South West Windows 2000 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Ashton-under-Lyne Avon Ayrshire Bacup Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Beverley Bexley Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Fareham Farnborough Farnham Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Grays Guildford Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peacehaven Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Renfrewshire Romford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Scottish Borders Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Snodland Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	33
Rank change on same period last year	-36
Matching contract IT job ads	68	231
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.090 %	0.245 %
As % of the category below	8.763 %	18.39 %
Daily rates quoted	6	57
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£274
Average daily rate	£335	£283
% change on same period last year	+18.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£292
UK excluding London average daily rate	£266	£277
% change on same period last year	-3.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	71
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.97	£17.47
Average hourly rate	£17.47	£18.67
% change on same period last year	-6.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.97	£19.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.02	£18.94
% change on same period last year	-4.83 %
Operating Systems South West
Matching contract IT job ads	776	1256
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.023 %	1.332 %
Daily rates quoted	192	254
Average minimum daily rate	£332	£318
Average daily rate	£353	£334
% change on same period last year	+5.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£373	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£334
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	174	252
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.92	£21.97
Average hourly rate	£25.25	£23.30
% change on same period last year	+8.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.58	£24.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.83	£23.75
% change on same period last year	-8.06 %
Windows 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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

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 South West region.

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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 South West region.

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Windows 2000
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Windows 2000 within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Wiltshire	-8	19	£260	+57.10 %
Bristol	-7	17	-	-
Dorset	+11	10	-	-
Devon	-9	10	£372	+73.57 %
Gloucestershire	-27	8	-	-
Somerset	-23	2	-	-
Avon	+7	1	-	-

Windows 2000 England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 171 (95.53 %) Windows 2 57 (31.84 %) Microsoft 3 49 (27.37 %) Active Directory 4 35 (19.55 %) MS Office 5 30 (16.76 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 29 (16.20 %) Windows NT 7 28 (15.64 %) Windows XP 8 27 (15.08 %) MS Exchange 8 27 (15.08 %) Citrix 9 21 (11.73 %) Microsoft Certification 10 20 (11.17 %) MCSE 11 18 (10.06 %) LAN 12 17 (9.497 %) Unix 13 16 (8.939 %) Windows Server 2003 14 15 (8.380 %) MS Excel

14 15 (8.380 %) Firewall 14 15 (8.380 %) VMware 14 15 (8.380 %) Exchange Server 2003 15 14 (7.821 %) WAN 16 13 (7.263 %) DNS 16 13 (7.263 %) Telecoms 17 12 (6.704 %) Migration 17 12 (6.704 %) SQL Server 17 12 (6.704 %) VERITAS 18 11 (6.145 %) Cisco 18 11 (6.145 %) Backup Exec 18 11 (6.145 %) Security Cleared 19 10 (5.587 %) Government 19 10 (5.587 %) HP 20 9 (5.028 %) Internet

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development 1 6 (3.352 %) J2EE 2 4 (2.235 %) .NET 3 3 (1.676 %) Application Packaging 4 1 (0.559 %) Software Packaging 4 1 (0.559 %) ASP 4 1 (0.559 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (0.559 %) COM 4 1 (0.559 %) CSS 4 1 (0.559 %) XML 4 1 (0.559 %) XSLT 4 1 (0.559 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 30 (16.76 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 27 (15.08 %) MS Exchange 3 15 (8.380 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 7 (3.911 %) IIS 5 6 (3.352 %) Lotus Notes 5 6 (3.352 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 4 (2.235 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 2 (1.117 %) Apache 7 2 (1.117 %) Tomcat 7 2 (1.117 %) SharePoint 7 2 (1.117 %) Documentum 8 1 (0.559 %) GroupWise 8 1 (0.559 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 1 (0.559 %) CMS
Applications 1 35 (19.55 %) MS Office 2 15 (8.380 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.676 %) MS Visio 4 2 (1.117 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.559 %) InDesign	Business Applications 1 4 (2.235 %) Summit 2 1 (0.559 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 18 (10.06 %) LAN 2 15 (8.380 %) Firewall 3 14 (7.821 %) WAN 4 13 (7.263 %) DNS 5 9 (5.028 %) TCP/IP 5 9 (5.028 %) VPN 5 9 (5.028 %) Internet 6 7 (3.911 %) Wi-Fi 6 7 (3.911 %) DHCP 7 6 (3.352 %) WINS 7 6 (3.352 %) Bluetooth 7 6 (3.352 %) GPRS 8 5 (2.793 %) FTP 8 5 (2.793 %) VLAN 8 5 (2.793 %) Cisco PIX 9 4 (2.235 %) SSH 9 4 (2.235 %) Extranet 9 4 (2.235 %) SAN 10 3 (1.676 %) Ethernet 11 2 (1.117 %) SNMP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (6.704 %) SQL Server 2 7 (3.911 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (0.559 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 5 (2.793 %) MSI 2 2 (1.117 %) PVCS 3 1 (0.559 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (0.559 %) Visual Studio	General 1 13 (7.263 %) Telecoms 2 10 (5.587 %) Government 3 8 (4.469 %) Manufacturing 4 7 (3.911 %) Finance 5 3 (1.676 %) Health 6 2 (1.117 %) Advertising 6 2 (1.117 %) Education 6 2 (1.117 %) Electric 7 1 (0.559 %) Local Government 7 1 (0.559 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 40 (22.35 %) Support Engineer 2 26 (14.53 %) Analyst 3 24 (13.41 %) 2nd Line Support 4 17 (9.497 %) Desktop Support 4 17 (9.497 %) Consultant 5 14 (7.821 %) Support Technician 6 11 (6.145 %) Support Analyst 7 10 (5.587 %) Technical Support 8 9 (5.028 %) Desktop Engineer 8 9 (5.028 %) Network Support 9 8 (4.469 %) Desktop Support Engineer 10 7 (3.911 %) Technical Support Engineer 10 7 (3.911 %) Helpdesk Support 10 7 (3.911 %) 1st Line Support 10 7 (3.911 %) Technical Engineer 10 7 (3.911 %) 3rd Line Support 11 6 (3.352 %) Technical Consultant 11 6 (3.352 %) Test Analyst 11 6 (3.352 %) PC Support 11 6 (3.352 %) Helpdesk Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 8 (4.469 %) Thin Client 1 8 (4.469 %) Fat Client 2 7 (3.911 %) PDA 3 6 (3.352 %) SecurID 4 4 (2.235 %) Mainframe 4 4 (2.235 %) Client/Server 5 3 (1.676 %) Replication 5 3 (1.676 %) Swedish Language 6 2 (1.117 %) CESG 6 2 (1.117 %) French Language 7 1 (0.559 %) German Language 7 1 (0.559 %) Italian Language 7 1 (0.559 %) Russian Language 7 1 (0.559 %) Spanish Language 7 1 (0.559 %) Dutch Language 7 1 (0.559 %) Clustering 7 1 (0.559 %) PKI 7 1 (0.559 %) NHS 7 1 (0.559 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 171 (95.53 %) Windows 2 29 (16.20 %) Windows NT 3 28 (15.64 %) Windows XP 4 17 (9.497 %) Unix 5 16 (8.939 %) Windows Server 2003 6 9 (5.028 %) Linux 7 7 (3.911 %) Mac OS X 8 6 (3.352 %) Windows Mobile 9 5 (2.793 %) Solaris 10 3 (1.676 %) AIX 11 2 (1.117 %) HPUX 11 2 (1.117 %) NetWare 12 1 (0.559 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 12 (6.704 %) Migration 2 11 (6.145 %) Security Cleared 3 8 (4.469 %) Project Management 4 7 (3.911 %) Configuration Management 4 7 (3.911 %) SC Cleared 5 6 (3.352 %) ITIL 5 6 (3.352 %) RUP 5 6 (3.352 %) Unified Process 5 6 (3.352 %) Disaster Recovery 6 5 (2.793 %) Risk Management 6 5 (2.793 %) Automated Testing 7 3 (1.676 %) Network Design 7 3 (1.676 %) DV Cleared 7 3 (1.676 %) Data Migration 8 2 (1.117 %) Workflow 8 2 (1.117 %) Systems Analysis 8 2 (1.117 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 2 (1.117 %) Service Delivery 9 1 (0.559 %) Change Management 9 1 (0.559 %) Service Management
Programming Languages 1 7 (3.911 %) SQL 2 3 (1.676 %) C 3 2 (1.117 %) Perl 4 1 (0.559 %) C# 4 1 (0.559 %) JavaScript 4 1 (0.559 %) VBScript 4 1 (0.559 %) VB	Qualifications 1 21 (11.73 %) Microsoft Certification 2 20 (11.17 %) MCSE 3 6 (3.352 %) MCP 4 5 (2.793 %) MCSA 5 2 (1.117 %) HNC 5 2 (1.117 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 2 (1.117 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.117 %) SLA 2 1 (0.559 %) QA	System Software 1 49 (27.37 %) Active Directory 2 11 (6.145 %) Backup Exec 3 8 (4.469 %) NetBackup 4 7 (3.911 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 5 (2.793 %) ISA Server 6 3 (1.676 %) VMware ESX 6 3 (1.676 %) NDS 7 2 (1.117 %) MetaFrame 7 2 (1.117 %) Citrix Presentation Server 8 1 (0.559 %) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management 1 6 (3.352 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (1.676 %) MOM 3 2 (1.117 %) BMC PATROL 4 1 (0.559 %) MIMEsweeper 4 1 (0.559 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 57 (31.84 %) Microsoft 2 27 (15.08 %) Citrix 3 15 (8.380 %) VMware 4 12 (6.704 %) VERITAS 5 11 (6.145 %) Cisco 6 10 (5.587 %) HP 7 9 (5.028 %) Symantec 8 8 (4.469 %) Novell 9 7 (3.911 %) IBM 10 6 (3.352 %) Oracle 10 6 (3.352 %) Lotus 11 5 (2.793 %) Remedy 11 5 (2.793 %) McAfee Security 11 5 (2.793 %) CheckPoint 11 5 (2.793 %) BMC 12 3 (1.676 %) Nokia 13 2 (1.117 %) Peregrine 13 2 (1.117 %) Dell 13 2 (1.117 %) SAP 13 2 (1.117 %) Red Hat