Windows Server 2012 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 286 291 320
Rank change year-on-year +5 +29 +106
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 18 54 160
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.35% 0.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.53% 3.38% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 48 116
10th Percentile £350 £175 £163
25th Percentile £351 £275 £277
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £358 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -10.63% -5.88%
75th Percentile £525 £432 £506
90th Percentile £618 £523 £663
UK median daily rate £425 £421 £440
% change year-on-year +0.89% -4.26% +3.53%
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 - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £24.32
% change year-on-year - - +15.79%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,177 1,597 3,543
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 11.88% 10.41% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 792 1,113 2,503
10th Percentile £288 £218 £250
25th Percentile £388 £350 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £680 £718
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 49 101
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.15 £19.00
25th Percentile £32.19 £14.27 £40.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £18.30 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +241.53% -68.17% +35.29%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.53 £73.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows Server 2012
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Windows Server 2012 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2012 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) IIS
3 2 (11.11%) Confluence
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 2 (11.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (11.11%) GitHub
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) DHCP
1 10 (55.56%) DNS
2 6 (33.33%) Skype
3 4 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (11.11%) SAN
4 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
4 2 (11.11%) VPN
5 1 (5.56%) VLAN
5 1 (5.56%) VRRP
5 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.56%) Banking
5 1 (5.56%) Finance
5 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Senior
1 5 (27.78%) Wintel Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Senior Wintel Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) VMWare Administrator
2 4 (22.22%) Wintel Administrator
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) ICT Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Service Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.56%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) PKI
2 2 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
1 18 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 13 (72.22%) Windows Server 2019
3 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 6 (33.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Migration
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 5 (27.78%) Patch Management
3 5 (27.78%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
4 4 (22.22%) NsoIT
4 4 (22.22%) Service Management
4 4 (22.22%) System Testing
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (11.11%) IT Strategy
6 2 (11.11%) Security Hardening
6 2 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
7 1 (5.56%) Budget Management
7 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
7 1 (5.56%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) PowerShell
2 4 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) Java
3 2 (11.11%) Python
3 2 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
1 11 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) MCSE
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 17 (94.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (38.89%) Hyper-V
3 5 (27.78%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (16.67%) vSphere
5 1 (5.56%) Firmware
5 1 (5.56%) Terminal Services
5 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) WSUS
2 5 (27.78%) vCenter Server
3 3 (16.67%) SCCM
4 2 (11.11%) Ansible
4 2 (11.11%) OPNET
4 2 (11.11%) Packer
4 2 (11.11%) Terraform
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix
4 2 (11.11%) CyberArk
5 1 (5.56%) Blue Prism
5 1 (5.56%) Commvault
5 1 (5.56%) Dell
5 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.56%) SonicWALL
5 1 (5.56%) Veeam