| Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 25 | 39 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +14 |  -9 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 3.488 % | 0.759 % | 3.730 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 12.86 % | 3.371 % | 20.39 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £350 | £460 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £257 | £223 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.75 | - | £15.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.00 | £15.00 | £14.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 70 | 89 | 103 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire | 27.13 % | 22.53 % | 18.29 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 20 | 31 | 26 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £318 | £460 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £234 | £366 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £375 | £400 | £520 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £313 | £310 | £335 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 7 | 4 | 33 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.75 | £13.00 | £28.52 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £10.30 | £14.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £30.00 | £14.80 | £40.00 |
| 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 across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
