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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. 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 for the Yorkshire region.

 Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank696451
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Down-13
Matching contract IT job ads91992
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire0.590 %1.253 %2.614 %
As % of the Operating Systems category4.091 %7.480 %13.51 %
Daily rates quoted236
Average daily rate£233£125£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+86.00 %-58.33 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£227£125£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£239£125£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£257£223£300
% change year-on-year
+15.28 %-25.83 %
Hourly rates quoted2721
Average hourly rate£8.25£11.70£15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.48 %-22.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.05£9.20£10.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.45£28.00£30.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.00£15.00£14.50
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %+3.440 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
220254681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire14.43 %16.75 %19.35 %
Daily rates quoted604295
Average daily rate£285£278£330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.700 %-15.90 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£170£125£150
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£367£443£470
UK excluding London average daily rate£313£310£335
% change year-on-year
+0.800 %-7.460 %
Hourly rates quoted4165164
Average hourly rate£9.75£22.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.66 %+12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.00£9.50£11.43
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.97£28.22£34.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£17.50£18.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-2.770 %
Windows 2000 EnglandWindows 2000
England

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 a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Windows 2000 Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Windows 2000 Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 2000
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 Yorkshire region 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
South YorkshireNo change04£233-
North YorkshireUp+33--
West YorkshireDown-152--
Windows 2000 EnglandWindows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region 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.

121 (100.00 %)Windows
216 (76.19 %)Windows XP
310 (47.62 %)Windows Server 2003
49 (42.86 %)Active Directory
58 (38.10 %)Microsoft
67 (33.33 %)MS Excel
75 (23.81 %)Citrix
84 (19.05 %)Symantec
84 (19.05 %)MS Office
84 (19.05 %)SCCM
93 (14.29 %)Business Desktop Deployment
93 (14.29 %)VMware
93 (14.29 %)Firewall
93 (14.29 %)Linux
93 (14.29 %)VPN
93 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2008
93 (14.29 %)Windows 7
102 (9.524 %)LDAP
102 (9.524 %)Web Services
102 (9.524 %)XML
102 (9.524 %)UNIX
102 (9.524 %)Middleware
102 (9.524 %)Smartcard
102 (9.524 %)PKI
102 (9.524 %)XML Messaging
102 (9.524 %)Windows Vista
111 (4.762 %)WSUS
111 (4.762 %)Novell eDirectory
111 (4.762 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
111 (4.762 %)Windows Mobile

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (9.524 %)Web Services
12 (9.524 %)XML
12 (9.524 %)Middleware
12 (9.524 %)XML Messaging
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (4.762 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (33.33 %)MS Excel
24 (19.05 %)MS Office
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (14.29 %)Firewall
13 (14.29 %)VPN
22 (9.524 %)LDAP
31 (4.762 %)Wireless
31 (4.762 %)SSL
31 (4.762 %)LAN
31 (4.762 %)SMS
31 (4.762 %)WAN
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (4.762 %)Health
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (47.62 %)Analyst
26 (28.57 %)Support Analyst
34 (19.05 %)3rd Line Support
34 (19.05 %)Service Analyst
34 (19.05 %)Service Desk Analyst
43 (14.29 %)Desktop Support
43 (14.29 %)1st Line Support
43 (14.29 %)Support Engineer
43 (14.29 %)1st Line Support Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Deployment Manager
51 (4.762 %)Desktop Support Analyst
51 (4.762 %)Desktop Support Engineer
51 (4.762 %)2nd Line Support
51 (4.762 %)IT Support Analyst
51 (4.762 %)Desktop Engineer
51 (4.762 %)Technical Specialist
51 (4.762 %)Infrastructure Specialist
51 (4.762 %)Network Support
51 (4.762 %)Support Manager
51 (4.762 %)PC Support Analyst
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (9.524 %)Smartcard
12 (9.524 %)PKI
21 (4.762 %)PDA
21 (4.762 %)Blackberry
21 (4.762 %)NHS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
121 (100.00 %)Windows
216 (76.19 %)Windows XP
310 (47.62 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (14.29 %)Linux
43 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2008
43 (14.29 %)Windows 7
52 (9.524 %)UNIX
52 (9.524 %)Windows Vista
61 (4.762 %)Windows Mobile
61 (4.762 %)HPUX
61 (4.762 %)Solaris
61 (4.762 %)NetWare
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (14.29 %)Business Desktop Deployment
21 (4.762 %)Incident Management
21 (4.762 %)Service Management
21 (4.762 %)Service Delivery
21 (4.762 %)Penetration Testing
21 (4.762 %)Logistics
21 (4.762 %)Benchmarking
21 (4.762 %)Project Management
21 (4.762 %)ITIL
21 (4.762 %)PRINCE2
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (4.762 %)C
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (4.762 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 (4.762 %)CISSP
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.762 %)ISO27001
11 (4.762 %)ISO17799
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (42.86 %)Active Directory
21 (4.762 %)Novell eDirectory
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (19.05 %)SCCM
21 (4.762 %)WSUS
21 (4.762 %)Norton AntiVirus
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (38.10 %)Microsoft
25 (23.81 %)Citrix
34 (19.05 %)Symantec
43 (14.29 %)VMware
51 (4.762 %)Juniper
51 (4.762 %)Novell
51 (4.762 %)HP
51 (4.762 %)Dell