Windows Server 2012 Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.40% - 0.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.45% - 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £315 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 - £140
Median % change year-on-year - - -62.67%
75th Percentile £345 - £145
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £330 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -12.00% -6.25% -17.95%

All Operating Systems
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 69 71 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 27.49% 31.28% 22.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 33 17
10th Percentile £134 £143 £174
25th Percentile £150 £149 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £200 £270
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% -28.00%
75th Percentile £216 £400 £388
90th Percentile £303 £500 £509
North West median daily rate £350 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 7
10th Percentile - £15.35 £16.25
25th Percentile - £16.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate - £17.75 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -6.57% +8.57%
75th Percentile - £22.91 £20.75
90th Percentile - £24.06 £21.50
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% -17.31%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Liverpool - 1 £330 -
Windows Server 2012
North West

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware