Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank384132
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Down-9
Matching contract IT job ads5946
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire1.202 %1.761 %4.085 %
As % of the Operating Systems category4.587 %6.716 %14.02 %
Daily rates quoted124
Average daily rate£150£185£158
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.91 %+17.46 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£257£223£300
% change year-on-year
+15.28 %-25.83 %
Hourly rates quoted4428
Average hourly rate£20.00£23.50£13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.89 %+80.76 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£15.00£14.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+3.440 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
109134328
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire26.20 %26.22 %29.13 %
Daily rates quoted342869
Average daily rate£275£283£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.650 %-29.37 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£132£170£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£338£340£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted392691
Average hourly rate£26.50£19.50£19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.89 %+2.630 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£10.40£11.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£45.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows 2000 East of EnglandWindows 2000
East of England

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.

Windows 2000
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Windows 2000 Demand Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeDown-14£150-25.00 %
Windows 2000 East of EnglandWindows 2000
East of England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

111 (100.00 %)Windows
27 (63.64 %)MS Office
36 (54.55 %)Windows XP
45 (45.45 %)MS Excel
54 (36.36 %)Microsoft
54 (36.36 %)Active Directory
54 (36.36 %)Internet
54 (36.36 %)Novell
63 (27.27 %)NDS
63 (27.27 %)VBA
72 (18.18 %)ITIL
72 (18.18 %)NetWare
72 (18.18 %)GroupWise
72 (18.18 %)Acrobat
72 (18.18 %)Adobe
72 (18.18 %)Microsoft Certification
72 (18.18 %)Novell Certification
72 (18.18 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (18.18 %)assyst
72 (18.18 %)Windows Vista
81 (9.091 %)Network Security
81 (9.091 %)Performance Management
81 (9.091 %)HP Data Protector
81 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (9.091 %)Squid
81 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (9.091 %)Degree
81 (9.091 %)Peregrine
81 (9.091 %)Service Management
81 (9.091 %)Firewall

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (18.18 %)GroupWise
21 (9.091 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (63.64 %)MS Office
25 (45.45 %)MS Excel
32 (18.18 %)Acrobat
32 (18.18 %)MS PowerPoint
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (18.18 %)assyst
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (36.36 %)Internet
21 (9.091 %)Network Security
21 (9.091 %)Firewall
21 (9.091 %)IPsec
21 (9.091 %)BIG-IP
21 (9.091 %)SAN
21 (9.091 %)Intranet
21 (9.091 %)NetScreen
21 (9.091 %)VPN
21 (9.091 %)Broadband
21 (9.091 %)VoIP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Telecoms
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (36.36 %)Desktop Support
23 (27.27 %)2nd Line Support
32 (18.18 %)Analyst
41 (9.091 %)1st Line Support Analyst
41 (9.091 %)ICT Technician
41 (9.091 %)Service Desk Engineer
41 (9.091 %)Systems Engineer
41 (9.091 %)Server Support
41 (9.091 %)Support Technician
41 (9.091 %)Support Analyst
41 (9.091 %)1st Line Support
41 (9.091 %)Support Engineer
41 (9.091 %)3rd Line Support
41 (9.091 %)Service Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Technical Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Security Specialist
41 (9.091 %)Network Specialist
41 (9.091 %)Network Security Specialist
41 (9.091 %)Technical Services Analyst
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (100.00 %)Windows
26 (54.55 %)Windows XP
32 (18.18 %)NetWare
32 (18.18 %)Windows Vista
41 (9.091 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (9.091 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (9.091 %)Solaris
41 (9.091 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (18.18 %)ITIL
21 (9.091 %)Performance Management
21 (9.091 %)Service Management
21 (9.091 %)ITSM
21 (9.091 %)Configuration Management
21 (9.091 %)Project Management
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (27.27 %)VBA
21 (9.091 %)VB
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (18.18 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (18.18 %)Novell Certification
21 (9.091 %)Degree
21 (9.091 %)CCSA
21 (9.091 %)ITIL Certification
21 (9.091 %)CCSP
21 (9.091 %)Cisco Certification
21 (9.091 %)MCP
21 (9.091 %)MCSE
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (9.091 %)SLA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (36.36 %)Active Directory
23 (27.27 %)NDS
31 (9.091 %)Squid
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (9.091 %)HP Data Protector
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (36.36 %)Microsoft
14 (36.36 %)Novell
22 (18.18 %)Adobe
31 (9.091 %)Peregrine
31 (9.091 %)Blue Coat
31 (9.091 %)Avaya
31 (9.091 %)HP
31 (9.091 %)CheckPoint