The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 Server 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 Manchester 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 Server
Rank 70 82 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 Server 3 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.321% 0.232% -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.786% 1.056% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £150 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -11.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 £15.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-33.33% +28.57%
All Operating Systems
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
168 284 150
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 17.97% 21.95% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 104 59
Average daily rate £275 £300 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 39 35
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +36.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £25.00 £22.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 2000 Server
North West

Windows 2000 Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Windows 2000 Server Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Windows 2000 Server Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Windows 2000 Server Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 2000 Server
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 Server within the Manchester 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
Bolton - 1 £228 -
Bury - 1 £150 -
Oldham - 1 £150 -
Rochdale - 1 £150 -
Windows 2000 Server
North West

Windows 2000 Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Windows 2000 Server 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 Server.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (40.00%) DHCP
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) SAN
4 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (40.00%) VMware
4 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (40.00%) vSphere
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security
5 1 (20.00%) Local Government
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (20.00%) SCCM
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) MS Office
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
5 1 (20.00%) MCSE

Windows 2000 Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Windows 2000 Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (20.00%) Information Security
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) CRM
1 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (40.00%) vSphere
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix