Windows Server 2012 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 338 407
Rank change year-on-year -5 +69 -42
Contract jobs citing Windows Server 2012 206 334 423
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.71% 0.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.01% 4.38% 3.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 246 324
10th Percentile £195 £206 £159
25th Percentile £282 £348 £276
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +8.28%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £500
90th Percentile £608 £685 £588
UK median daily rate £400 £440 £425
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.53% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 11
10th Percentile - £18.38 £16.47
25th Percentile - £19.91 -
Median hourly rate - £24.32 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +21.58% -1.23%
75th Percentile - £26.75 £28.41
90th Percentile - £54.19 -
UK median hourly rate - £26.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +32.50% -6.98%

All Operating Systems
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,131 7,619 10,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.79% 16.19% 15.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,449 5,362 7,512
10th Percentile £188 £194 £175
25th Percentile £304 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 358 501
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.16 £15.76
Median hourly rate £22.50 £43.93 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.78% +104.33% +22.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £45.06 £22.25
% change year-on-year -50.06% +102.49% +27.14%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +51 78 £575 +22.44% 21
London +10 65 £370 -19.29% 16
South West -21 22 £495 +1.28% 13
North of England +4 19 £298 -20.67% 20
Midlands +9 17 £210 -44.00% 9
North West +2 13 £290 -22.67% 6
West Midlands +6 11 £225 -40.00% 4
Yorkshire +3 6 £400 +18.52% 14
East Midlands +3 5 £210 -44.00% 5
East of England -15 2 £388 +24.00% 11
Windows Server 2012
UK

Windows Server 2012
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 70 (33.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (12.14%) Exchange Server 2013
3 23 (11.17%) Exchange Server 2010
4 18 (8.74%) Confluence
5 12 (5.83%) SharePoint
6 10 (4.85%) Exchange Server 2003
6 10 (4.85%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (4.85%) Skype for Business
7 4 (1.94%) IIS
8 1 (0.49%) nginx
8 1 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 25 (12.14%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 68 (33.01%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (28.64%) Azure
3 14 (6.80%) OCI
4 11 (5.34%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.37%) IaaS
6 5 (2.43%) Azure Storage
6 5 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.43%) PaaS
7 4 (1.94%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (1.94%) SaaS
8 3 (1.46%) AWS
8 3 (1.46%) GitHub
8 3 (1.46%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.49%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.49%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.49%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 85 (41.26%) DNS
2 57 (27.67%) DHCP
3 56 (27.18%) Firewall
4 34 (16.50%) SAN
5 15 (7.28%) Skype
6 12 (5.83%) WAN
7 11 (5.34%) LAN
8 10 (4.85%) VLAN
9 9 (4.37%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (3.88%) TCP/IP
10 8 (3.88%) VPN
11 6 (2.91%) VoIP
12 5 (2.43%) Unified Communications
13 4 (1.94%) Ethernet
14 3 (1.46%) NAS
15 2 (0.97%) NetScaler
15 2 (0.97%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.97%) Wireless
16 1 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
16 1 (0.49%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.49%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.49%) Redis
2 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 26 (12.62%) JIRA
2 3 (1.46%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.49%) Hudson
4 1 (0.49%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.49%) MSI
General
1 87 (42.23%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.50%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.22%) Finance
3 19 (9.22%) Public Sector
4 18 (8.74%) Military
5 15 (7.28%) Banking
6 6 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (0.97%) Local Government
7 2 (0.97%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.97%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.49%) Electronics
8 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.49%) Law
8 1 (0.49%) Marketing
8 1 (0.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (20.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (16.50%) Support Engineer
3 27 (13.11%) Integration Engineer
4 25 (12.14%) Windows Engineer
5 18 (8.74%) Test Engineer
6 16 (7.77%) Build Engineer
6 16 (7.77%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 16 (7.77%) Windows Build Engineer
7 14 (6.80%) Administrator
7 14 (6.80%) Systems Administrator
8 13 (6.31%) 2nd Line Support
9 11 (5.34%) Architect
9 11 (5.34%) Server Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (4.85%) Analyst
10 10 (4.85%) Storage Engineer
11 9 (4.37%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 9 (4.37%) IT Engineer
11 9 (4.37%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.97%) ADSI
1 2 (0.97%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.14%) PKI
2 18 (8.74%) Data Centre
3 15 (7.28%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (5.34%) Clustering
5 10 (4.85%) NHS
6 7 (3.40%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.94%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.46%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.49%) CMDB
11 1 (0.49%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.49%) Fat Client
11 1 (0.49%) Freedom of Information
11 1 (0.49%) Freedom of Information Act
11 1 (0.49%) Replication
11 1 (0.49%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.49%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 206 (100.00%) Windows
2 179 (86.89%) Windows Server
3 83 (40.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 71 (34.47%) Windows 10
5 63 (30.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (17.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 23 (11.17%) Linux
8 20 (9.71%) Windows 7
9 16 (7.77%) Windows NT
10 14 (6.80%) Windows Server 2003
10 14 (6.80%) Windows XP
11 6 (2.91%) Mac OS
12 4 (1.94%) VMS
13 2 (0.97%) CentOS
13 2 (0.97%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.49%) Android
14 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
14 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.49%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (25.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (23.30%) ITIL
3 37 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (15.05%) Disaster Recovery
5 30 (14.56%) Migration
6 29 (14.08%) Customer Service
7 22 (10.68%) Deployment Automation
8 20 (9.71%) Agile
8 20 (9.71%) Critical Thinking
8 20 (9.71%) Server Management
8 20 (9.71%) Service Management
9 19 (9.22%) Project Management
10 18 (8.74%) Regression Testing
10 18 (8.74%) Storage Management
10 18 (8.74%) Test Scripting
11 17 (8.25%) Release Management
12 16 (7.77%) Change Management
12 16 (7.77%) User Acceptance Testing
13 15 (7.28%) Performance Tuning
13 15 (7.28%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 65 (31.55%) PowerShell
2 39 (18.93%) SQL
3 2 (0.97%) Python
4 1 (0.49%) Bicep
4 1 (0.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 94 (45.63%) Security Cleared
2 45 (21.84%) DV Cleared
3 41 (19.90%) SC Cleared
4 39 (18.93%) Degree
5 27 (13.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (10.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 21 (10.19%) MCSE
8 18 (8.74%) MCSA
9 17 (8.25%) CCNA
9 17 (8.25%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (6.80%) CCNP
11 5 (2.43%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.49%) CCA
13 1 (0.49%) Citrix Certification
13 1 (0.49%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.77%) QA
2 3 (1.46%) SLA
3 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.97%) NIST
3 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.49%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 169 (82.04%) Active Directory
2 92 (44.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (18.45%) Hyper-V
4 21 (10.19%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (7.77%) Firmware
6 10 (4.85%) XenApp
7 6 (2.91%) vSphere
8 5 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.46%) BitLocker
9 3 (1.46%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.97%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.97%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.97%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.49%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 1 (0.49%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 72 (34.95%) SCCM
2 50 (24.27%) WSUS
3 19 (9.22%) SCOM
4 18 (8.74%) vCenter Server
5 17 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (7.77%) NetBackup
6 16 (7.77%) Sysprep
7 14 (6.80%) EMC NetWorker
8 10 (4.85%) Autotask
9 7 (3.40%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (2.91%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (2.43%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (1.46%) Terraform
14 2 (0.97%) Ansible
14 2 (0.97%) Kibana
14 2 (0.97%) logstash
14 2 (0.97%) Nessus
14 2 (0.97%) Packer
14 2 (0.97%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 131 (63.59%) Microsoft
2 105 (50.97%) VMware
3 35 (16.99%) Cisco
4 31 (15.05%) HP
4 31 (15.05%) Veeam
5 29 (14.08%) EMC
6 27 (13.11%) Citrix
7 19 (9.22%) Juniper
8 17 (8.25%) Oracle
9 16 (7.77%) Dell
10 15 (7.28%) 3PAR
10 15 (7.28%) Symantec
11 14 (6.80%) Avaya
11 14 (6.80%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (6.80%) Palo Alto
12 13 (6.31%) CheckPoint
13 9 (4.37%) Ivanti
14 7 (3.40%) Apple
15 6 (2.91%) Commvault
15 6 (2.91%) Datto