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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 139 121
Rank change year-on-year -40 -18 +59
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 6 18 85
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.13% 0.57% 1.57%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.82% 3.20% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 58
10th Percentile £440 £158 £255
25th Percentile £463 £194 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £228 £563
Median % change year-on-year +185.71% -59.56% +17.80%
75th Percentile £725 £500 £575
90th Percentile £763 £667 -
England median daily rate £415 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -12.63% +11.76% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £68.20
25th Percentile - - £71.88
Median hourly rate - - £78.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £6.00 - £72.25
% change year-on-year - - +177.88%

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 735 562 1,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.38% 17.80% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 376 653
10th Percentile £191 £200 £176
25th Percentile £263 £263 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £444 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% +4.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
England median daily rate £450 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 24 87
10th Percentile £12.50 £21.40 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.44 £23.07
Median hourly rate £20.79 £59.13 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.84% +8.49% +106.05%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.81 £68.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.88 £76.53
England median hourly rate £22.54 £41.00 £25.22
% change year-on-year -45.03% +62.60% -6.90%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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
Buckinghamshire -13 2 £463 +125.61%
Hampshire -27 2 £650 +30.00% 1
Thames Valley -36 2 £463 +120.24%
East Sussex +4 1 £775 +376.92%
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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) DHCP
3 2 (33.33%) BIG-IP
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Automation Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Compliance Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Lead Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Server Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 2 (33.33%) BCP
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
1 2 (33.33%) Compliance Audit
1 2 (33.33%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (33.33%) High Availability
1 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Patch Management
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) Security Management
1 2 (33.33%) Server Virtualisation
1 2 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (33.33%) VMware NSX
3 1 (16.67%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (33.33%) Nessus
3 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) F5
3 2 (33.33%) Snow
3 2 (33.33%) Sophos
3 2 (33.33%) Tenable