Windows Server 2012 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 420 333
Rank change year-on-year -169 -87 +21
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 40 89 254
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.087% 0.30% 0.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.84% 2.17% 4.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 65 196
10th Percentile £361 £186 £200
25th Percentile £408 £313 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -4.49%
75th Percentile £688 £523 £575
90th Percentile £725 £588 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £425 £488
% change year-on-year +14.71% -12.82% +21.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.75
Median hourly rate £6.00 - £66.50
75th Percentile £18.19 - £67.25
90th Percentile £23.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £6.00 - £66.50
% change year-on-year - - +40.00%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,781 4,092 5,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.42% 14.01% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,130 2,732 4,011
10th Percentile £181 £200 £181
25th Percentile £303 £325 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
75th Percentile £572 £600 £594
90th Percentile £658 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 170 410
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.61 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.06 £18.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.89 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.97% +12.09% -25.80%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.08 £68.64
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.52 £24.18 £20.00
% change year-on-year +5.52% +20.90% -24.53%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 April 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
England -123 38 £488 +2.63% 13
UK excluding London -152 33 £488 +14.71% 12
Work from Home -47 13 £463 +26.71% 1
East of England - 8 £550 - 7
South East -54 7 £675 +170.00% 4
North of England -85 7 £330 -5.71% 1
North West -39 6 £330 -5.71% 1
London -68 6 £530 +11.58% 2
Midlands -66 5 £415 - 1
East Midlands -36 4 £415 - 1
South West -42 4 £700 +21.74%
Scotland -8 1 - -
Wales -19 1 £550 +50.68%
Yorkshire -54 1 £500 +42.65%
West Midlands - 1 £450 -

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (2.50%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Veritas eDiscovery
2 1 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (32.50%) Azure
3 5 (12.50%) Nutanix
4 4 (10.00%) AWS
4 4 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (40.00%) DNS
2 11 (27.50%) DHCP
3 9 (22.50%) TCP/IP
4 5 (12.50%) LAN
5 4 (10.00%) Firewall
5 4 (10.00%) NetScaler
6 3 (7.50%) BIG-IP
6 3 (7.50%) RS-232
6 3 (7.50%) Skype
6 3 (7.50%) X.400
7 2 (5.00%) WAN
8 1 (2.50%) VoIP
8 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.50%) DTS
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (27.50%) Public Sector
3 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Finance
5 3 (7.50%) Banking
6 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.50%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.50%) Law
7 1 (2.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Support Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Senior
4 4 (10.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Lead
5 3 (7.50%) Lead Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (7.50%) Technical Support
5 3 (7.50%) Technical Support Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Automation Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Server Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) LDAP
2 1 (2.50%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) PKI
2 5 (12.50%) NHS
3 4 (10.00%) Private Cloud
3 4 (10.00%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) Clustering
4 2 (5.00%) iPhone
4 2 (5.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.00%) Replication
4 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (100.00%) Windows
2 35 (87.50%) Windows Server
3 10 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 10 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (15.00%) Linux
6 3 (7.50%) CentOS
7 2 (5.00%) AIX
7 2 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (5.00%) Ubuntu
7 2 (5.00%) Windows 7
7 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (30.00%) ITIL
3 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (22.50%) Service Management
4 8 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (17.50%) Business Continuity
5 7 (17.50%) Load Balancing
5 7 (17.50%) Migration
6 6 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (15.00%) ITSM
7 5 (12.50%) DevOps
8 4 (10.00%) Asset Management
8 4 (10.00%) BCP
8 4 (10.00%) Change Management
8 4 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
8 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 4 (10.00%) High Availability
8 4 (10.00%) Operational Stability
8 4 (10.00%) Problem Management
8 4 (10.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (47.50%) PowerShell
2 6 (15.00%) SQL
3 2 (5.00%) Bash
4 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.50%) Python
4 1 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (32.50%) Degree
2 13 (32.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 11 (27.50%) MCSE
5 7 (17.50%) HNC
5 7 (17.50%) HND
5 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 5 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.50%) CCNA
8 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (15.00%) vSphere
4 4 (10.00%) Docker
4 4 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 4 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (7.50%) Sendmail
5 3 (7.50%) VMware NSX
6 1 (2.50%) Firmware
6 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (35.00%) SCCM
2 12 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (15.00%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (12.50%) WSUS
5 4 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (10.00%) Kubernetes
6 3 (7.50%) SCOM
7 2 (5.00%) Nessus
8 1 (2.50%) AirWatch
8 1 (2.50%) Ansible
8 1 (2.50%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (2.50%) Progress Chef
8 1 (2.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (47.50%) VMware
3 7 (17.50%) F5
4 6 (15.00%) Cisco
5 5 (12.50%) Veeam
6 3 (7.50%) Red Hat
7 2 (5.00%) Citrix
7 2 (5.00%) Oracle
7 2 (5.00%) Snow
7 2 (5.00%) Sophos
7 2 (5.00%) Tenable
7 2 (5.00%) Veritas
8 1 (2.50%) Bloomberg
8 1 (2.50%) BMC
8 1 (2.50%) Dell
8 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.50%) HP
8 1 (2.50%) Remedy
8 1 (2.50%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.50%) Sybase