Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category.

LinkMicrosoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank13665
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-71
Matching contract IT job ads3971719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK1.156 %2.233 %
As % of the Operating Systems category6.454 %11.10 %
Daily rates quoted63294
Average daily rate£220£275
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£115£132
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£225£220
% change on same period last year+2.270 %
Hourly rates quoted139559
Average hourly rate£16.00£15.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.82
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£15.00
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
615115487
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.91 %20.12 %
Daily rates quoted20924219
Average daily rate£329£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-12.26 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£195
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525
UK excluding London average daily rate£287£350
% change on same period last year-18.14 %
Hourly rates quoted8092394
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.50
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.00£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£16.50
% change on same period last year+6.060 %

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.

Windows 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 within 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 IT contract jobs citing Windows 2000 within 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 within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

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 within 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 within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Histogram

Windows 2000
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-69370£228-19.46 %
LondonDown-70113£213-29.16 %
South EastDown-40105£295+9.25 %
South WestUp+2042£225-38.05 %
West MidlandsUp+330£205+20.58 %
City of LondonDown-4529£213-40.39 %
HampshireDown-427--
BuckinghamshireDown-924£388+1.97 %
East of EnglandDown-1522£254+35.33 %
North WestDown-1721£99-75.26 %
GloucestershireUp+1918--
ScotlandUp+116£105-58.41 %
SurreyDown-215£235-16.81 %
BerkshireDown-2914£450+28.57 %
East MidlandsUp+713£350+105.88 %
YorkshireDown-2113£125-37.50 %
Milton KeynesDown-412£400+5.26 %
MerseysideUp+159£95-62.45 %
SomersetUp+208£290-
BristolUp+18£160-
ManchesterDown-48£199-53.74 %
CambridgeshireDown-48£208+43.10 %
KentUp+117£340+94.28 %
High WycombeNo change07£165-
West YorkshireDown-87£125-
MidlandsUp+596--
MiddlesexUp+156--
ReadingUp+26--
WalesNo change06--
South WalesDown-26--

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11060 (100.00 %)Windows
2537 (50.66 %)Windows XP
3514 (48.49 %)Windows Server 2003
4389 (36.70 %)Active Directory
5358 (33.77 %)Microsoft
6288 (27.17 %)MS Office
7205 (19.34 %)MS Exchange
8181 (17.08 %)Security Cleared
9174 (16.42 %)Microsoft Certification
10169 (15.94 %)MS Excel
11145 (13.68 %)Windows NT
12143 (13.49 %)MCSE
13129 (12.17 %)ITIL
13129 (12.17 %)SQL
14127 (11.98 %)SC Cleared
15126 (11.89 %)Citrix
16118 (11.13 %)HP
16118 (11.13 %)Windows Vista
17107 (10.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
1899 (9.340 %)TCP/IP
1998 (9.245 %)UNIX
1998 (9.245 %)Finance
2093 (8.774 %)VMware
2093 (8.774 %)Linux
2093 (8.774 %)SQL Server
2187 (8.208 %)Government
2286 (8.113 %)Solaris
2378 (7.358 %)Oracle
2378 (7.358 %)IIS
2475 (7.075 %)Windows 2000 Server

