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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 374 345 412
Rank change year-on-year -29 +67 -58
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 223 395 514
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.71% 0.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.81% 4.39% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 280 380
10th Percentile £190 £190 £160
25th Percentile £285 £340 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £445 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +4.71% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £488
90th Percentile £608 £675 £581
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £380 £425
% change year-on-year +18.42% -10.59% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 11
10th Percentile - £18.50 £16.47
25th Percentile - £20.82 -
Median hourly rate - £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -6.98%
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% -9.09%

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 5,850 9,001 13,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.46% 16.14% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,914 6,271 8,890
10th Percentile £185 £190 £175
25th Percentile £308 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £614
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 393 569
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.42 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.08 £15.76
Median hourly rate £22.51 £43.75 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.55% +98.86% +25.71%
75th Percentile £62.13 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £39.05 £20.00
% change year-on-year -38.08% +95.25% +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 7 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 7 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 -14 208 £400 -11.11% 85
UK excluding London -12 147 £450 +18.42% 72
South East +47 78 £575 +22.44% 21
London +12 67 £370 -19.29% 15
Work from Home +47 58 £365 -8.75% 28
South West -21 22 £495 +3.99% 14
North of England -4 19 £298 -20.67% 19
Midlands +6 17 £210 -44.00% 9
North West +7 13 £290 -22.67% 5
West Midlands +6 11 £225 -40.00% 4
Scotland +16 6 £325 - 1
Yorkshire +5 6 £400 +14.12% 14
East Midlands 0 5 £210 -44.00% 5
Wales +16 3 £190 -36.13% 1
East of England -8 2 £388 +24.00% 11

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 72 (32.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (11.66%) Exchange Server 2013
3 24 (10.76%) Exchange Server 2010
4 18 (8.07%) Confluence
5 14 (6.28%) SharePoint
6 11 (4.93%) Exchange Server 2003
6 11 (4.93%) Exchange Server 2007
6 11 (4.93%) IIS
6 11 (4.93%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.45%) nginx
7 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 26 (11.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) 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
Cloud Services
1 72 (32.29%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (27.35%) Azure
3 14 (6.28%) OCI
4 12 (5.38%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.04%) IaaS
6 5 (2.24%) Azure Storage
6 5 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.24%) PaaS
7 4 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.79%) SaaS
8 3 (1.35%) AWS
8 3 (1.35%) GitHub
8 3 (1.35%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.90%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 86 (38.57%) DNS
2 58 (26.01%) DHCP
3 57 (25.56%) Firewall
4 35 (15.70%) SAN
5 16 (7.17%) Skype
6 12 (5.38%) WAN
7 11 (4.93%) LAN
8 10 (4.48%) VLAN
8 10 (4.48%) VPN
9 9 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (3.59%) TCP/IP
11 6 (2.69%) VoIP
12 5 (2.24%) Unified Communications
13 4 (1.79%) Ethernet
14 3 (1.35%) NAS
14 3 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.90%) NetScaler
15 2 (0.90%) Wireless
16 1 (0.45%) FTP
16 1 (0.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.62%) 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 (12.11%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) Hudson
4 1 (0.45%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.45%) MSI
General
1 88 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (8.52%) Finance
3 19 (8.52%) Public Sector
4 18 (8.07%) Military
5 15 (6.73%) Banking
6 6 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.35%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.90%) Local Government
8 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.45%) Electronics
9 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.45%) Law
9 1 (0.45%) Marketing
