The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 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 over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
Rank 352 340 221
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -119
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 172 233 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.414% 0.436% 0.784%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.912% 2.121% 3.719%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 90 205
Average daily rate £348 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.83% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £135 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £213 £293
% change year-on-year
+52.94% -27.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 36 75
Average hourly rate £15.50 £15.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £40.45 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £15.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-16.12% +6.89%
All Operating Systems
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
8997 10983 12046
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 21.67% 20.57% 21.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4873 5590 6035
Average daily rate £368 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 920 1120 1200
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 £38.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 2000
UK

Windows 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Windows 2000 Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England region over the 3 months to 23 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
London +8 67 £370 +5.71%
South East -6 47 £334 +75.65%
North West +8 12 £332 +74.47%
West Midlands +7 12 £250 +25.00%
East Midlands +7 11 £225 +0.11%
Yorkshire +4 11 - -
East of England +19 8 £110 -42.10%
South West +12 4 £316 -10.67%
Windows 2000
UK

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 337 (100.00%) Windows
2 192 (56.97%) Windows Server 2003
3 188 (55.79%) Windows XP
4 171 (50.74%) Microsoft
5 140 (41.54%) Active Directory
6 128 (37.98%) Windows Server 2008
7 112 (33.23%) Citrix
7 112 (33.23%) VMware
8 100 (29.67%) MS Office
9 77 (22.85%) Windows 7
10 75 (22.26%) HP
11 72 (21.36%) MS Exchange
12 69 (20.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 66 (19.58%) SAN
14 64 (18.99%) SQL Server
15 60 (17.80%) SQL
15 60 (17.80%) ITIL
16 58 (17.21%) Windows NT
17 57 (16.91%) VMware Infrastructure
18 55 (16.32%) MS Excel
19 48 (14.24%) MCSE
20 47 (13.95%) Windows Vista
21 46 (13.65%) Oracle
22 45 (13.35%) TCP/IP
22 45 (13.35%) Internet
23 43 (12.76%) Clustering
24 42 (12.46%) DNS
25 41 (12.17%) IIS
25 41 (12.17%) Blackberry
26 40 (11.87%) UNIX

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 Development
1 36 (10.68%) .NET
2 25 (7.418%) ASP.NET
3 20 (5.935%) Web Services
4 15 (4.451%) ADSI
5 13 (3.858%) Middleware
6 11 (3.264%) HTML
7 8 (2.374%) JSP
8 4 (1.187%) CSS
9 3 (0.890%) ASP
10 2 (0.593%) XML
11 1 (0.297%) STL
11 1 (0.297%) COM
11 1 (0.297%) DCOM
11 1 (0.297%) ADO.NET
11 1 (0.297%) XHTML
11 1 (0.297%) Hibernate
11 1 (0.297%) WinForms
11 1 (0.297%) WCF
11 1 (0.297%) .NET Framework
11 1 (0.297%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 72 (21.36%) MS Exchange
2 41 (12.17%) IIS
3 37 (10.98%) Exchange Server 2003
4 33 (9.792%) Exchange Server 2007
5 31 (9.199%) Exchange Server 2010
6 19 (5.638%) Apache
7 17 (5.045%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 15 (4.451%) SharePoint
9 10 (2.967%) MQSeries
9 10 (2.967%) Rendezvous
10 8 (2.374%) Oracle Application Server
10 8 (2.374%) Lotus Notes
11 6 (1.780%) Exchange Server 2000
12 5 (1.484%) WorkSite
13 4 (1.187%) WebLogic
14 3 (0.890%) Site Server
14 3 (0.890%) GroupWise
15 2 (0.593%) Lync
15 2 (0.593%) Office Communications Server
15 2 (0.593%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 100 (29.67%) MS Office
2 55 (16.32%) MS Excel
3 3 (0.890%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.890%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.593%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.297%) MS Project
5 1 (0.297%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (5.045%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.593%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.297%) Agresso
