Yorkshire Windows 2000 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k) skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Operating Systems category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows 2000 over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Ashton-under-Lyne Avon Ayrshire Bacup Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Beverley Bexley Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Cwmbran Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Ely England Epsom Essex Fareham Farnham Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Hounslow Hull Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lowestoft Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Reigate Renfrewshire Rochester Romford Rotherham Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Teesside Telford Thames Valley Thurrock Torfaen Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witney Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	43	45
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	89	103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.119 %	0.104 %
As % of the category below	14.29 %	14.27 %
Daily rates quoted	7	1
Average minimum daily rate	£274	£250
Average daily rate	£289	£250
% change on same period last year	+15.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£304	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£274	£290
% change on same period last year	-5.43 %
Hourly rates quoted	28	21
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.91	£15.19
Average hourly rate	£20.45	£16.12
% change on same period last year	+26.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.99	£17.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.27	£19.64
% change on same period last year	-6.99 %
Operating Systems Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	623	722
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.830 %	0.730 %
Daily rates quoted	87	83
Average minimum daily rate	£287	£281
Average daily rate	£299	£300
% change on same period last year	-0.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£311	£319
UK excluding London average daily rate	£335	£337
% change on same period last year	-0.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	122	121
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.80	£21.16
Average hourly rate	£22.79	£21.91
% change on same period last year	+4.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.78	£22.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.08	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
Windows 2000 England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily 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.

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.

Windows 2000
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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.

Windows 2000
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Windows 2000
Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
West Yorkshire	0	42	£324	+29.60 %
South Yorkshire	+4	23	£200	-
North Yorkshire	-5	18	-	-
East Yorkshire	-2	5	-	-

Windows 2000 England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 176 (97.24 %) Windows 2 112 (61.88 %) Active Directory 3 49 (27.07 %) MS Office 4 47 (25.97 %) Windows XP 5 40 (22.10 %) Microsoft 6 33 (18.23 %) Windows Server 2003 6 33 (18.23 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 29 (16.02 %) Citrix 8 27 (14.92 %) Exchange Server 2000 9 26 (14.36 %) Microsoft Certification 10 25 (13.81 %) MCSE 11 24 (13.26 %) MS Excel 12 23 (12.71 %) MS Exchange 13 22 (12.15 %) SAN 14 21 (11.60 %) WAN

15 20 (11.05 %) Finance 16 19 (10.50 %) Windows NT 17 16 (8.840 %) Lotus Notes 17 16 (8.840 %) TCP/IP 17 16 (8.840 %) LAN 17 16 (8.840 %) HP 17 16 (8.840 %) Lotus 18 15 (8.287 %) VPN 18 15 (8.287 %) ITIL 18 15 (8.287 %) Legal 19 13 (7.182 %) Firewall 19 13 (7.182 %) SQL Server 19 13 (7.182 %) DNS 20 12 (6.630 %) Intranet 21 11 (6.077 %) Middleware

