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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 386 342
Rank change year-on-year -118 -44 +16
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 39 120 233
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.41% 0.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.93% 2.96% 4.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 71 144
10th Percentile £153 £210 £191
25th Percentile £158 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £545 £581 £538
90th Percentile £695 £685 £575
UK median daily rate £375 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile - - £23.13
25th Percentile - - £34.94
Median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -94.00% +58.10% +72.34%
75th Percentile - - £75.31
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year -94.00% +58.10% +72.34%

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 4,203 4,053 5,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.42% 13.96% 15.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,760 2,553 3,998
10th Percentile £180 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £569 £595 £613
90th Percentile £670 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 144 308
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.64 £14.96
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.05 £18.21
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.38 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.17% +76.54% +30.00%
75th Percentile £63.50 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +53.23% +28.39%

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 16 December 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 16 December 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 -29 13 £155 -31.87% 11
South West -23 8 £488 -18.75%
East of England -23 6 £550 +57.14% 3
East Midlands -17 4 £415 -17.00%
London -34 4 £440 -7.37% 3
Midlands -46 4 £415 -7.78%
North of England -52 3 £165 -52.89% 5
Yorkshire -43 2 £165 -52.89% 2
North West -41 1 £330 -12.00% 3
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 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (7.69%) IIS
4 2 (5.13%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (2.56%) Confluence
5 1 (2.56%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (12.82%) Azure
3 2 (5.13%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.13%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.56%) AWS
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (46.15%) DNS
2 11 (28.21%) DHCP
3 8 (20.51%) TCP/IP
4 7 (17.95%) Firewall
5 6 (15.38%) VPN
6 5 (12.82%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (10.26%) LAN
7 4 (10.26%) SAN
8 3 (7.69%) Skype
8 3 (7.69%) WAN
9 2 (5.13%) VLAN
9 2 (5.13%) Wireless
10 1 (2.56%) BGP
10 1 (2.56%) MPLS
10 1 (2.56%) NetScaler
10 1 (2.56%) OSPF
10 1 (2.56%) RS-232
10 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
10 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (2.56%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 17 (43.59%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.64%) Public Sector
3 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Law
4 5 (12.82%) Legal
5 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Finance
5 2 (5.13%) Military
6 1 (2.56%) Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (17.95%) IT Support
3 6 (15.38%) Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Help Desk Officer
4 5 (12.82%) Help Desk Support
4 5 (12.82%) Service Desk Officer
4 5 (12.82%) Service Desk Support
4 5 (12.82%) Support Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Support Officer
5 4 (10.26%) Administrator
5 4 (10.26%) Backup Administrator
5 4 (10.26%) Storage Administrator
5 4 (10.26%) Storage and Backup Administrator
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Support
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Support Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Wintel Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Test Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) PKI
2 6 (15.38%) NHS
3 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.56%) Clustering
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Replication
4 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (76.92%) Windows Server
3 12 (30.77%) Windows 10
3 12 (30.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (20.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (17.95%) Linux
5 7 (17.95%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (10.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (7.69%) CentOS
7 3 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (5.13%) Windows 7
9 1 (2.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (53.85%) ITIL
2 17 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (17.95%) Service Management
5 5 (12.82%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 5 (12.82%) Critical Thinking
5 5 (12.82%) CRM
5 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
5 5 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (12.82%) Patch Management
5 5 (12.82%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
5 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.26%) Information Governance
6 4 (10.26%) ITSM
6 4 (10.26%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (7.69%) Change Management
7 3 (7.69%) Problem Management
7 3 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.69%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.64%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.82%) SQL
3 4 (10.26%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (51.28%) SC Cleared
1 20 (51.28%) Security Cleared
2 11 (28.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (25.64%) MCSE
4 9 (23.08%) Degree
5 5 (12.82%) HNC
5 5 (12.82%) HND
5 5 (12.82%) MCP
6 4 (10.26%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (5.13%) MCSA
9 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.56%) CCNA
9 1 (2.56%) CCNP
9 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) SLA
3 1 (2.56%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (79.49%) Active Directory
2 19 (48.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (28.21%) Hyper-V
4 5 (12.82%) Terminal Services
5 3 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (5.13%) Sendmail
6 2 (5.13%) vSphere
7 1 (2.56%) Docker
7 1 (2.56%) Firmware
7 1 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) WSUS
2 6 (15.38%) SCCM
3 4 (10.26%) NetBackup
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (7.69%) vCenter Server
5 2 (5.13%) NetApp OnCommand
5 2 (5.13%) SCOM
5 2 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (5.13%) vMotion
6 1 (2.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (2.56%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (53.85%) VMware
2 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.95%) Red Hat
4 6 (15.38%) Citrix
5 5 (12.82%) Cisco
6 4 (10.26%) 3PAR
6 4 (10.26%) HP
6 4 (10.26%) Veritas
7 3 (7.69%) NetApp
7 3 (7.69%) Nimble Storage
8 2 (5.13%) Veeam
9 1 (2.56%) Dell
9 1 (2.56%) F5
9 1 (2.56%) ForeScout
9 1 (2.56%) Infoblox
9 1 (2.56%) Juniper
9 1 (2.56%) Meraki
9 1 (2.56%) Oracle
9 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
9 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow