Windows Server 2012 Contracts

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2012 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 341 421
Rank change year-on-year -18 +80 -82
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 237 411 506
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.71% 0.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.13% 4.37% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 296 370
10th Percentile £200 £186 £160
25th Percentile £285 £325 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% +2.94% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £488
90th Percentile £608 £669 £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% +18.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 14
10th Percentile - £18.50 £17.38
25th Percentile - £20.82 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - +26.83% -6.82%
75th Percentile - £49.38 £28.41
90th Percentile - £62.55 £36.52
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £36.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +83.75% -9.09%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2012 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,733 9,408 13,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.33% 16.27% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,878 6,587 8,883
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £338 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 419 606
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.99 £13.38
25th Percentile £15.44 £17.74 £16.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2012 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2012.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2012.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 within the UK over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +5 219 £418 -7.22% 91
UK excluding London -11 157 £475 +18.75% 74
South East +60 85 £575 +19.79% 24
London +33 70 £380 -16.01% 16
Work from Home +27 55 £358 -10.63% 29
North of England +9 22 £328 -18.13% 20
South West -29 20 £503 +11.67% 15
Midlands +17 18 £225 -40.00% 9
North West +1 14 £290 -38.95% 7
West Midlands +12 13 £225 -40.00% 7
Scotland +17 8 £325 +18.18%
Yorkshire +9 8 £400 +14.12% 11
Wales +20 3 £365 -22.34% 1
East Midlands +8 3 £210 -44.00% 2
East of England -2 2 £388 +5.08% 10

Windows Server 2012
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 79 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (11.81%) Exchange Server 2010
3 26 (10.97%) Exchange Server 2013
4 17 (7.17%) Confluence
5 15 (6.33%) SharePoint
6 13 (5.49%) IIS
7 12 (5.06%) Exchange Server 2007
7 12 (5.06%) Skype for Business
8 11 (4.64%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (1.27%) nginx
10 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (10.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Sage X3
2 2 (0.84%) Remedy AR System
2 2 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 78 (32.91%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (27.85%) Azure
3 15 (6.33%) OCI
4 14 (5.91%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.38%) AWS
5 8 (3.38%) IaaS
6 5 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.69%) PaaS
8 3 (1.27%) Azure Storage
8 3 (1.27%) GitHub
8 3 (1.27%) SaaS
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.84%) Route 53
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.42%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 92 (38.82%) DNS
2 62 (26.16%) Firewall
3 61 (25.74%) DHCP
4 39 (16.46%) SAN
5 17 (7.17%) WAN
6 16 (6.75%) Skype
7 14 (5.91%) LAN
8 13 (5.49%) VPN
9 12 (5.06%) TCP/IP
10 11 (4.64%) VLAN
11 9 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.95%) Wireless
13 6 (2.53%) VoIP
14 4 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (1.69%) Ethernet
14 4 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.69%) Unified Communications
15 3 (1.27%) NAS
15 3 (1.27%) NetScaler
15 3 (1.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.27%) MySQL
3 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.84%) Power BI
4 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.42%) Redis
4 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (10.97%) JIRA
2 3 (1.27%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.42%) Hudson
4 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 95 (40.08%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.03%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.70%) Public Sector
4 20 (8.44%) Finance
5 16 (6.75%) Military
6 12 (5.06%) Banking
7 7 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.27%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.42%) Back Office
10 1 (0.42%) Electronics
10 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.42%) French Language
10 1 (0.42%) German Language
10 1 (0.42%) Law
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing
10 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (19.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (14.77%) Support Engineer
3 31 (13.08%) Windows Engineer