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (3.302 %)HTML
230 (2.830 %).NET
326 (2.453 %)XML
421 (1.981 %)J2EE
515 (1.415 %)WebServices
614 (1.321 %)Application Packaging
614 (1.321 %)Middleware
713 (1.226 %)CGI
811 (1.038 %)XSLT
99 (0.849 %)ASP
99 (0.849 %)CSS
106 (0.566 %)WMI
115 (0.472 %).NET Framework
115 (0.472 %)AJAX
115 (0.472 %)COM
124 (0.377 %)COM+
124 (0.377 %)XSL
124 (0.377 %)JSP
124 (0.377 %)Servlets
124 (0.377 %)SOAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1205 (19.34 %)MS Exchange
2107 (10.09 %)Exchange Server 2003
378 (7.358 %)IIS
454 (5.094 %)Exchange Server 2007
547 (4.434 %)Exchange Server 2000
644 (4.151 %)Lotus Notes
739 (3.679 %)SharePoint
837 (3.491 %)Exchange Server 5.5
915 (1.415 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1014 (1.321 %)GroupWise
1113 (1.226 %)Lotus Domino
1210 (0.943 %)SAS
138 (0.755 %)BizTalk Server
138 (0.755 %)CMS
147 (0.660 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
155 (0.472 %)iPlanet
155 (0.472 %)Tomcat
155 (0.472 %)SharePoint Portal Server
164 (0.377 %)TIBCO EMS
164 (0.377 %)WorkSite
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1288 (27.17 %)MS Office
2169 (15.94 %)MS Excel
314 (1.321 %)MS PowerPoint
413 (1.226 %)MS Project
413 (1.226 %)MS Visio
57 (0.660 %)Spreadsheet
65 (0.472 %)Paint Shop Pro
65 (0.472 %)Acrobat
74 (0.377 %)InfoPath
82 (0.189 %)Photoshop
82 (0.189 %)QuarkXPress
91 (0.094 %)AutoCAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.849 %)assyst
25 (0.472 %)Microsoft CRM
34 (0.377 %)BusinessWorks
34 (0.377 %)SoftGrid
34 (0.377 %)TIBCO iProcess
43 (0.283 %)Cerner Millennium
43 (0.283 %)Summit
51 (0.094 %)Hyperion Enterprise
51 (0.094 %)Salerio
51 (0.094 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.094 %)Oracle ERP
51 (0.094 %)Oracle Financials
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
199 (9.340 %)TCP/IP
273 (6.887 %)DNS
364 (6.038 %)SAN
462 (5.849 %)LAN
556 (5.283 %)WAN
655 (5.189 %)Firewall
751 (4.811 %)DHCP
850 (4.717 %)Internet
940 (3.774 %)VPN
1022 (2.075 %)SMS
1121 (1.981 %)Wireless
1220 (1.887 %)NAS
1220 (1.887 %)Intranet
1319 (1.792 %)Ethernet
1418 (1.698 %)SSL
1516 (1.509 %)FTP
1614 (1.321 %)ISDN
1713 (1.226 %)ADSL
1713 (1.226 %)Broadband
1811 (1.038 %)SNMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
193 (8.774 %)SQL Server
230 (2.830 %)SQL Server 2000
230 (2.830 %)SQL Server 2005
316 (1.509 %)BusinessObjects
415 (1.415 %)Crystal Reports
510 (0.943 %)MS Access
68 (0.755 %)Datawarehouse
68 (0.755 %)RDBMS
68 (0.755 %)Oracle 10g
77 (0.660 %)MySQL
86 (0.566 %)SQL Server Integration Services
86 (0.566 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
95 (0.472 %)BusinessObjects XI
95 (0.472 %)TOAD
95 (0.472 %)Sybase ASE
95 (0.472 %)Oracle 9i
104 (0.377 %)DTS
104 (0.377 %)Data Cleansing
113 (0.283 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
113 (0.283 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (0.849 %)MSI
28 (0.755 %)Visual Studio
28 (0.755 %)VSS/SourceSafe
36 (0.566 %)Subversion
45 (0.472 %)InstallShield
45 (0.472 %)Eclipse
45 (0.472 %)TestDirector
54 (0.377 %)Ant
54 (0.377 %)TeamCity
63 (0.283 %)ClearCase
63 (0.283 %)JIRA
72 (0.189 %)FrontPage
72 (0.189 %)LabVIEW
72 (0.189 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.094 %)WinRunner
81 (0.094 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.094 %)JUnit
81 (0.094 %)NUnit
81 (0.094 %)QARun
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
198 (9.245 %)Finance
287 (8.208 %)Government
365 (6.132 %)Banking
437 (3.491 %)Investment Banking
520 (1.887 %)Local Government
520 (1.887 %)Health
616 (1.509 %)Legal
715 (1.415 %)Retail
814 (1.321 %)Law
912 (1.132 %)Education
912 (1.132 %)Telecoms
912 (1.132 %)Financial Institution
1011 (1.038 %)Back Office
117 (0.660 %)Insurance
126 (0.566 %)Military
134 (0.377 %)Games
134 (0.377 %)Pharmaceutical
143 (0.283 %)Publishing
143 (0.283 %)Automotive
143 (0.283 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1293 (27.64 %)Analyst
2163 (15.38 %)Support Analyst
3144 (13.58 %)Support Engineer
4116 (10.94 %)Desktop Support
596 (9.057 %)2nd Line Support
664 (6.038 %)Administrator
664 (6.038 %)Helpdesk Analyst
664 (6.038 %)Desktop Engineer
753 (5.000 %)3rd Line Support
851 (4.811 %)Desktop Support Engineer
945 (4.245 %)Helpdesk Support
945 (4.245 %)1st Line Support
1042 (3.962 %)Consultant
1042 (3.962 %)Systems Administrator
1140 (3.774 %)Service Analyst
1140 (3.774 %)Service Desk Analyst
1234 (3.208 %)Desktop Analyst
1333 (3.113 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
1432 (3.019 %)Server Engineer
1530 (2.830 %)Server Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
157 (5.377 %)Blackberry
236 (3.396 %)NHS
331 (2.925 %)Clustering
425 (2.358 %)PDA
523 (2.170 %)French Language
618 (1.698 %)Derivative
717 (1.604 %)Replication
815 (1.415 %)Equity Derivative
815 (1.415 %)German Language
914 (1.321 %)CLARiiON
1013 (1.226 %)Equities
1112 (1.132 %)Thin Client
1112 (1.132 %)Fat Client
128 (0.755 %)EMC Centera
137 (0.660 %)Management Information System
146 (0.566 %)Client/Server
155 (0.472 %)Device Driver
155 (0.472 %)Italian Language
155 (0.472 %)Symmetrix DMX
164 (0.377 %)Spanish Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11060 (100.00 %)Windows
2537 (50.66 %)Windows XP
3514 (48.49 %)Windows Server 2003
4145 (13.68 %)Windows NT
5118 (11.13 %)Windows Vista
698 (9.245 %)UNIX
793 (8.774 %)Linux
886 (8.113 %)Solaris
975 (7.075 %)Windows 2000 Server
1058 (5.472 %)Windows Server 2008
1122 (2.075 %)NetWare
1219 (1.792 %)AIX
1317 (1.604 %)HPUX
1412 (1.132 %)Red Hat Linux
158 (0.755 %)SUSE
166 (0.566 %)Mac OS X
174 (0.377 %)Windows CE
183 (0.283 %)Windows Mobile
192 (0.189 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
192 (0.189 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1129 (12.17 %)ITIL
273 (6.887 %)Migration
329 (2.736 %)PRINCE2
420 (1.887 %)Configuration Management
420 (1.887 %)Disaster Recovery
420 (1.887 %)Load Balancing
519 (1.792 %)Time Management
617 (1.604 %)Service Delivery
716 (1.509 %)Project Management
814 (1.321 %)Workflow
912 (1.132 %)Service Management
1011 (1.038 %)CRM
1110 (0.943 %)Web Development
129 (0.849 %)Business Continuity
129 (0.849 %)Identity Management
129 (0.849 %)Data Migration
138 (0.755 %)Change Management
138 (0.755 %)Problem Management
138 (0.755 %)Asset Management
138 (0.755 %)Document Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1129 (12.17 %)SQL
238 (3.585 %)VBScript
335 (3.302 %)Perl
431 (2.925 %)JavaScript
527 (2.547 %)VB
624 (2.264 %)PL/SQL
723 (2.170 %)C#
822 (2.075 %)Java
921 (1.981 %)C
1019 (1.792 %)C++
1019 (1.792 %)Shell Script
1116 (1.509 %)VBA
129 (0.849 %)Python
138 (0.755 %)Korn
138 (0.755 %)XPath
146 (0.566 %)T-SQL
155 (0.472 %)VB.NET
155 (0.472 %)PHP
155 (0.472 %)PowerShell
164 (0.377 %)LotusScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1181 (17.08 %)Security Cleared
2174 (16.42 %)Microsoft Certification
3143 (13.49 %)MCSE
4127 (11.98 %)SC Cleared
557 (5.377 %)MCP
639 (3.679 %)DV Cleared
726 (2.453 %)Cisco Certification
825 (2.358 %)CCNA
922 (2.075 %)MCSA
1019 (1.792 %)BC Cleared
1117 (1.604 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1215 (1.415 %)Degree
1310 (0.943 %)CCNP
149 (0.849 %)Citrix Certification
158 (0.755 %)CTC Cleared
158 (0.755 %)A+ Certification
167 (0.660 %)CCEA
167 (0.660 %)Novell Certification
176 (0.566 %)HP ASE
185 (0.472 %)CNE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
142 (3.962 %)SLA
219 (1.792 %)QA
33 (0.283 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.189 %)ISO27001
51 (0.094 %)TickIT
51 (0.094 %)ISO17799
51 (0.094 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1389 (36.70 %)Active Directory
250 (4.717 %)VMware Infrastructure
335 (3.302 %)NetBackup
433 (3.113 %)VMware ESX
522 (2.075 %)Backup Exec
615 (1.415 %)Terminal Server
714 (1.321 %)Terminal Services
714 (1.321 %)MetaFrame
811 (1.038 %)Citrix Presentation Server
910 (0.943 %)ISA Server
109 (0.849 %)Oracle RAC
118 (0.755 %)NDS
127 (0.660 %)VMware Workstation
134 (0.377 %)XenApp
143 (0.283 %)Novell eDirectory
143 (0.283 %)Hyper-V
152 (0.189 %)Postfix
152 (0.189 %)Sendmail
152 (0.189 %)VMware Server
152 (0.189 %)Veritas Cluster Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
141 (3.868 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
221 (1.981 %)SCCM
312 (1.132 %)Norton AntiVirus
411 (1.038 %)ZENworks
510 (0.943 %)Tivoli
510 (0.943 %)DameWare
67 (0.660 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
76 (0.566 %)Legato
76 (0.566 %)HP Data Protector
85 (0.472 %)SCOM
85 (0.472 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
94 (0.377 %)MOM
103 (0.283 %)ARCserve
103 (0.283 %)TIBCO Hawk
103 (0.283 %)OpenView Configuration Management
103 (0.283 %)BMC PATROL
103 (0.283 %)Data Guard
103 (0.283 %)WSUS
103 (0.283 %)ServiceCenter
112 (0.189 %)Unicenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1358 (33.77 %)Microsoft
2126 (11.89 %)Citrix
3118 (11.13 %)HP
493 (8.774 %)VMware
578 (7.358 %)Oracle
664 (6.038 %)Cisco
751 (4.811 %)Lotus
848 (4.528 %)Symantec
947 (4.434 %)Dell
1032 (3.019 %)IBM
1129 (2.736 %)Novell
1228 (2.642 %)Altiris
1327 (2.547 %)Remedy
1423 (2.170 %)EMC
1519 (1.792 %)Compaq
1617 (1.604 %)Veritas
1716 (1.509 %)Sun
1716 (1.509 %)Business Objects
1815 (1.415 %)Adobe
1914 (1.321 %)LANDesk