The first 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 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the Yorkshire region.

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.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
Rank 102 109 88
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -21
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 11 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.583% 0.217% 0.447%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.140% 1.089% 2.241%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £213 £293
% change year-on-year
+52.94% -27.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.13 £15.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.77% +3.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.25 £15.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year
-14.51% +6.89%
All Operating Systems
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
514 459 357
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 27.24% 19.95% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 214 137
Average daily rate £308 £298 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.36% -8.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £138 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £393 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 74 53
Average hourly rate £12.75 £14.00 £16.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.92% -14.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.03%
Windows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
West Yorkshire +2 8 - -
South Yorkshire - 3 - -
Windows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 41 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (75.61%) Windows XP
3 26 (63.41%) Microsoft
4 22 (53.66%) Windows 7
5 19 (46.34%) Active Directory
6 17 (41.46%) Windows Vista
7 16 (39.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (36.59%) Internet
8 15 (36.59%) Blackberry
9 14 (34.15%) MS Office
10 13 (31.71%) MCP
11 12 (29.27%) Citrix
12 11 (26.83%) Windows Server 2003
13 10 (24.39%) ITIL
14 9 (21.95%) MS Excel
15 8 (19.51%) SLA
15 8 (19.51%) GPRS
16 5 (12.20%) Network Architecture
16 5 (12.20%) LAN
16 5 (12.20%) WAN
16 5 (12.20%) HNC
17 4 (9.756%) UNIX
17 4 (9.756%) MCSE
17 4 (9.756%) MCSA
18 3 (7.317%) Performance Management
18 3 (7.317%) Service Delivery
19 2 (4.878%) Windows Mobile
19 2 (4.878%) Windows Server 2008
19 2 (4.878%) Windows CE
19 2 (4.878%) AS400

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (2.439%) WorkSite
1 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 14 (34.15%) MS Office
2 9 (21.95%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) Internet
2 8 (19.51%) GPRS
3 5 (12.20%) LAN
3 5 (12.20%) WAN
General
1 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.439%) Law
2 1 (2.439%) Legal
2 1 (2.439%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Support Engineer
2 13 (31.71%) Desktop Engineer
3 12 (29.27%) Technical Support
3 12 (29.27%) Analyst
4 11 (26.83%) Desktop Support
5 10 (24.39%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 10 (24.39%) IT Support
6 9 (21.95%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (21.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (19.51%) Service Analyst
7 8 (19.51%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (14.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (12.20%) Blackberry Support
9 5 (12.20%) Technical Advisor
9 5 (12.20%) Support Analyst
10 4 (9.756%) Technical Support Officer
11 3 (7.317%) IT Support Analyst
12 2 (4.878%) Help Desk Support
12 2 (4.878%) Rollout Engineer
12 2 (4.878%) Help Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Blackberry
2 2 (4.878%) AS400
3 1 (2.439%) NHS
3 1 (2.439%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.439%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 41 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (75.61%) Windows XP
3 22 (53.66%) Windows 7
4 17 (41.46%) Windows Vista
5 11 (26.83%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (9.756%) UNIX
7 2 (4.878%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (4.878%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (4.878%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) ITIL
2 5 (12.20%) Network Architecture
3 3 (7.317%) Performance Management
3 3 (7.317%) Service Delivery
4 1 (2.439%) Problem Management
4 1 (2.439%) Document Management
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (31.71%) MCP
3 5 (12.20%) HNC
4 4 (9.756%) MCSE
4 4 (9.756%) MCSA
5 1 (2.439%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (19.51%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (46.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.439%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (63.41%) Microsoft
2 12 (29.27%) Citrix
3 1 (2.439%) Interwoven