Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Windows 2000 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows 2000 over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 583 | 701 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +118 | +130 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.016% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.12% | 0.042% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £466 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £474 | £725 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £505 | £750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -32.67% | +66.67% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £544 | £775 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £557 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £505 | - |
All Operating Systems
UK
Windows 2000 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 4,087 | 5,729 | 9,462 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.01% | 13.31% | 16.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,680 | 3,874 | 6,626 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £185 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £300 | £340 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £468 | £510 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.50% | -8.24% | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £694 | £700 | £719 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 182 | 390 | 418 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.41 | £12.73 | £13.89 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £15.31 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.40 | £22.00 | £38.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.36% | -42.86% | +67.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.16 | £60.00 | £64.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.50 | £22.50 | £29.30 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -23.21% | +46.50% |
Windows 2000
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows 2000 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows 2000
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 2000.
Windows 2000
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 2000.