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The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3450
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads1412
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.013 %
As % of the category below11.86 %6.383 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£242£269
% change on same period last year-10.14 %
Hourly rates quoted48
Average minimum hourly rate£17.25£9.69
Average hourly rate£17.38£10.44
% change on same period last year+66.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.50£11.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.39£17.36
% change on same period last year+0.19 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
North East
Matching contract IT job ads118188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.190 %0.202 %
Daily rates quoted1048
Average minimum daily rate£290£333
Average daily rate£307£342
% change on same period last year-10.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£321
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted3649
Average minimum hourly rate£15.03£19.68
Average hourly rate£15.72£20.58
% change on same period last year-23.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.41£21.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.91£21.94
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Windows 2000 EnglandWindows 2000
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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 North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

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 North East region.

North East Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

North East Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Histogram

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 North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and WearUp+139£300-
DurhamDown-45--
Windows 2000 EnglandWindows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

124 (100.00 %)Windows
213 (54.17 %)Windows XP
213 (54.17 %)Windows Server 2003
310 (41.67 %)Active Directory
48 (33.33 %)Microsoft
55 (20.83 %)MS Excel
64 (16.67 %)SQL
64 (16.67 %)MS Office
64 (16.67 %)Linux
73 (12.50 %)Windows NT
73 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
73 (12.50 %)UNIX
73 (12.50 %)Citrix
82 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
82 (8.333 %)Government
82 (8.333 %)Adobe Illustrator
82 (8.333 %)Backup Exec
82 (8.333 %)VoIP
82 (8.333 %)Adobe
82 (8.333 %)DNS
82 (8.333 %)SLA
82 (8.333 %)MCSE
82 (8.333 %)SQL Server
82 (8.333 %)Photoshop
82 (8.333 %)Local Government
82 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
82 (8.333 %)Windows Vista
82 (8.333 %)Dutch Language
82 (8.333 %)French Language
82 (8.333 %)German Language

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (4.167 %)HTML
11 (4.167 %)CSS
11 (4.167 %)XML
11 (4.167 %)XSLT
11 (4.167 %)XHTML
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
22 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (4.167 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (4.167 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (4.167 %)Apache
31 (4.167 %)SharePoint
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (20.83 %)MS Excel
24 (16.67 %)MS Office
32 (8.333 %)Photoshop
32 (8.333 %)Adobe Illustrator
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.333 %)VoIP
12 (8.333 %)DNS
21 (4.167 %)SAN
21 (4.167 %)Internet
21 (4.167 %)Firewall
21 (4.167 %)Wireless
21 (4.167 %)Cisco PIX
21 (4.167 %)DHCP
21 (4.167 %)Ethernet
21 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.333 %)SQL Server
21 (4.167 %)MySQL
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.333 %)Government
12 (8.333 %)Local Government
21 (4.167 %)Telecoms
21 (4.167 %)Finance
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (25.00 %)Analyst
25 (20.83 %)Support Analyst
33 (12.50 %)Desktop Support
33 (12.50 %)Support Engineer
42 (8.333 %)1st Line Support
42 (8.333 %)2nd Line Support
42 (8.333 %)Desktop Support Analyst
42 (8.333 %)Technical Support
42 (8.333 %)Server Support
42 (8.333 %)Support Technician
42 (8.333 %)Technical Analyst
42 (8.333 %)Desktop Engineer
42 (8.333 %)Desktop Analyst
51 (4.167 %)Server Analyst
51 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
51 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
51 (4.167 %)1st Line Support Analyst
51 (4.167 %)ICT Technician
51 (4.167 %)IT Support Technician
51 (4.167 %)IT Support Engineer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.333 %)Dutch Language
12 (8.333 %)French Language
12 (8.333 %)German Language
21 (4.167 %)Blackberry
21 (4.167 %)Clustering
21 (4.167 %)PDA
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (100.00 %)Windows
213 (54.17 %)Windows XP
213 (54.17 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (16.67 %)Linux
43 (12.50 %)Windows NT
43 (12.50 %)UNIX
52 (8.333 %)Windows Vista
61 (4.167 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (4.167 %)Red Hat Linux
61 (4.167 %)Solaris
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (4.167 %)ITIL
11 (4.167 %)Change Management
11 (4.167 %)Systems Analysis
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (16.67 %)SQL
21 (4.167 %)VBScript
21 (4.167 %)VB
21 (4.167 %)JavaScript
21 (4.167 %)Perl
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.333 %)MCSE
12 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (8.333 %)SLA
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (41.67 %)Active Directory
22 (8.333 %)Backup Exec
31 (4.167 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (4.167 %)ISA Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.167 %)ARCserve
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (33.33 %)Microsoft
23 (12.50 %)Citrix
32 (8.333 %)Adobe
41 (4.167 %)HP
41 (4.167 %)Compaq
41 (4.167 %)Intel
41 (4.167 %)Oracle
41 (4.167 %)Cisco
41 (4.167 %)Peregrine
41 (4.167 %)VERITAS
41 (4.167 %)Red Hat
41 (4.167 %)CheckPoint
41 (4.167 %)Remedy
41 (4.167 %)VMware
41 (4.167 %)IronPort