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The first part of the table below 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. 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
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank2079363
Rank change year-on-year
Down-114Down-30
Matching contract IT job ads3526211854
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.729 %1.574 %2.256 %
As % of the Operating Systems category4.117 %8.807 %11.50 %
Daily rates quoted117168330
Average daily rate£325£250£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00 %-16.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£121£130£150
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£360£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£257£223£300
% change year-on-year
+15.28 %-25.83 %
Hourly rates quoted128161621
Average hourly rate£14.75£16.00£15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.810 %+3.220 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£10.00£10.47
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.23£27.96£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£15.00£14.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+3.440 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
8549705116126
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.70 %17.87 %19.62 %
Daily rates quoted367521084178
Average daily rate£370£325£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.84 %-13.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£180£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted9619902677
Average hourly rate£16.00£18.45£18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.27 %-0.270 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.50£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.18£37.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %

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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. 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-109342£325+30.00 %
LondonDown-108145£350+27.27 %
South EastDown-6067£280-12.42 %
City of LondonDown-6745£375+56.25 %
South WestDown-1340£312+40.22 %
East of EnglandNo change023£150-23.07 %
North WestDown-920£103-2.83 %
West MidlandsDown-716£110-6.38 %
BuckinghamshireDown-2014£273-14.68 %
Milton KeynesDown-713£273-14.68 %
East MidlandsDown-2513--
DorsetUp+1112£315-
BerkshireDown-112£375+15.38 %
HampshireDown-1612£300-
HertfordshireUp+2111£313-
North EastUp+811£80-58.97 %
OxfordshireDown-611--
KentUp+110--
GloucestershireUp+149£375+7.14 %
WiltshireUp+69£350-17.64 %
SomersetUp+49£229+75.96 %
YorkshireDown-59£233+86.00 %
SurreyDown-249£240-31.42 %
Tyne and WearUp+88--
Newcastle Upon TyneUp+38--
WarwickshireUp+28£110-6.38 %
ManchesterDown-128£90-
BournemouthNew entry-8£300-
TauntonUp+87£229-
ReadingUp+57--

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1731 (100.00 %)Windows
2411 (56.22 %)Windows XP
3351 (48.02 %)Windows Server 2003
4267 (36.53 %)Active Directory
5260 (35.57 %)Microsoft
6215 (29.41 %)MS Office
7171 (23.39 %)MS Exchange
8132 (18.06 %)MS Excel
9122 (16.69 %)Microsoft Certification
10116 (15.87 %)Windows Vista
11103 (14.09 %)Windows Server 2008
11103 (14.09 %)MCSE
1298 (13.41 %)Finance
1298 (13.41 %)Exchange Server 2003
1391 (12.45 %)SQL Server
1489 (12.18 %)Banking
1588 (12.04 %)SQL
1588 (12.04 %)TCP/IP
1680 (10.94 %)DNS
1680 (10.94 %)Linux
1680 (10.94 %)ITIL
1680 (10.94 %)Security Cleared
1779 (10.81 %)Citrix
1779 (10.81 %)VMware
1865 (8.892 %)UNIX
1959 (8.071 %)Exchange Server 2007
2056 (7.661 %)Migration
2056 (7.661 %)Windows NT
2155 (7.524 %)MCP
2155 (7.524 %)HP

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
134 (4.651 %).NET
218 (2.462 %)XML
313 (1.778 %)ASP.NET
412 (1.642 %)HTML
511 (1.505 %)J2EE
69 (1.231 %)ASP
69 (1.231 %)Application Packaging
77 (0.958 %)Web Services
77 (0.958 %)ADSI
77 (0.958 %).NET Framework
86 (0.821 %)STL
94 (0.547 %)ASP.NET 2.0
94 (0.547 %)WebSphere
94 (0.547 %)CSS
94 (0.547 %)Middleware
102 (0.274 %)WSH
102 (0.274 %)JDBC
102 (0.274 %)JSP
102 (0.274 %)Struts
102 (0.274 %)COM
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1171 (23.39 %)MS Exchange
298 (13.41 %)Exchange Server 2003
359 (8.071 %)Exchange Server 2007
451 (6.977 %)IIS
550 (6.840 %)Exchange Server 2000
634 (4.651 %)Lotus Notes
714 (1.915 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
811 (1.505 %)Exchange Server 5.5
811 (1.505 %)GroupWise
811 (1.505 %)SharePoint
811 (1.505 %)Lotus Domino
98 (1.094 %)Apache
107 (0.958 %)Tomcat
115 (0.684 %)MQSeries
115 (0.684 %)SAS
124 (0.547 %)SharePoint Server 2007
124 (0.547 %)BizTalk Server
133 (0.410 %)SharePoint Portal Server
141 (0.137 %)LiveLink
141 (0.137 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1215 (29.41 %)MS Office
2132 (18.06 %)MS Excel
39 (1.231 %)MS Project
47 (0.958 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.684 %)MS Visio
63 (0.410 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.274 %)Acrobat
81 (0.137 %)DeltaView
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (1.368 %)assyst
24 (0.547 %)SoftGrid
33 (0.410 %)Dynamics CRM
33 (0.410 %)RMDS
42 (0.274 %)GL Clearvision
42 (0.274 %)SAP ERP
51 (0.137 %)3000 Xtra
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
188 (12.04 %)TCP/IP
280 (10.94 %)DNS
354 (7.387 %)DHCP
450 (6.840 %)Firewall
542 (5.746 %)Internet
542 (5.746 %)LAN
639 (5.335 %)VPN
736 (4.925 %)WAN
736 (4.925 %)SAN
821 (2.873 %)NAS
918 (2.462 %)Network Security
1015 (2.052 %)SMS
1114 (1.915 %)LDAP
1212 (1.642 %)SSL
1311 (1.505 %)Wireless
149 (1.231 %)VoIP
149 (1.231 %)Kerberos
158 (1.094 %)FTP
167 (0.958 %)Cisco PIX
174 (0.547 %)Wireless Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
191 (12.45 %)SQL Server
233 (4.514 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (3.146 %)SQL Server 2000
419 (2.599 %)SQL Server 2008
511 (1.505 %)ETL
610 (1.368 %)SQL Server 7
79 (1.231 %)BusinessObjects
79 (1.231 %)Oracle 10g
87 (0.958 %)Sybase ASE
87 (0.958 %)RDBMS
95 (0.684 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
95 (0.684 %)PowerCenter
95 (0.684 %)MySQL
95 (0.684 %)Ingres
104 (0.547 %)Oracle 9i
104 (0.547 %)Datawarehouse
104 (0.547 %)GIS
113 (0.410 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
113 (0.410 %)Oracle 8/8i
113 (0.410 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (1.368 %)Visual Studio
25 (0.684 %)InstallShield
25 (0.684 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (0.547 %)Eclipse
42 (0.274 %)Ant
42 (0.274 %)WinRunner
42 (0.274 %)TestDirector
42 (0.274 %)QuickTest Pro
42 (0.274 %)Subversion
42 (0.274 %)FrontPage
51 (0.137 %)Paros
51 (0.137 %)NUnit
51 (0.137 %)LoadRunner
51 (0.137 %)JUnit
51 (0.137 %)Dreamweaver
51 (0.137 %)JDeveloper
51 (0.137 %)Rational Rose
51 (0.137 %)QARun
51 (0.137 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
198 (13.41 %)Finance
289 (12.18 %)Banking
339 (5.335 %)Government
434 (4.651 %)Investment Banking
521 (2.873 %)Telecoms
614 (1.915 %)Back Office
614 (1.915 %)Education
713 (1.778 %)Law
713 (1.778 %)Front Office
812 (1.642 %)Financial Institution
911 (1.505 %)Legal
911 (1.505 %)Health
109 (1.231 %)Insurance
117 (0.958 %)Retail
126 (0.821 %)Local Government
134 (0.547 %)Pensions
143 (0.410 %)Billing
143 (0.410 %)Pharmaceutical
152 (0.274 %)Criminal Justice
152 (0.274 %)Police
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1228 (31.19 %)Analyst
2130 (17.78 %)Support Analyst
389 (12.18 %)Desktop Support
486 (11.76 %)Support Engineer
558 (7.934 %)Helpdesk Analyst
558 (7.934 %)Service Desk Analyst
656 (7.661 %)Service Analyst
656 (7.661 %)2nd Line Support
746 (6.293 %)Helpdesk Support
842 (5.746 %)1st Line Support
936 (4.925 %)Desktop Analyst
1035 (4.788 %)Consultant
1134 (4.651 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1230 (4.104 %)Developer
1329 (3.967 %)Desktop Engineer
1329 (3.967 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
1329 (3.967 %)3rd Line Support
1427 (3.694 %)Server Support
1523 (3.146 %)Administrator
1622 (3.010 %)IT Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
145 (6.156 %)Blackberry
223 (3.146 %)NHS
315 (2.052 %)Thin Client
315 (2.052 %)Fat Client
414 (1.915 %)PDA
512 (1.642 %)Clustering
512 (1.642 %)Derivative
512 (1.642 %)German Language
611 (1.505 %)Replication
79 (1.231 %)Fixed Income
79 (1.231 %)CLARiiON
88 (1.094 %)PKI
88 (1.094 %)Client/Server