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 Development 1 11 (6.077 %) Middleware 2 9 (4.972 %) .NET 3 2 (1.105 %) WebServices 3 2 (1.105 %) XML 3 2 (1.105 %) .NET Framework 4 1 (0.552 %) SAP XI 4 1 (0.552 %) ODBC 4 1 (0.552 %) COM+	Application Platforms 1 33 (18.23 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 27 (14.92 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 23 (12.71 %) MS Exchange 4 16 (8.840 %) Lotus Notes 5 7 (3.867 %) IIS 6 3 (1.657 %) Documentum 6 3 (1.657 %) SharePoint 6 3 (1.657 %) BizTalk Server 6 3 (1.657 %) GroupWise 7 2 (1.105 %) Commerce Server 7 2 (1.105 %) Exchange Server 2007 8 1 (0.552 %) Site Server 8 1 (0.552 %) Exchange Server 5.5 8 1 (0.552 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 1 (0.552 %) SharePoint Server 2007 8 1 (0.552 %) NetWeaver 8 1 (0.552 %) WebLogic 8 1 (0.552 %) Apache 8 1 (0.552 %) MTS 8 1 (0.552 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 49 (27.07 %) MS Office 2 24 (13.26 %) MS Excel 3 3 (1.657 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 2 (1.105 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 22 (12.15 %) SAN 2 21 (11.60 %) WAN 3 16 (8.840 %) TCP/IP 3 16 (8.840 %) LAN 4 15 (8.287 %) VPN 5 13 (7.182 %) DNS 5 13 (7.182 %) Firewall 6 12 (6.630 %) Intranet 7 6 (3.315 %) Internet 7 6 (3.315 %) DHCP 8 4 (2.210 %) MPLS 8 4 (2.210 %) SMS 9 2 (1.105 %) PBX 10 1 (0.552 %) ATM 10 1 (0.552 %) Broadband 10 1 (0.552 %) VLAN 10 1 (0.552 %) DSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (7.182 %) SQL Server 2 9 (4.972 %) SQL Server 2000 3 5 (2.762 %) SQL Server 2005 4 4 (2.210 %) RDBMS 5 2 (1.105 %) MS Access 6 1 (0.552 %) SQL Server 7 6 1 (0.552 %) Oracle 8/8i
General 1 20 (11.05 %) Finance 2 15 (8.287 %) Legal 3 10 (5.525 %) Back Office 4 9 (4.972 %) Health 5 4 (2.210 %) Government 5 4 (2.210 %) Banking 6 3 (1.657 %) Retail 6 3 (1.657 %) Retail Banking 6 3 (1.657 %) Telecoms 7 2 (1.105 %) Education 8 1 (0.552 %) Auditing 8 1 (0.552 %) Law	Job Titles 1 43 (23.76 %) Analyst 2 32 (17.68 %) Support Engineer 3 28 (15.47 %) Desktop Support 4 27 (14.92 %) 2nd Line Support 5 15 (8.287 %) Support Analyst 6 14 (7.735 %) Service Analyst 6 14 (7.735 %) Service Desk Analyst 7 12 (6.630 %) Developer 8 11 (6.077 %) Desktop Engineer 9 10 (5.525 %) Server Support 9 10 (5.525 %) 3rd Line Support 10 9 (4.972 %) Field Engineer 10 9 (4.972 %) Support Technician 11 8 (4.420 %) Desktop Support Engineer 11 8 (4.420 %) Helpdesk Analyst 12 7 (3.867 %) 1st Line Support 12 7 (3.867 %) Technical Support 12 7 (3.867 %) Helpdesk Support 13 6 (3.315 %) Technical Analyst 13 6 (3.315 %) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 10 (5.525 %) NHS 2 8 (4.420 %) Clustering 3 4 (2.210 %) AS400 4 3 (1.657 %) PKI 4 3 (1.657 %) Smartcard 5 2 (1.105 %) Client/Server 5 2 (1.105 %) German Language 6 1 (0.552 %) Norwegian Language 6 1 (0.552 %) Dutch Language 6 1 (0.552 %) N-Tier 6 1 (0.552 %) Mainframe	Operating Systems 1 176 (97.24 %) Windows 2 47 (25.97 %) Windows XP 3 33 (18.23 %) Windows Server 2003 4 19 (10.50 %) Windows NT 5 10 (5.525 %) Linux 6 9 (4.972 %) UNIX 7 6 (3.315 %) NetWare 8 2 (1.105 %) Windows Vista 9 1 (0.552 %) SUSE 9 1 (0.552 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (8.287 %) ITIL 2 6 (3.315 %) PRINCE2 2 6 (3.315 %) Change Management 3 4 (2.210 %) Disaster Recovery 3 4 (2.210 %) Migration 3 4 (2.210 %) Project Management 3 4 (2.210 %) Network Load Balancing 4 3 (1.657 %) Document Management 4 3 (1.657 %) Unit Testing 4 3 (1.657 %) System Testing 4 3 (1.657 %) Configuration Management 4 3 (1.657 %) Data Migration 5 2 (1.105 %) Service Management 5 2 (1.105 %) E-business 5 2 (1.105 %) E-Commerce 5 2 (1.105 %) ERP 6 1 (0.552 %) Business Intelligence 6 1 (0.552 %) ITSM 6 1 (0.552 %) Problem Management 6 1 (0.552 %) Release Management	Programming Languages 1 11 (6.077 %) SQL 2 6 (3.315 %) VB 2 6 (3.315 %) VB6 3 3 (1.657 %) C# 4 2 (1.105 %) Java 4 2 (1.105 %) VBScript 4 2 (1.105 %) C 5 1 (0.552 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 26 (14.36 %) Microsoft Certification 2 25 (13.81 %) MCSE 3 8 (4.420 %) MCP 4 6 (3.315 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 2 (1.105 %) Degree 5 2 (1.105 %) CNE 5 2 (1.105 %) Novell Certification 5 2 (1.105 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (1.105 %) MCSA 5 2 (1.105 %) MCDBA 6 1 (0.552 %) CCNA 6 1 (0.552 %) ISEB 6 1 (0.552 %) CNA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (3.315 %) SLA
System Software 1 112 (61.88 %) Active Directory 2 7 (3.867 %) NetBackup 2 7 (3.867 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 6 (3.315 %) VMware ESX 4 3 (1.657 %) Novell eDirectory 5 2 (1.105 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 6 1 (0.552 %) Oracle RAC 6 1 (0.552 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 1 (0.552 %) Xen	Systems Management 1 4 (2.210 %) MOM 1 4 (2.210 %) OpenView 1 4 (2.210 %) WSUS 2 3 (1.657 %) Tivoli 3 2 (1.105 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 1 (0.552 %) ARCserve 4 1 (0.552 %) ZENworks 4 1 (0.552 %) OVSD 4 1 (0.552 %) OVIS 4 1 (0.552 %) BMC Marimba
Vendors 1 40 (22.10 %) Microsoft 2 29 (16.02 %) Citrix 3 16 (8.840 %) Lotus 3 16 (8.840 %) HP 4 10 (5.525 %) Novell 5 8 (4.420 %) IBM 5 8 (4.420 %) VMware 6 7 (3.867 %) VERITAS 7 6 (3.315 %) Remedy 8 5 (2.762 %) Cisco 8 5 (2.762 %) Oracle 9 4 (2.210 %) Dell 9 4 (2.210 %) Intel 10 2 (1.105 %) JD Edwards 10 2 (1.105 %) iSOFT 11 1 (0.552 %) Siemens 11 1 (0.552 %) Avaya 11 1 (0.552 %) BEA 11 1 (0.552 %) Hyperion 11 1 (0.552 %) Compaq