The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 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 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
Rank 65 67 45
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -22
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 4 6 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.493% 0.598% 2.741%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.353% 2.128% 10.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 12
Average daily rate - £251 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -27.39%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £213 £293
% change year-on-year
+52.94% -27.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £11.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £15.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-14.51% +6.89%
All Operating Systems
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
170 282 272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 20.94% 28.12% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 107 80
Average daily rate £300 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £148 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £446
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 30 43
Average hourly rate £13.75 £13.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.30 £10.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £15.00 £36.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 +5 4 - -
Windows 2000
South East

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 14 (100.00%) Windows
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 14 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (92.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (64.29%) MCSE
4 8 (57.14%) Windows NT
4 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
4 8 (57.14%) Intel
4 8 (57.14%) Degree
5 7 (50.00%) SLA
6 6 (42.86%) DNS
6 6 (42.86%) MS Exchange
6 6 (42.86%) Firewall
7 5 (35.71%) VMware
7 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (35.71%) NAS
7 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
7 5 (35.71%) Broadband
7 5 (35.71%) DHCP
7 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
7 5 (35.71%) VPN
7 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
7 5 (35.71%) MS Office
7 5 (35.71%) Internet
7 5 (35.71%) Symantec
7 5 (35.71%) Norton AntiVirus
7 5 (35.71%) Sophos

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 6 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2003
2 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (14.29%) IIS
3 2 (14.29%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Office
2 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) DNS
1 6 (42.86%) Firewall
2 5 (35.71%) NAS
2 5 (35.71%) Broadband
2 5 (35.71%) DHCP
2 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
2 5 (35.71%) VPN
2 5 (35.71%) Internet
2 5 (35.71%) SAN
3 1 (7.143%) Network Security
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Service Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Administrator
2 5 (35.71%) Service Desk Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Systems Administrator
4 3 (21.43%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Administrator
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 2 (14.29%) Wintel Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Wintel Systems Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Network Administrator
6 1 (7.143%) IT Administrator
6 1 (7.143%) Wintel Systems Administrator
6 1 (7.143%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 1 (7.143%) Wintel Administrator
6 1 (7.143%) Wintel Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Clustering
2 2 (14.29%) Firmware
2 2 (14.29%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
1 14 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (92.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (57.14%) Windows NT
4 5 (35.71%) Windows 7
4 5 (35.71%) Windows XP
5 3 (21.43%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (14.29%) UNIX
7 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Change Management
1 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (64.29%) MCSE
2 8 (57.14%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (21.43%) VMware ESX
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (14.29%) Terminal Services
4 2 (14.29%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (21.43%) SCOM
3 2 (14.29%) BladeLogic
3 2 (14.29%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (57.14%) Intel
3 5 (35.71%) VMware
3 5 (35.71%) Symantec
3 5 (35.71%) Sophos
4 4 (28.57%) HP
5 2 (14.29%) IBM
5 2 (14.29%) Dell
5 2 (14.29%) Citrix