Surrey Windows 2000 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) skills within the Surrey 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 25 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 Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Beverley Bexley Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Cwmbran Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Fareham Farnham Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft 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 Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Romford Rotherham Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witney Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	43	24
Rank change on same period last year	-19
Matching contract IT job ads	74	121
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.099 %	0.122 %
As % of the category below	18.00 %	19.71 %
Daily rates quoted	8	18
Average minimum daily rate	£271	£283
Average daily rate	£277	£289
% change on same period last year	-4.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£283	£296
UK excluding London average daily rate	£274	£290
% change on same period last year	-5.43 %
Hourly rates quoted	32	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.09	£21.14
Average hourly rate	£20.50	£21.82
% change on same period last year	-6.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.92	£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.27	£19.64
% change on same period last year	-6.99 %
Operating Systems Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads	411	614
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.548 %	0.621 %
Daily rates quoted	80	140
Average minimum daily rate	£284	£328
Average daily rate	£304	£344
% change on same period last year	-11.76 %
Average maximum daily rate	£324	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	106	117
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.05	£20.67
Average hourly rate	£20.34	£21.52
% change on same period last year	-5.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.63	£22.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows 2000 South East

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 Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 25 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 Surrey region.

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows 2000
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 2000 within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 25 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
Guildford	+9	12	£338	-11.18 %
Sunbury-on-Thames	-	6	-	-
Chertsey	-	4	-	-
Camberley	+4	3	-	-
Weybridge	-3	2	-	-
Leatherhead	-11	2	£300	-
Farnham	-	2	-	-
Reigate	+5	1	-	-
Tadworth	-	1	-	-
Epsom	-3	1	£363	+126.56 %

Windows 2000 South East

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

1 143 (96.62 %) Windows 2 62 (41.89 %) Active Directory 3 40 (27.03 %) Microsoft 4 34 (22.97 %) MS Office 5 26 (17.57 %) Microsoft Certification 5 26 (17.57 %) SAN 6 25 (16.89 %) MS Exchange 7 22 (14.86 %) Finance 8 21 (14.19 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 21 (14.19 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 21 (14.19 %) Windows NT 8 21 (14.19 %) Citrix 9 18 (12.16 %) Windows XP 10 17 (11.49 %) Migration 10 17 (11.49 %) MS Excel

11 16 (10.81 %) TCP/IP 11 16 (10.81 %) SQL Server 12 15 (10.14 %) MCSE 12 15 (10.14 %) VMware 12 15 (10.14 %) Clustering 13 14 (9.459 %) IIS 14 13 (8.784 %) HP 15 11 (7.432 %) MCP 15 11 (7.432 %) VB 16 10 (6.757 %) Data Migration 16 10 (6.757 %) VBScript 16 10 (6.757 %) LAN 17 9 (6.081 %) SQL 17 9 (6.081 %) ITIL 17 9 (6.081 %) Exchange Server 5.5

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 (4.054 %) J2EE 1 6 (4.054 %) WSH 1 6 (4.054 %) WebSphere 2 3 (2.027 %) .NET 3 2 (1.351 %) HTML 3 2 (1.351 %) ASP.NET 3 2 (1.351 %) Application Packaging 3 2 (1.351 %) CSS 4 1 (0.676 %) COM 4 1 (0.676 %) X-Windows 4 1 (0.676 %) Windows SharePoint Services 4 1 (0.676 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 25 (16.89 %) MS Exchange 2 21 (14.19 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 21 (14.19 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 14 (9.459 %) IIS 4 9 (6.081 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 6 (4.054 %) WebSphere MQ 6 3 (2.027 %) Lotus Notes 6 3 (2.027 %) SharePoint 6 3 (2.027 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 2 (1.351 %) GroupWise 7 2 (1.351 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 1 (0.676 %) Lotus Domino 8 1 (0.676 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 34 (22.97 %) MS Office 2 17 (11.49 %) MS Excel 3 5 (3.378 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 2 (1.351 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 26 (17.57 %) SAN 2 16 (10.81 %) TCP/IP 3 10 (6.757 %) LAN 4 8 (5.405 %) DNS 5 7 (4.730 %) LDAP 6 6 (4.054 %) SSH 7 5 (3.378 %) VPN 7 5 (3.378 %) DHCP 8 4 (2.703 %) Firewall 8 4 (2.703 %) Intranet 8 4 (2.703 %) Cisco PIX 9 3 (2.027 %) Network Security 9 3 (2.027 %) Internet 10 2 (1.351 %) WAN 10 2 (1.351 %) ADSL 10 2 (1.351 %) ISDN 10 2 (1.351 %) PSTN 11 1 (0.676 %) SMS 11 1 (0.676 %) SSL 11 1 (0.676 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (10.81 %) SQL Server 2 6 (4.054 %) SQL Server 7 2 6 (4.054 %) SQL Server 2000 3 5 (3.378 %) SQL Server 2005 3 5 (3.378 %) DTS
Development Applications 1 2 (1.351 %) Visual Studio 1 2 (1.351 %) MSI 1 2 (1.351 %) InstallShield 2 1 (0.676 %) CruiseControl 2 1 (0.676 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 22 (14.86 %) Finance 2 8 (5.405 %) Insurance 3 6 (4.054 %) Pharmaceutical 4 3 (2.027 %) Back Office 4 3 (2.027 %) Banking 4 3 (2.027 %) Investment Banking 5 2 (1.351 %) Marketing 6 1 (0.676 %) Pensions 6 1 (0.676 %) Billing 6 1 (0.676 %) Telecoms 6 1 (0.676 %) Chemicals 6 1 (0.676 %) Education 6 1 (0.676 %) Health 6 1 (0.676 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 45 (30.41 %) Analyst 2 29 (19.59 %) Desktop Support 3 23 (15.54 %) Support Analyst 4 21 (14.19 %) Support Engineer 5 18 (12.16 %) Administrator 6 14 (9.459 %) 2nd Line Support 6 14 (9.459 %) Desktop Engineer 7 11 (7.432 %) Helpdesk Support 7 11 (7.432 %) Helpdesk Analyst 8 10 (6.757 %) Systems Administrator 8 10 (6.757 %) Windows Administrator 9 9 (6.081 %) Desktop Support Engineer 9 9 (6.081 %) Desktop Analyst 10 8 (5.405 %) 1st Line Support 11 7 (4.730 %) Field Engineer 11 7 (4.730 %) Desktop Support Analyst 12 6 (4.054 %) Technical Analyst 12 6 (4.054 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 12 6 (4.054 %) Technical Support Analyst 12 6 (4.054 %) Technical Support	Miscellaneous 1 15 (10.14 %) Clustering 2 8 (5.405 %) NHS 2 8 (5.405 %) Blackberry 3 2 (1.351 %) Replication 4 1 (0.676 %) Firmware 4 1 (0.676 %) PDA 4 1 (0.676 %) Dutch Language 4 1 (0.676 %) Wiki 4 1 (0.676 %) Video Conferencing 4 1 (0.676 %) EFT
Operating Systems 1 143 (96.62 %) Windows 2 21 (14.19 %) Windows NT 3 18 (12.16 %) Windows XP 4 7 (4.730 %) Windows Server 2003 5 6 (4.054 %) UNIX 5 6 (4.054 %) NetWare 5 6 (4.054 %) Solaris 6 3 (2.027 %) Windows Vista	Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (11.49 %) Migration 2 10 (6.757 %) Data Migration 3 9 (6.081 %) ITIL 4 4 (2.703 %) CRM 4 4 (2.703 %) Change Management 4 4 (2.703 %) Security Cleared 5 3 (2.027 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (1.351 %) E-Commerce 6 2 (1.351 %) PRINCE2 6 2 (1.351 %) Asset Management 7 1 (0.676 %) Problem Management 7 1 (0.676 %) Release Management 7 1 (0.676 %) Test Scripting 7 1 (0.676 %) UML 7 1 (0.676 %) RUP 7 1 (0.676 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 11 (7.432 %) VB 2 10 (6.757 %) VBScript 3 9 (6.081 %) SQL 4 7 (4.730 %) Transact-SQL 5 6 (4.054 %) Java 5 6 (4.054 %) Perl 5 6 (4.054 %) Shell Script 6 2 (1.351 %) C# 6 2 (1.351 %) JavaScript 7 1 (0.676 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 26 (17.57 %) Microsoft Certification 2 15 (10.14 %) MCSE 3 11 (7.432 %) MCP 4 8 (5.405 %) MCSA 5 2 (1.351 %) CNE 5 2 (1.351 %) Novell Certification 5 2 (1.351 %) CCSA 5 2 (1.351 %) CCSE 5 2 (1.351 %) Degree 5 2 (1.351 %) CCA 5 2 (1.351 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (0.676 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.676 %) MCTS 6 1 (0.676 %) MCITP 6 1 (0.676 %) CCNA 6 1 (0.676 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.676 %) ISO9001 1 1 (0.676 %) ISO27001 1 1 (0.676 %) QA	System Software 1 62 (41.89 %) Active Directory 2 8 (5.405 %) VMware ESX 3 3 (2.027 %) NetBackup 3 3 (2.027 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (1.351 %) ISA Server 4 2 (1.351 %) Novell eDirectory 5 1 (0.676 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 8 (5.405 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 6 (4.054 %) WSUS 3 2 (1.351 %) HP Data Protector 3 2 (1.351 %) Unicenter 3 2 (1.351 %) Legato 4 1 (0.676 %) MOM 4 1 (0.676 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 1 (0.676 %) ZENworks 4 1 (0.676 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 40 (27.03 %) Microsoft 2 21 (14.19 %) Citrix 3 15 (10.14 %) VMware 4 13 (8.784 %) HP 5 8 (5.405 %) Novell 6 7 (4.730 %) Compaq 7 6 (4.054 %) Sun 7 6 (4.054 %) IBM 8 4 (2.703 %) Cisco 8 4 (2.703 %) Symantec 9 3 (2.027 %) NetApp 9 3 (2.027 %) Blue Coat 9 3 (2.027 %) IronPort 9 3 (2.027 %) Finjan 9 3 (2.027 %) VERITAS 9 3 (2.027 %) Lotus 9 3 (2.027 %) EMC 9 3 (2.027 %) Intel 10 2 (1.351 %) Oracle 10 2 (1.351 %) Dell