Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2012 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 438 487
Rank change year-on-year -29 +49 -169
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 508 726 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.71% 0.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.63% 4.48% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 419 580 963
10th Percentile £24,975 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,625 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% -6.25% +1.91%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,978 16,217 29,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.19% 15.97% 18.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10,769 10,941 16,610
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2012 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -7 478 £39,500 -1.25% 92
UK excluding London -44 415 £36,500 -2.67% 79
Work from Home +11 170 £42,500 - 28
South East -23 107 £48,500 +53.97% 27
North of England -13 99 £38,750 -3.13% 18
London +17 87 £58,500 +11.11% 14
Midlands +15 78 £30,000 -17.81% 12
South West +8 74 £30,000 -29.41% 16
West Midlands +38 67 £28,500 -24.00% 9
North West -18 43 £32,000 -24.71% 8
Yorkshire +45 40 £46,000 +40.46% 8
East of England -4 33 £33,000 -16.46% 10
North East +3 16 £28,500 -50.43% 2
Wales +7 11 £25,000 -21.88% 2
East Midlands -24 10 £38,500 +5.48% 3
Scotland -77 10 £32,000 -20.00%
Northern Ireland +27 3 £40,000 +36.75%

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
1 122 (24.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 66 (12.99%) SharePoint
3 34 (6.69%) Exchange Server 2013
4 27 (5.31%) Exchange Server 2010
5 18 (3.54%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (1.97%) IIS
7 6 (1.18%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.59%) SAS
9 1 (0.20%) Apache
9 1 (0.20%) Confluence
9 1 (0.20%) nginx
9 1 (0.20%) Site Server
9 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 79 (15.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.59%) SPSS
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.20%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.39%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 263 (51.77%) Microsoft 365
2 251 (49.41%) Azure
3 117 (23.03%) Entra ID
4 33 (6.50%) AWS
4 33 (6.50%) SaaS
5 22 (4.33%) OneDrive
6 17 (3.35%) IaaS
7 13 (2.56%) Mimecast
7 13 (2.56%) PaaS
8 12 (2.36%) OCI
9 11 (2.17%) Google Workspace
10 9 (1.77%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.57%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.98%) WhatsApp
13 4 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (0.79%) GitHub
14 3 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (0.59%) Dropbox
14 3 (0.59%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 187 (36.81%) Firewall
2 175 (34.45%) DNS
3 136 (26.77%) DHCP
4 82 (16.14%) TCP/IP
5 71 (13.98%) VPN
6 67 (13.19%) SAN
7 54 (10.63%) LAN
8 51 (10.04%) WAN
9 48 (9.45%) Wi-Fi
10 42 (8.27%) VLAN
11 30 (5.91%) Wireless
12 27 (5.31%) VoIP
13 23 (4.53%) NAS
14 20 (3.94%) Internet
15 16 (3.15%) PBX
16 15 (2.95%) Network Security
16 15 (2.95%) Remote Desktop
17 9 (1.77%) iSCSI
18 6 (1.18%) IPsec
18 6 (1.18%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.63%) SQL Server
2 31 (6.10%) MongoDB
3 26 (5.12%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (2.17%) MySQL
5 6 (1.18%) InfluxDB
5 6 (1.18%) MariaDB
5 6 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.79%) DB2
7 3 (0.59%) Big Data
7 3 (0.59%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.39%) MS Access
8 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.20%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Power BI
9 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.18%) Eclipse
2 6 (1.18%) Git
3 2 (0.39%) Hudson
3 2 (0.39%) JIRA
3 2 (0.39%) MSI
3 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.20%) GitLab
4 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 195 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 100 (19.69%) Finance
3 43 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.33%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.35%) Retail
6 16 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.56%) Legal
8 13 (2.56%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.36%) Billing
10 10 (1.97%) Aviation
10 10 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.57%) Law
11 8 (1.57%) Public Sector
12 5 (0.98%) Banking
13 4 (0.79%) Automotive
13 4 (0.79%) Avionics
13 4 (0.79%) Games
13 4 (0.79%) Marketing
13 4 (0.79%) Military
Job Titles
1 133 (26.18%) Support Engineer
2 119 (23.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 97 (19.09%) IT Engineer
4 77 (15.16%) IT Support
5 67 (13.19%) Senior
6 54 (10.63%) IT Support Engineer
7 53 (10.43%) Administrator
7 53 (10.43%) Analyst
8 42 (8.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 40 (7.87%) 2nd Line Support
10 34 (6.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 34 (6.69%) Infrastructure Support
11 33 (6.50%) DBA
11 33 (6.50%) IT Technician
12 30 (5.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 29 (5.71%) VMware Engineer
14 28 (5.51%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 28 (5.51%) DV Cleared DBA
15 22 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 21 (4.13%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.18%) LDAP
2 2 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.39%) WSH
2 2 (0.39%) XML
2 2 (0.39%) YAML
3 1 (0.20%) .NET
3 1 (0.20%) EDI
3 1 (0.20%) Kafka
3 1 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.24%) Replication
2 50 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (8.66%) Driving Licence
4 41 (8.07%) Data Centre
5 27 (5.31%) Clustering
6 22 (4.33%) PKI
7 19 (3.74%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.95%) Management Information System
9 13 (2.56%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.18%) Handset
10 6 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.18%) Xbox
11 5 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (0.98%) iPhone
12 4 (0.79%) Educational Technology
13 3 (0.59%) CCTV
13 3 (0.59%) Cybercrime
13 3 (0.59%) Fat Client
13 3 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.59%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 508 (100.00%) Windows
2 382 (75.20%) Windows Server
3 285 (56.10%) Windows Server 2016
4 245 (48.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 200 (39.37%) Windows 10
6 125 (24.61%) Linux
7 85 (16.73%) Windows Server 2008
8 65 (12.80%) Windows 7
9 41 (8.07%) CentOS
10 38 (7.48%) Windows 8
11 16 (3.15%) Windows NT
11 16 (3.15%) Windows XP
12 14 (2.76%) Mac OS
12 14 (2.76%) SUSE
13 13 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 13 (2.56%) Ubuntu
14 9 (1.77%) Apple iOS
15 6 (1.18%) Android
15 6 (1.18%) VMS
16 4 (0.79%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (30.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 144 (28.35%) Problem-Solving
3 119 (23.43%) ITIL
4 83 (16.34%) Customer Service
5 62 (12.20%) Mentoring
6 49 (9.65%) Performance Monitoring
7 48 (9.45%) Storage Management
8 47 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 41 (8.07%) Capacity Management
11 36 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
12 35 (6.89%) Asset Management
13 34 (6.69%) Time Management
14 33 (6.50%) User Experience
15 31 (6.10%) Database Tuning
15 31 (6.10%) Problem Management
15 31 (6.10%) Project Delivery
15 31 (6.10%) Service Delivery
16 30 (5.91%) Actionable Insight
17 29 (5.71%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 159 (31.30%) PowerShell
2 74 (14.57%) SQL
3 40 (7.87%) Bash
4 15 (2.95%) VB
5 12 (2.36%) VBScript
6 10 (1.97%) ActionScript
7 7 (1.38%) Python
8 6 (1.18%) Perl
9 3 (0.59%) C#
9 3 (0.59%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.20%) C++
10 1 (0.20%) Java
10 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 93 (18.31%) Security Cleared
2 83 (16.34%) Degree
3 57 (11.22%) DV Cleared
4 53 (10.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (5.71%) DBS Check
7 28 (5.51%) SC Cleared
8 27 (5.31%) CCNA
9 25 (4.92%) MCSE
10 22 (4.33%) MCSA
11 20 (3.94%) Azure Certification
12 16 (3.15%) HNC
13 15 (2.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 12 (2.36%) CCNP
15 8 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
16 7 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
17 5 (0.98%) A+ Certification
18 4 (0.79%) Master's Degree
18 4 (0.79%) MCTS
19 3 (0.59%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (9.45%) SLA
2 9 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.39%) NIST
5 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) PMO
5 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 364 (71.65%) Active Directory
2 207 (40.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 138 (27.17%) Hyper-V
4 69 (13.58%) VMware ESXi
5 47 (9.25%) vSphere
6 19 (3.74%) Firmware
7 14 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (2.36%) vCloud
8 12 (2.36%) XenApp
9 11 (2.17%) Terminal Services
10 10 (1.97%) OpenSSH
11 6 (1.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 3 (0.59%) Docker
12 3 (0.59%) KVM
13 2 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.39%) NFS
13 2 (0.39%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 96 (18.90%) SCCM
2 87 (17.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 53 (10.43%) WSUS
4 40 (7.87%) vCenter Server
5 21 (4.13%) SCOM
6 19 (3.74%) NetBackup
7 15 (2.95%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (2.76%) Failover Clustering
9 12 (2.36%) EMC NetWorker
9 12 (2.36%) Sysprep
10 10 (1.97%) IBM BigFix
10 10 (1.97%) PowerCLI
10 10 (1.97%) Terraform
11 9 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (1.57%) Ansible
12 8 (1.57%) Autotask
12 8 (1.57%) FortiGate
13 6 (1.18%) Puppet
14 5 (0.98%) Nessus
14 5 (0.98%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 342 (67.32%) Microsoft
2 266 (52.36%) VMware
3 85 (16.73%) Cisco
4 81 (15.94%) Veeam
5 58 (11.42%) Citrix
6 49 (9.65%) Oracle
7 48 (9.45%) HP
8 44 (8.66%) Red Hat
9 34 (6.69%) Dell
10 27 (5.31%) Apple
11 22 (4.33%) Juniper
12 20 (3.94%) Sophos
13 18 (3.54%) IBM
14 17 (3.35%) Fortinet
15 16 (3.15%) 3PAR
15 16 (3.15%) Palo Alto
16 13 (2.56%) Avaya
16 13 (2.56%) Symantec
17 12 (2.36%) EMC
17 12 (2.36%) Fujitsu