88 (1.094 %)EMC Centera
96 (0.821 %)Video Conferencing
96 (0.821 %)French Language
105 (0.684 %)Open Source
114 (0.547 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
114 (0.547 %)EPoS
123 (0.410 %)AS400
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1731 (100.00 %)Windows
2411 (56.22 %)Windows XP
3351 (48.02 %)Windows Server 2003
4116 (15.87 %)Windows Vista
5103 (14.09 %)Windows Server 2008
680 (10.94 %)Linux
765 (8.892 %)UNIX
856 (7.661 %)Windows NT
951 (6.977 %)Windows 2000 Server
1038 (5.198 %)Solaris
1128 (3.830 %)Red Hat Linux
1128 (3.830 %)Windows 7
1215 (2.052 %)NetWare
1313 (1.778 %)AIX
1410 (1.368 %)HPUX
159 (1.231 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
167 (0.958 %)SUSE
172 (0.274 %)zOS
181 (0.137 %)Debian
181 (0.137 %)Windows CE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
180 (10.94 %)ITIL
256 (7.661 %)Migration
322 (3.010 %)Service Management
421 (2.873 %)PRINCE2
517 (2.326 %)Configuration Management
615 (2.052 %)Project Management
712 (1.642 %)Disaster Recovery
712 (1.642 %)Incident Management
88 (1.094 %)Load Balancing
88 (1.094 %)Information Security
88 (1.094 %)Business Continuity
88 (1.094 %)Asset Management
97 (0.958 %)Validation
97 (0.958 %)Service Delivery
106 (0.821 %)User Acceptance Testing
106 (0.821 %)RUP
106 (0.821 %)UML
106 (0.821 %)Change Management
106 (0.821 %)Agile Software Development
106 (0.821 %)Data Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
188 (12.04 %)SQL
236 (4.925 %)C
334 (4.651 %)Perl
425 (3.420 %)VB
520 (2.736 %)VBScript
520 (2.736 %)Java
520 (2.736 %)C++
618 (2.462 %)C#
717 (2.326 %)Korn
815 (2.052 %)VBA
815 (2.052 %)Bash shell
910 (1.368 %)VB.NET
910 (1.368 %)PL/SQL
107 (0.958 %)PowerShell
115 (0.684 %)Shell Script
124 (0.547 %)VC++
133 (0.410 %)JavaScript
142 (0.274 %)Python
142 (0.274 %)T-SQL
142 (0.274 %)PowerHouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1122 (16.69 %)Microsoft Certification
2103 (14.09 %)MCSE
380 (10.94 %)Security Cleared
455 (7.524 %)MCP
545 (6.156 %)SC Cleared
625 (3.420 %)MCSA
721 (2.873 %)Degree
820 (2.736 %)MCITP
915 (2.052 %)Cisco Certification
915 (2.052 %)DV Cleared
1014 (1.915 %)CCNA
1112 (1.642 %)MCDST
129 (1.231 %)RHCE
138 (1.094 %)MCTS
147 (0.958 %)JNCIA
147 (0.958 %)JNCIS
147 (0.958 %)JNCIE
147 (0.958 %)RHCA
147 (0.958 %)Citrix Certification
147 (0.958 %)MCDBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (3.557 %)SLA
26 (0.821 %)QA
33 (0.410 %)BS7799
42 (0.274 %)ISO27001
51 (0.137 %)ISO17799
51 (0.137 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1267 (36.53 %)Active Directory
243 (5.882 %)VMware Infrastructure
319 (2.599 %)VMware ESX
415 (2.052 %)Terminal Server
513 (1.778 %)NDS
611 (1.505 %)ISA Server
78 (1.094 %)Terminal Services
87 (0.958 %)VMware Workstation
87 (0.958 %)MetaFrame
87 (0.958 %)XenApp
96 (0.821 %)Citrix Presentation Server
104 (0.547 %)Oracle RAC
113 (0.410 %)NFS
113 (0.410 %)Hyper-V
122 (0.274 %)Veritas Cluster Server
131 (0.137 %)MSMQ
131 (0.137 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
131 (0.137 %)Novell eDirectory
131 (0.137 %)Squid
131 (0.137 %)vSphere
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
121 (2.873 %)SCCM
218 (2.462 %)SCOM
317 (2.326 %)Norton AntiVirus
317 (2.326 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
413 (1.778 %)Backup Exec
510 (1.368 %)NetBackup
69 (1.231 %)MOM
78 (1.094 %)MSI
78 (1.094 %)Legato
85 (0.684 %)WSUS
94 (0.547 %)OpenView Configuration Management
94 (0.547 %)Tivoli
94 (0.547 %)DameWare
103 (0.410 %)ARCserve
103 (0.410 %)OpenView
112 (0.274 %)HP Data Protector
112 (0.274 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
112 (0.274 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
112 (0.274 %)AutoSys
112 (0.274 %)ZENworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1260 (35.57 %)Microsoft
279 (10.81 %)Citrix
279 (10.81 %)VMware
355 (7.524 %)HP
447 (6.430 %)Oracle
540 (5.472 %)Cisco
636 (4.925 %)Lotus
732 (4.378 %)IBM
825 (3.420 %)Remedy
923 (3.146 %)Red Hat
1022 (3.010 %)Novell
1022 (3.010 %)Dell
1022 (3.010 %)Symantec
1118 (2.462 %)Sybase
1217 (2.326 %)LANDesk
1315 (2.052 %)Altiris
1315 (2.052 %)EMC
1413 (1.778 %)McAfee
1413 (1.778 %)NetApp
1512 (1.642 %)CheckPoint