The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
Rank 45 51 36
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -15
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 6 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.316% 0.969% 2.592%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.714% 5.405% 7.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 9
Average daily rate £145 £338 £160
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-57.03% +110.93%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £205 £291
% change year-on-year
+52.43% -29.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 £11.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -17.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £15.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-16.12% +6.89%
All Operating Systems
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
105 111 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 23.03% 17.93% 35.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 32 66
Average daily rate £305 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.15% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £383 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 26 37
Average hourly rate £14.63 £16.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.36% +13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £11.50 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £23.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 2000
South East

Windows 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Windows 2000 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Oxford +4 4 - -
Abingdon - 1 £145 -
Windows 2000
South East

Windows 2000
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) DHCP
3 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (66.67%) DNS
3 4 (66.67%) MS Office
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (16.67%) MCP
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
4 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Support Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support
2 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) MCP
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
Abingdon, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013