3 1 (0.297%) Academy Housing
Communications & Networking
1 66 (19.58%) SAN
2 45 (13.35%) TCP/IP
2 45 (13.35%) Internet
3 42 (12.46%) DNS
4 29 (8.605%) DHCP
5 28 (8.309%) NAS
6 25 (7.418%) Firewall
7 23 (6.825%) VPN
8 20 (5.935%) LAN
8 20 (5.935%) WAN
9 15 (4.451%) FTP
10 7 (2.077%) Wireless
10 7 (2.077%) BIG-IP
11 5 (1.484%) Broadband
11 5 (1.484%) GPRS
12 4 (1.187%) SMS
12 4 (1.187%) Ethernet
12 4 (1.187%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.890%) SSL
13 3 (0.890%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (18.99%) SQL Server
2 39 (11.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 34 (10.09%) SQL Server 2005
4 27 (8.012%) SQL Server 2000
5 8 (2.374%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (1.484%) Oracle 10g
7 4 (1.187%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.890%) MySQL
8 3 (0.890%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.890%) DTS
8 3 (0.890%) MS Access
9 2 (0.593%) SQL Server 7
10 1 (0.297%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.297%) Oracle 9i
10 1 (0.297%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.297%) TOAD
10 1 (0.297%) GIS
10 1 (0.297%) SQLPlus
10 1 (0.297%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.297%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 8 (2.374%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (1.484%) LoadRunner
2 5 (1.484%) Visual Studio Team System
2 5 (1.484%) Team Foundation Server
3 4 (1.187%) MSI
3 4 (1.187%) InstallShield
4 3 (0.890%) Visual Studio
4 3 (0.890%) WinRunner
5 2 (0.593%) Selenium
5 2 (0.593%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.297%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.297%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.297%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.297%) Log4Cxx
6 1 (0.297%) FrontPage
6 1 (0.297%) JIRA
6 1 (0.297%) CruiseControl
General
1 34 (10.09%) Finance
2 17 (5.045%) Banking
3 11 (3.264%) Telecoms
4 7 (2.077%) Law
5 6 (1.780%) Local Government
6 5 (1.484%) Billing
7 4 (1.187%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.187%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.890%) Legal
8 3 (0.890%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (0.593%) Retail
9 2 (0.593%) Back Office
10 1 (0.297%) Front Office
10 1 (0.297%) Games
10 1 (0.297%) Publishing
10 1 (0.297%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 94 (27.89%) Analyst
2 55 (16.32%) Support Engineer
3 47 (13.95%) Support Analyst
4 33 (9.792%) Desktop Support
5 28 (8.309%) 3rd Line Support
6 26 (7.715%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (7.715%) Wintel Engineer
7 25 (7.418%) Service Desk Analyst
7 25 (7.418%) Service Analyst
8 24 (7.122%) IT Support
9 22 (6.528%) Desktop Engineer
10 21 (6.231%) 1st Line Support
11 20 (5.935%) Server Support
12 18 (5.341%) Technical Support
13 17 (5.045%) Administrator
14 16 (4.748%) Desktop Support Engineer
15 15 (4.451%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 15 (4.451%) IT Support Engineer
16 14 (4.154%) Server Engineer
17 11 (3.264%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 43 (12.76%) Clustering
2 41 (12.17%) Blackberry
3 11 (3.264%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 8 (2.374%) CLARiiON
5 7 (2.077%) Computer Science
6 6 (1.780%) NHS
7 4 (1.187%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.890%) N-Tier
8 3 (0.890%) AS400
8 3 (0.890%) Thin Client
8 3 (0.890%) Smartphone
8 3 (0.890%) Mathematics
8 3 (0.890%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.890%) iPad
9 2 (0.593%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.593%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.593%) PDA
9 2 (0.593%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.593%) Firmware
9 2 (0.593%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 337 (100.00%) Windows
2 192 (56.97%) Windows Server 2003
3 188 (55.79%) Windows XP
4 128 (37.98%) Windows Server 2008
5 77 (22.85%) Windows 7
6 58 (17.21%) Windows NT
7 47 (13.95%) Windows Vista
8 40 (11.87%) UNIX
9 38 (11.28%) Linux
10 26 (7.715%) Windows 2000 Server
11 17 (5.045%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 14 (4.154%) Solaris
13 5 (1.484%) VMS
13 5 (1.484%) Windows 8
14 3 (0.890%) AIX
14 3 (0.890%) Windows CE
14 3 (0.890%) Windows Mobile
14 3 (0.890%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.297%) NetWare
15 1 (0.297%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (17.80%) ITIL
2 22 (6.528%) Migration
3 14 (4.154%) Service Delivery
3 14 (4.154%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (2.967%) Algorithmic Trading
4 10 (2.967%) Release Management
4 10 (2.967%) Change Management
5 9 (2.671%) Electronic Trading
6 8 (2.374%) Time Management
6 8 (2.374%) Capacity Planning
6 8 (2.374%) Incident Management
6 8 (2.374%) Project Management
7 7 (2.077%) Service Management
7 7 (2.077%) Configuration Management
8 6 (1.780%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (1.780%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (1.780%) Problem Management
8 6 (1.780%) Validation
9 5 (1.484%) E-Commerce
9 5 (1.484%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (17.80%) SQL
2 16 (4.748%) VB
2 16 (4.748%) C#
3 14 (4.154%) VBScript
4 11 (3.264%) C++
4 11 (3.264%) JavaScript
5 10 (2.967%) PowerShell
5 10 (2.967%) Java
6 8 (2.374%) C
7 6 (1.780%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.890%) Bash shell
9 2 (0.593%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.297%) PHP
10 1 (0.297%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.297%) VB6
10 1 (0.297%) Scala
Qualifications
1 69 (20.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 48 (14.24%) MCSE
3 28 (8.309%) Security Cleared
4 25 (7.418%) MCP
5 20 (5.935%) Degree
5 20 (5.935%) MCITP
6 18 (5.341%) SC Cleared
7 14 (4.154%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 13 (3.858%) Citrix Certification
9 12 (3.561%) CCA
10 8 (2.374%) MCDST
10 8 (2.374%) MCSA
11 7 (2.077%) HNC
11 7 (2.077%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (2.077%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (2.077%) CCNA
11 7 (2.077%) ISTQB
12 4 (1.187%) MCTS
12 4 (1.187%) CCNP
12 4 (1.187%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.309%) SLA
2 2 (0.593%) QA
System Software
1 140 (41.54%) Active Directory
2 57 (16.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (9.496%) VMware ESX
4 31 (9.199%) XenApp
5 26 (7.715%) vSphere
6 23 (6.825%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 16 (4.748%) Hyper-V
8 7 (2.077%) ProxySG
9 6 (1.780%) ISA Server
9 6 (1.780%) Terminal Services
9 6 (1.780%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.187%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 4 (1.187%) XenDesktop
11 3 (0.890%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.890%) Nmap
11 3 (0.890%) VMware Server
11 3 (0.890%) Forefront TMG
12 2 (0.593%) XenServer
12 2 (0.593%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.593%) NFS
Systems Management
1 35 (10.39%) SCOM
2 26 (7.715%) Backup Exec
3 20 (5.935%) NetBackup
3 20 (5.935%) Legato
3 20 (5.935%) SCCM
4 13 (3.858%) Norton AntiVirus
5 10 (2.967%) HP Quality Center
6 8 (2.374%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 7 (2.077%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 7 (2.077%) WSUS
8 5 (1.484%) HP SIM
9 4 (1.187%) McAfee ePO
9 4 (1.187%) MAILsweeper
9 4 (1.187%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (1.187%) Tivoli
9 4 (1.187%) RepliStor
10 3 (0.890%) DameWare
11 2 (0.593%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.593%) BladeLogic
11 2 (0.593%) MOM
Vendors
1 171 (50.74%) Microsoft
2 112 (33.23%) Citrix
2 112 (33.23%) VMware
3 75 (22.26%) HP
4 46 (13.65%) Oracle
5 27 (8.012%) IBM
5 27 (8.012%) Veritas
6 26 (7.715%) McAfee
7 25 (7.418%) Sophos
7 25 (7.418%) Dell
8 22 (6.528%) Symantec
9 18 (5.341%) Cisco
9 18 (5.341%) Red Hat
9 18 (5.341%) BMC
10 16 (4.748%) EMC
10 16 (4.748%) PlateSpin
11 15 (4.451%) Leostream
12 13 (3.858%) Intel
13 12 (3.561%) Compaq
13 12 (3.561%) Reuters
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Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 30 April 2013
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This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
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This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
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Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Rate: £200 - £220 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £120 - £130 per day
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Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
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