Windows Server 2012 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 248 237
Rank change year-on-year -116 -11 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 35 102 174
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.69% 0.89%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.21% 4.11% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 64 109
10th Percentile £153 £185 £184
25th Percentile £313 £231 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £523 £550
90th Percentile £725 £671 £575
UK median daily rate £385 £461 £450
% change year-on-year -16.44% +2.39% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £35.05
25th Percentile - - £58.75
Median hourly rate £6.00 - £66.50
75th Percentile - - £78.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £6.00 £100.00 £66.50
% change year-on-year -94.00% +50.38% +81.20%

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 2,882 2,481 3,358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.75% 16.88% 17.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,904 1,484 2,202
10th Percentile £163 £180 £160
25th Percentile £213 £237 £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £430
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £537 £550 £575
90th Percentile £619 £648 £657
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 150 263
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.95 £14.03
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.64 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year -20.51% +25.66% +14.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.99 £70.00 £75.97
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £32.25
% change year-on-year -32.48% +15.50% +32.99%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows Server 2012.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows Server 2012

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 28 December 2025.

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

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows Server 2012.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Windows Server 2012

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 28 December 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 East -27 12 £155 -31.87% 8
South West -17 8 £488 -15.22% 2
East of England -21 6 £550 +57.14%
East Midlands -22 4 £415 -17.00% 1
Midlands -45 4 £415 -2.35% 3
North of England -49 4 £248 -29.29% 9
North West -31 2 £330 -5.71% 3
Yorkshire -45 2 £165 -52.89% 5
Wales -7 1 £550 +50.68%
Windows Server 2012
UK

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (8.57%) IIS
4 1 (2.86%) Confluence
4 1 (2.86%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.43%) Azure
3 2 (5.71%) AWS
3 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.71%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (48.57%) DNS
2 10 (28.57%) DHCP
3 7 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (17.14%) Firewall
5 4 (11.43%) Remote Desktop
5 4 (11.43%) SAN
5 4 (11.43%) VPN
6 3 (8.57%) LAN
6 3 (8.57%) Skype
7 2 (5.71%) NetScaler
7 2 (5.71%) VLAN
7 2 (5.71%) WAN
7 2 (5.71%) Wireless
8 1 (2.86%) BIG-IP
8 1 (2.86%) RS-232
8 1 (2.86%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Law
4 4 (11.43%) Legal
5 2 (5.71%) Finance
5 2 (5.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (17.14%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) IT Support
3 5 (14.29%) Support Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Backup Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Help Desk Officer
4 4 (11.43%) Help Desk Support
4 4 (11.43%) Service Desk Officer
4 4 (11.43%) Service Desk Support
4 4 (11.43%) Storage Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Storage and Backup Administrator
4 4 (11.43%) Support Officer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Support
5 3 (8.57%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) PKI
2 5 (14.29%) NHS
3 4 (11.43%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (5.71%) Private Cloud
4 2 (5.71%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (100.00%) Windows
2 27 (77.14%) Windows Server
3 11 (31.43%) Windows 10
4 9 (25.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (20.00%) Linux
5 7 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (11.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (8.57%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) ITIL
2 16 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (20.00%) Service Management
5 6 (17.14%) Project Delivery
6 5 (14.29%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (11.43%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.43%) CRM
7 4 (11.43%) Customer Service
7 4 (11.43%) Information Governance
7 4 (11.43%) ITSM
7 4 (11.43%) Mentoring
7 4 (11.43%) Patch Management
7 4 (11.43%) Preventative Maintenance
7 4 (11.43%) PRINCE2
8 3 (8.57%) Change Management
8 3 (8.57%) Defect Management
8 3 (8.57%) NsoIT
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 5 (14.29%) SQL
3 4 (11.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (54.29%) SC Cleared
1 19 (54.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) MCSE
2 10 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (22.86%) Degree
4 5 (14.29%) HNC
4 5 (14.29%) HND
4 5 (14.29%) MCP
5 4 (11.43%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (5.71%) MCSA
6 2 (5.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) GDPR
2 2 (5.71%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (82.86%) Active Directory
2 19 (54.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (28.57%) Hyper-V
4 4 (11.43%) Terminal Services
5 3 (8.57%) Sendmail
5 3 (8.57%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (5.71%) Docker
6 2 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (5.71%) vSphere
7 1 (2.86%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 7 (20.00%) SCCM
1 7 (20.00%) WSUS
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (11.43%) NetBackup
2 4 (11.43%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (5.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (5.71%) NetApp OnCommand
3 2 (5.71%) vCenter Server
3 2 (5.71%) vMotion
Vendors
1 19 (54.29%) VMware
2 18 (51.43%) Microsoft
3 7 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 4 (11.43%) 3PAR
4 4 (11.43%) Citrix
4 4 (11.43%) HP
4 4 (11.43%) Veritas
5 3 (8.57%) Cisco
5 3 (8.57%) F5
5 3 (8.57%) NetApp
5 3 (8.57%) Nimble Storage
6 2 (5.71%) Veeam