Windows Server 2012 Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows Server 2012 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 290 321 411
Rank change year-on-year +31 +90 -67
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 54 154 213
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.60% 0.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.41% 4.39% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 110 163
10th Percentile £175 £163 £201
25th Percentile £267 £280 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £418 £506 £488
90th Percentile £523 £678 £585
UK median daily rate £405 £444 £425
% change year-on-year -8.78% +4.47% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £19.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year - -26.08% -51.44%
75th Percentile - £23.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £24.32 £21.00
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -39.57%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows Server 2012 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,585 3,510 5,447
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.41% 13.75% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,108 2,471 3,850
10th Percentile £225 £250 £294
25th Percentile £350 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £606
90th Percentile £680 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £470 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -6.84% +0.90% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 101 163
10th Percentile £13.05 £19.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £14.27 £38.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £55.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.27% +29.41% +18.06%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £22.08 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.66% +71.11% +26.76%

Windows Server 2012
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2012 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2012 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2012.

Windows Server 2012 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Windows Server 2012 daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2012
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows Server 2012.

Windows Server 2012 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows Server 2012
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 27 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (24.07%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (20.37%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (20.37%) Exchange Server 2007
4 10 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2013
4 10 (18.52%) Skype for Business
5 6 (11.11%) IIS
6 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (51.85%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (33.33%) Azure
3 4 (7.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.70%) AWS
4 2 (3.70%) GitHub
4 2 (3.70%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.85%) Amazon S3
5 1 (1.85%) IaaS
5 1 (1.85%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.85%) Route 53
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (25.93%) Firewall
2 11 (20.37%) DNS
2 11 (20.37%) SAN
3 10 (18.52%) Skype
4 9 (16.67%) DHCP
5 3 (5.56%) VLAN
6 2 (3.70%) NAS
6 2 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.70%) VPN
6 2 (3.70%) Wireless
7 1 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.85%) LAN
7 1 (1.85%) MPLS
7 1 (1.85%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.85%) SNMP
7 1 (1.85%) SSL
7 1 (1.85%) WAN
7 1 (1.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.70%) Power BI
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.70%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 13 (24.07%) Finance
2 11 (20.37%) Public Sector
3 8 (14.81%) Banking
4 5 (9.26%) Social Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Electronics
6 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (18.52%) Support Engineer
2 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure Technician
3 6 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) Server Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Windows Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Wintel Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Active Directory Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Windows Server Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) IT Support
6 2 (3.70%) Network Engineer
7 1 (1.85%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (1.85%) Analyst
7 1 (1.85%) Business Analyst
7 1 (1.85%) Consultant
7 1 (1.85%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (1.85%) Junior
7 1 (1.85%) Support Technician
7 1 (1.85%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (1.85%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) ADSI
1 2 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) NHS
1 8 (14.81%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (5.56%) Clustering
3 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (62.96%) Windows Server
3 28 (51.85%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (27.78%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (25.93%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (16.67%) Windows 10
8 4 (7.41%) Windows 7
9 3 (5.56%) Linux
10 2 (3.70%) VMS
11 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
11 1 (1.85%) CentOS
11 1 (1.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (33.33%) Migration
2 14 (25.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (14.81%) Business Continuity
4 8 (14.81%) Network Management
5 6 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (5.56%) Change Management
8 3 (5.56%) Configuration Management
8 3 (5.56%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (5.56%) Line Management
8 3 (5.56%) Network Load Balancing
8 3 (5.56%) Software Distribution
9 2 (3.70%) Agile
9 2 (3.70%) BCP
9 2 (3.70%) Dashboard Development
9 2 (3.70%) Information Security
9 2 (3.70%) ITIL
9 2 (3.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (38.89%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.56%) SQL
3 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
1 10 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) MCSE
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.70%) NIST
1 2 (3.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 39 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.26%) Hyper-V
3 5 (9.26%) XenApp
3 5 (9.26%) XenDesktop
4 4 (7.41%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (5.56%) vSphere
6 2 (3.70%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.85%) Terminal Server
7 1 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (33.33%) SCCM
2 4 (7.41%) SCOM
2 4 (7.41%) Terraform
3 3 (5.56%) Ansible
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (3.70%) Kibana
4 2 (3.70%) logstash
4 2 (3.70%) Nessus
4 2 (3.70%) Packer
4 2 (3.70%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.70%) WSUS
5 1 (1.85%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.85%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.85%) Puppet
5 1 (1.85%) SCOrch
5 1 (1.85%) SCVMM
5 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.85%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft
1 17 (31.48%) VMware
2 14 (25.93%) Citrix
3 10 (18.52%) Cisco
3 10 (18.52%) HP
4 9 (16.67%) Avaya
5 8 (14.81%) CheckPoint
5 8 (14.81%) EMC
5 8 (14.81%) Veeam
6 2 (3.70%) Commvault
6 2 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.70%) Huawei
6 2 (3.70%) IBM
6 2 (3.70%) Juniper
6 2 (3.70%) Qualys
6 2 (3.70%) Trend Micro
6 2 (3.70%) Varonis
7 1 (1.85%) Dell
7 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.85%) SAP