Windows Server 2012 Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 122 124
Rank change year-on-year -34 +2 +44
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 3 16 24
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.10% 0.60% 0.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.69% 3.85% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 17
10th Percentile £406 £375 £172
25th Percentile £406 £400 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +28.57% -25.53%
75th Percentile £449 £500 £450
90th Percentile £465 £535 £510
England median daily rate £350 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -25.53% +4.44% +5.88%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 433 416 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.99% 15.66% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 251 300
10th Percentile £155 £188 £157
25th Percentile £220 £300 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £440 £350
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +25.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £500
90th Percentile £588 £650 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 40
10th Percentile £17.14 £14.31 £13.11
25th Percentile £17.76 £18.69 £16.47
Median hourly rate £25.11 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +3.86% +36.46% +8.05%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.02 £22.06
90th Percentile £25.58 £63.63 £30.88
England median hourly rate £23.58 £59.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.21% +48.11% +60.00%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
East Midlands -17 3 £415 -12.63% 5
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco