| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 37 | 41 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +4 | +4 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 0.301 % | 1.037 % | 2.069 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 1.124 % | 2.907 % | 8.772 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Average daily rate | £250 | £350 | £160 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £225 | £283 | £275 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £10.00 | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £13.75 | £21.00 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 89 | 172 | 171 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex | 26.81 % | 35.68 % | 23.59 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 41 | 72 | 69 |
| Average daily rate | £235 | £350 | £160 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £78 | £115 | £92 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £400 | £450 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £310 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 23 | 28 | 31 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.00 | £21.00 | £19.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.25 | £10.00 | £9.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.35 | £35.00 | £35.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.00 | £17.50 | £18.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 Server across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
