Windows Server 2012 Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 137 104
Rank change year-on-year +43 -33 +25
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 17 20 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.01% 0.63% 1.74%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.36% 4.04% 8.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 48
10th Percentile £525 - £160
25th Percentile £544 £175 £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £538 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.30% +19.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £666 £556 £495
90th Percentile £725 £609 £575
England median daily rate £500 £421 £450
% change year-on-year +18.69% -6.39% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £19.00
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £23.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £22.63
% change year-on-year - - +10.39%

All Operating Systems
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 317 495 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 18.89% 15.47% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 357 520
10th Percentile £200 £170 £166
25th Percentile £250 £245 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £623 £588 £613
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 69 85
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £17.18
25th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 £49.68
Median hourly rate £66.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -7.69% +21.51%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile - - £78.00
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Windows Server 2012 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2012 in the South West

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in the South West

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the South West

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in the South West

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Wiltshire +30 8 £625 +16.28% 1
Dorset +4 6 £525 +184.08%
Gloucestershire +18 2 - - 2
Bristol +17 1 £588 +0.86% 2
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (35.29%) Confluence
3 4 (23.53%) Skype for Business
4 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
5 1 (5.88%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) AWS
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) Skype
2 7 (41.18%) DHCP
2 7 (41.18%) DNS
3 3 (17.65%) SAN
3 3 (17.65%) VPN
4 2 (11.76%) Firewall
4 2 (11.76%) iSCSI
5 1 (5.88%) NAS
5 1 (5.88%) Network Security
5 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.88%) VLAN
5 1 (5.88%) VoIP
5 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (35.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (17.65%) Military
5 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Wintel Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Senior
2 4 (23.53%) Senior Wintel Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Test Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) Computer Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Server Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Service Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Test and Integration Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) VMWare Administrator
5 1 (5.88%) Wintel Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 13 (76.47%) PKI
2 3 (17.65%) Clustering
3 2 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (5.88%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (94.12%) Windows Server
3 9 (52.94%) Windows 10
4 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (17.65%) VMS
6 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Critical Thinking
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) ITIL
2 7 (41.18%) Service Management
2 7 (41.18%) System Testing
3 6 (35.29%) NsoIT
4 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (17.65%) Computer Science
5 3 (17.65%) High Availability
5 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
5 3 (17.65%) Validation
6 2 (11.76%) Business Strategy
6 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Security Hardening
6 2 (11.76%) Server Management
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (11.76%) Test Automation
6 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) Security Cleared
2 13 (76.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (76.47%) SC Cleared
3 10 (58.82%) MCSE
4 7 (41.18%) Degree
4 7 (41.18%) MCSA
5 5 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
7 3 (17.65%) Master's Degree
8 2 (11.76%) CCNA
8 2 (11.76%) CCNP
8 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) JSP 440
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (76.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (58.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (29.41%) Hyper-V
4 4 (23.53%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (11.76%) VMware NSX
6 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (5.88%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) SCCM
1 5 (29.41%) WSUS
2 4 (23.53%) vCenter Server
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (11.76%) OPNET
3 2 (11.76%) SCOM
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (5.88%) NetApp OnCommand
4 1 (5.88%) PowerCLI
4 1 (5.88%) vMotion
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (64.71%) VMware
3 3 (17.65%) Atlassian
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco
5 1 (5.88%) Fujitsu
5 1 (5.88%) Veritas