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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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank2138857
Rank change year-on-year
Down-125Down-31
Matching contract IT job ads3027792125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.690 %1.694 %2.596 %
As % of the Operating Systems category3.972 %9.507 %12.53 %
Daily rates quoted90159360
Average daily rate£295£264£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84 %-12.08 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£155£150£133
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£359£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£239£268£260
% change year-on-year
-10.74 %+2.880 %
Hourly rates quoted104257693
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£10.50£10.14
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.61£32.00£27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£15.00£14.00
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+7.140 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
7603819416965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.37 %17.82 %20.73 %
Daily rates quoted314923834366
Average daily rate£363£340£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.610 %-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£190£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£475£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£322£325
% change year-on-year
-3.570 %-1.070 %
Hourly rates quoted91713052796
Average hourly rate£16.00£18.89£18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.29 %+2.100 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.50£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£37.25£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.75£18.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-18.05 %-

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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-123294£295+18.00 %
LondonDown-117135£325+32.65 %
South EastDown-5758£300-
City of LondonDown-6552£290+27.47 %
South WestDown-2426£231-28.84 %
East of EnglandDown-1220£193+13.23 %
BerkshireUp+1618£335+48.88 %
North WestDown-616£280+60.00 %
BuckinghamshireDown-1813£235-26.56 %
West MidlandsDown-1813£80-57.89 %
HampshireDown-1312£300-
HertfordshireUp+1910£235-33.80 %
Milton KeynesUp+310£319-0.39 %
YorkshireDown-1210£233+50.00 %
East MidlandsDown-209--
BracknellDown-17--
Docklands, LondonDown-107£325+58.53 %
ManchesterDown-177£300+7.62 %
NewburyUp+16--
WarwickshireNo change06£85-
BristolDown-156£229-
WiltshireUp+85£350-17.64 %
SomersetUp+75£223-3.15 %
SurreyDown-285--
SwindonUp+144£350-
DorsetUp+124£340-
ReadingUp+114£235-
KentUp+94--
TauntonUp+74£223-
South YorkshireUp+34£233-

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

1747 (100.00 %)Windows
2426 (57.03 %)Windows XP
3362 (48.46 %)Windows Server 2003
4289 (38.69 %)Microsoft
5280 (37.48 %)Active Directory
6198 (26.51 %)MS Office
7177 (23.69 %)MS Exchange
8142 (19.01 %)MS Excel
9141 (18.88 %)Microsoft Certification
10121 (16.20 %)MCSE
11114 (15.26 %)Windows Vista
12105 (14.06 %)Exchange Server 2003
1396 (12.85 %)Finance
1494 (12.58 %)Banking
1494 (12.58 %)Windows Server 2008
1592 (12.32 %)SQL Server
1691 (12.18 %)Citrix
1789 (11.91 %)DNS
1885 (11.38 %)TCP/IP
1885 (11.38 %)SQL
1982 (10.98 %)Linux
2076 (10.17 %)ITIL
2076 (10.17 %)Migration
2172 (9.639 %)VMware
2269 (9.237 %)UNIX
2269 (9.237 %)Security Cleared
2367 (8.969 %)HP
2465 (8.701 %)Windows NT
2563 (8.434 %)Firewall
2662 (8.300 %)MCP

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 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
139 (5.221 %).NET
222 (2.945 %)XML
313 (1.740 %)HTML
313 (1.740 %)ASP.NET
410 (1.339 %).NET Framework
59 (1.205 %)Application Packaging
59 (1.205 %)J2EE
68 (1.071 %)ASP
68 (1.071 %)Web Services
76 (0.803 %)STL
85 (0.669 %)ASP.NET 2.0
85 (0.669 %)ADSI
94 (0.535 %)Middleware
94 (0.535 %)WebSphere
103 (0.402 %)JSP
103 (0.402 %)CSS
112 (0.268 %)XML Messaging
112 (0.268 %)Spring
112 (0.268 %)WSH
112 (0.268 %)JMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1177 (23.69 %)MS Exchange
2105 (14.06 %)Exchange Server 2003
362 (8.300 %)Exchange Server 2007
457 (7.631 %)Exchange Server 2000
548 (6.426 %)IIS
627 (3.614 %)Lotus Notes
722 (2.945 %)SharePoint
821 (2.811 %)GroupWise
913 (1.740 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1012 (1.606 %)Lotus Domino
1111 (1.473 %)Exchange Server 5.5
1111 (1.473 %)Apache
1111 (1.473 %)Tomcat
125 (0.669 %)SharePoint Server 2007
125 (0.669 %)SAS
133 (0.402 %)SharePoint Portal Server
133 (0.402 %)BizTalk Server
142 (0.268 %)CMS
142 (0.268 %)ArcGIS
142 (0.268 %)ArcSDE
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1198 (26.51 %)MS Office
2142 (19.01 %)MS Excel
313 (1.740 %)MS Project
412 (1.606 %)MS PowerPoint
59 (1.205 %)MS Visio
65 (0.669 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.268 %)Photoshop
72 (0.268 %)Acrobat
81 (0.134 %)DeltaView
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (1.339 %)assyst
23 (0.402 %)GL Clearvision
23 (0.402 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (0.402 %)RMDS
32 (0.268 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.268 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.134 %)3000 Xtra
41 (0.134 %)SAP ERP
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
189 (11.91 %)DNS
285 (11.38 %)TCP/IP
363 (8.434 %)Firewall
454 (7.229 %)WAN
551 (6.827 %)VPN
649 (6.560 %)DHCP
649 (6.560 %)LAN
747 (6.292 %)Internet
840 (5.355 %)SAN
922 (2.945 %)Network Security
1021 (2.811 %)NAS
1119 (2.544 %)VoIP
1218 (2.410 %)SMS
1315 (2.008 %)SSL
1414 (1.874 %)Wireless
1513 (1.740 %)LDAP
169 (1.205 %)FTP
169 (1.205 %)SMTP
178 (1.071 %)Ethernet
178 (1.071 %)Kerberos
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (12.32 %)SQL Server
232 (4.284 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (3.079 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (2.142 %)SQL Server 2008
512 (1.606 %)SQL Server 7
611 (1.473 %)ETL
611 (1.473 %)RDBMS
79 (1.205 %)BusinessObjects
79 (1.205 %)Oracle 10g
79 (1.205 %)MS Access
86 (0.803 %)GIS
86 (0.803 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
86 (0.803 %)Sybase ASE
95 (0.669 %)PowerCenter
95 (0.669 %)MySQL
104 (0.535 %)Datawarehouse
104 (0.535 %)Cognos Impromptu
104 (0.535 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
113 (0.402 %)Oracle 8/8i
113 (0.402 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (0.803 %)Visual Studio
25 (0.669 %)VSS/SourceSafe
34 (0.535 %)Eclipse
43 (0.402 %)InstallShield
43 (0.402 %)Dreamweaver
52 (0.268 %)Subversion
52 (0.268 %)Ant
52 (0.268 %)JIRA
61 (0.134 %)QARun
61 (0.134 %)WinRunner
61 (0.134 %)TestDirector
61 (0.134 %)QuickTest Pro
61 (0.134 %)NUnit
61 (0.134 %)Maven
61 (0.134 %)Bugzilla
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
196 (12.85 %)Finance
294 (12.58 %)Banking
341 (5.489 %)Government
434 (4.552 %)Investment Banking
515 (2.008 %)Telecoms
614 (1.874 %)Financial Institution
713 (1.740 %)Health
812 (1.606 %)Law
911 (1.473 %)Back Office
1010 (1.339 %)Front Office
1010 (1.339 %)Education
119 (1.205 %)Retail
119 (1.205 %)Insurance
119 (1.205 %)Legal
128 (1.071 %)Local Government
134 (0.535 %)Pensions
143 (0.402 %)Billing
143 (0.402 %)Criminal Justice
143 (0.402 %)Police
152 (0.268 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1225 (30.12 %)Analyst
2131 (17.54 %)Support Analyst
397 (12.99 %)Support Engineer
474 (9.906 %)Desktop Support
550 (6.693 %)2nd Line Support
550 (6.693 %)Service Desk Analyst
645 (6.024 %)Service Analyst
744 (5.890 %)Helpdesk Analyst
839 (5.221 %)Consultant
839 (5.221 %)Helpdesk Support
938 (5.087 %)3rd Line Support
1037 (4.953 %)1st Line Support
1134 (4.552 %)Developer
1233 (4.418 %)Desktop Analyst
1331 (4.150 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1430 (4.016 %)Desktop Engineer
1529 (3.882 %)Server Support
1623 (3.079 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
1623 (3.079 %)Support Technician
1722 (2.945 %)Migration Engineer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
146 (6.158 %)Blackberry
224 (3.213 %)NHS
320 (2.677 %)Derivative
413 (1.740 %)PDA
512 (1.606 %)CLARiiON
512 (1.606 %)Thin Client
512 (1.606 %)German Language
512 (1.606 %)Fat Client
611 (1.473 %)EMC Centera
611 (1.473 %)Fixed Income
611 (1.473 %)Clustering
710 (1.339 %)EPoS
89 (1.205 %)French Language
98 (1.071 %)Celerra
106 (0.803 %)Replication
106 (0.803 %)Client/Server
115 (0.669 %)Open Source
115 (0.669 %)Equity Derivative
115 (0.669 %)PKI
115 (0.669 %)Italian Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1747 (100.00 %)Windows
2426 (57.03 %)Windows XP
3362 (48.46 %)Windows Server 2003
4114 (15.26 %)Windows Vista
594 (12.58 %)Windows Server 2008
682 (10.98 %)Linux
769 (9.237 %)UNIX
865 (8.701 %)Windows NT
953 (7.095 %)Windows 2000 Server
1033 (4.418 %)Solaris
1119 (2.544 %)Red Hat Linux
1216 (2.142 %)NetWare
1314 (1.874 %)Windows 7
1410 (1.339 %)AIX
159 (1.205 %)HPUX
166 (0.803 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
175 (0.669 %)SUSE
183 (0.402 %)Mac OS X
192 (0.268 %)Windows Mobile
192 (0.268 %)Mac OS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
176 (10.17 %)ITIL
176 (10.17 %)Migration
221 (2.811 %)PRINCE2
314 (1.874 %)Service Management
413 (1.740 %)Project Management
512 (1.606 %)Configuration Management
512 (1.606 %)Incident Management
610 (1.339 %)Information Security
610 (1.339 %)User Acceptance Testing
610 (1.339 %)Data Protection
79 (1.205 %)Data Management
79 (1.205 %)Business Continuity
88 (1.071 %)Asset Management
88 (1.071 %)Problem Management
97 (0.937 %)Capacity Planning
97 (0.937 %)Disaster Recovery
106 (0.803 %)RUP
106 (0.803 %)UML
115 (0.669 %)Data Migration
115 (0.669 %)E-Commerce
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
185 (11.38 %)SQL
233 (4.418 %)C
328 (3.748 %)Perl
425 (3.347 %)C#
524 (3.213 %)VB
621 (2.811 %)Java
719 (2.544 %)VBScript
816 (2.142 %)VBA
915 (2.008 %)C++
1013 (1.740 %)Korn
1111 (1.473 %)VB.NET
129 (1.205 %)Bash shell
138 (1.071 %)PL/SQL
145 (0.669 %)PowerShell
145 (0.669 %)Shell Script
154 (0.535 %)VC++
163 (0.402 %)PowerHouse
163 (0.402 %)T-SQL
163 (0.402 %)JavaScript
172 (0.268 %)VB6
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1141 (18.88 %)Microsoft Certification
2121 (16.20 %)MCSE
369 (9.237 %)Security Cleared
462 (8.300 %)MCP
542 (5.622 %)SC Cleared
632 (4.284 %)MCSA
720 (2.677 %)Cisco Certification
819 (2.544 %)CCNA
918 (2.410 %)MCITP
1016 (2.142 %)Degree
1114 (1.874 %)DV Cleared
1212 (1.606 %)MCDST
1311 (1.473 %)JNCIS
149 (1.205 %)MCDBA
158 (1.071 %)CCSE
158 (1.071 %)MCTS
167 (0.937 %)JNCIA
167 (0.937 %)CISSP
167 (0.937 %)RHCE
167 (0.937 %)A+ Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (2.008 %)SLA
27 (0.937 %)QA
34 (0.535 %)PCI DSS
43 (0.402 %)BS7799
52 (0.268 %)ISO27001
61 (0.134 %)WAI
61 (0.134 %)ISO17799
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1280 (37.48 %)Active Directory
240 (5.355 %)VMware Infrastructure
329 (3.882 %)NDS
417 (2.276 %)VMware ESX
515 (2.008 %)Terminal Server
610 (1.339 %)Terminal Services
79 (1.205 %)NetBackup
88 (1.071 %)VMware Workstation
88 (1.071 %)ISA Server
88 (1.071 %)Hyper-V
97 (0.937 %)XenApp
97 (0.937 %)Citrix Presentation Server
97 (0.937 %)MetaFrame
106 (0.803 %)Backup Exec
106 (0.803 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
114 (0.535 %)Oracle RAC
121 (0.134 %)SRDF
121 (0.134 %)vSphere
121 (0.134 %)Squid
121 (0.134 %)Novell eDirectory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
129 (3.882 %)SCCM
225 (3.347 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
322 (2.945 %)SCOM
417 (2.276 %)Norton AntiVirus
58 (1.071 %)MSI
58 (1.071 %)MOM
67 (0.937 %)AutoSys
67 (0.937 %)Legato
76 (0.803 %)DameWare
76 (0.803 %)ARCserve
76 (0.803 %)WSUS
85 (0.669 %)Tivoli
85 (0.669 %)OpenView
93 (0.402 %)OSSEC
93 (0.402 %)OpenView Configuration Management
102 (0.268 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
102 (0.268 %)CiscoWorks
102 (0.268 %)MIMEsweeper
102 (0.268 %)Unicenter
102 (0.268 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1289 (38.69 %)Microsoft
291 (12.18 %)Citrix
372 (9.639 %)VMware
467 (8.969 %)HP
552 (6.961 %)Cisco
648 (6.426 %)Oracle
733 (4.418 %)Dell
832 (4.284 %)Novell
931 (4.150 %)IBM
1030 (4.016 %)Lotus
1128 (3.748 %)Remedy
1224 (3.213 %)Symantec
1319 (2.544 %)EMC
1319 (2.544 %)Altiris
1418 (2.410 %)Sybase
1517 (2.276 %)LANDesk
1616 (2.142 %)CheckPoint
1715 (2.008 %)McAfee
1814 (1.874 %)Red Hat
1814 (1.874 %)Juniper