Windows Server 2012 Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 222 244
Rank change year-on-year -41 +22 -31
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 4 7 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.028% 0.12% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.54% 0.79% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 44
10th Percentile - £45,659 £25,138
25th Percentile £40,500 £46,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,344 £50,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +75.44% -19.72%
75th Percentile £53,688 £53,688 £37,438
90th Percentile - - £49,050
England median annual salary £43,000 £45,074 £42,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% +7.32% -1.18%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 734 889 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.08% 15.36% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 549 678 896
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,925 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.10% -7.69% -11.11%
75th Percentile £51,250 £48,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £69,125 £64,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year +8.43% -13.54% -8.57%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Windows Server 2012
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows Server 2012.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
West Midlands -29 4 £48,344 -6.75% 1
Windows Server 2012
England

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Server Management
2 2 (50.00%) Availability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) Release Management
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Dell
2 2 (50.00%) Isilon
2 2 (50.00%) NetApp
2 2 (50.00%) Nimble Storage