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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 376 333
Rank change year-on-year -118 -43 +62
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 37 143 260
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.46% 0.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.90% 3.22% 4.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 80 161
10th Percentile £153 £235 £208
25th Percentile £158 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £461 £450
Median % change year-on-year -24.04% +2.39% +5.88%
75th Percentile £526 £567 £535
90th Percentile £634 £676 £588
UK median daily rate £375 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile - - £23.90
25th Percentile - - £27.00
Median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -94.00% +66.67% +54.84%
75th Percentile - - £72.63
90th Percentile - - £78.00
UK median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -94.00% +66.67% +54.84%

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 4,096 4,437 6,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.06% 14.22% 15.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,672 2,735 4,345
10th Percentile £185 £203 £185
25th Percentile £263 £328 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £670 £688 £704
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 194 327
10th Percentile £15.42 £16.25 £14.26
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.06 £18.44
Median hourly rate £23.79 £57.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.63% +43.75% +60.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 - £76.53
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £52.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -53.33% +61.54% +32.65%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 -9 11 £575 +14.43%
South East -23 11 £155 -65.56% 11
London -20 5 £500 +17.65% 8
East of England -15 4 - - 3
East Midlands -17 3 £415 -12.63% 4
Midlands -35 3 £415 -7.78% 4
North of England -39 3 £165 -58.75% 1
Yorkshire -28 2 £165 -52.86% 1
North West -19 1 £325 -38.10%
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 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (13.51%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.81%) IIS
3 1 (2.70%) Confluence
3 1 (2.70%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (21.62%) Azure
3 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.70%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 13 (35.14%) DNS
2 8 (21.62%) DHCP
2 8 (21.62%) Firewall
3 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
3 6 (16.22%) VPN
4 5 (13.51%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (10.81%) LAN
5 4 (10.81%) SAN
6 3 (8.11%) NetScaler
6 3 (8.11%) WAN
7 2 (5.41%) Skype
7 2 (5.41%) VLAN
7 2 (5.41%) Wireless
8 1 (2.70%) BGP
8 1 (2.70%) MPLS
8 1 (2.70%) OSPF
8 1 (2.70%) RS-232
8 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
8 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (2.70%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Public Sector
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Legal
4 5 (13.51%) Law
5 2 (5.41%) Military
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) IT Support
2 5 (13.51%) Administrator
2 5 (13.51%) Analyst
2 5 (13.51%) Help Desk Officer
2 5 (13.51%) Help Desk Support
2 5 (13.51%) Service Desk Officer
2 5 (13.51%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (13.51%) Support Officer
3 4 (10.81%) Backup Administrator
3 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Storage Administrator
3 4 (10.81%) Storage and Backup Administrator
3 4 (10.81%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Technical Support
4 3 (8.11%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (8.11%) Wintel Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) NHS
2 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (10.81%) PKI
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (70.27%) Windows Server
3 14 (37.84%) Windows 10
4 13 (35.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (18.92%) Linux
5 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (13.51%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (10.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (5.41%) CentOS
8 2 (5.41%) Windows 7
8 2 (5.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (2.70%) Solaris
9 1 (2.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (51.35%) ITIL
2 15 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (16.22%) Agile
4 5 (13.51%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.51%) CRM
4 5 (13.51%) Patch Management
4 5 (13.51%) Preventative Maintenance
4 5 (13.51%) PRINCE2
4 5 (13.51%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (13.51%) Service Management
5 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
5 4 (10.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (10.81%) Project Delivery
5 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (8.11%) Change Management
6 3 (8.11%) High Availability
6 3 (8.11%) Migration
6 3 (8.11%) Resource Management
6 3 (8.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.81%) Shell Script
2 4 (10.81%) SQL
3 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (45.95%) SC Cleared
1 17 (45.95%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 7 (18.92%) MCSE
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (10.81%) HNC
3 4 (10.81%) HND
3 4 (10.81%) MCP
4 3 (8.11%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CCNA
5 1 (2.70%) CCNP
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.70%) CISSP
5 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) MCSA
5 1 (2.70%) OSCP
5 1 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) GDPR
2 4 (10.81%) SLA
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) NIST
3 1 (2.70%) RMADS
System Software
1 28 (75.68%) Active Directory
2 16 (43.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (32.43%) Hyper-V
4 6 (16.22%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (13.51%) Terminal Services
6 4 (10.81%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (8.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (8.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) WSUS
2 6 (16.22%) SCCM
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (10.81%) NetBackup
4 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (8.11%) NetApp OnCommand
4 3 (8.11%) vCenter Server
4 3 (8.11%) vMotion
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
1 18 (48.65%) VMware
2 9 (24.32%) Citrix
3 7 (18.92%) Red Hat
4 4 (10.81%) 3PAR
4 4 (10.81%) Cisco
4 4 (10.81%) HP
4 4 (10.81%) Veritas
5 3 (8.11%) Ivanti
5 3 (8.11%) NetApp
5 3 (8.11%) Nimble Storage
6 2 (5.41%) Oracle
7 1 (2.70%) ForeScout
7 1 (2.70%) Juniper
7 1 (2.70%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (2.70%) Meraki
7 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow