Windows Server 2012 Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 405 318
Rank change year-on-year -135 -87 +40
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 36 77 249
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.30% 0.66%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.85% 2.07% 4.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 50 170
10th Percentile £315 £209 £190
25th Percentile £364 £350 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -6.07%
75th Percentile £647 £584 £556
90th Percentile £725 £714 £575
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year +5.88% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile - - £33.20
25th Percentile - - £54.13
Median hourly rate £6.00 - £72.25
75th Percentile £18.19 - £78.00
90th Percentile £23.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £6.00 - £72.25
% change year-on-year - - +177.88%

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,240 3,719 5,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.17% 14.33% 14.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,817 2,392 3,659
10th Percentile £178 £200 £179
25th Percentile £263 £313 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £471 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% +4.72% -13.46%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £447 £473 £465
% change year-on-year -5.40% +1.61% -9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 121 364
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.26 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £18.20 £17.16
Median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £25.22
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +38.81% -5.15%
75th Percentile £53.40 £67.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £68.00 £73.75 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £28.71 £25.25
% change year-on-year -19.87% +13.68% -3.77%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in England over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in England over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 20 February 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England -17 8 £550 - 2
South East -43 6 £650 +185.71% 1
North of England -75 6 £248 -29.29% 1
South West -29 5 £700 +19.15% 2
Midlands -55 5 £415 -7.78% 2
London -58 5 £440 +6.67% 6
East Midlands -29 4 £415 -17.00%
North West -36 4 £330 -5.71% 1
Yorkshire -63 2 £165 -52.89%
West Midlands -46 1 £450 +12.50% 2
Windows Server 2012
UK

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.56%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (30.56%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) AWS
3 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 4 (11.11%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (41.67%) DNS
2 12 (33.33%) DHCP
3 8 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 6 (16.67%) LAN
5 4 (11.11%) Firewall
5 4 (11.11%) NetScaler
6 3 (8.33%) RS-232
6 3 (8.33%) Skype
6 3 (8.33%) WAN
6 3 (8.33%) X.400
7 2 (5.56%) BIG-IP
7 2 (5.56%) VLAN
7 2 (5.56%) Wireless
8 1 (2.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (5.56%) Military
5 1 (2.78%) Banking
5 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Platform Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) Support Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Senior
5 3 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Technical Support
5 3 (8.33%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Automation Specialist
6 2 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) IT Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Lead
6 2 (5.56%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) PKI
2 6 (16.67%) NHS
3 4 (11.11%) Private Cloud
3 4 (11.11%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.78%) Clustering
5 1 (2.78%) iPhone
5 1 (2.78%) Replication
5 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 36 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (88.89%) Windows Server
3 10 (27.78%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (25.00%) Windows 10
5 8 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (19.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (13.89%) Linux
8 3 (8.33%) CentOS
9 2 (5.56%) AIX
9 2 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (5.56%) Ubuntu
9 2 (5.56%) Windows 7
10 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (25.00%) ITIL
2 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (22.22%) Project Delivery
3 8 (22.22%) Service Management
4 6 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 6 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 6 (16.67%) Migration
5 5 (13.89%) Critical Thinking
5 5 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (13.89%) ITSM
6 4 (11.11%) Change Management
6 4 (11.11%) Customer Service
6 4 (11.11%) DevOps
6 4 (11.11%) Information Governance
6 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 4 (11.11%) Operational Stability
6 4 (11.11%) Patch Management
6 4 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (8.33%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 15 (41.67%) PowerShell
2 5 (13.89%) SQL
3 2 (5.56%) Bash
4 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) Degree
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (33.33%) MCSE
2 12 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 12 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (19.44%) HNC
3 7 (19.44%) HND
3 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (5.56%) MCSA
7 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 31 (86.11%) Active Directory
2 16 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (16.67%) vSphere
4 4 (11.11%) Docker
4 4 (11.11%) Hyper-V
4 4 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (5.56%) Sendmail
6 2 (5.56%) VMware NSX
7 1 (2.78%) Firmware
7 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (33.33%) SCCM
2 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (11.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 4 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (11.11%) WSUS
4 3 (8.33%) SCOM
5 2 (5.56%) Nessus
6 1 (2.78%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (2.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (47.22%) VMware
3 6 (16.67%) Cisco
3 6 (16.67%) F5
4 5 (13.89%) Veeam
5 3 (8.33%) Red Hat
6 2 (5.56%) Citrix
6 2 (5.56%) Oracle
6 2 (5.56%) Snow
6 2 (5.56%) Sophos
6 2 (5.56%) Tenable
6 2 (5.56%) Veritas
7 1 (2.78%) Dell
7 1 (2.78%) Infoblox
7 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow