Windows Server 2012 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 279 242 237
Rank change year-on-year -37 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 57 160 245
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.77% 1.02%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.60% 4.89% 5.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 136 171
10th Percentile £187 £195 £163
25th Percentile £331 £285 £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +21.88% -5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £500
90th Percentile £638 £608 £575
UK median daily rate £425 £421 £440
% change year-on-year +0.89% -4.26% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £18.38
25th Percentile - - £20.75
Median hourly rate - - £36.75
75th Percentile - - £49.69
90th Percentile - - £65.69
UK median hourly rate - - £24.32
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 2,195 3,275 4,635
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.19% 15.77% 19.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 2,176 3,246
10th Percentile £178 £173 £163
25th Percentile £241 £256 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 320 334
10th Percentile £15.72 £12.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.94 £22.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -29.60% +56.25%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.74
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows Server 2012 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West +43 17 £588 +9.30% 5
North of England +13 16 £350 +6.87% 10
North West +18 15 £350 +20.69% 7
Wales +5 7 £365 - 1
Scotland +8 6 £250 -23.08% 2
South East -32 6 £500 -13.04% 9
East Midlands +12 5 - - 2
Midlands +9 5 - - 4
Yorkshire +1 1 £351 -12.38% 1
Windows Server 2012
UK

Windows Server 2012
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (15.79%) IIS
2 9 (15.79%) SharePoint
3 6 (10.53%) Confluence
4 4 (7.02%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.75%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (10.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.75%) Acrobat
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 17 (29.82%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (22.81%) Azure
3 7 (12.28%) Entra ID
4 6 (10.53%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.51%) AWS
6 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.75%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.32%) DHCP
1 15 (26.32%) DNS
2 11 (19.30%) VPN
3 9 (15.79%) Firewall
3 9 (15.79%) SAN
4 8 (14.04%) Skype
5 6 (10.53%) LAN
6 4 (7.02%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (7.02%) HTTP
6 4 (7.02%) HTTPS
6 4 (7.02%) SSL
7 2 (3.51%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.75%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.75%) Internet
8 1 (1.75%) Network Security
8 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.75%) VLAN
8 1 (1.75%) VoIP
8 1 (1.75%) WAN
8 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 21 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 14 (24.56%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (17.54%) Public Sector
4 6 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (8.77%) Manufacturing
5 5 (8.77%) Military
5 5 (8.77%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (7.02%) Legal
7 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (12.28%) Administrator
2 7 (12.28%) Support Engineer
2 7 (12.28%) VMWare Administrator
2 7 (12.28%) Wintel Administrator
3 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 6 (10.53%) Desktop Support
4 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
4 5 (8.77%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (8.77%) Wintel Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Analyst
5 4 (7.02%) IT Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Senior
5 4 (7.02%) Senior Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) Flash
2 1 (1.75%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (26.32%) PKI
2 5 (8.77%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.02%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.26%) Clustering
5 2 (3.51%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.75%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.75%) CESG
6 1 (1.75%) CMDB
6 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 57 (100.00%) Windows
2 50 (87.72%) Windows Server
3 33 (57.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 26 (45.61%) Windows 10
5 24 (42.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (14.04%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (12.28%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (12.28%) Windows XP
8 6 (10.53%) Linux
9 5 (8.77%) Windows 8
10 4 (7.02%) Unix
10 4 (7.02%) Windows 7
11 3 (5.26%) VMS
12 2 (3.51%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (3.51%) Solaris
13 1 (1.75%) Android
13 1 (1.75%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) ITIL
2 18 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (17.54%) High Availability
5 9 (15.79%) Critical Thinking
6 7 (12.28%) Agile
6 7 (12.28%) Patch Management
6 7 (12.28%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (12.28%) Service Management
6 7 (12.28%) System Testing
7 6 (10.53%) NsoIT
7 6 (10.53%) Time Management
8 5 (8.77%) Asset Management
8 5 (8.77%) Business Case
8 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 5 (8.77%) Mentoring
8 5 (8.77%) Proactive Maintenance
8 5 (8.77%) Project Delivery
8 5 (8.77%) Technical Analysis
9 4 (7.02%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.32%) SQL
2 14 (24.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (56.14%) Security Cleared
2 24 (42.11%) SC Cleared
3 22 (38.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (24.56%) MCSE
5 10 (17.54%) DV Cleared
6 9 (15.79%) Degree
6 9 (15.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (12.28%) MCSA
8 3 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (5.26%) Master's Degree
9 2 (3.51%) CCNA
9 2 (3.51%) CCNP
10 1 (1.75%) A+ Certification
10 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.75%) HNC
10 1 (1.75%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.75%) JSP 440
System Software
1 50 (87.72%) Active Directory
2 27 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (36.84%) Hyper-V
4 15 (26.32%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (14.04%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (7.02%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (3.51%) Terminal Services
7 2 (3.51%) VMware NSX
7 2 (3.51%) vSphere
8 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.75%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.75%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (36.84%) SCCM
2 16 (28.07%) WSUS
3 14 (24.56%) vCenter Server
4 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Clustering
5 4 (7.02%) NetApp OnCommand
5 4 (7.02%) vMotion
6 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (3.51%) OPNET
6 2 (3.51%) SCOM
7 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (1.75%) PowerCLI
7 1 (1.75%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (1.75%) Sysprep
7 1 (1.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 36 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 34 (59.65%) VMware
3 10 (17.54%) Cisco
4 5 (8.77%) Canon
4 5 (8.77%) Citrix
5 3 (5.26%) Atlassian
6 2 (3.51%) Oracle
6 2 (3.51%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.75%) Adobe
7 1 (1.75%) Commvault
7 1 (1.75%) Dell
7 1 (1.75%) D-Link
7 1 (1.75%) Fujitsu
7 1 (1.75%) HP
7 1 (1.75%) Peregrine
7 1 (1.75%) Remedy
7 1 (1.75%) SonicWALL
7 1 (1.75%) Veeam
7 1 (1.75%) Veritas
7 1 (1.75%) WatchGuard