Windows Server 2012 Contracts with Work from Home 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 319 431
Rank change year-on-year +34 +112 -68
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 56 138 196
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.58% 0.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.56% 4.26% 3.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 93 148
10th Percentile £175 £169 £213
25th Percentile £337 £281 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £461 £525 £488
90th Percentile £546 £697 £588
UK median daily rate £400 £438 £425
% change year-on-year -8.57% +2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £19.90
25th Percentile - £19.00 £25.37
Median hourly rate - £21.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year - -26.08% -45.89%
75th Percentile - £23.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £26.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +32.50% -42.45%

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 1,572 3,239 5,309
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.65% 13.57% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,076 2,268 3,789
10th Percentile £229 £245 £300
25th Percentile £363 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +1.94% +9.57%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £620
90th Percentile £685 £731 £694
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 113 125
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.20 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £25.71 £20.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £52.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.52% +16.67% +21.62%
75th Percentile £27.68 £68.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £46.75 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.80% +110.11% +27.14%

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 13 June 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 33 (58.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (23.21%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (19.64%) Exchange Server 2003
3 11 (19.64%) Exchange Server 2007
3 11 (19.64%) Exchange Server 2013
4 10 (17.86%) Skype for Business
5 5 (8.93%) IIS
6 3 (5.36%) Confluence
6 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (30.36%) Azure
3 5 (8.93%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.57%) Azure Storage
4 2 (3.57%) GitHub
4 2 (3.57%) IaaS
5 1 (1.79%) AWS
5 1 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.79%) PaaS
5 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.79%) SaaS
5 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.79%) Firewall
2 14 (25.00%) DNS
3 11 (19.64%) DHCP
3 11 (19.64%) SAN
3 11 (19.64%) Skype
4 3 (5.36%) VLAN
5 2 (3.57%) NAS
6 1 (1.79%) FTP
6 1 (1.79%) LAN
6 1 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.79%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.79%) WAN
6 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.79%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.57%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 13 (23.21%) Finance
2 11 (19.64%) Public Sector
3 9 (16.07%) Banking
3 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
4 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Military
6 2 (3.57%) Local Government
6 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.79%) Electronics
7 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
7 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (17.86%) Support Engineer
2 9 (16.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Technician
3 5 (8.93%) Server Engineer
3 5 (8.93%) Wintel Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) IT Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Test Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Windows Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Active Directory Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 2 (3.57%) Windows Server Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (1.79%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (1.79%) IT Analyst
7 1 (1.79%) Risk Business Analyst
7 1 (1.79%) SCCM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) ADSI
1 2 (3.57%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (10.71%) NHS
3 4 (7.14%) PKI
4 3 (5.36%) Clustering
4 3 (5.36%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.36%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.79%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 56 (100.00%) Windows
2 40 (71.43%) Windows Server
3 29 (51.79%) Windows Server 2016
4 15 (26.79%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (21.43%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (10.71%) Windows 10
8 3 (5.36%) Linux
8 3 (5.36%) VMS
9 2 (3.57%) Windows 7
10 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.79%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.71%) Migration
2 16 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (16.07%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 6 (10.71%) Computer Science
6 5 (8.93%) Network Management
7 4 (7.14%) Critical Thinking
7 4 (7.14%) ITIL
8 3 (5.36%) Agile
8 3 (5.36%) Change Management
8 3 (5.36%) Network Load Balancing
8 3 (5.36%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (5.36%) Regression Testing
8 3 (5.36%) Security Patching
8 3 (5.36%) Test Scripting
9 2 (3.57%) Information Security
9 2 (3.57%) Line Management
9 2 (3.57%) Service Management
9 2 (3.57%) Time Management
9 2 (3.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (39.29%) PowerShell
2 8 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (23.21%) SC Cleared
1 13 (23.21%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (8.93%) MCSE
4 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.36%) MCSA
4 3 (5.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.57%) NIST
1 2 (3.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (5.36%) vSphere
6 2 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.79%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (1.79%) XenApp
7 1 (1.79%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (28.57%) SCCM
2 5 (8.93%) SCOM
3 4 (7.14%) WSUS
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (5.36%) Terraform
5 2 (3.57%) Ansible
5 2 (3.57%) Kibana
5 2 (3.57%) logstash
5 2 (3.57%) Nessus
5 2 (3.57%) Packer
5 2 (3.57%) SCVMM
5 2 (3.57%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.79%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.79%) HP SIM
6 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.79%) SCDPM
6 1 (1.79%) SCOrch
6 1 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.79%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 22 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 19 (33.93%) VMware
3 11 (19.64%) HP
4 10 (17.86%) Citrix
5 9 (16.07%) Avaya
6 8 (14.29%) CheckPoint
6 8 (14.29%) Cisco
6 8 (14.29%) EMC
7 5 (8.93%) Veeam
8 4 (7.14%) Commvault
9 3 (5.36%) Juniper
10 2 (3.57%) Huawei
10 2 (3.57%) IBM
10 2 (3.57%) Qualys
10 2 (3.57%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.57%) Symantec
10 2 (3.57%) Trend Micro
11 1 (1.79%) Aruba
11 1 (1.79%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.79%) IronPort