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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 524 331
Rank change year-on-year -20 -193 +63
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 58 137 389
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.28% 0.85%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.28% 1.80% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 44 83 330
10th Percentile £31,700 £30,625 £27,650
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £48,925 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% +15.12% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £60,000 £55,000
90th Percentile - £70,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

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 4,527 7,598 7,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 8.69% 15.40% 16.78%
Number of salaries quoted 3,454 4,353 6,381
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,300 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,950 £87,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £50,148 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.26% +0.30% -4.76%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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
London +30 30 £75,000 +42.86% 1
South East +12 21 £38,750 -35.42% 7
Midlands -1 6 £45,000 - 1
East Midlands -19 4 £37,500 -31.82% 1
West Midlands +7 2 £50,000 +33.33%
North West +34 1 £55,000 +4.76% 4
North of England +10 1 £55,000 +58.27% 7
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 31 (53.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (13.79%) IIS
3 5 (8.62%) Confluence
3 5 (8.62%) Tomcat
4 3 (5.17%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.72%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) AutoCAD
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.72%) Acrobat
3 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.72%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (3.45%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.72%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 30 (51.72%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (29.31%) Entra ID
3 16 (27.59%) Azure
4 10 (17.24%) AWS
5 8 (13.79%) Google Workspace
6 5 (8.62%) OpenShift
7 4 (6.90%) IaaS
8 3 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (3.45%) PaaS
9 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 2 (3.45%) PowerApps
9 2 (3.45%) SaaS
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 45 (77.59%) DNS
2 39 (67.24%) DHCP
3 22 (37.93%) LAN
4 20 (34.48%) TCP/IP
4 20 (34.48%) WAN
5 16 (27.59%) SAN
6 11 (18.97%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (13.79%) VoIP
8 7 (12.07%) Firewall
9 5 (8.62%) VPN
10 3 (5.17%) NAS
10 3 (5.17%) Wireless
11 2 (3.45%) IP Telephony
11 2 (3.45%) VLAN
12 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) Oracle Database
2 2 (3.45%) Power BI
3 1 (1.72%) MySQL
3 1 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 5 (8.62%) Bitbucket
1 5 (8.62%) GitLab
1 5 (8.62%) Jenkins
1 5 (8.62%) JIRA
General
1 30 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 17 (29.31%) Finance
3 11 (18.97%) Legal
4 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.45%) Automotive
5 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.45%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.72%) Military
6 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (27.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 15 (25.86%) IT Support
2 15 (25.86%) Support Engineer
3 13 (22.41%) IT Engineer
3 13 (22.41%) IT Support Engineer
4 11 (18.97%) Windows Engineer
5 10 (17.24%) Systems Engineer
5 10 (17.24%) Windows Systems Engineer
6 8 (13.79%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 8 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) IT Administrator
9 2 (3.45%) IT Systems Administrator
9 2 (3.45%) Senior
9 2 (3.45%) Senior IT Engineer
9 2 (3.45%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) Kafka
2 4 (6.90%) Middleware
3 1 (1.72%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Enterprise Software
1 11 (18.97%) Hedge funds
2 5 (8.62%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.45%) CCTV
4 1 (1.72%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.72%) Clustering
4 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.72%) PKI
4 1 (1.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 53 (91.38%) Windows Server
3 29 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 20 (34.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (18.97%) Linux
6 9 (15.52%) Windows 10
7 8 (13.79%) Mac OS
8 5 (8.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (8.62%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (5.17%) Windows 7
10 2 (3.45%) OpenVMS
10 2 (3.45%) VMS
11 1 (1.72%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (44.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 17 (29.31%) DevOps
4 15 (25.86%) Collaborative Working
4 15 (25.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (20.69%) Performance Tuning
5 12 (20.69%) Security Operations
6 11 (18.97%) Batch Scripting
6 11 (18.97%) Patch Management
6 11 (18.97%) Systems Engineering
6 11 (18.97%) Task Automation
7 7 (12.07%) Agile
8 6 (10.34%) CI/CD
8 6 (10.34%) ERP
8 6 (10.34%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.62%) Configuration Management
9 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Automation
9 5 (8.62%) ITIL
9 5 (8.62%) Platform Engineering
10 4 (6.90%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 18 (31.03%) PowerShell
2 7 (12.07%) SQL
3 5 (8.62%) Bash
3 5 (8.62%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) Bicep
4 1 (1.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.62%) MCP
2 5 (8.62%) MCSA
3 4 (6.90%) MCSE
4 3 (5.17%) Degree
4 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
5 2 (3.45%) CCNA
5 2 (3.45%) CCNP
5 2 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.45%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (5.17%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 55 (94.83%) Active Directory
2 17 (29.31%) VMware ESXi
3 15 (25.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (22.41%) Hyper-V
5 5 (8.62%) Docker
6 4 (6.90%) vSphere
7 2 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (32.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 17 (29.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (20.69%) SCCM
3 12 (20.69%) vCenter Server
4 11 (18.97%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (10.34%) Ansible
6 5 (8.62%) Kubernetes
6 5 (8.62%) Progress Chef
6 5 (8.62%) Puppet
7 2 (3.45%) NetBackup
7 2 (3.45%) SCOM
7 2 (3.45%) WSUS
8 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
8 1 (1.72%) Grafana
8 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (82.76%) Microsoft
2 33 (56.90%) VMware
3 20 (34.48%) Veeam
4 13 (22.41%) SolarWinds
5 12 (20.69%) 3PAR
5 12 (20.69%) NetApp
6 11 (18.97%) Bloomberg
6 11 (18.97%) Reuters
7 8 (13.79%) Google
7 8 (13.79%) Oracle
8 5 (8.62%) Red Hat
9 4 (6.90%) Atlassian
10 3 (5.17%) Cisco
10 3 (5.17%) Mitel
11 2 (3.45%) Apple
11 2 (3.45%) Dell
11 2 (3.45%) Draytek
11 2 (3.45%) Ubiquiti
11 2 (3.45%) Veritas
11 2 (3.45%) WatchGuard