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 21 May 2012 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.

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.

Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank340227224
Rank change year-on-year
Down-113Down-3
Matching contract IT job ads258472397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.441 %0.785 %0.719 %
As % of the Operating Systems category2.170 %3.773 %3.968 %
Number of daily rates quoted103223130
Average daily rate£300£323£314
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.97 %+2.70 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£135£160£135
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£500£530
UK excluding London average daily rate£215£275£280
% change year-on-year
-21.81 %-1.78 %
Number of hourly rates quoted4180137
Average hourly rate£16.00£15.00£15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£10.00£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.40£25.00£21.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.50£14.50£14.00
% change year-on-year
+6.89 %+3.57 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
118871251010005
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK20.34 %20.80 %18.13 %
Number of daily rates quoted593361134469
Average daily rate£350£375£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£215£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£300
% change year-on-year
-+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted118512361035
Average hourly rate£17.50£17.00£16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.94 %+6.25 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.21£11.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£37.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.00£16.50£15.50
% change year-on-year
+3.03 %+6.45 %

Windows 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 21 May 2012.

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 21 May 2012.

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 21 May 2012. 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-117227£300-4.76 %
LondonDown-6188£350-12.50 %
South EastDown-4274£190-36.66 %
SurreyUp+2436£150-6.25 %
City of LondonUp+628£388+9.92 %
ScotlandUp+2126£325+45.25 %
South WestDown-3122£348+12.09 %
BerkshireDown-615£215-28.33 %
North WestDown-3615£190-25.49 %
West MidlandsDown-1311£200-42.85 %
EdinburghUp+1210£325+8.33 %
WiltshireNo change010£325-18.75 %
ReigateNew entry-9£143-
HampshireDown-298£340+12.86 %
BristolDown-87£285-
GlasgowNew entry-7£235-
OxfordshireDown-96£338+110.93 %
East of EnglandDown-166£190-23.23 %
BuckinghamshireDown-176£251-28.42 %
Milton KeynesDown-246£251-28.42 %
AddlestoneNo change05£328+104.68 %
East MidlandsDown-55£225+28.42 %
BirminghamDown-105£200-42.85 %
West YorkshireDown-215--
YorkshireDown-225--
OxfordNew entry-5£338-
ManchesterNew entry-5£190-
DorsetUp+104£360-15.29 %
SloughNew entry-4£200-
BournemouthUp+43£360-15.29 %

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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.

1486 (100.00 %)Windows
2233 (47.94 %)Windows XP
3224 (46.09 %)Windows Server 2003
4217 (44.65 %)Microsoft
5175 (36.01 %)Active Directory
6137 (28.19 %)MS Office
7133 (27.37 %)Windows Server 2008
8116 (23.87 %)VMware
9115 (23.66 %)Citrix
10112 (23.05 %)SQL
11110 (22.63 %)Windows NT
12102 (20.99 %)SQL Server
12102 (20.99 %)MS Exchange
1394 (19.34 %)MS Excel
1484 (17.28 %)LAN
1484 (17.28 %)HP
1575 (15.43 %)Microsoft Certification
1674 (15.23 %)Finance
1772 (14.81 %)DNS
1871 (14.61 %)Windows Vista
1970 (14.40 %)Windows 7
2066 (13.58 %)WAN
2162 (12.76 %)TCP/IP
2261 (12.55 %)Exchange Server 2003
2261 (12.55 %)VMware Infrastructure
2359 (12.14 %)Cisco
2359 (12.14 %)Linux
2455 (11.32 %)MCSE
2554 (11.11 %)SAN
2653 (10.91 %)UNIX

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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
137 (7.613 %).NET
216 (3.292 %)ADSI
216 (3.292 %)ASP
216 (3.292 %)ASP.NET
315 (3.086 %)DCOM
410 (2.058 %)Web Services
58 (1.646 %)HTML
58 (1.646 %)Application Packaging
67 (1.440 %)Flash
67 (1.440 %)CSS
76 (1.235 %)XML
85 (1.029 %)Middleware
93 (0.617 %)WCF
93 (0.617 %)WPF
93 (0.617 %)YUI
93 (0.617 %)jQuery
93 (0.617 %)JDBC
93 (0.617 %)JSP
93 (0.617 %)DHTML
93 (0.617 %)J2EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1102 (20.99 %)MS Exchange
261 (12.55 %)Exchange Server 2003
348 (9.877 %)IIS
431 (6.379 %)Exchange Server 2007
527 (5.556 %)SharePoint
625 (5.144 %)Exchange Server 2010
724 (4.938 %)Exchange Server 2000
813 (2.675 %)Apache
813 (2.675 %)Lotus Notes
98 (1.646 %)Lotus Domino
106 (1.235 %)BizTalk Server
106 (1.235 %)WorkSite
106 (1.235 %)Flash Media Server
115 (1.029 %)WebLogic
124 (0.823 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
124 (0.823 %)SharePoint Server
124 (0.823 %)eRoom
133 (0.617 %)Rendezvous
133 (0.617 %)MQSeries
142 (0.412 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1137 (28.19 %)MS Office
294 (19.34 %)MS Excel
311 (2.263 %)MS Visio
47 (1.440 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (1.029 %)Office 365
55 (1.029 %)MS Project
63 (0.617 %)Photoshop
71 (0.206 %)Google Apps
71 (0.206 %)Fireworks
71 (0.206 %)FrameMaker
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.029 %)Oracle EBS
22 (0.412 %)Oracle 11i
22 (0.412 %)SoftGrid
22 (0.412 %)Rolfe and Nolan
22 (0.412 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
184 (17.28 %)LAN
272 (14.81 %)DNS
366 (13.58 %)WAN
462 (12.76 %)TCP/IP
554 (11.11 %)SAN
647 (9.671 %)Firewall
745 (9.259 %)DHCP
844 (9.053 %)Internet
932 (6.584 %)VPN
1029 (5.967 %)NAS
1119 (3.909 %)MPLS
1217 (3.498 %)SNMP
1316 (3.292 %)SMTP
1415 (3.086 %)Frame Relay
1415 (3.086 %)DWDM
1415 (3.086 %)HTTP
1415 (3.086 %)ATM
1514 (2.881 %)Network Security
1611 (2.263 %)MRTG
1611 (2.263 %)Extranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1102 (20.99 %)SQL Server
223 (4.733 %)SQL Server 2008
314 (2.881 %)Data Warehouse
314 (2.881 %)SQL Server 2000
413 (2.675 %)Oracle 10g
413 (2.675 %)Oracle 8/8i
59 (1.852 %)Oracle 11g
68 (1.646 %)SQL Server 2005
76 (1.235 %)RDBMS
76 (1.235 %)MS Access
85 (1.029 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (1.029 %)Spotfire
85 (1.029 %)ETL
85 (1.029 %)TOAD
94 (0.823 %)Oracle Reports
94 (0.823 %)DB2
94 (0.823 %)Oracle 9i
103 (0.617 %)SQL Server 7
103 (0.617 %)Crystal Reports
103 (0.617 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
114 (2.881 %)MSI
29 (1.852 %)QuickTest Pro
38 (1.646 %)Team Foundation Server
46 (1.235 %)Visual Studio Team System
54 (0.823 %)Dreamweaver
54 (0.823 %)Visual Studio
63 (0.617 %)InstallShield
63 (0.617 %)VSS/SourceSafe
71 (0.206 %)Git (software)
71 (0.206 %)Expression Studio
71 (0.206 %)FishEye
71 (0.206 %)Subversion
71 (0.206 %)TestPartner
71 (0.206 %)InterDev
71 (0.206 %)JIRA
71 (0.206 %)QADirector
71 (0.206 %)Atlassian Bamboo
71 (0.206 %)PVCS
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
174 (15.23 %)Finance
229 (5.967 %)Back Office
325 (5.144 %)Telecoms
424 (4.938 %)Banking
512 (2.469 %)Pharmaceutical
512 (2.469 %)Financial Institution
610 (2.058 %)Legal
77 (1.440 %)Manufacturing
86 (1.235 %)Billing
95 (1.029 %)Publishing
104 (0.823 %)Investment Banking
104 (0.823 %)Multimedia
112 (0.412 %)Front Office
112 (0.412 %)Spanish Language
112 (0.412 %)Swedish Language
112 (0.412 %)Norwegian Language
112 (0.412 %)Danish Language
112 (0.412 %)Law
121 (0.206 %)Military
121 (0.206 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1144 (29.63 %)Analyst
275 (15.43 %)Support Analyst
351 (10.49 %)Desktop Support
447 (9.671 %)Support Engineer
534 (6.996 %)2nd Line Support
630 (6.173 %)3rd Line Support
729 (5.967 %)Administrator
828 (5.761 %)Desktop Engineer
927 (5.556 %)Service Analyst
1026 (5.350 %)Service Desk Analyst
1123 (4.733 %)IT Support
1221 (4.321 %)Network Engineer
1317 (3.498 %)Systems Engineer
1317 (3.498 %)Consultant
1317 (3.498 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1317 (3.498 %)Desktop Analyst
1416 (3.292 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1514 (2.881 %)1st Line Support
1514 (2.881 %)Applications Support
1613 (2.675 %)Helpdesk Support
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
146 (9.465 %)Clustering
219 (3.909 %)Blackberry
312 (2.469 %)Management Information System
411 (2.263 %)Fat Client
411 (2.263 %)PDA
411 (2.263 %)Thin Client
510 (2.058 %)NHS
510 (2.058 %)Hedge funds
68 (1.646 %)CLARiiON
77 (1.440 %)Video Conferencing
86 (1.235 %)MPEG
86 (1.235 %)Streaming Media
86 (1.235 %)Replication
95 (1.029 %)iPhone
95 (1.029 %)Chemistry
95 (1.029 %)Client/Server
104 (0.823 %)Mainframe
104 (0.823 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
104 (0.823 %)EMC Centera
104 (0.823 %)Cloud Computing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1486 (100.00 %)Windows
2233 (47.94 %)Windows XP
3224 (46.09 %)Windows Server 2003
4133 (27.37 %)Windows Server 2008
5110 (22.63 %)Windows NT
671 (14.61 %)Windows Vista
770 (14.40 %)Windows 7
859 (12.14 %)Linux
953 (10.91 %)UNIX
1038 (7.819 %)Windows 2000 Server
1116 (3.292 %)Solaris
1212 (2.469 %)AIX
135 (1.029 %)Mac OS X
135 (1.029 %)HPUX
135 (1.029 %)NetWare
144 (0.823 %)SUSE
144 (0.823 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
152 (0.412 %)VMS
152 (0.412 %)Ubuntu
161 (0.206 %)Mac OS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
151 (10.49 %)ITIL
233 (6.790 %)Migration
324 (4.938 %)Disaster Recovery
419 (3.909 %)Service Delivery
518 (3.704 %)Project Management
617 (3.498 %)Load Balancing
716 (3.292 %)Change Management
813 (2.675 %)Data Modelling
912 (2.469 %)Systems Analysis
912 (2.469 %)Problem Management
912 (2.469 %)Root Cause Analysis
1011 (2.263 %)Use Case
1011 (2.263 %)Agile Software Development
1011 (2.263 %)Data Management
1110 (2.058 %)Validation
129 (1.852 %)Service Management
138 (1.646 %)Time Management
