Windows 2000 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows 2000 (Win2K)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Windows 2000 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 - 717
Rank change year-on-year - - +293
Permanent jobs citing Windows 2000 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.007%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.020% - 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.08%
75th Percentile £28,750 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - +77.08%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,935 8,029 8,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.23% 15.00% 15.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,643 4,519 7,056
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,750 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.93% +2.22% -

Windows 2000
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows 2000 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows 2000 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows 2000
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 2000.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 2000

Windows 2000
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 2000 within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 1 £27,500 -
East of England - 1 £27,500 -
UK excluding London - 1 £27,500 -

Windows 2000
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Technician
1 1 (100.00%) IT Technician
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MCDST
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware