Windows Server 2012 Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 76 97
Rank change year-on-year -21 +21 +21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 6 6 14
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.39% 0.47% 0.77%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.24% 2.68% 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 9
10th Percentile - £107 -
25th Percentile £525 £198 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -22.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £375 £475
90th Percentile - £390 £500
England median daily rate £410 £461 £450
% change year-on-year -11.01% +2.39% +7.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Median hourly rate £6.00 - -
England median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -94.00% +66.67% +54.84%

All Operating Systems
East of England

Windows Server 2012 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 in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 268 224 336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.64% 17.55% 18.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 89 224
10th Percentile £162 £213 £143
25th Percentile £189 £278 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £415 £450
Median % change year-on-year -33.73% -7.78% +29.03%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £593
90th Percentile £575 - £717
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 31 45
10th Percentile £13.00 £40.00 £13.29
25th Percentile £19.80 £52.13 £14.16
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +160.00% -3.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £67.50 £76.50
England median hourly rate £23.00 £58.49 £39.08
% change year-on-year -60.68% +49.68% +56.31%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2012 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in the East of England

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2012.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2012.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
Norfolk - 5 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 £550 - 6
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) RS-232
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Support Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 3 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) IT Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) IT Support
3 2 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 4 (66.67%) Information Governance
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) ITSM
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) HNC
1 5 (83.33%) HND
1 5 (83.33%) MCP
1 5 (83.33%) MCSE
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Sendmail
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware