Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 West Midlands region.

 Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2k)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1088968
Rank change year-on-year
Down-19Down-21
Matching permanent IT job ads3995246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands1.088 %2.047 %2.800 %
As % of the Operating Systems category7.104 %10.30 %12.82 %
Salaries quoted3389227
Average salary£22,500£30,000£24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+25.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£18,700£19,400£18,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£42,500£37,900
UK excluding London average salary£27,000£28,500£27,500
% change year-on-year
-5.260 %+3.630 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryAll Operating Systems
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
5499221919
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands15.32 %19.87 %21.84 %
Salaries quoted4927691668
Average salary£32,500£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£21,750£19,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£42,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,500£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-
Windows 2000 EnglandWindows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

West Midlands Windows 2000 Demand Trend

Windows 2000
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Windows 2000 Salary Trend

Windows 2000
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows 2000 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Windows 2000 Salary Histogram

Windows 2000
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 2000 within the West Midlands 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarwickshireUp+1010£21,750-16.34 %
BirminghamUp+210£22,500-21.73 %
CoventryNo change07£25,000-22.48 %
SolihullDown-96£25,000-9.09 %
StaffordshireUp+74£16,000-33.33 %
HerefordshireUp+113£32,500+18.18 %
WolverhamptonUp+171--
ShropshireUp+81£27,500-15.38 %
Windows 2000 EnglandWindows 2000
England

Windows 2000
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Windows 2000.

172 (100.00 %)Windows
244 (61.11 %)Windows XP
343 (59.72 %)Windows Server 2003
428 (38.89 %)Active Directory
527 (37.50 %)Microsoft
626 (36.11 %)Microsoft Certification
723 (31.94 %)MS Office
820 (27.78 %)SQL Server
916 (22.22 %)MCSE
916 (22.22 %)SQL
1015 (20.83 %)ITIL
1015 (20.83 %)Citrix
1015 (20.83 %)MS Exchange
1015 (20.83 %)SQL Server 2000
1114 (19.44 %)VMware
1114 (19.44 %)SQL Server 2005
1213 (18.06 %)Windows 2000 Server
1213 (18.06 %)Windows Vista
1312 (16.67 %)Clustering
1312 (16.67 %)MCP
1411 (15.28 %)MS Excel
1411 (15.28 %)Lotus Notes
1411 (15.28 %)Lotus
1510 (13.89 %)TCP/IP
169 (12.50 %)LAN
169 (12.50 %)T-SQL
169 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
178 (11.11 %)Terminal Services
187 (9.722 %)Windows NT
187 (9.722 %)SLA

Windows 2000
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Windows 2000. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (1.389 %)DHTML
11 (1.389 %)HTML
11 (1.389 %).NET
11 (1.389 %)ADO
11 (1.389 %)ASP
11 (1.389 %)ASP.NET
11 (1.389 %)CSS
11 (1.389 %)SOAP
11 (1.389 %)XML
11 (1.389 %)ODBC
11 (1.389 %)XHTML
11 (1.389 %)AJAX
11 (1.389 %).NET Framework
11 (1.389 %)jQuery
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (20.83 %)MS Exchange
211 (15.28 %)Lotus Notes
36 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
45 (6.944 %)Lotus Domino
53 (4.167 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (2.778 %)SharePoint
62 (2.778 %)IIS
71 (1.389 %)SharePoint Server 2007
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (31.94 %)MS Office
211 (15.28 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (13.89 %)TCP/IP
29 (12.50 %)LAN
36 (8.333 %)WAN
45 (6.944 %)Internet
45 (6.944 %)TELNET
45 (6.944 %)Firewall
54 (5.556 %)VPN
63 (4.167 %)IP Telephony
63 (4.167 %)SAN
72 (2.778 %)Wireless
72 (2.778 %)DNS
81 (1.389 %)SSL
81 (1.389 %)DHCP
81 (1.389 %)LDAP
81 (1.389 %)Broadband
81 (1.389 %)Cisco PIX
81 (1.389 %)Network Security
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (27.78 %)SQL Server
215 (20.83 %)SQL Server 2000
314 (19.44 %)SQL Server 2005
44 (5.556 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
44 (5.556 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
44 (5.556 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
44 (5.556 %)Informix
44 (5.556 %)Datawarehouse
51 (1.389 %)RDBMS
51 (1.389 %)MySQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (5.556 %)Back Office
23 (4.167 %)Banking
23 (4.167 %)Education
32 (2.778 %)Government
32 (2.778 %)Telecoms
41 (1.389 %)Automotive
41 (1.389 %)Retail
41 (1.389 %)Health
41 (1.389 %)Legal
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
130 (41.67 %)Analyst
225 (34.72 %)Support Analyst
314 (19.44 %)Support Engineer
314 (19.44 %)IT Support
412 (16.67 %)Desktop Support
59 (12.50 %)Desktop Support Analyst
59 (12.50 %)Desktop Analyst
68 (11.11 %)IT Support Analyst
76 (8.333 %)Helpdesk Analyst
85 (6.944 %)Technical Support
85 (6.944 %)Systems Administrator
85 (6.944 %)Applications Support
85 (6.944 %)Administrator
94 (5.556 %)2nd Line Support
94 (5.556 %)3rd Line Support
94 (5.556 %)Desktop Support Engineer
94 (5.556 %)DBA
94 (5.556 %)Desktop Engineer
94 (5.556 %)SQL DBA
103 (4.167 %)IT Support Engineer
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (16.67 %)Clustering
24 (5.556 %)PDA
24 (5.556 %)Replication
32 (2.778 %)Thin Client
32 (2.778 %)Blackberry
32 (2.778 %)Statistics
32 (2.778 %)Fat Client
41 (1.389 %)Client/Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
172 (100.00 %)Windows
244 (61.11 %)Windows XP
343 (59.72 %)Windows Server 2003
413 (18.06 %)Windows Vista
413 (18.06 %)Windows 2000 Server
59 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2008
67 (9.722 %)Windows NT
76 (8.333 %)UNIX
76 (8.333 %)AIX
76 (8.333 %)HPUX
82 (2.778 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (20.83 %)ITIL
24 (5.556 %)Change Management
24 (5.556 %)Performance Management
32 (2.778 %)Problem Management
41 (1.389 %)Time Management
41 (1.389 %)Asset Management
41 (1.389 %)Document Management
41 (1.389 %)E-Commerce
41 (1.389 %)CAD
41 (1.389 %)Service Delivery
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (22.22 %)SQL
29 (12.50 %)T-SQL
32 (2.778 %)Shell Script
41 (1.389 %)C#
41 (1.389 %)JavaScript
41 (1.389 %)PHP
41 (1.389 %)VBScript
41 (1.389 %)VB
41 (1.389 %)VB.NET
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (36.11 %)Microsoft Certification
216 (22.22 %)MCSE
312 (16.67 %)MCP
45 (6.944 %)MCSA
54 (5.556 %)MCITP
63 (4.167 %)Degree
63 (4.167 %)MCDBA
63 (4.167 %)MCDST
71 (1.389 %)MOS
71 (1.389 %)CCNA
71 (1.389 %)Cisco Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (9.722 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
128 (38.89 %)Active Directory
28 (11.11 %)Terminal Services
36 (8.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
44 (5.556 %)MetaFrame
44 (5.556 %)VMware ESX
52 (2.778 %)Oracle RMAN
52 (2.778 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (1.389 %)Hyper-V
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
16 (8.333 %)Backup Exec
21 (1.389 %)SCCM
21 (1.389 %)NetBackup
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
127 (37.50 %)Microsoft
215 (20.83 %)Citrix
314 (19.44 %)VMware
411 (15.28 %)Lotus
57 (9.722 %)HP
65 (6.944 %)Veritas
74 (5.556 %)Hyperion
74 (5.556 %)Cognos
83 (4.167 %)Cisco
83 (4.167 %)Avaya
83 (4.167 %)McAfee
92 (2.778 %)Intel
92 (2.778 %)Nortel
101 (1.389 %)Dell
101 (1.389 %)Adobe
101 (1.389 %)Novell
101 (1.389 %)Oracle
101 (1.389 %)Symantec
101 (1.389 %)Remedy
101 (1.389 %)Sophos