Windows Server 2012 Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 337 348
Rank change year-on-year -28 +11 +73
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 6 44 82
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.043% 0.28% 0.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.38% 2.27% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 29 59
10th Percentile £370 - £345
25th Percentile £438 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £425 £462
Median % change year-on-year +21.18% -8.01% +10.66%
75th Percentile £534 £538 £536
90th Percentile £541 £595 £588
England median daily rate £350 £452 £450
% change year-on-year -22.48% +0.33% +7.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £100.00 -
England median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -94.00% +66.67% +54.84%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,580 1,938 2,996
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.36% 12.37% 14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,019 1,259 2,158
10th Percentile £206 £225 £205
25th Percentile £356 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 20 52
10th Percentile £18.90 £21.08 £18.09
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.84 £22.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -52.99% +64.62% +30.00%
75th Percentile £26.75 £69.31 £60.00
90th Percentile £57.83 £101.20 £73.63
England median hourly rate £23.00 £57.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year -60.00% +58.62% +45.00%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows Server 2012 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in London

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2012.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in London over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in London

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2012.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Central London -11 2 - - 8
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) OSPF
2 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Applications Support
1 1 (16.67%) Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (16.67%) ETRM
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) CCNP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) OSCP
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (16.67%) SCOM
1 1 (16.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix
3 1 (16.67%) Dell
3 1 (16.67%) ForeScout
3 1 (16.67%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) LogicMonitor
3 1 (16.67%) Meraki
3 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (16.67%) Veeam