4 26 (10.97%) Integration Engineer
5 20 (8.44%) Build Engineer
5 20 (8.44%) Windows Build Engineer
6 16 (6.75%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 16 (6.75%) Test Engineer
7 15 (6.33%) Administrator
7 15 (6.33%) Systems Administrator
8 13 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (5.49%) Server Engineer
9 12 (5.06%) Analyst
10 10 (4.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 10 (4.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (4.22%) Storage Engineer
11 9 (3.80%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 9 (3.80%) Active Directory Engineer
11 9 (3.80%) IT Support
11 9 (3.80%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.27%) EDI
2 2 (0.84%) ADSI
2 2 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.42%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.70%) Data Centre
1 23 (9.70%) PKI
2 14 (5.91%) Video Conferencing
3 13 (5.49%) Clustering
4 10 (4.22%) NHS
5 7 (2.95%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.69%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.27%) CCTV
8 3 (1.27%) CMDB
8 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.27%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.42%) Freedom of Information Act
10 1 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.42%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.42%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 237 (100.00%) Windows
2 198 (83.54%) Windows Server
3 102 (43.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 81 (34.18%) Windows 10
5 78 (32.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 52 (21.94%) Windows Server 2008
7 36 (15.19%) Linux
8 26 (10.97%) Windows 7
9 20 (8.44%) Windows NT
10 16 (6.75%) Windows Server 2003
11 14 (5.91%) Windows XP
12 10 (4.22%) CentOS
13 9 (3.80%) Mac OS
14 6 (2.53%) Debian
14 6 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 5 (2.11%) Ubuntu
16 4 (1.69%) Android
16 4 (1.69%) VMS
17 2 (0.84%) OpenVMS
18 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.32%) ITIL
2 59 (24.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 46 (19.41%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (14.77%) Customer Service
4 35 (14.77%) Migration
5 32 (13.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (10.97%) Service Management
7 25 (10.55%) Release Management
8 24 (10.13%) Agile
8 24 (10.13%) Deployment Automation
9 22 (9.28%) Project Management
10 20 (8.44%) Server Management
10 20 (8.44%) User Acceptance Testing
11 19 (8.02%) Critical Thinking
11 19 (8.02%) Storage Management
12 18 (7.59%) Change Management
13 16 (6.75%) Proactive Monitoring
13 16 (6.75%) Regression Testing
13 16 (6.75%) Test Scripting
14 15 (6.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 68 (28.69%) PowerShell
2 47 (19.83%) SQL
3 3 (1.27%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.84%) Python
5 1 (0.42%) Bicep
5 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (43.46%) Security Cleared
2 49 (20.68%) SC Cleared
3 48 (20.25%) DV Cleared
4 41 (17.30%) Degree
5 31 (13.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (11.39%) MCSE
7 22 (9.28%) MCSA
8 21 (8.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (7.59%) CCNA
9 18 (7.59%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (6.33%) CCNP
11 6 (2.53%) RHCT
12 5 (2.11%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.44%) QA
2 4 (1.69%) SLA
3 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.84%) NIST
3 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.42%) NCSC
System Software
1 197 (83.12%) Active Directory
2 101 (42.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (17.72%) Hyper-V
4 25 (10.55%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (8.44%) Firmware
6 15 (6.33%) XenApp
7 9 (3.80%) vSphere
8 6 (2.53%) KVM
8 6 (2.53%) VMware NSX
8 6 (2.53%) XenDesktop
9 5 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (1.27%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.42%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 83 (35.02%) SCCM
2 53 (22.36%) WSUS
3 23 (9.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (8.44%) SCOM
4 20 (8.44%) Sysprep
4 20 (8.44%) vCenter Server
5 18 (7.59%) NetBackup
6 14 (5.91%) EMC NetWorker
7 10 (4.22%) Autotask
8 8 (3.38%) Failover Clustering
9 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Clustering
9 7 (2.95%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (2.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (2.11%) Terraform
12 4 (1.69%) Ansible
13 3 (1.27%) FortiGate
13 3 (1.27%) PaperCut
14 2 (0.84%) Packer
14 2 (0.84%) VxRail
Vendors
1 133 (56.12%) Microsoft
2 122 (51.48%) VMware
3 44 (18.57%) Cisco
4 36 (15.19%) HP
5 35 (14.77%) Citrix
5 35 (14.77%) Veeam
6 30 (12.66%) EMC
7 19 (8.02%) Dell
8 18 (7.59%) Palo Alto
9 17 (7.17%) 3PAR
9 17 (7.17%) Juniper
9 17 (7.17%) Oracle
10 15 (6.33%) Symantec
11 14 (5.91%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (5.91%) Red Hat
12 13 (5.49%) Avaya
13 12 (5.06%) CheckPoint
14 9 (3.80%) Ivanti
15 7 (2.95%) Apple
16 6 (2.53%) Remedy