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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank345572
Rank change year-on-year
Up+21Up+17
Matching contract IT job ads11517
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire2.136 %0.673 %1.112 %
As % of the Operating Systems category10.38 %3.906 %7.456 %
Daily rates quoted501
Average daily rate£313-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£257£223£300
% change year-on-year
+15.28 %-25.83 %
Hourly rates quoted6110
Average hourly rate£14.00£32.00£18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.25 %+72.97 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.15£32.00£15.33
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.00£32.00£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£15.00£14.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+3.440 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
106128228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire20.58 %17.23 %14.91 %
Daily rates quoted303070
Average daily rate£325£350£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.140 %-6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£150£140£265
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£493£400£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted251753
Average hourly rate£16.00£31.00£19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.38 %+63.15 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£13.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.25£39.85£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows 2000 East of EnglandWindows 2000
East of England

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.

Windows 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Hertfordshire Windows 2000 Demand Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hertfordshire Windows 2000 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
WatfordNew entry-4--
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-2£313-
Windows 2000 East of EnglandWindows 2000
East of England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

114 (100.00 %)Windows
210 (71.43 %)Microsoft
38 (57.14 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (50.00 %)Active Directory
56 (42.86 %)Windows XP
64 (28.57 %)MS Office
64 (28.57 %)Novell
64 (28.57 %)NetWare
64 (28.57 %)Firewall
73 (21.43 %)Exchange Server 2000
73 (21.43 %)Avaya
73 (21.43 %)ISA Server
73 (21.43 %)VPN
73 (21.43 %)SQL
73 (21.43 %)MS Exchange
82 (14.29 %)SQL Server
82 (14.29 %)UNIX
82 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
82 (14.29 %)Linux
82 (14.29 %)MS Excel
82 (14.29 %)Windows NT
82 (14.29 %)Intel
82 (14.29 %)Time Management
91 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
91 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
91 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (7.143 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (7.143 %)OSSEC
91 (7.143 %)Service Management
91 (7.143 %)ARCserve

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (21.43 %)Exchange Server 2000
13 (21.43 %)MS Exchange
21 (7.143 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (7.143 %)Lotus Domino
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (28.57 %)MS Office
22 (14.29 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (28.57 %)Firewall
23 (21.43 %)VPN
32 (14.29 %)TCP/IP
41 (7.143 %)DSL
41 (7.143 %)TELNET
41 (7.143 %)Internet
41 (7.143 %)DNS
41 (7.143 %)SMS
41 (7.143 %)WAN
41 (7.143 %)SMTP
41 (7.143 %)DHCP
41 (7.143 %)Ethernet
41 (7.143 %)FTP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Dreamweaver
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Retail
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
19 (64.29 %)Analyst
28 (57.14 %)Support Analyst
34 (28.57 %)Desktop Support Analyst
34 (28.57 %)Desktop Support
34 (28.57 %)Desktop Analyst
43 (21.43 %)Network Administrator
43 (21.43 %)Administrator
52 (14.29 %)Helpdesk Analyst
52 (14.29 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
52 (14.29 %)Helpdesk Support
61 (7.143 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
61 (7.143 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
61 (7.143 %)Technical Analyst
61 (7.143 %)Technical Support Analyst
61 (7.143 %)Infrastructure Specialist
61 (7.143 %)1st Line Support
61 (7.143 %)3rd Line Support
61 (7.143 %)2nd Line Support
61 (7.143 %)Technical Support
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Blackberry
11 (7.143 %)EPoS
11 (7.143 %)EFTPOS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
114 (100.00 %)Windows
28 (57.14 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (42.86 %)Windows XP
44 (28.57 %)NetWare
52 (14.29 %)UNIX
52 (14.29 %)Linux
52 (14.29 %)Windows NT
61 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (7.143 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (7.143 %)HPUX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)Time Management
21 (7.143 %)Service Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (21.43 %)SQL
21 (7.143 %)C
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
11 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
11 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (7.143 %)MCSE
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (50.00 %)Active Directory
23 (21.43 %)ISA Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (7.143 %)OSSEC
11 (7.143 %)ARCserve
11 (7.143 %)Unicenter
11 (7.143 %)WSUS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (71.43 %)Microsoft
24 (28.57 %)Novell
33 (21.43 %)Avaya
42 (14.29 %)Intel
51 (7.143 %)CA
51 (7.143 %)Lotus
51 (7.143 %)CheckPoint
51 (7.143 %)Oracle
51 (7.143 %)BladeLogic