Windows Server 2012 Jobs

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 446 438
Rank change year-on-year -128 -8 +30
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 110 522 738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.53% 0.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.67% 3.70% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 98 432 588
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,750 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -0.63% -5.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £52,625
90th Percentile £76,250 £59,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,500 £36,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +10.96% -2.67% -6.25%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 6,583 14,121 16,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.62% 14.36% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,456 10,927 11,200
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,625 £80,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.18% -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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Top 15 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 30 April 2025. 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 -128 103 £43,500 +8.75% 32
UK excluding London -103 58 £40,500 +10.96% 28
London +64 52 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Work from Home +34 24 £42,000 -1.18% 12
South East +23 18 £37,500 -22.68% 7
North of England -5 13 £32,500 -13.33% 9
Yorkshire +42 11 £32,500 -29.35% 1
Midlands -7 10 £50,000 +66.67% 4
West Midlands -7 10 £50,000 +75.44% 2
South West +43 5 £45,000 +50.00% 5
Northern Ireland +38 5 £52,500 +31.25%
East of England +29 5 £62,500 +89.39% 3
North West -11 2 £54,250 +69.53% 6
Scotland +119 1 £71,000 +121.88% 1
Wales +30 1 £32,500 +30.00% 1

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 51 (46.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (22.73%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (2.73%) IIS
5 1 (0.91%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.73%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 73 (66.36%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (64.55%) Azure
3 27 (24.55%) AWS
4 20 (18.18%) Entra ID
5 13 (11.82%) Nutanix
6 12 (10.91%) OneDrive
7 6 (5.45%) SaaS
8 4 (3.64%) GCP
8 4 (3.64%) Rubrik
9 3 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.73%) IaaS
9 3 (2.73%) PaaS
10 2 (1.82%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.82%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.82%) Serverless
11 1 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.91%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.91%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (29.09%) LAN
2 29 (26.36%) WAN
3 27 (24.55%) DNS
4 26 (23.64%) DHCP
5 18 (16.36%) TCP/IP
6 15 (13.64%) Firewall
7 14 (12.73%) VoIP
8 10 (9.09%) VLAN
9 8 (7.27%) Network Security
9 8 (7.27%) SAN
10 6 (5.45%) Multicast
11 5 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (3.64%) DMZ
12 4 (3.64%) VPN
12 4 (3.64%) Wireshark
13 2 (1.82%) Internet
13 2 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (1.82%) Wireless
14 1 (0.91%) Kerberos
14 1 (0.91%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.73%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.45%) DB2
3 3 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.91%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.91%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 8 (7.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.91%) Subversion
2 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 24 (21.82%) Finance
3 12 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (8.18%) Banking
4 9 (8.18%) Law
5 5 (4.55%) Legal
6 4 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.64%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.73%) Marketing
8 1 (0.91%) Automotive
8 1 (0.91%) Back Office
8 1 (0.91%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.91%) Front Office
8 1 (0.91%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.91%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (21.82%) Support Engineer
2 23 (20.91%) Analyst
3 15 (13.64%) IT Support
3 15 (13.64%) Support Analyst
4 12 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (10.00%) IT Engineer
6 9 (8.18%) IT Analyst
6 9 (8.18%) Server Engineer
6 9 (8.18%) Wintel Engineer
7 8 (7.27%) 2nd Line Support
7 8 (7.27%) IT Support Analyst
7 8 (7.27%) Senior
7 8 (7.27%) Windows Engineer
8 7 (6.36%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (6.36%) IT Support Engineer
9 6 (5.45%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (5.45%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (4.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 5 (4.55%) Build Engineer
10 5 (4.55%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.91%) CSS
1 1 (0.91%) LDAP
1 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (0.91%) React
1 1 (0.91%) SAML
1 1 (0.91%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.18%) Replication
2 8 (7.27%) Enterprise Storage
3 7 (6.36%) Data Centre
4 6 (5.45%) Clustering
5 4 (3.64%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (3.64%) Hedge funds
6 3 (2.73%) iPhone
6 3 (2.73%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.82%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.91%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.91%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.91%) EPoS
8 1 (0.91%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.91%) Freedom of Information Act
8 1 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 110 (100.00%) Windows
2 78 (70.91%) Windows Server
3 52 (47.27%) Windows 10
4 47 (42.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 43 (39.09%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (16.36%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (9.09%) Linux
8 8 (7.27%) Windows 7
9 4 (3.64%) Apple iOS
10 3 (2.73%) Debian
10 3 (2.73%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.82%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.91%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.73%) ITIL
2 21 (19.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (17.27%) ITSM
4 17 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.55%) Customer Service
6 14 (12.73%) Incident Management
7 13 (11.82%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (11.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (10.00%) Batch Scripting
8 11 (10.00%) Patch Management
9 10 (9.09%) DevOps
9 10 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (8.18%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (8.18%) Cost Optimisation
10 9 (8.18%) Process Improvement
10 9 (8.18%) Project Delivery
10 9 (8.18%) Server Management
10 9 (8.18%) Service Management
11 8 (7.27%) Migration
12 7 (6.36%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 41 (37.27%) PowerShell
2 19 (17.27%) SQL
3 3 (2.73%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.91%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.91%) Python
4 1 (0.91%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.91%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (21.82%) Degree
2 18 (16.36%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (11.82%) Azure Certification
4 12 (10.91%) Security Cleared
5 10 (9.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (8.18%) MCSE
7 5 (4.55%) DV Cleared
8 4 (3.64%) CCNA
8 4 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.64%) MCP
8 4 (3.64%) MCSA
9 3 (2.73%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.82%) SC Cleared
11 1 (0.91%) HND
11 1 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.64%) SLA
2 3 (2.73%) QA
3 2 (1.82%) ISO 22301
3 2 (1.82%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.82%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.91%) GDPR
System Software
1 66 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 41 (37.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (30.91%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.45%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.82%) vSphere
8 1 (0.91%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.91%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (25.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (13.64%) SCCM
3 13 (11.82%) NetBackup
4 11 (10.00%) SCOM
5 6 (5.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (3.64%) Iperf
7 3 (2.73%) Ansible
8 2 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.82%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.91%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.91%) Terraform
9 1 (0.91%) VxRail
9 1 (0.91%) WMI
Vendors
1 81 (73.64%) Microsoft
2 47 (42.73%) VMware
3 23 (20.91%) ServiceNow
4 11 (10.00%) Cisco
5 10 (9.09%) SolarWinds
5 10 (9.09%) Veeam
6 7 (6.36%) Citrix
7 6 (5.45%) IBM
8 5 (4.55%) Dell
9 4 (3.64%) Commvault
9 4 (3.64%) EMC
9 4 (3.64%) Zerto
10 3 (2.73%) Apple
10 3 (2.73%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.73%) Meraki
10 3 (2.73%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.73%) Riverbed
10 3 (2.73%) Ruckus Wireless
10 3 (2.73%) SonicWALL
10 3 (2.73%) TOWER Software