| Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) |
| 3 months to
19 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 34 | 55 | 72 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +21 | +17 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 2.136 % | 0.673 % | 1.112 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 10.38 % | 3.906 % | 7.456 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £313 | - | £375 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £257 | £223 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.00 | £32.00 | £18.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 106 | 128 | 228 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire | 20.58 % | 17.23 % | 14.91 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 30 | 30 | 70 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £350 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 25 | 17 | 53 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.00 | £31.00 | £19.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 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 | |
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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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
