The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 Server over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Buckinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Rank 64 63 66
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 Server 4 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.494% 1.230% 1.124%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.410% 4.364% 4.412%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 7
Average daily rate - £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +0.07%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -11.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £24.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-38.14% +38.57%
All Operating Systems
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
166 275 272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 20.49% 28.18% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 103 79
Average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £148 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £396
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 30 42
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.40 £15.00 £36.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 2000 Server
South East

Windows 2000 Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Windows 2000 Server Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Windows 2000 Server Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Windows 2000 Server Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 2000 Server
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 Server within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Milton Keynes -1 4 - -
Windows 2000 Server
South East

Windows 2000 Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Windows 2000 Server 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 Server.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (75.00%) SCOM
3 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
4 5 (62.50%) Citrix
4 5 (62.50%) Windows NT
4 5 (62.50%) VMware ESX
4 5 (62.50%) Clustering
4 5 (62.50%) BizTalk Server
4 5 (62.50%) Finance
5 4 (50.00%) BladeLogic
5 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (50.00%) MCSE
5 4 (50.00%) IIS
5 4 (50.00%) ISA Server
5 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (50.00%) Terminal Services
6 3 (37.50%) Intel
6 3 (37.50%) Windows 2000
6 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
6 3 (37.50%) Spanish Language
6 3 (37.50%) Degree
7 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 2 (25.00%) NAS
7 2 (25.00%) Change Management
7 2 (25.00%) SharePoint

Windows 2000 Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Windows 2000 Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (50.00%) IIS
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
4 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) NAS
1 2 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) Broadband
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Administrator
2 4 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Administrator
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Systems Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Systems Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) BizTalk Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (62.50%) Windows NT
4 3 (37.50%) Windows 2000
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) MCSE
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) MCP
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) VMware ESX
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (50.00%) ISA Server
3 4 (50.00%) Terminal Services
4 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) SCOM
2 4 (50.00%) BladeLogic
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) VMware
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix
3 3 (37.50%) Intel
4 1 (12.50%) HP