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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 422 345
Rank change year-on-year -125 -77 -25
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 34 51 216
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.083% 0.21% 0.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.84% 1.49% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 32 169
10th Percentile £371 £256 £198
25th Percentile £419 £350 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +25.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £650 £578 £575
90th Percentile £793 £638 £608
UK median daily rate £488 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +14.71% +6.25% -10.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £21.55 - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £36.36 - -
75th Percentile £41.50 - -
90th Percentile £41.63 - -
UK median hourly rate £36.36 - -

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 4,029 3,432 5,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.89% 14.12% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,660 2,328 3,422
10th Percentile £185 £200 £183
25th Percentile £310 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £467
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.82% -8.98%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £588
90th Percentile £660 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £468
% change year-on-year -5.26% +1.50% -8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 154 363
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.22 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.93 £17.44 £14.95
Median hourly rate £47.50 £23.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +105.18% +5.23% -41.21%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.63 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £23.40 £22.00
% change year-on-year +102.99% +6.36% -42.86%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -69 9 £330 -5.71% 3
North West -42 8 £330 -5.71% 1
South East -64 7 £675 +35.00% 2
London -68 6 £550 +15.79% 1
Midlands -59 5 £433 - 1
South West -48 3 - - 6
West Midlands - 3 £450 -
East of England - 3 £550 - 2
East Midlands -35 2 £415 - 1
Yorkshire -52 1 £500 +42.65% 2
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 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (14.71%) IIS
3 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
4 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (32.35%) Azure
2 8 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (14.71%) Nutanix
4 4 (11.76%) AWS
5 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (52.94%) DNS
2 14 (41.18%) DHCP
3 9 (26.47%) TCP/IP
4 5 (14.71%) Firewall
4 5 (14.71%) LAN
5 4 (11.76%) NetScaler
5 4 (11.76%) WAN
6 3 (8.82%) BIG-IP
7 2 (5.88%) RS-232
7 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (5.88%) X.400
8 1 (2.94%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (2.94%) Unified Communications
8 1 (2.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.94%) DTS
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (17.65%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.82%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Aviation
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (14.71%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
3 4 (11.76%) Lead
4 3 (8.82%) Administrator
4 3 (8.82%) Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Database Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Lead Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Senior
4 3 (8.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.82%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Citrix Administrator
5 2 (5.88%) Server Specialist
5 2 (5.88%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) LDAP
1 2 (5.88%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) PKI
2 4 (11.76%) Clustering
2 4 (11.76%) Private Cloud
2 4 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 3 (8.82%) iPhone
4 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.94%) Replication
5 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (88.24%) Windows Server
3 13 (38.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (35.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (26.47%) Windows 10
6 7 (20.59%) Linux
7 5 (14.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (8.82%) Solaris
8 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (5.88%) AIX
9 2 (5.88%) Ubuntu
9 2 (5.88%) Windows 7
9 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (20.59%) Business Continuity
2 7 (20.59%) High Availability
2 7 (20.59%) ITIL
2 7 (20.59%) Load Balancing
2 7 (20.59%) Migration
3 6 (17.65%) Patch Management
3 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 5 (14.71%) Asset Management
4 5 (14.71%) BCP
4 5 (14.71%) Configuration Management
4 5 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
4 5 (14.71%) Risk Management
4 5 (14.71%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (11.76%) Change Management
5 4 (11.76%) DevOps
5 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (11.76%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.76%) SQL
3 2 (5.88%) Bash
4 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.94%) Python
4 1 (2.94%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (32.35%) Security Cleared
2 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 6 (17.65%) Degree
4 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (8.82%) MCSE
6 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.88%) HNC
6 2 (5.88%) HND
6 2 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (2.94%) CCNA
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.94%) MCSA
7 1 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 25 (73.53%) Active Directory
2 17 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (14.71%) vSphere
4 4 (11.76%) Docker
4 4 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (11.76%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (8.82%) Hyper-V
5 3 (8.82%) VMware NSX
6 2 (5.88%) Sendmail
6 2 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (5.88%) XenApp
6 2 (5.88%) XenDesktop
7 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (2.94%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (44.12%) SCCM
2 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (14.71%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (11.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (11.76%) Kubernetes
4 4 (11.76%) WSUS
5 3 (8.82%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (8.82%) SCOM
6 2 (5.88%) AirWatch
6 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (5.88%) Nessus
7 1 (2.94%) Ansible
7 1 (2.94%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (2.94%) Progress Chef
7 1 (2.94%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.94%) vMotion
Vendors
1 21 (61.76%) Microsoft
2 18 (52.94%) VMware
3 7 (20.59%) F5
4 5 (14.71%) Cisco
4 5 (14.71%) Oracle
5 4 (11.76%) Citrix
5 4 (11.76%) Veeam
6 2 (5.88%) Bloomberg
6 2 (5.88%) HP
6 2 (5.88%) Snow
6 2 (5.88%) Sophos
6 2 (5.88%) Tenable
6 2 (5.88%) Veritas
7 1 (2.94%) BMC
7 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.94%) Infoblox
7 1 (2.94%) Remedy
7 1 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.94%) Sybase