147 (1.440 %)ITIL V2
147 (1.440 %)Document Management
156 (1.235 %)Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1112 (23.05 %)SQL
228 (5.761 %)C#
323 (4.733 %)VBScript
420 (4.115 %)VB
516 (3.292 %)C
611 (2.263 %)Java
611 (2.263 %)T-SQL
79 (1.852 %)PL/SQL
88 (1.646 %)PowerShell
97 (1.440 %)C++
106 (1.235 %)JavaScript
115 (1.029 %)VB.NET
115 (1.029 %)VBA
124 (0.823 %)PHP
132 (0.412 %)Perl
132 (0.412 %)Shell Script
132 (0.412 %)DCL
141 (0.206 %)tcsh
141 (0.206 %)C-shell
141 (0.206 %)Bash shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
175 (15.43 %)Microsoft Certification
255 (11.32 %)MCSE
342 (8.642 %)Security Cleared
435 (7.202 %)MCP
529 (5.967 %)Cisco Certification
627 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
723 (4.733 %)CCNA
723 (4.733 %)Degree
820 (4.115 %)CCNP
916 (3.292 %)MCITP
1013 (2.675 %)CCA
1013 (2.675 %)Citrix Certification
1110 (2.058 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
128 (1.646 %)A+ Certification
128 (1.646 %)DV Cleared
137 (1.440 %)MCSA
146 (1.235 %)CCEA
155 (1.029 %)MCTS
164 (0.823 %)MCDST
173 (0.617 %)CTC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (6.996 %)SLA
29 (1.852 %)QA
34 (0.823 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
43 (0.617 %)21 CFR Part 11
43 (0.617 %)GMP
51 (0.206 %)GxP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1175 (36.01 %)Active Directory
261 (12.55 %)VMware Infrastructure
337 (7.613 %)VMware ESX
430 (6.173 %)vSphere
522 (4.527 %)XenApp
611 (2.263 %)Hyper-V
611 (2.263 %)Citrix Presentation Server
710 (2.058 %)VMware ESXi
87 (1.440 %)ISA Server
96 (1.235 %)Terminal Services
105 (1.029 %)Oracle RAC
114 (0.823 %)MetaFrame
114 (0.823 %)Terminal Server
114 (0.823 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
123 (0.617 %)EMC RecoverPoint
123 (0.617 %)vCloud
132 (0.412 %)Oracle RMAN
132 (0.412 %)VMware Workstation
141 (0.206 %)XenServer
141 (0.206 %)Veritas Volume Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
131 (6.379 %)NetBackup
230 (6.173 %)SCCM
329 (5.967 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
427 (5.556 %)Backup Exec
522 (4.527 %)SCOM
614 (2.881 %)Tivoli
712 (2.469 %)Legato
811 (2.263 %)HP Quality Center
811 (2.263 %)Cacti
811 (2.263 %)WSUS
910 (2.058 %)Norton AntiVirus
109 (1.852 %)WMI
116 (1.235 %)BladeLogic
116 (1.235 %)HP SIM
125 (1.029 %)OpenView
125 (1.029 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
134 (0.823 %)vCenter
143 (0.617 %)Sysprep
143 (0.617 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
143 (0.617 %)Business Desktop Deployment
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1217 (44.65 %)Microsoft
2116 (23.87 %)VMware
3115 (23.66 %)Citrix
484 (17.28 %)HP
559 (12.14 %)Cisco
639 (8.025 %)Oracle
731 (6.379 %)Veritas
829 (5.967 %)Dell
924 (4.938 %)Symantec
1022 (4.527 %)Compaq
1121 (4.321 %)IBM
1218 (3.704 %)Sophos
1317 (3.498 %)McAfee
1416 (3.292 %)Remedy
1416 (3.292 %)Avaya
1416 (3.292 %)Juniper
1416 (3.292 %)CheckPoint
1515 (3.086 %)Lotus
1515 (3.086 %)NetApp
1613 (2.675 %)EMC