Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Computing Careers IT Job Search
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank7053
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching contract IT job ads15952322
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.004 %2.609 %
As % of the category below10.17 %11.75 %
Daily rates quoted296359
Average minimum daily rate£293£326
Average daily rate£310£340
% change on same period last year-8.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£281£300
% change on same period last year-6.38 %
Hourly rates quoted505664
Average minimum hourly rate£17.36£18.19
Average hourly rate£18.70£19.24
% change on same period last year-2.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.03£20.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.90£19.33
% change on same period last year-7.38 %
Operating Systems UKOperating Systems
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1569019769
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled19.71 %22.21 %
Daily rates quoted41895086
Average minimum daily rate£360£367
Average daily rate£382£387
% change on same period last year-1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£332
% change on same period last year+3.79 %
Hourly rates quoted24712556
Average minimum hourly rate£20.59£21.28
Average hourly rate£22.05£22.53
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.51£23.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.99£23.00
% change on same period last year-4.38 %

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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Windows 2000 across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Windows 2000 Demand Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Windows 2000 across the UK.

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 UK over the past 3 months.

Windows 2000 Daily Rate Histogram

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Windows 2000 across the UK.

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 UK over the past 3 months.

Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows 2000
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 2000 within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandDown-151504£311-9.05 %
2LondonDown-20566£330-13.63 %
3South EastDown-10373£287-4.55 %
4City of LondonDown-9170£363-3.85 %
5East of EnglandDown-13129£227-17.75 %
6YorkshireUp+2104£328+49.43 %
7South WestDown-2793£328-2.91 %
8North WestDown-1581£341+44.77 %
9BerkshireUp+1279£362+24.97 %
10West MidlandsDown-2569£272-26.60 %
11SurreyDown-1365£301+11.76 %
12HampshireDown-1664£358+1.75 %
13CambridgeshireUp+362£259+0.29 %
14West YorkshireUp+157£348+34.29 %
15East MidlandsDown-1255£202-21.31 %
16ScotlandDown-2254£242+2.12 %
17BuckinghamshireDown-1846£289+37.50 %
18WiltshireUp+438£279+42.99 %
18ManchesterDown-1238£307+217.45 %
19North EastUp+1331£300+46.34 %
20West SussexUp+1530£200-26.19 %
21CambridgeUp+129--
22OxfordshireDown-1028--
23NorthamptonshireUp+1025--
23HertfordshireDown-3425£375+45.83 %
23SwindonUp+1225£260-
24ReadingDown-824£292+11.11 %
24LeedsDown-524£348+46.83 %
25BristolDown-2223£300+20.00 %
25Milton KeynesDown-3223£375+141.93 %

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Windows 2000 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows 2000.

13343 (94.78 %)Windows
21432 (40.60 %)Active Directory
31148 (32.55 %)Microsoft
41027 (29.12 %)MS Office
5720 (20.41 %)MS Exchange
6589 (16.70 %)MS Excel
7582 (16.50 %)Windows XP
8511 (14.49 %)TCP/IP
9464 (13.16 %)Citrix
10461 (13.07 %)Exchange Server 2000
10461 (13.07 %)Exchange Server 2003
11444 (12.59 %)Microsoft Certification
12431 (12.22 %)Windows NT
13406 (11.51 %)SQL
14384 (10.89 %)SQL Server
15360 (10.21 %)HP
16352 (9.980 %)Windows Server 2003
17330 (9.356 %)DNS
18327 (9.271 %)MCSE
19320 (9.073 %)Finance
20314 (8.903 %)LAN
21282 (7.995 %)IIS
22278 (7.882 %)Cisco
23254 (7.202 %)Unix
23254 (7.202 %)VMware
24252 (7.145 %)WAN
25240 (6.805 %)ITIL
26231 (6.549 %)Linux
27229 (6.493 %)DHCP
28225 (6.379 %)SQL Server 2000

