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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 419 329
Rank change year-on-year -116 -90 -6
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 39 57 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.098% 0.23% 0.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.97% 1.65% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 37 169
10th Percentile £361 £288 £200
25th Percentile £408 £350 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £418
Median % change year-on-year - +13.77% -7.22%
75th Percentile £688 £575 £575
90th Percentile £775 £638 £608
UK median daily rate £488 £425 £418
% change year-on-year +14.71% +1.80% -6.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £10.43 - -
25th Percentile £17.06 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.95 - -
90th Percentile £34.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 - -

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 4,030 3,454 5,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.11% 14.05% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,678 2,349 3,464
10th Percentile £185 £200 £181
25th Percentile £313 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -10.19%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £468
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.50% -8.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 150 370
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.16 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.10 £14.83
Median hourly rate £42.71 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.18% +12.09% -37.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £64.69 £59.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £24.18 £22.00
% change year-on-year +73.45% +9.91% -41.33%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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
North of England -77 9 £330 -5.71% 2
North West -47 8 £330 -5.71% 1
Midlands -57 7 £415 - 2
South East -63 7 £675 +35.00% 4
London -66 7 £540 +13.68% 2
East Midlands -35 4 £415 - 1
South West -56 4 £700 +21.74% 6
East of England - 4 £550 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £450 - 1
Yorkshire -59 1 £500 +42.65% 1
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 11 (28.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (12.82%) IIS
3 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
4 2 (5.13%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Azure
2 11 (28.21%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.82%) Nutanix
4 4 (10.26%) AWS
4 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (48.72%) DNS
2 15 (38.46%) DHCP
3 9 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 5 (12.82%) Firewall
4 5 (12.82%) LAN
5 4 (10.26%) NetScaler
5 4 (10.26%) WAN
6 3 (7.69%) BIG-IP
7 2 (5.13%) RS-232
7 2 (5.13%) Skype
7 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (5.13%) X.400
8 1 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (2.56%) Unified Communications
8 1 (2.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.56%) DTS
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Public Sector
3 6 (15.38%) Finance
4 4 (10.26%) Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Law
6 1 (2.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (12.82%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
3 4 (10.26%) Lead
4 3 (7.69%) Administrator
4 3 (7.69%) Analyst
4 3 (7.69%) Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Lead Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (7.69%) Senior
4 3 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (5.13%) Compliance Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Server Specialist
5 2 (5.13%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.13%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) LDAP
1 2 (5.13%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) PKI
2 4 (10.26%) Clustering
2 4 (10.26%) Private Cloud
2 4 (10.26%) Public Cloud
3 3 (7.69%) iPhone
4 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.13%) Replication
4 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 36 (92.31%) Windows Server
3 13 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (30.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (25.64%) Windows 10
6 7 (17.95%) Linux
7 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (5.13%) AIX
9 2 (5.13%) CentOS
9 2 (5.13%) Ubuntu
9 2 (5.13%) Windows 7
9 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (2.56%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (28.21%) ITIL
3 8 (20.51%) Project Delivery
4 7 (17.95%) Business Continuity
4 7 (17.95%) High Availability
4 7 (17.95%) Load Balancing
4 7 (17.95%) Migration
4 7 (17.95%) Patch Management
5 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (15.38%) Problem Management
5 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.82%) Asset Management
6 5 (12.82%) BCP
6 5 (12.82%) Mentoring
6 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
6 5 (12.82%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (12.82%) Service Management
7 4 (10.26%) Change Management
7 4 (10.26%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (10.26%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 17 (43.59%) PowerShell
2 6 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (5.13%) Bash
4 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.56%) Python
4 1 (2.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 11 (28.21%) SC Cleared
3 8 (20.51%) Degree
3 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (15.38%) MCSE
5 3 (7.69%) HNC
5 3 (7.69%) HND
5 3 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.56%) CCNA
7 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.56%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) SLA
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 32 (82.05%) Active Directory
2 20 (51.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (15.38%) vSphere
4 5 (12.82%) Hyper-V
4 5 (12.82%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (10.26%) Docker
5 4 (10.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (7.69%) VMware NSX
7 2 (5.13%) Sendmail
7 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (5.13%) XenApp
7 2 (5.13%) XenDesktop
8 1 (2.56%) Firmware
8 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (46.15%) SCCM
2 12 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (17.95%) WSUS
4 5 (12.82%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (10.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (10.26%) Kubernetes
5 4 (10.26%) SCOM
6 3 (7.69%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (5.13%) AirWatch
7 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (5.13%) Nessus
7 2 (5.13%) vCenter Server
8 1 (2.56%) Ansible
8 1 (2.56%) NetApp OnCommand
8 1 (2.56%) Progress Chef
8 1 (2.56%) vMotion
Vendors
1 25 (64.10%) Microsoft
2 21 (53.85%) VMware
3 7 (17.95%) Cisco
3 7 (17.95%) F5
4 5 (12.82%) Veeam
5 4 (10.26%) Citrix
6 3 (7.69%) Oracle
7 2 (5.13%) Bloomberg
7 2 (5.13%) HP
7 2 (5.13%) Red Hat
7 2 (5.13%) Snow
7 2 (5.13%) Sophos
7 2 (5.13%) Tenable
7 2 (5.13%) Veritas
8 1 (2.56%) BMC
8 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.56%) Infoblox
8 1 (2.56%) Remedy
8 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds