Windows Server 2012 Contracts

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 338 422
Rank change year-on-year -25 +84 -62
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 221 398 513
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.71% 0.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.82% 4.39% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 286 377
10th Percentile £190 £190 £159
25th Percentile £285 £342 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £488
90th Percentile £608 £656 £580
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 12
10th Percentile - £18.50 £16.27
25th Percentile - £20.82 £19.12
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +1.27%
75th Percentile - £49.38 £28.41
90th Percentile - £62.55 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £36.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +83.75% +8.11%

All Operating Systems
UK

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 requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,784 9,075 12,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.43% 16.19% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,888 6,324 8,810
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £300 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £465 £425
% change year-on-year -3.12% +9.29% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 404 391 567
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.06 £15.76
Median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.06% +93.18% +25.71%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.79 £38.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -40.81% +92.50% +21.21%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server 2012 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2012.

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Server 2012.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Top 15 Contract 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 1 June 2024. 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 -21 206 £400 -13.42% 83
UK excluding London -27 148 £450 +12.50% 71
South East +43 78 £575 +19.79% 25
London +22 64 £370 -22.11% 16
Work from Home +29 55 £365 -8.75% 34
South West -30 22 £495 +4.21% 9
North of England +3 21 £328 -12.67% 19
Midlands +8 16 £210 -44.00% 9
North West +10 13 £290 -31.76% 6
West Midlands +6 11 £225 -40.00% 5
Yorkshire +10 8 £400 +14.12% 13
Scotland +11 6 £325 +40.54% 3
East Midlands +2 4 £210 -44.00% 4
Wales +17 3 £190 -36.13% 1
East of England -13 2 £388 +1.64% 10

Windows Server 2012
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 71 (32.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2013
3 25 (11.31%) Exchange Server 2010
4 18 (8.14%) Confluence
5 14 (6.33%) SharePoint
6 12 (5.43%) Exchange Server 2007
7 11 (4.98%) Exchange Server 2003
7 11 (4.98%) IIS
7 11 (4.98%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.45%) nginx
8 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (11.31%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Remedy AR System
1 2 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 72 (32.58%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (27.60%) Azure
3 15 (6.79%) OCI
4 12 (5.43%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.62%) IaaS
6 4 (1.81%) AWS
6 4 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (1.81%) Azure Storage
6 4 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.81%) PaaS
7 3 (1.36%) GitHub
7 3 (1.36%) SaaS
7 3 (1.36%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.90%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.45%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 85 (38.46%) DNS
2 58 (26.24%) DHCP
3 57 (25.79%) Firewall
4 34 (15.38%) SAN
5 16 (7.24%) Skype
6 13 (5.88%) WAN
7 12 (5.43%) LAN
8 10 (4.52%) VPN
8 10 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (4.07%) VLAN
10 8 (3.62%) TCP/IP
11 6 (2.71%) VoIP
12 5 (2.26%) Unified Communications
13 4 (1.81%) Ethernet
14 3 (1.36%) NAS
14 3 (1.36%) NetScaler
14 3 (1.36%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.90%) Wireless
16 1 (0.45%) FTP
16 1 (0.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.45%) Power BI
2 1 (0.45%) Redis
2 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (12.22%) JIRA
2 3 (1.36%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) Hudson
4 1 (0.45%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.45%) MSI
General
1 89 (40.27%) Social Skills
2 35 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.60%) Public Sector
4 18 (8.14%) Finance
4 18 (8.14%) Military
5 13 (5.88%) Banking
6 7 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.36%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.45%) Back Office
9 1 (0.45%) Electronics
9 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.45%) Law
9 1 (0.45%) Local Government
9 1 (0.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 44 (19.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (15.84%) Support Engineer
3 27 (12.22%) Windows Engineer
4 26 (11.76%) Integration Engineer
5 18 (8.14%) Test Engineer
6 17 (7.69%) Build Engineer
6 17 (7.69%) Windows Build Engineer
7 16 (7.24%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 14 (6.33%) Analyst
9 13 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (5.88%) Administrator
9 13 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
10 12 (5.43%) Server Engineer
11 11 (4.98%) Architect
11 11 (4.98%) Support Analyst
12 10 (4.52%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 10 (4.52%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 10 (4.52%) 3rd Line Support
12 10 (4.52%) Storage Engineer
13 9 (4.07%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) ADSI
1 2 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.31%) PKI
2 24 (10.86%) Data Centre
3 14 (6.33%) Video Conferencing
4 12 (5.43%) Clustering
5 10 (4.52%) NHS
6 7 (3.17%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.81%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.36%) CMDB
9 3 (1.36%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.45%) Fat Client
11 1 (0.45%) Freedom of Information
11 1 (0.45%) Freedom of Information Act
11 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.45%) Replication
11 1 (0.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 221 (100.00%) Windows
2 192 (86.88%) Windows Server
3 95 (42.99%) Windows Server 2016
4 74 (33.48%) Windows 10
5 68 (30.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 45 (20.36%) Windows Server 2008
7 29 (13.12%) Linux
8 20 (9.05%) Windows 7
9 17 (7.69%) Windows NT
10 16 (7.24%) Windows Server 2003
11 14 (6.33%) Windows XP
12 8 (3.62%) CentOS
13 6 (2.71%) Debian
13 6 (2.71%) Mac OS
14 5 (2.26%) VMS
15 2 (0.90%) OpenVMS
16 1 (0.45%) Android
16 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
16 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 1 (0.45%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (24.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (24.43%) ITIL
3 40 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (14.93%) Migration
5 30 (13.57%) Customer Service
5 30 (13.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (9.95%) Deployment Automation
6 22 (9.95%) Service Management
7 20 (9.05%) Agile
7 20 (9.05%) Critical Thinking
7 20 (9.05%) Release Management
7 20 (9.05%) Server Management
8 19 (8.60%) Project Management
9 18 (8.14%) Change Management
9 18 (8.14%) Regression Testing
9 18 (8.14%) Storage Management
9 18 (8.14%) Test Scripting
10 17 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
11 15 (6.79%) Performance Tuning
11 15 (6.79%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 66 (29.86%) PowerShell
2 41 (18.55%) SQL
3 2 (0.90%) Python
4 1 (0.45%) Bicep
4 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (42.99%) Security Cleared
2 45 (20.36%) DV Cleared
3 43 (19.46%) SC Cleared
4 40 (18.10%) Degree
5 34 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (12.67%) MCSE
7 24 (10.86%) MCSA
8 22 (9.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 17 (7.69%) CCNA
9 17 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (6.33%) CCNP
11 6 (2.71%) RHCT
12 5 (2.26%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.45%) CCA
14 1 (0.45%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.69%) QA
2 3 (1.36%) SLA
3 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.90%) NIST
3 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 179 (81.00%) Active Directory
2 99 (44.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (20.81%) Hyper-V
4 21 (9.50%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (7.69%) Firmware
6 11 (4.98%) XenApp
7 8 (3.62%) vSphere
8 6 (2.71%) KVM
8 6 (2.71%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.36%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.36%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.90%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.90%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.90%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.45%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 1 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 75 (33.94%) SCCM
2 50 (22.62%) WSUS
3 19 (8.60%) SCOM
3 19 (8.60%) vCenter Server
4 17 (7.69%) Sysprep
5 16 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (7.24%) NetBackup
6 14 (6.33%) EMC NetWorker
7 10 (4.52%) Autotask
8 8 (3.62%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (2.71%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Clustering
10 4 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (1.36%) SCVMM
11 3 (1.36%) Terraform
12 2 (0.90%) Ansible
12 2 (0.90%) Kibana
12 2 (0.90%) logstash
12 2 (0.90%) Nessus
12 2 (0.90%) Packer
Vendors
1 133 (60.18%) Microsoft
2 115 (52.04%) VMware
3 35 (15.84%) Cisco
4 33 (14.93%) Citrix
5 31 (14.03%) HP
5 31 (14.03%) Veeam
6 28 (12.67%) EMC
7 19 (8.60%) Juniper
8 18 (8.14%) Oracle
9 16 (7.24%) Dell
9 16 (7.24%) Symantec
10 15 (6.79%) 3PAR
11 14 (6.33%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (6.33%) Palo Alto
12 13 (5.88%) Avaya
13 12 (5.43%) CheckPoint
14 10 (4.52%) Red Hat
15 9 (4.07%) Ivanti
16 7 (3.17%) Apple
17 6 (2.71%) Remedy