The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 17 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 South West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
Rank 111 117 82
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -35
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 4 22 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.195% 0.664% 1.250%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.792% 3.047% 6.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 20
Average daily rate £232 £348 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.23% +12.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £241 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £360 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £225 £273
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -17.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £41.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +186.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.88 £15.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-16.93% +6.89%
All Operating Systems
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
505 722 569
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 24.66% 21.79% 20.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 354 238
Average daily rate £325 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £288 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 69 95
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.90 £13.00 £12.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.40 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
Windows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South West region.

South West Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 17 May 2013.

South West Windows 2000 Daily Rate Histogram

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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Somerset - 2 £232 -
Wiltshire -2 1 £200 -38.46%
Windows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) Legato
4 1 (25.00%) ARCserve
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Clustering
4 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
4 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (25.00%) EMC
4 1 (25.00%) VBScript
4 1 (25.00%) VB

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Wintel Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Server Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) VBScript
1 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Legato
1 1 (25.00%) ARCserve
1 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) EMC