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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.

LinkMicrosoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank6933
Rank change on same period last yearDown-36
Matching contract IT job ads68231
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.090 %0.245 %
As % of the category below8.763 %18.39 %
Daily rates quoted657
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 quoted2871
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 WestOperating Systems
South West
Matching contract IT job ads7761256
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.023 %1.332 %
Daily rates quoted192254
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 quoted174252
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 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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

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.

South West Windows 2000 Daily Rate Histogram

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.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

South West Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Histogram

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.

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
WiltshireDown-819£260+57.10 %
BristolDown-717--
DorsetUp+1110--
DevonDown-910£372+73.57 %
GloucestershireDown-278--
SomersetDown-232--
AvonUp+71--
Windows 2000 EnglandWindows 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.

1171 (95.53 %)Windows
257 (31.84 %)Microsoft
349 (27.37 %)Active Directory
435 (19.55 %)MS Office
530 (16.76 %)Exchange Server 2000
629 (16.20 %)Windows NT
728 (15.64 %)Windows XP
827 (15.08 %)MS Exchange
827 (15.08 %)Citrix
921 (11.73 %)Microsoft Certification
1020 (11.17 %)MCSE
1118 (10.06 %)LAN
1217 (9.497 %)Unix
1316 (8.939 %)Windows Server 2003
1415 (8.380 %)MS Excel
1415 (8.380 %)Firewall
1415 (8.380 %)VMware
1415 (8.380 %)Exchange Server 2003
1514 (7.821 %)WAN
1613 (7.263 %)DNS
1613 (7.263 %)Telecoms
1712 (6.704 %)Migration
1712 (6.704 %)SQL Server
1712 (6.704 %)VERITAS
1811 (6.145 %)Cisco
1811 (6.145 %)Backup Exec
1811 (6.145 %)Security Cleared
1910 (5.587 %)Government
1910 (5.587 %)HP
209 (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
16 (3.352 %)J2EE
24 (2.235 %).NET
33 (1.676 %)Application Packaging
41 (0.559 %)Software Packaging
41 (0.559 %)ASP
41 (0.559 %)ASP.NET
41 (0.559 %)COM
41 (0.559 %)CSS
41 (0.559 %)XML
41 (0.559 %)XSLT
41 (0.559 %)AJAX
Application Platforms
130 (16.76 %)Exchange Server 2000
227 (15.08 %)MS Exchange
315 (8.380 %)Exchange Server 2003
47 (3.911 %)IIS
56 (3.352 %)Lotus Notes
56 (3.352 %)Exchange Server 5.5
64 (2.235 %)Exchange Server 2007
72 (1.117 %)Apache
72 (1.117 %)Tomcat
72 (1.117 %)SharePoint
72 (1.117 %)Documentum
81 (0.559 %)GroupWise
81 (0.559 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
81 (0.559 %)CMS
Applications
135 (19.55 %)MS Office
215 (8.380 %)MS Excel
33 (1.676 %)MS Visio
42 (1.117 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.559 %)InDesign
Business Applications
14 (2.235 %)Summit
21 (0.559 %)assyst
Communications & Networking
118 (10.06 %)LAN
215 (8.380 %)Firewall
314 (7.821 %)WAN
413 (7.263 %)DNS
59 (5.028 %)TCP/IP
59 (5.028 %)VPN
59 (5.028 %)Internet
67 (3.911 %)Wi-Fi
67 (3.911 %)DHCP
76 (3.352 %)WINS
76 (3.352 %)Bluetooth
76 (3.352 %)GPRS
85 (2.793 %)FTP
85 (2.793 %)VLAN
85 (2.793 %)Cisco PIX
94 (2.235 %)SSH
94 (2.235 %)Extranet
94 (2.235 %)SAN
103 (1.676 %)Ethernet
112 (1.117 %)SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
112 (6.704 %)SQL Server
27 (3.911 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (0.559 %)RDBMS
Development Applications
15 (2.793 %)MSI
22 (1.117 %)PVCS
31 (0.559 %)VSS/SourceSafe
31 (0.559 %)Visual Studio
General
113 (7.263 %)Telecoms
210 (5.587 %)Government
38 (4.469 %)Manufacturing
47 (3.911 %)Finance
53 (1.676 %)Health
62 (1.117 %)Advertising
62 (1.117 %)Education
62 (1.117 %)Electric
71 (0.559 %)Local Government
71 (0.559 %)Legal
Job Titles
140 (22.35 %)Support Engineer
226 (14.53 %)Analyst
324 (13.41 %)2nd Line Support
417 (9.497 %)Desktop Support
417 (9.497 %)Consultant
514 (7.821 %)Support Technician
611 (6.145 %)Support Analyst
710 (5.587 %)Technical Support
89 (5.028 %)Desktop Engineer
89 (5.028 %)Network Support
98 (4.469 %)Desktop Support Engineer
107 (3.911 %)Technical Support Engineer
107 (3.911 %)Helpdesk Support
107 (3.911 %)1st Line Support
107 (3.911 %)Technical Engineer
107 (3.911 %)3rd Line Support
116 (3.352 %)Technical Consultant
116 (3.352 %)Test Analyst
116 (3.352 %)PC Support
116 (3.352 %)Helpdesk Engineer
Miscellaneous
18 (4.469 %)Thin Client
18 (4.469 %)Fat Client
27 (3.911 %)PDA
36 (3.352 %)SecurID
44 (2.235 %)Mainframe
44 (2.235 %)Client/Server
53 (1.676 %)Replication
53 (1.676 %)Swedish Language
62 (1.117 %)CESG
62 (1.117 %)French Language
71 (0.559 %)German Language
71 (0.559 %)Italian Language
71 (0.559 %)Russian Language
71 (0.559 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.559 %)Dutch Language
71 (0.559 %)Clustering
71 (0.559 %)PKI
71 (0.559 %)NHS
71 (0.559 %)Blackberry
Operating Systems
1171 (95.53 %)Windows
229 (16.20 %)Windows NT
328 (15.64 %)Windows XP
417 (9.497 %)Unix
516 (8.939 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (5.028 %)Linux
77 (3.911 %)Mac OS X
86 (3.352 %)Windows Mobile
95 (2.793 %)Solaris
103 (1.676 %)AIX
112 (1.117 %)HPUX
112 (1.117 %)NetWare
121 (0.559 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
112 (6.704 %)Migration
211 (6.145 %)Security Cleared
38 (4.469 %)Project Management
47 (3.911 %)Configuration Management
47 (3.911 %)SC Cleared
56 (3.352 %)ITIL
56 (3.352 %)RUP
56 (3.352 %)Unified Process
56 (3.352 %)Disaster Recovery
65 (2.793 %)Risk Management
65 (2.793 %)Automated Testing
73 (1.676 %)Network Design
73 (1.676 %)DV Cleared
73 (1.676 %)Data Migration
82 (1.117 %)Workflow
82 (1.117 %)Systems Analysis
82 (1.117 %)User Acceptance Testing
82 (1.117 %)Service Delivery
91 (0.559 %)Change Management
91 (0.559 %)Service Management
Programming Languages
17 (3.911 %)SQL
23 (1.676 %)C
32 (1.117 %)Perl
41 (0.559 %)C#
41 (0.559 %)JavaScript
41 (0.559 %)VBScript
41 (0.559 %)VB
Qualifications
121 (11.73 %)Microsoft Certification
220 (11.17 %)MCSE
36 (3.352 %)MCP
45 (2.793 %)MCSA
52 (1.117 %)HNC
52 (1.117 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
52 (1.117 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.117 %)SLA
21 (0.559 %)QA
System Software
149 (27.37 %)Active Directory
211 (6.145 %)Backup Exec
38 (4.469 %)NetBackup
47 (3.911 %)VMware Infrastructure
55 (2.793 %)ISA Server
63 (1.676 %)VMware ESX
63 (1.676 %)NDS
72 (1.117 %)MetaFrame
72 (1.117 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.559 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
16 (3.352 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (1.676 %)MOM
32 (1.117 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.559 %)MIMEsweeper
41 (0.559 %)OpenView
Vendors
157 (31.84 %)Microsoft
227 (15.08 %)Citrix
315 (8.380 %)VMware
412 (6.704 %)VERITAS
511 (6.145 %)Cisco
610 (5.587 %)HP
79 (5.028 %)Symantec
88 (4.469 %)Novell
97 (3.911 %)IBM
106 (3.352 %)Oracle
106 (3.352 %)Lotus
115 (2.793 %)Remedy
115 (2.793 %)McAfee Security
115 (2.793 %)CheckPoint
115 (2.793 %)BMC
123 (1.676 %)Nokia
132 (1.117 %)Peregrine
132 (1.117 %)Dell
132 (1.117 %)SAP
132 (1.117 %)Red Hat
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