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Windows 2000 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Windows 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1164 (4.650 %).NET
283 (2.353 %)XML
370 (1.985 %)ASP.NET
469 (1.956 %)HTML
551 (1.446 %)ASP
647 (1.333 %)WebSphere
736 (1.021 %)J2EE
832 (0.907 %)ODBC
832 (0.907 %).NET Framework
928 (0.794 %)Middleware
1025 (0.709 %)XSLT
1124 (0.680 %)XSD
1124 (0.680 %)Swing
1221 (0.595 %)CSS
1317 (0.482 %)WebServices
1416 (0.454 %)Application Packaging
1514 (0.397 %)COM+
169 (0.255 %)Software Packaging
178 (0.227 %)WMI
178 (0.227 %)ActiveX
Application Platforms
1720 (20.41 %)MS Exchange
2461 (13.07 %)Exchange Server 2000
2461 (13.07 %)Exchange Server 2003
3282 (7.995 %)IIS
4175 (4.962 %)Lotus Notes
5114 (3.232 %)Exchange Server 5.5
659 (1.673 %)SharePoint
754 (1.531 %)Exchange Server 2007
850 (1.418 %)GroupWise
934 (0.964 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1029 (0.822 %)Apache
1127 (0.766 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1219 (0.539 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1317 (0.482 %)WebLogic
1317 (0.482 %)Tomcat
1414 (0.397 %)BizTalk Server
1513 (0.369 %)Oracle Application Server
1612 (0.340 %)OpenEdge
1612 (0.340 %)WebSphere Application Server
1612 (0.340 %)Lotus Domino
Applications
11027 (29.12 %)MS Office
2589 (16.70 %)MS Excel
341 (1.162 %)MS PowerPoint
437 (1.049 %)MS Visio
528 (0.794 %)MS Project
614 (0.397 %)Acrobat
711 (0.312 %)Photoshop
85 (0.142 %)AutoCAD
92 (0.057 %)DeltaView
92 (0.057 %)Fireworks
92 (0.057 %)InDesign
101 (0.028 %)Adobe Illustrator
101 (0.028 %)QuarkXPress
Business Applications
116 (0.454 %)assyst
27 (0.198 %)Summit
35 (0.142 %)GoldMine
44 (0.113 %)SoftGrid
44 (0.113 %)Microsoft CRM
53 (0.085 %)Remedy ITSM
62 (0.057 %)Remedy AR System
62 (0.057 %)BPCS
62 (0.057 %)SAP R/3
62 (0.057 %)Movex
62 (0.057 %)Oracle Applications
62 (0.057 %)Line 50
62 (0.057 %)Dynamics CRM
71 (0.028 %)Kondor+
71 (0.028 %)Misys Midas
71 (0.028 %)Staffware
71 (0.028 %)Oracle 11i
71 (0.028 %)Navision
Communications & Networking
1511 (14.49 %)TCP/IP
2330 (9.356 %)DNS
3314 (8.903 %)LAN
4252 (7.145 %)WAN
5229 (6.493 %)DHCP
6214 (6.067 %)Firewall
7198 (5.614 %)SAN
8173 (4.905 %)Internet
9154 (4.366 %)VPN
10135 (3.828 %)WINS
1159 (1.673 %)SMS
1253 (1.503 %)VoIP
1349 (1.389 %)Wireless
1443 (1.219 %)Intranet
1540 (1.134 %)ADSL
1637 (1.049 %)Cisco PIX
1735 (0.992 %)HTTP
1833 (0.936 %)Ethernet
1929 (0.822 %)ISDN
2026 (0.737 %)Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1384 (10.89 %)SQL Server
2225 (6.379 %)SQL Server 2000
3121 (3.431 %)SQL Server 2005
462 (1.758 %)RDBMS
534 (0.964 %)Oracle 10g
630 (0.851 %)MS Access
728 (0.794 %)Oracle 9i
824 (0.680 %)Oracle 8/8i
923 (0.652 %)SQL Server 7
1019 (0.539 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1117 (0.482 %)DTS
1216 (0.454 %)Crystal Reports
1315 (0.425 %)MSDE
1414 (0.397 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1414 (0.397 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1414 (0.397 %)BusinessObjects
1513 (0.369 %)MySQL
1612 (0.340 %)DB2
1710 (0.284 %)TOAD
189 (0.255 %)GIS
Development Applications
162 (1.758 %)MSI
239 (1.106 %)Visual Studio
336 (1.021 %)Ant
427 (0.766 %)Eclipse
427 (0.766 %)Subversion
525 (0.709 %)JUnit
624 (0.680 %)ClearCase
624 (0.680 %)JBuilder
722 (0.624 %)InstallShield
821 (0.595 %)LoadRunner
918 (0.510 %)LabVIEW
1014 (0.397 %)TestDirector
1113 (0.369 %)JIRA
1210 (0.284 %)ClearQuest
137 (0.198 %)VSS/SourceSafe
137 (0.198 %)Oracle Forms
144 (0.113 %)Flash
144 (0.113 %)ProC
144 (0.113 %)QuickTest Pro
144 (0.113 %)Dreamweaver
General
1320 (9.073 %)Finance
2186 (5.274 %)Banking
3170 (4.820 %)Government
479 (2.240 %)Legal
575 (2.126 %)Law
666 (1.871 %)Telecoms
758 (1.644 %)Back Office
857 (1.616 %)Investment Banking
949 (1.389 %)Insurance
1046 (1.304 %)Health
1133 (0.936 %)Front Office
1229 (0.822 %)Retail
1327 (0.766 %)Pharmaceutical
1327 (0.766 %)Financial Institution
1327 (0.766 %)Education
1424 (0.680 %)Marketing
1522 (0.624 %)Auditing
1616 (0.454 %)Manufacturing
1715 (0.425 %)Local Government
1810 (0.284 %)Billing
Job Titles
11030 (29.20 %)Analyst
2549 (15.57 %)Support Analyst
3434 (12.31 %)Support Engineer
4428 (12.13 %)Desktop Support
5307 (8.704 %)2nd Line Support
6253 (7.173 %)Helpdesk Analyst
7227 (6.436 %)Helpdesk Support
8187 (5.302 %)Administrator
9182 (5.160 %)Desktop Engineer
10174 (4.933 %)Developer
11156 (4.423 %)3rd Line Support
12147 (4.168 %)Desktop Analyst
13136 (3.856 %)Service Analyst
14131 (3.714 %)Desktop Support Analyst
15127 (3.601 %)Service Desk Analyst
16119 (3.374 %)Desktop Support Engineer
16119 (3.374 %)Server Support
17116 (3.289 %)Consultant
18102 (2.892 %)Support Technician
1999 (2.807 %)Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1183 (5.189 %)Blackberry
2152 (4.310 %)Clustering
381 (2.297 %)NHS
450 (1.418 %)Replication
540 (1.134 %)PDA
638 (1.077 %)Thin Client
638 (1.077 %)Fat Client
737 (1.049 %)Client/Server
830 (0.851 %)French Language
927 (0.766 %)Derivative
1026 (0.737 %)German Language
1125 (0.709 %)Asset Management
1224 (0.680 %)Computer Science
1323 (0.652 %)AS400
1420 (0.567 %)Mainframe
1518 (0.510 %)Management Information System
1617 (0.482 %)Dutch Language
1617 (0.482 %)PKI
1617 (0.482 %)Equity Derivative
1716 (0.454 %)Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
13343 (94.78 %)Windows
2582 (16.50 %)Windows XP
3431 (12.22 %)Windows NT
4352 (9.980 %)Windows Server 2003
5254 (7.202 %)Unix
6231 (6.549 %)Linux
7120 (3.402 %)Solaris
880 (2.268 %)NetWare
946 (1.304 %)AIX
1032 (0.907 %)Mac OS X
1117 (0.482 %)Windows Vista
1212 (0.340 %)Windows Mobile
1212 (0.340 %)HPUX
139 (0.255 %)VMS
145 (0.142 %)zOS
154 (0.113 %)FreeBSD
162 (0.057 %)OS/400
171 (0.028 %)Tru64
171 (0.028 %)SUSE
171 (0.028 %)Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1240 (6.805 %)ITIL
2189 (5.359 %)Migration
374 (2.098 %)Project Management
460 (1.701 %)Disaster Recovery
554 (1.531 %)PRINCE2
554 (1.531 %)Problem Management
650 (1.418 %)UML
748 (1.361 %)Configuration Management
844 (1.248 %)Change Management
844 (1.248 %)Test Scripting
942 (1.191 %)Service Delivery
1035 (0.992 %)Document Management
1134 (0.964 %)User Acceptance Testing
1228 (0.794 %)Data Migration
1326 (0.737 %)Incident Management
1326 (0.737 %)Service Management
1424 (0.680 %)CRM
1424 (0.680 %)Systems Analysis
1523 (0.652 %)Network Load Balancing
1622 (0.624 %)Time Management
Programming Languages
1406 (11.51 %)SQL
2138 (3.913 %)C#
3109 (3.090 %)VB
485 (2.410 %)Java
582 (2.325 %)C++
668 (1.928 %)C
668 (1.928 %)VBScript
765 (1.843 %)Perl
857 (1.616 %)VB.NET
948 (1.361 %)PL/SQL
1045 (1.276 %)Shell Script
1143 (1.219 %)JavaScript
1234 (0.964 %)VB6
1333 (0.936 %)Transact-SQL
1422 (0.624 %)VBA
1512 (0.340 %)PHP
167 (0.198 %)Python
174 (0.113 %)DCL
183 (0.085 %)DHTML
183 (0.085 %)COBOL
Qualifications
1444 (12.59 %)Microsoft Certification
2327 (9.271 %)MCSE
3124 (3.516 %)MCP
487 (2.467 %)Degree
582 (2.325 %)Cisco Certification
665 (1.843 %)CCNA
738 (1.077 %)MCSA
819 (0.539 %)CCNP
917 (0.482 %)Citrix Certification
917 (0.482 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1015 (0.425 %)ISEB
1015 (0.425 %)Novell Certification
1113 (0.369 %)CNE
1212 (0.340 %)MCDST
1212 (0.340 %)ITIL Certification
1311 (0.312 %)CCA
1410 (0.284 %)MCDBA
159 (0.255 %)HND
159 (0.255 %)CNA
167 (0.198 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1101 (2.864 %)SLA
223 (0.652 %)QA
31 (0.028 %)HL7
31 (0.028 %)JSP 440
31 (0.028 %)GLP
31 (0.028 %)ISO9000
31 (0.028 %)ISO9001
31 (0.028 %)GxP
System Software
11432 (40.60 %)Active Directory
2104 (2.949 %)VMware ESX
368 (1.928 %)Backup Exec
465 (1.843 %)NetBackup
557 (1.616 %)MetaFrame
650 (1.418 %)ISA Server
749 (1.389 %)Citrix Presentation Server
840 (1.134 %)Terminal Server
925 (0.709 %)Terminal Services
1023 (0.652 %)NDS
1113 (0.369 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1210 (0.284 %)Oracle RAC
139 (0.255 %)VMware Workstation
139 (0.255 %)Oracle RMAN
148 (0.227 %)NFS
148 (0.227 %)Novell eDirectory
155 (0.142 %)VMware Server
155 (0.142 %)VMware GSX
164 (0.113 %)ClearTrust
164 (0.113 %)MailMarshal
Systems Management
1147 (4.168 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
266 (1.871 %)MOM
346 (1.304 %)OpenView
441 (1.162 %)Tivoli
533 (0.936 %)ZENworks
632 (0.907 %)DameWare
724 (0.680 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
821 (0.595 %)WSUS
920 (0.567 %)Norton AntiVirus
1017 (0.482 %)CiscoWorks
1115 (0.425 %)Legato
1115 (0.425 %)CA SiteMinder
1115 (0.425 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1212 (0.340 %)Tivoli NetView
1311 (0.312 %)AutoSys
149 (0.255 %)MAILsweeper
149 (0.255 %)NNM
158 (0.227 %)BMC PATROL
167 (0.198 %)ARCserve
176 (0.170 %)Netcool
Vendors
11148 (32.55 %)Microsoft
2464 (13.16 %)Citrix
3360 (10.21 %)HP
4278 (7.882 %)Cisco
5254 (7.202 %)VMware
6214 (6.067 %)Oracle
7184 (5.217 %)Lotus
8169 (4.792 %)Novell
9120 (3.402 %)VERITAS
10118 (3.346 %)IBM
11110 (3.119 %)Dell
1274 (2.098 %)Remedy
1370 (1.985 %)CheckPoint
1469 (1.956 %)Symantec
1565 (1.843 %)Sun
1565 (1.843 %)Altiris
1660 (1.701 %)Compaq
1756 (1.588 %)EMC
1756 (1.588 %)Red Hat
1852 (1.474 %)Intel
CWJobs.co.uk IT Job Search
Technojobs