Windows Server 2012 Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 689 564 496
Rank change year-on-year -125 -68 -106
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 48 85 288
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.050% 0.19% 0.40%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.81% 1.29% 3.11%
Number of salaries quoted 48 75 219
10th Percentile £25,525 £29,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £33,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £46,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% +9.52% -1.18%
75th Percentile £56,250 £64,375 £48,925
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £56,000
UK median annual salary £42,750 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -7.07% +15.00% -5.88%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows Server 2012 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,917 6,577 9,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 6.22% 15.01% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,462 4,384 6,692
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,355 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.81% -14.73% -7.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £48,925
% change year-on-year +7.14% -14.15% -6.81%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2012 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in England

Windows Server 2012
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2012.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2012 in England

Windows Server 2012
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 18 August 2026. 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
East of England -17 14 £36,500 -41.60% 1
South East -32 12 £26,500 -29.33% 6
South West -59 9 £65,000 +40.54% 1
London -71 8 £47,250 -17.83% 3
West Midlands -26 4 £48,344 -6.75%
Midlands -36 4 £48,344 -3.31% 2
North West -7 1 £65,000 +109.68% 1
North of England -50 1 £65,000 +100.00% 1
Windows Server 2012
UK

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 21 (43.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (22.92%) SharePoint
3 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 34 (70.83%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (31.25%) Azure
3 13 (27.08%) Entra ID
4 8 (16.67%) AWS
5 7 (14.58%) OneDrive
6 5 (10.42%) SaaS
7 4 (8.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (29.17%) DHCP
1 14 (29.17%) DNS
2 12 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (18.75%) LAN
3 9 (18.75%) WAN
4 6 (12.50%) Network Security
4 6 (12.50%) VoIP
5 5 (10.42%) Firewall
6 4 (8.33%) DMZ
6 4 (8.33%) TCP/IP
6 4 (8.33%) VLAN
6 4 (8.33%) VPN
6 4 (8.33%) Wireshark
7 3 (6.25%) Broadband
8 2 (4.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.50%) MySQL
1 6 (12.50%) Oracle Database
1 6 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (39.58%) IT Support
2 18 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 18 (37.50%) Support Engineer
3 16 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 14 (29.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 14 (29.17%) 3rd Line Support
4 14 (29.17%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 7 (14.58%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (12.50%) DBA
6 6 (12.50%) MySQL DBA
6 6 (12.50%) Oracle DBA
6 6 (12.50%) Support Technician
6 6 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
7 4 (8.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
8 3 (6.25%) ICT Support
8 3 (6.25%) Technical Support Executive
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (10.42%) Algorithms
3 4 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.17%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 48 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (77.08%) Windows Server
3 32 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (41.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 14 (29.17%) Windows 10
7 9 (18.75%) Linux
8 7 (14.58%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (22.92%) Customer Service
3 10 (20.83%) ITIL
4 8 (16.67%) Change Management
5 6 (12.50%) Agile
5 6 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 5 (10.42%) Software License Management
7 4 (8.33%) Business Continuity
7 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (8.33%) IT Strategy
7 4 (8.33%) Network Management
7 4 (8.33%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.33%) Server Management
7 4 (8.33%) Server Virtualisation
8 3 (6.25%) ERP
8 3 (6.25%) Proactive Maintenance
9 2 (4.17%) Incident Management
9 2 (4.17%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (10.42%) DV Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 4 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.33%) CCNA
3 4 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (8.33%) MCSA
3 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (4.17%) A+ Certification
4 2 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 23 (47.92%) Hyper-V
3 18 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (12.50%) Ansible
1 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (12.50%) Progress Chef
1 6 (12.50%) Puppet
1 6 (12.50%) SCCM
1 6 (12.50%) SCOM
2 5 (10.42%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 4 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (8.33%) Iperf
Vendors
1 36 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (37.50%) VMware
3 12 (25.00%) Dell
4 10 (20.83%) HP
5 6 (12.50%) IBM
5 6 (12.50%) McAfee
5 6 (12.50%) Oracle
6 5 (10.42%) Veeam
7 4 (8.33%) Cisco
7 4 (8.33%) Fortinet
7 4 (8.33%) Google
7 4 (8.33%) Ruckus Wireless
7 4 (8.33%) SonicWALL
8 3 (6.25%) Acronis
8 3 (6.25%) Sophos
9 2 (4.17%) Apple
9 2 (4.17%) Citrix
9 2 (4.17%) Isilon
9 2 (4.17%) NetApp
9 2 (4.17%) Nimble Storage