Windows Server 2012 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 359 326
Rank change year-on-year -86 -33 +97
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 50 208 346
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.56% 0.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.36% 4.00% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 151 248
10th Percentile £239 £200 £206
25th Percentile £350 £285 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £575
90th Percentile £612 £608 £684
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £18.50
25th Percentile - - £20.82
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £27.00
90th Percentile - - £48.75
UK median hourly rate - - £27.00
% change year-on-year - - +35.00%

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 3,665 5,202 7,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.91% 13.93% 16.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,453 3,431 5,367
10th Percentile £200 £192 £193
25th Percentile £313 £313 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 393 368
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.75 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.00 £18.47
Median hourly rate £20.00 £24.86 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% -41.52% +88.89%
75th Percentile £49.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.70 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.53 £24.86 £42.50
% change year-on-year -9.35% -41.52% +88.89%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend 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 4 July 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 West +27 15 £575 +6.98% 6
North West +3 12 £350 +20.69% 6
North of England 0 12 £350 +17.65% 26
South East -16 11 £395 -28.18% 25
London -28 6 £500 +31.58% 33
East Midlands +3 5 - - 4
Midlands -8 5 - - 9
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 13 (26.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (14.00%) SharePoint
3 5 (10.00%) Confluence
4 4 (8.00%) IIS
5 2 (4.00%) Skype for Business
6 1 (2.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.00%) Azure
2 10 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.00%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.00%) AWS
6 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.00%) DNS
2 9 (18.00%) DHCP
3 8 (16.00%) Firewall
3 8 (16.00%) SAN
4 7 (14.00%) VPN
5 6 (12.00%) Skype
6 5 (10.00%) LAN
7 4 (8.00%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (8.00%) TCP/IP
8 3 (6.00%) NetScaler
9 2 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (2.00%) HTTP
10 1 (2.00%) HTTPS
10 1 (2.00%) SSL
10 1 (2.00%) VLAN
10 1 (2.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (2.00%) Git
General
1 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Legal
4 6 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (12.00%) Military
5 5 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 5 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.00%) Law
7 2 (4.00%) Finance
8 1 (2.00%) Banking
8 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 11 (22.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (14.00%) Administrator
3 6 (12.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (12.00%) Wintel Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 5 (10.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 5 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Senior
4 5 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Backup Administrator
5 4 (8.00%) Senior Wintel Engineer
5 4 (8.00%) Storage Administrator
5 4 (8.00%) Storage and Backup Administrator
6 3 (6.00%) Test Engineer
6 3 (6.00%) VMWare Administrator
6 3 (6.00%) Wintel Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.00%) PKI
2 5 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 4 (8.00%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.00%) CESG
4 1 (2.00%) Clustering
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.00%) NHS
4 1 (2.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 50 (100.00%) Windows
2 40 (80.00%) Windows Server
3 24 (48.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (40.00%) Windows 10
5 13 (26.00%) Linux
5 13 (26.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (14.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (10.00%) Windows 8
7 5 (10.00%) Windows XP
8 4 (8.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (8.00%) Unix
9 3 (6.00%) Solaris
9 3 (6.00%) Windows 7
10 2 (4.00%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (4.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) ITIL
2 14 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (24.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (22.00%) Agile
5 7 (14.00%) Critical Thinking
5 7 (14.00%) Mentoring
5 7 (14.00%) Project Delivery
6 6 (12.00%) Business Case
6 6 (12.00%) High Availability
7 5 (10.00%) Asset Management
7 5 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 5 (10.00%) Proactive Maintenance
7 5 (10.00%) Scrum
7 5 (10.00%) Service Management
7 5 (10.00%) System Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Technical Analysis
7 5 (10.00%) Time Management
8 4 (8.00%) NsoIT
8 4 (8.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 12 (24.00%) SQL
3 4 (8.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (4.00%) Java
4 2 (4.00%) VBScript
5 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (56.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (46.00%) SC Cleared
3 17 (34.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (20.00%) MCSE
5 9 (18.00%) DV Cleared
6 7 (14.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (10.00%) Degree
8 3 (6.00%) MCSA
9 1 (2.00%) CCNA
9 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.00%) CISSP
9 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) SLA
2 2 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (2.00%) NIST
3 1 (2.00%) QA
3 1 (2.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 38 (76.00%) Active Directory
2 24 (48.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (32.00%) Hyper-V
4 12 (24.00%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (14.00%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (8.00%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (8.00%) vSphere
7 3 (6.00%) XenDesktop
8 2 (4.00%) Terminal Services
9 1 (2.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 19 (38.00%) SCCM
2 13 (26.00%) WSUS
3 8 (16.00%) vCenter Server
4 4 (8.00%) NetBackup
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (4.00%) NetApp OnCommand
6 2 (4.00%) vMotion
7 1 (2.00%) Ansible
7 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Packer
7 1 (2.00%) PowerCLI
7 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 29 (58.00%) VMware
3 10 (20.00%) Citrix
4 7 (14.00%) Cisco
4 7 (14.00%) Red Hat
5 5 (10.00%) Canon
5 5 (10.00%) Veritas
6 4 (8.00%) 3PAR
6 4 (8.00%) HP
6 4 (8.00%) Oracle
7 3 (6.00%) Ivanti
7 3 (6.00%) NetApp
7 3 (6.00%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (2.00%) Atlassian
8 1 (2.00%) Blue Prism
8 1 (2.00%) CyberArk
8 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.00%) Fujitsu