9 1 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (19.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (16.14%) Support Engineer
3 27 (12.11%) Integration Engineer
4 26 (11.66%) Windows Engineer
5 18 (8.07%) Test Engineer
6 16 (7.17%) Build Engineer
6 16 (7.17%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 16 (7.17%) Windows Build Engineer
7 14 (6.28%) Administrator
7 14 (6.28%) Analyst
7 14 (6.28%) Systems Administrator
8 13 (5.83%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (5.38%) Server Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Architect
10 11 (4.93%) Support Analyst
11 10 (4.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 10 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 10 (4.48%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (4.48%) IT Engineer
11 10 (4.48%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) ADSI
1 2 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.21%) PKI
2 24 (10.76%) Data Centre
3 15 (6.73%) Video Conferencing
4 12 (5.38%) Clustering
5 10 (4.48%) NHS
6 7 (3.14%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.79%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.35%) CMDB
9 3 (1.35%) 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%) Replication
11 1 (0.45%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.45%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 223 (100.00%) Windows
2 194 (87.00%) Windows Server
3 95 (42.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 74 (33.18%) Windows 10
5 67 (30.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 44 (19.73%) Windows Server 2008
7 29 (13.00%) Linux
8 21 (9.42%) Windows 7
9 16 (7.17%) Windows NT
10 15 (6.73%) Windows Server 2003
11 14 (6.28%) Windows XP
12 8 (3.59%) CentOS
13 6 (2.69%) Debian
13 6 (2.69%) Mac OS
14 5 (2.24%) 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 (24.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (23.77%) ITIL
3 41 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (14.80%) Migration
5 31 (13.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 29 (13.00%) Customer Service
7 22 (9.87%) Deployment Automation
8 21 (9.42%) Service Management
9 20 (8.97%) Agile
9 20 (8.97%) Critical Thinking
9 20 (8.97%) Server Management
10 19 (8.52%) Change Management
10 19 (8.52%) Project Management
10 19 (8.52%) Release Management
11 18 (8.07%) Regression Testing
11 18 (8.07%) Storage Management
11 18 (8.07%) Test Scripting
12 16 (7.17%) User Acceptance Testing
13 15 (6.73%) Performance Tuning
13 15 (6.73%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 67 (30.04%) PowerShell
2 41 (18.39%) SQL
3 2 (0.90%) Python
4 1 (0.45%) Bicep
4 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (43.05%) Security Cleared
2 45 (20.18%) DV Cleared
3 43 (19.28%) SC Cleared
4 42 (18.83%) Degree
5 34 (15.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (12.56%) MCSE
7 24 (10.76%) MCSA
8 22 (9.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 17 (7.62%) CCNA
9 17 (7.62%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (6.28%) CCNP
11 6 (2.69%) RHCT
12 5 (2.24%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.45%) CCA
14 1 (0.45%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.45%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.17%) QA
2 3 (1.35%) 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
1 182 (81.61%) Active Directory
2 100 (44.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (20.18%) Hyper-V
4 21 (9.42%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (7.17%) Firmware
6 10 (4.48%) XenApp
7 7 (3.14%) vSphere
8 6 (2.69%) KVM
8 6 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (1.35%) BitLocker
10 3 (1.35%) 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 (33.63%) SCCM
2 50 (22.42%) WSUS
3 20 (8.97%) SCOM
4 19 (8.52%) vCenter Server
5 17 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (7.17%) NetBackup
6 16 (7.17%) Sysprep
7 14 (6.28%) EMC NetWorker
8 10 (4.48%) Autotask
9 8 (3.59%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (2.69%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (1.35%) SCVMM
12 3 (1.35%) Terraform
13 2 (0.90%) Ansible
13 2 (0.90%) Kibana
13 2 (0.90%) logstash
13 2 (0.90%) Nessus
13 2 (0.90%) Packer
Vendors
1 135 (60.54%) Microsoft
2 116 (52.02%) VMware
3 35 (15.70%) Cisco
4 33 (14.80%) Citrix
5 31 (13.90%) HP
5 31 (13.90%) Veeam
6 29 (13.00%) EMC
7 19 (8.52%) Juniper
8 17 (7.62%) Oracle
9 16 (7.17%) Dell
9 16 (7.17%) Symantec
10 15 (6.73%) 3PAR
11 14 (6.28%) Avaya
11 14 (6.28%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (6.28%) Palo Alto
12 13 (5.83%) CheckPoint
13 10 (4.48%) Red Hat
14 9 (4.04%) Ivanti
15 7 (3.14%) Apple
16 6 (2.69%) Commvault
90 Windows Server 2012 jobs Nationwide