 %) XSL 4 2 (1.563 %) Application Packaging 5 1 (0.781 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 13 (10.16 %) IIS 1 13 (10.16 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (7.031 %) SharePoint 3 8 (6.250 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 7 (5.469 %) SharePoint Portal Server 4 7 (5.469 %) GroupWise 5 5 (3.906 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 4 (3.125 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 2 (1.563 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 2 (1.563 %) WebLogic 7 2 (1.563 %) Lotus Notes 8 1 (0.781 %) Tuxedo 8 1 (0.781 %) iPlanet 8 1 (0.781 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 50 (39.06 %) MS Office 2 16 (12.50 %) MS Excel 3 5 (3.906 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (1.563 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 22 (17.19 %) SAN 2 17 (13.28 %) DNS 3 14 (10.94 %) Internet 4 12 (9.375 %) TCP/IP 5 10 (7.813 %) LAN 5 10 (7.813 %) HTTP 6 8 (6.250 %) Firewall 6 8 (6.250 %) VPN 7 5 (3.906 %) WAN 8 4 (3.125 %) DHCP 9 3 (2.344 %) ATM 9 3 (2.344 %) VoIP 9 3 (2.344 %) Network Security 10 2 (1.563 %) FTP 11 1 (0.781 %) SMS 11 1 (0.781 %) Wireless 11 1 (0.781 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 21 (16.41 %) SQL Server 2 8 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2000 2 8 (6.250 %) MSDE 3 2 (1.563 %) Datawarehouse 3 2 (1.563 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (0.781 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (0.781 %) MS Access 4 1 (0.781 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 4 1 (0.781 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 1 (0.781 %) MSI 1 1 (0.781 %) InstallShield	General 1 13 (10.16 %) Telecoms 2 10 (7.813 %) Government 3 4 (3.125 %) Education 4 3 (2.344 %) Back Office 5 2 (1.563 %) Finance 5 2 (1.563 %) Retail 5 2 (1.563 %) FMCG 6 1 (0.781 %) Marketing 6 1 (0.781 %) Banking 6 1 (0.781 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 39 (30.47 %) Analyst 2 22 (17.19 %) Support Analyst 3 21 (16.41 %) Support Engineer 4 14 (10.94 %) 2nd Line Support 5 11 (8.594 %) Wintel Support 6 7 (5.469 %) Desktop Support 6 7 (5.469 %) Web Engineer 7 6 (4.688 %) Web Support Engineer 7 6 (4.688 %) Architect 7 6 (4.688 %) Consultant 7 6 (4.688 %) Applications Support 8 5 (3.906 %) Process Analyst 8 5 (3.906 %) Support Specialist 8 5 (3.906 %) Tester 8 5 (3.906 %) Technical Architect 8 5 (3.906 %) Test Analyst 8 5 (3.906 %) Applications Support Engineer 9 4 (3.125 %) Administrator 9 4 (3.125 %) 1st Line Support 9 4 (3.125 %) 2nd Line Support Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 15 (11.72 %) Clustering 2 3 (2.344 %) Computer Science 2 3 (2.344 %) Management Information System 3 2 (1.563 %) Blackberry 3 2 (1.563 %) Video Conferencing 4 1 (0.781 %) CESG 4 1 (0.781 %) CESG CLAS 4 1 (0.781 %) N-Tier 4 1 (0.781 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 128 (100.00 %) Windows 2 79 (61.72 %) Windows Server 2003 3 65 (50.78 %) Windows XP 4 30 (23.44 %) Windows Vista 5 21 (16.41 %) Windows NT 6 10 (7.813 %) UNIX 7 9 (7.031 %) Linux 7 9 (7.031 %) Windows Server 2008 8 8 (6.250 %) Solaris 9 7 (5.469 %) Windows 2000 Server 10 4 (3.125 %) HPUX 11 2 (1.563 %) FreeBSD 11 2 (1.563 %) Tru64 11 2 (1.563 %) OpenBSD 12 1 (0.781 %) VMS 12 1 (0.781 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (15.63 %) Security Cleared 2 12 (9.375 %) SC Cleared 2 12 (9.375 %) Migration 3 10 (7.813 %) Web Development 3 10 (7.813 %) Network Load Balancing 4 9 (7.031 %) ITIL 5 6 (4.688 %) DV Cleared 6 5 (3.906 %) Manual Testing 6 5 (3.906 %) Automated Testing 6 5 (3.906 %) Project Management 6 5 (3.906 %) Change Management 7 3 (2.344 %) Strategic Planning 7 3 (2.344 %) Incident Management 8 2 (1.563 %) Business Intelligence 8 2 (1.563 %) Problem Management 8 2 (1.563 %) Fault Management 8 2 (1.563 %) Test Scripting 8 2 (1.563 %) Computer Security 9 1 (0.781 %) Data Migration 9 1 (0.781 %) PRINCE
Programming Languages 1 22 (17.19 %) VBScript 1 22 (17.19 %) VB 2 18 (14.06 %) SQL 3 15 (11.72 %) C# 4 10 (7.813 %) Java 4 10 (7.813 %) JavaScript 5 9 (7.031 %) C 6 5 (3.906 %) Delphi 7 4 (3.125 %) VBA 7 4 (3.125 %) Shell Script 8 3 (2.344 %) Perl 9 2 (1.563 %) XPath 10 1 (0.781 %) PowerShell	Qualifications 1 20 (15.63 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (5.469 %) MCSE 3 4 (3.125 %) MCP 3 4 (3.125 %) Degree 4 2 (1.563 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (1.563 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 4 2 (1.563 %) CCNA 4 2 (1.563 %) CCA 4 2 (1.563 %) Citrix Certification 4 2 (1.563 %) CCEA 4 2 (1.563 %) CNE 4 2 (1.563 %) Novell Certification 5 1 (0.781 %) Sun Certification 5 1 (0.781 %) CISSP 5 1 (0.781 %) MCDST 5 1 (0.781 %) MCSD 5 1 (0.781 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (9.375 %) SLA	System Software 1 26 (20.31 %) Active Directory 2 5 (3.906 %) NetBackup 3 4 (3.125 %) VMware ESX 4 3 (2.344 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 2 (1.563 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 2 (1.563 %) VMware GSX 5 2 (1.563 %) MetaFrame 6 1 (0.781 %) Terminal Services 6 1 (0.781 %) ISA Server 6 1 (0.781 %) VMware Workstation 6 1 (0.781 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 14 (10.94 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (2.344 %) EMC NetWorker 3 2 (1.563 %) ARCserve 4 1 (0.781 %) WSUS 4 1 (0.781 %) SCCM 4 1 (0.781 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 1 (0.781 %) Tivoli 4 1 (0.781 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 48 (37.50 %) Microsoft 2 19 (14.84 %) HP 3 17 (13.28 %) VMware 4 15 (11.72 %) Citrix 5 14 (10.94 %) EMC 6 8 (6.250 %) Oracle 7 7 (5.469 %) Novell 8 5 (3.906 %) VERITAS 8 5 (3.906 %) Cisco 8 5 (3.906 %) Sun 9 4 (3.125 %) Compaq 9 4 (3.125 %) Symantec 10 3 (2.344 %) Nokia 10 3 (2.344 %) Sophos 10 3 (2.344 %) Dell 11 2 (1.563 %) Business Objects 11 2 (1.563 %) Lotus 11 2 (1.563 %) Intel 11 2 (1.563 %) Remedy 11 2 (1.563 %) Polycom