| Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) |
| 3 months to
15 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 32 | 25 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -7 |  +21 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 7 | 17 | 22 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes | 1.733 % | 4.595 % | 2.366 % |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 6.731 % | 12.14 % | 9.362 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Average daily rate | £319 | £320 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £240 | £224 | £313 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| Average hourly rate | £11.44 | £23.25 | £15.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.50 | £13.85 | £11.40 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.49 | £32.65 | £50.31 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £14.00 | £15.00 | £14.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category | 104 | 140 | 235 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes | 25.74 % | 37.84 % | 25.27 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 24 | 59 | 33 |
| Average daily rate | £148 | £324 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £315 | £310 | £330 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 35 | 27 | 51 |
| Average hourly rate | £14.00 | £21.00 | £20.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £10.14 | £12.70 | £12.60 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £47.00 | £37.10 | £50.31 |
| 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 Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.
