The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 20 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 England 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Rank 454 441 380
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -61
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 Server 49 125 196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.117% 0.234% 0.354%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.543% 1.137% 1.680%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 50 61
Average daily rate £268 £298 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.08% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £140 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £378 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £255 £265 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.77% -11.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 51
Average hourly rate £15.50 £20.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.39% +17.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £12.60 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.35 £32.70 £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-33.33% +28.57%
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9019 10995 11669
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.63% 20.60% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4874 5629 5830
Average daily rate £370 £360 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 938 1104 1168
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +4.93%
Windows 2000 Server
UK

Windows 2000 Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Windows 2000 Server Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 Server across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Windows 2000 Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Windows 2000 Server Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 Server across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Windows 2000 Server Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 20 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
South East +11 24 £328 +20.25%
London -17 9 £308 -12.14%
East of England +19 6 - -
Yorkshire -3 4 £275 +20.87%
North West +9 3 £150 -
East Midlands -5 2 £260 +9.47%
Windows 2000 Server
UK

Windows 2000 Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 138 (100.00%) Windows
2 95 (68.84%) Windows Server 2003
3 88 (63.77%) Active Directory
4 81 (58.70%) Windows Server 2008
5 71 (51.45%) VMware
6 62 (44.93%) Microsoft
7 49 (35.51%) Citrix
8 44 (31.88%) DNS
9 41 (29.71%) MS Exchange
10 40 (28.99%) HP
10 40 (28.99%) VMware Infrastructure
11 35 (25.36%) DHCP
12 33 (23.91%) TCP/IP
13 31 (22.46%) Windows XP
14 28 (20.29%) Windows 2000
15 27 (19.57%) Windows 7
16 26 (18.84%) SAN
17 25 (18.12%) Microsoft Certification
17 25 (18.12%) SharePoint
17 25 (18.12%) Hyper-V
18 22 (15.94%) ITIL
18 22 (15.94%) Exchange Server 2003
19 21 (15.22%) MS Office
19 21 (15.22%) SQL
19 21 (15.22%) MS Excel
20 20 (14.49%) Cisco
20 20 (14.49%) Dell
20 20 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2007
21 19 (13.77%) SCOM
21 19 (13.77%) MCSE

Windows 2000 Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 10 (7.246%) .NET
2 5 (3.623%) WebSphere
2 5 (3.623%) XML
3 4 (2.899%) Middleware
3 4 (2.899%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.174%) COM
4 3 (2.174%) HTML
4 3 (2.174%) ASP
4 3 (2.174%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.174%) Web Services
5 2 (1.449%) Flash
5 2 (1.449%) ArcObjects
5 2 (1.449%) WCF
5 2 (1.449%) LINQ
5 2 (1.449%) jQuery
5 2 (1.449%) HTML5
5 2 (1.449%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (1.449%) LINQ to SQL
5 2 (1.449%) CSS
6 1 (0.725%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 41 (29.71%) MS Exchange
2 25 (18.12%) SharePoint
3 22 (15.94%) Exchange Server 2003
4 20 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2007
5 19 (13.77%) IIS
6 7 (5.072%) Exchange Server 2000
7 6 (4.348%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (3.623%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (2.899%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 4 (2.899%) ESB
9 4 (2.899%) WebSphere MQ
10 3 (2.174%) GroupWise
10 3 (2.174%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (2.174%) Apache
10 3 (2.174%) Tomcat
11 2 (1.449%) ArcGIS
11 2 (1.449%) CMS
11 2 (1.449%) Lync
11 2 (1.449%) Office Communications Server
12 1 (0.725%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 21 (15.22%) MS Office
1 21 (15.22%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.725%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.725%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.725%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 44 (31.88%) DNS
2 35 (25.36%) DHCP
3 33 (23.91%) TCP/IP
4 26 (18.84%) SAN
5 18 (13.04%) VPN
6 15 (10.87%) WAN
7 14 (10.14%) LAN
7 14 (10.14%) Firewall
8 8 (5.797%) IPsec
8 8 (5.797%) WLAN
9 5 (3.623%) NAS
9 5 (3.623%) IPv6
9 5 (3.623%) Internet
10 3 (2.174%) SMS
11 2 (1.449%) LDAP
11 2 (1.449%) NetScaler
11 2 (1.449%) Wireshark
12 1 (0.725%) NFC
12 1 (0.725%) Wireless
12 1 (0.725%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.59%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.348%) SQL Server 2000
2 6 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (3.623%) RDBMS
4 4 (2.899%) DB2
4 4 (2.899%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (1.449%) MySQL
5 2 (1.449%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.449%) GIS
6 1 (0.725%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.725%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.725%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.725%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (2.899%) ClearCase
1 4 (2.899%) Subversion
1 4 (2.899%) TortoiseSVN
2 3 (2.174%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.725%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 15 (10.87%) Finance
2 6 (4.348%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.623%) Military
4 4 (2.899%) Back Office
5 3 (2.174%) Spanish Language
5 3 (2.174%) Banking
6 2 (1.449%) Retail
6 2 (1.449%) Marketing
7 1 (0.725%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.725%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (20.29%) Support Engineer
2 23 (16.67%) Analyst
3 19 (13.77%) Server Engineer
4 16 (11.59%) Administrator
5 13 (9.420%) Architect
5 13 (9.420%) Desktop Engineer
6 12 (8.696%) 3rd Line Support
7 10 (7.246%) Systems Administrator
8 9 (6.522%) Desktop Support
8 9 (6.522%) Developer
8 9 (6.522%) Server Support
9 8 (5.797%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (5.797%) Support Analyst
9 8 (5.797%) Technical Support
9 8 (5.797%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (5.797%) Technical Support Engineer
9 8 (5.797%) Technical Engineer
9 8 (5.797%) Server Support Engineer
9 8 (5.797%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 7 (5.072%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.77%) Clustering
2 9 (6.522%) PKI
3 6 (4.348%) Blackberry
4 5 (3.623%) Replication
5 4 (2.899%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.449%) NHS
6 2 (1.449%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.449%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.449%) iPhone
7 1 (0.725%) SaaS
7 1 (0.725%) HP StorageWorks
7 1 (0.725%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.725%) Life Science
7 1 (0.725%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.725%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.725%) PDA
7 1 (0.725%) CCTV
7 1 (0.725%) Firmware
7 1 (0.725%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.725%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 138 (100.00%) Windows
2 95 (68.84%) Windows Server 2003
3 81 (58.70%) Windows Server 2008
4 31 (22.46%) Windows XP
5 28 (20.29%) Windows 2000
6 27 (19.57%) Windows 7
7 15 (10.87%) Linux
8 14 (10.14%) Windows NT
9 11 (7.971%) UNIX
9 11 (7.971%) Windows Vista
10 7 (5.072%) HPUX
10 7 (5.072%) Solaris
11 5 (3.623%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (2.899%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (2.899%) zOS
13 3 (2.174%) NetWare
13 3 (2.174%) Windows 8
14 2 (1.449%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.725%) Android
15 1 (0.725%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (15.94%) ITIL
2 11 (7.971%) Migration
3 8 (5.797%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (4.348%) Service Delivery
4 6 (4.348%) Validation
4 6 (4.348%) TOGAF
4 6 (4.348%) Network Load Balancing
4 6 (4.348%) Release Management
4 6 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (3.623%) Zachman Framework
5 5 (3.623%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (3.623%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (3.623%) PRINCE2
5 5 (3.623%) Configuration Management
5 5 (3.623%) Project Management
6 4 (2.899%) EAI
6 4 (2.899%) SOA
6 4 (2.899%) PRINCE
6 4 (2.899%) Information Security
6 4 (2.899%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (15.22%) SQL
2 12 (8.696%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.246%) VBScript
4 7 (5.072%) C#
5 6 (4.348%) Java
5 6 (4.348%) JavaScript
5 6 (4.348%) VB.NET
6 4 (2.899%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.174%) VB
8 2 (1.449%) VB6
8 2 (1.449%) Python
8 2 (1.449%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.725%) C
9 1 (0.725%) VBA
9 1 (0.725%) Perl
Qualifications
1 25 (18.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (13.77%) MCSE
3 14 (10.14%) Security Cleared
4 13 (9.420%) MCP
5 11 (7.971%) MCITP
6 10 (7.246%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (7.246%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (5.797%) DV Cleared
7 8 (5.797%) CCA
7 8 (5.797%) Citrix Certification
8 7 (5.072%) CCNA
9 5 (3.623%) MCSA
9 5 (3.623%) Degree
10 4 (2.899%) SC Cleared
10 4 (2.899%) IBM Certification
10 4 (2.899%) CCNP
10 4 (2.899%) CCEA
10 4 (2.899%) MCTS
11 3 (2.174%) VCP5
11 3 (2.174%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.522%) SLA
System Software
1 88 (63.77%) Active Directory
2 40 (28.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (18.12%) Hyper-V
4 15 (10.87%) Terminal Services
5 14 (10.14%) ISA Server
6 13 (9.420%) Forefront TMG
7 10 (7.246%) VMware ESX
8 7 (5.072%) vSphere
9 5 (3.623%) XenApp
10 4 (2.899%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 4 (2.899%) Terminal Server
11 3 (2.174%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (2.174%) UAG
12 2 (1.449%) XenDesktop
12 2 (1.449%) Veritas Volume Manager
12 2 (1.449%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 2 (1.449%) Samba
13 1 (0.725%) MetaFrame
13 1 (0.725%) Snort
13 1 (0.725%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 19 (13.77%) SCOM
2 18 (13.04%) SCCM
3 9 (6.522%) McAfee ePO
4 8 (5.797%) Backup Exec
5 7 (5.072%) WSUS
6 6 (4.348%) NetBackup
7 4 (2.899%) BladeLogic
7 4 (2.899%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (2.899%) Legato
7 4 (2.899%) MIIS
8 3 (2.174%) ARCserve
8 3 (2.174%) DameWare
9 1 (0.725%) WMI
9 1 (0.725%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.725%) ZENworks
9 1 (0.725%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.725%) MAILsweeper
9 1 (0.725%) MOM
Vendors
1 71 (51.45%) VMware
2 62 (44.93%) Microsoft
3 49 (35.51%) Citrix
4 40 (28.99%) HP
5 20 (14.49%) Dell
5 20 (14.49%) Cisco
6 11 (7.971%) McAfee
7 10 (7.246%) Juniper
8 9 (6.522%) IBM
8 9 (6.522%) Oracle
8 9 (6.522%) EMC
9 8 (5.797%) CommVault
10 7 (5.072%) Novell
11 5 (3.623%) Red Hat
12 4 (2.899%) Remedy
12 4 (2.899%) NetApp
13 3 (2.174%) Intel
13 3 (2.174%) Riverbed
13 3 (2.174%) Opsware
13 3 (2.174%) Blue Coat
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