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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 151 138
Rank change year-on-year -12 -13 +53
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 13 28 71
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.31% 0.69% 1.34%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.84% 4.10% 7.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 36
10th Percentile - £161 £186
25th Percentile £153 £200 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £245 £500
Median % change year-on-year -36.73% -51.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £278 £500 £575
90th Percentile £499 £648 £594
England median daily rate £395 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -15.96% +4.44% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £27.00
25th Percentile - - £34.94
Median hourly rate - - £63.25
75th Percentile - - £75.31
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -94.00% +66.67% +54.84%

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 708 683 1,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.93% 16.87% 19.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 451 666
10th Percentile £190 £200 £163
25th Percentile £231 £278 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £435 £410
Median % change year-on-year - +6.10% -13.68%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £565
90th Percentile £607 £656 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 31 81
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.32 £18.95
25th Percentile £15.50 £44.63 £24.34
Median hourly rate £20.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.00% +13.64% +193.33%
75th Percentile £25.15 £70.00 £68.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £71.25 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.50 £60.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -61.16% +86.15% +30.00%

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 29 November 2025.

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 29 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
Thames Valley -5 6 £395 +88.10% 10
Kent - 5 £155 - 2
Berkshire +1 4 £395 -42.34% 9
Buckinghamshire -4 2 - - 1
Hampshire -15 2 £650 +30.00% 2
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 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) DNS
2 5 (38.46%) Firewall
2 5 (38.46%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (38.46%) TCP/IP
2 5 (38.46%) VPN
3 4 (30.77%) SAN
4 1 (7.69%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (38.46%) Law
1 5 (38.46%) Legal
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Help Desk Officer
1 5 (38.46%) Help Desk Support
1 5 (38.46%) IT Support
1 5 (38.46%) Service Desk Officer
1 5 (38.46%) Service Desk Support
1 5 (38.46%) Support Officer
2 4 (30.77%) Administrator
2 4 (30.77%) Backup Administrator
2 4 (30.77%) Storage Administrator
2 4 (30.77%) Storage and Backup Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (69.23%) Windows Server
2 9 (69.23%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
4 4 (30.77%) Linux
4 4 (30.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (7.69%) VMS
5 1 (7.69%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) ITIL
1 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) CRM
2 5 (38.46%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (38.46%) PRINCE2
3 4 (30.77%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.69%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (7.69%) Remediation Plan
6 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Storage Management
6 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Shell Script
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) MCSA
2 1 (7.69%) MCSE
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) RMADS
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
3 5 (38.46%) Hyper-V
3 5 (38.46%) Terminal Services
4 1 (7.69%) Sendmail
4 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) NetBackup
2 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
1 8 (61.54%) VMware
2 5 (38.46%) Citrix
3 4 (30.77%) 3PAR
3 4 (30.77%) HP
3 4 (30.77%) Red Hat
3 4 (30.77%) Veritas
4 3 (23.08%) NetApp
4 3 (23.08%) Nimble Storage
5 1 (7.69%) Oracle