Windows Server 2012 Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 144 130
Rank change year-on-year -33 -14 +46
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 7 24 73
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.16% 0.70% 1.49%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.97% 4.10% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 46
10th Percentile - £158 £197
25th Percentile £153 £194 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £228 £550
Median % change year-on-year -31.87% -58.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £650 £500 £575
90th Percentile £695 £667 -
England median daily rate £380 £470 £465
% change year-on-year -19.15% +1.08% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £60.85
25th Percentile - - £64.00
Median hourly rate - - £72.25
75th Percentile - - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £66.50
% change year-on-year -94.00% +50.38% +193.86%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 718 585 961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.45% 16.96% 19.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 398 648
10th Percentile £190 £200 £163
25th Percentile £253 £266 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £428 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% +6.88% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 26 73
10th Percentile £12.50 £22.50 £19.40
25th Percentile £15.62 £33.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £21.40 £57.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.46% -0.87% +191.14%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.40 £73.13 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year -46.49% +51.61% +24.00%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in the South East over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the South East

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Kent - 3 £155 - 3
Hampshire -22 2 £650 +30.00%
Buckinghamshire -7 1 - -
Thames Valley -15 1 - - 2
West Sussex - 1 £700 -
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) VPN
3 2 (28.57%) DHCP
4 1 (14.29%) BIG-IP
General
1 3 (42.86%) Law
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Help Desk Officer
1 3 (42.86%) Help Desk Support
1 3 (42.86%) IT Support
1 3 (42.86%) Service Desk Officer
1 3 (42.86%) Service Desk Support
1 3 (42.86%) Support Officer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 10
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 3 (42.86%) CRM
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) Preventative Maintenance
1 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) BCP
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (14.29%) Desktop Virtualisation
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) High Availability
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) Server Virtualisation
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) MCSA
2 1 (14.29%) MCSE
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
2 3 (42.86%) Terminal Services
3 1 (14.29%) Sendmail
3 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) F5