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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 219 182
Rank change year-on-year 0 -37 +65
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 5 27 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.064% 0.42% 0.84%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.98% 2.56% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 47
10th Percentile - £34,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,338 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +14.29% -9.09%
75th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,500 £57,700 £46,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £48,500 £43,742
% change year-on-year -7.22% +10.88% +2.92%

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 511 1,053 835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.53% 16.50% 14.63%
Number of salaries quoted 404 385 742
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,900 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £46,563 £57,500 £56,938
90th Percentile £63,400 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £44,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% - -4.76%

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
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the Midlands

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 14 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
East Midlands -9 4 £37,500 -33.04% 2
West Midlands +1 1 £50,000 +33.33%
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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) IaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) NAS
3 1 (20.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) ERP Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CCTV
1 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) MCP
1 2 (40.00%) MCSA
1 2 (40.00%) MCSE
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (60.00%) vSphere
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Draytek
3 2 (40.00%) Mitel
3 2 (40.00%) WatchGuard
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (20.00%) Veeam