The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 17 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 East Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
Rank 73 81 66
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -15
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 11 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.872% 0.366% 0.658%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.943% 2.033% 3.136%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £225 £225 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.11% +28.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £225 £273
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -17.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 1
Average hourly rate £12.75 £11.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.90% -8.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.88 £15.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-16.93% +6.89%
All Operating Systems
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
279 246 287
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 22.13% 18.02% 20.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 108 81
Average daily rate £300 £300 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £149 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 45 47
Average hourly rate £13.00 £14.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.34% -17.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottinghamshire +2 5 - -
Leicestershire -4 2 £225 -
Lincolnshire - 1 - -
Windows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 29 (80.56%) Active Directory
3 25 (69.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (61.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 21 (58.33%) Microsoft
6 20 (55.56%) VMware
7 16 (44.44%) Citrix
8 14 (38.89%) SAN
8 14 (38.89%) Windows XP
8 14 (38.89%) SQL Server
9 13 (36.11%) SQL Server 2000
9 13 (36.11%) SQL Server 2008
9 13 (36.11%) SQL Server 2005
10 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (30.56%) HP
12 9 (25.00%) SQL
12 9 (25.00%) Linux
13 8 (22.22%) IBM
14 7 (19.44%) MS Exchange
14 7 (19.44%) MS Office
15 6 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (16.67%) MCSE
16 5 (13.89%) Citrix Certification
16 5 (13.89%) Service Delivery
16 5 (13.89%) Blackberry
16 5 (13.89%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
16 5 (13.89%) Configuration Management
16 5 (13.89%) Windows Vista
16 5 (13.89%) Citrix Presentation Server
16 5 (13.89%) XenApp

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (19.44%) MS Exchange
2 5 (13.89%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (5.556%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (5.556%) Lync
4 2 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (2.778%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (19.44%) MS Office
2 2 (5.556%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) SAN
2 4 (11.11%) Firewall
2 4 (11.11%) Wireless
2 4 (11.11%) DNS
3 1 (2.778%) LAN
3 1 (2.778%) PBX
3 1 (2.778%) WAN
3 1 (2.778%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 13 (36.11%) SQL Server 2000
2 13 (36.11%) SQL Server 2005
2 13 (36.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.778%) GIS
3 1 (2.778%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (5.556%) Local Government
2 1 (2.778%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.778%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) 3rd Line Support
2 7 (19.44%) Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Support Engineer
3 6 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Platform Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Desktop Support
6 3 (8.333%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (8.333%) IT Support
7 2 (5.556%) Wintel Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) Wintel Support Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (5.556%) Wintel Support
7 2 (5.556%) Technical Support
7 2 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (5.556%) Technical Support Analyst
8 1 (2.778%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 1 (2.778%) 1st Line Support
8 1 (2.778%) Server Support
8 1 (2.778%) Server Analyst
8 1 (2.778%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.556%) Clustering
2 2 (5.556%) NHS
3 1 (2.778%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (69.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 22 (61.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (38.89%) Windows XP
5 9 (25.00%) Linux
6 5 (13.89%) Windows Vista
7 4 (11.11%) Windows 7
8 3 (8.333%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (5.556%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.89%) Configuration Management
1 5 (13.89%) Service Delivery
2 4 (11.11%) Migration
3 3 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (8.333%) ITIL
4 2 (5.556%) ITSM
4 2 (5.556%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.778%) Performance Management
5 1 (2.778%) Six Sigma
5 1 (2.778%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (16.67%) MCSE
2 6 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (13.89%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (11.11%) CCA
4 4 (11.11%) MCITP
5 2 (5.556%) MCP
6 1 (2.778%) Degree
6 1 (2.778%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.778%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.778%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 29 (80.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.89%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 5 (13.89%) XenApp
3 3 (8.333%) vSphere
3 3 (8.333%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.333%) ISA Server
4 2 (5.556%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) SCCM
1 4 (11.11%) SCOM
2 3 (8.333%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (55.56%) VMware
3 16 (44.44%) Citrix
4 11 (30.56%) HP
5 8 (22.22%) IBM
6 3 (8.333%) Cisco
7 2 (5.556%) EMC
7 2 (5.556%) Remedy
8 1 (2.778%) Lotus
8 1 (2.778%) Altiris