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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 383 319
Rank change year-on-year -87 -64 +88
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 42 146 294
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.44% 0.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.10% 3.09% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 93 194
10th Percentile £153 £262 £209
25th Percentile £158 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £445
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +6.74% +4.71%
75th Percentile £550 £599 £537
90th Percentile £588 £636 £625
UK median daily rate £375 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -21.05% +8.57% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £23.00
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate - £100.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year - +129.89% +48.09%
75th Percentile - - £73.81
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate - £100.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year - +105.13% +65.96%

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 3,829 4,729 6,648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.78% 14.36% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,523 3,019 4,565
10th Percentile £190 £200 £186
25th Percentile £294 £329 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £631
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 235 332
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.83 £20.15 £18.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.67
Median % change year-on-year -56.07% +20.11% +99.35%
75th Percentile £60.94 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.45% +4.74% +98.66%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2012 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 18 September 2025.

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
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 18 September 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
South East -9 14 £155 -71.16% 7
South West +13 11 £563 +4.65% 4
North of England -13 9 £245 -38.75% 5
North West -10 7 £325 -37.50% 5
London -21 5 £500 +17.65% 3
East Midlands -5 3 £450 - 1
Midlands -25 3 £450 - 1
Yorkshire -19 2 £165 -58.75%
Windows Server 2012
UK

Windows Server 2012
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (14.29%) IIS
1 6 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (7.14%) Confluence
4 2 (4.76%) Skype for Business
5 1 (2.38%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (2.38%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (11.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (16.67%) Azure
3 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.38%) AWS
4 1 (2.38%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 17 (40.48%) DNS
2 12 (28.57%) DHCP
3 11 (26.19%) VPN
4 10 (23.81%) Firewall
5 8 (19.05%) LAN
6 5 (11.90%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (11.90%) TCP/IP
7 4 (9.52%) SAN
8 3 (7.14%) NetScaler
8 3 (7.14%) WAN
9 2 (4.76%) Skype
9 2 (4.76%) VLAN
9 2 (4.76%) Wireless
10 1 (2.38%) BGP
10 1 (2.38%) HTTP
10 1 (2.38%) HTTPS
10 1 (2.38%) MPLS
10 1 (2.38%) OSPF
10 1 (2.38%) SSL
10 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.38%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 17 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (14.29%) Legal
3 6 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 5 (11.90%) Law
4 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
4 5 (11.90%) Military
4 5 (11.90%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
1 7 (16.67%) Desktop Support
1 7 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 7 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 6 (14.29%) Administrator
3 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
3 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Officer
3 5 (11.90%) Help Desk Support
3 5 (11.90%) IT Support
3 5 (11.90%) Service Desk Officer
3 5 (11.90%) Service Desk Support
3 5 (11.90%) Support Officer
4 4 (9.52%) Backup Administrator
4 4 (9.52%) Storage Administrator
4 4 (9.52%) Storage and Backup Administrator
5 3 (7.14%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) PKI
2 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.52%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (4.76%) NHS
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 42 (100.00%) Windows
2 33 (78.57%) Windows Server
3 22 (52.38%) Windows Server 2016
4 19 (45.24%) Windows 10
5 8 (19.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (16.67%) Linux
6 7 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (11.90%) Windows 8
8 5 (11.90%) Windows XP
9 4 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (7.14%) Solaris
10 3 (7.14%) Windows 7
11 2 (4.76%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (2.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (50.00%) ITIL
2 18 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.43%) Agile
4 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 7 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 6 (14.29%) Business Case
5 6 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (11.90%) Asset Management
6 5 (11.90%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.90%) CRM
6 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 5 (11.90%) Patch Management
6 5 (11.90%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (11.90%) PRINCE2
6 5 (11.90%) Proactive Maintenance
6 5 (11.90%) Technical Analysis
6 5 (11.90%) Time Management
7 4 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.52%) Resource Management
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 8 (19.05%) SQL
3 4 (9.52%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (52.38%) Security Cleared
2 18 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 7 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) MCSA
5 2 (4.76%) MCSE
5 2 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (2.38%) CCNA
6 1 (2.38%) CCNP
6 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.38%) CISSP
6 1 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.38%) Degree
6 1 (2.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) GDPR
1 5 (11.90%) SLA
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) NIST
2 1 (2.38%) RMADS
System Software
1 32 (76.19%) Active Directory
2 20 (47.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (38.10%) Hyper-V
4 7 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (11.90%) Terminal Services
5 5 (11.90%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (7.14%) XenDesktop
7 1 (2.38%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (28.57%) SCCM
2 6 (14.29%) WSUS
3 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Clustering
3 4 (9.52%) NetApp OnCommand
3 4 (9.52%) NetBackup
3 4 (9.52%) vCenter Server
3 4 (9.52%) vMotion
4 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 24 (57.14%) VMware
2 23 (54.76%) Microsoft
3 9 (21.43%) Citrix
4 7 (16.67%) Red Hat
5 5 (11.90%) Canon
6 4 (9.52%) 3PAR
6 4 (9.52%) Cisco
6 4 (9.52%) HP
6 4 (9.52%) Oracle
6 4 (9.52%) Veritas
7 3 (7.14%) Ivanti
7 3 (7.14%) NetApp
7 3 (7.14%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (2.38%) ForeScout
8 1 (2.38%) Fujitsu
8 1 (2.38%) Juniper
8 1 (2.38%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (2.38%) Meraki
8 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow