Windows Server 2012 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 696 587 470
Rank change year-on-year -109 -117 -79
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 65 97 469
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.20% 0.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.05% 1.40% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 60 85 382
10th Percentile £25,000 £29,500 £24,538
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £43,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +16.00% -7.52%
75th Percentile £56,250 £61,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £56,275
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% - -3.85%

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 6,168 6,921 13,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.25% 14.06% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,639 4,610 10,277
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,000 £26,043
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £31,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -7.61% -12.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Salary Trend

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

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

Windows Server 2012
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 12 July 2026.

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 12 July 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
England -97 56 £42,250 -0.59% 14
UK excluding London -69 50 £36,500 -2.67% 14
Work from Home -17 19 £42,000 +10.53% 5
East of England -6 14 £36,500 -41.60% 1
London -47 14 £42,000 -20.00% 2
South East -35 10 £26,000 -30.67% 5
South West -53 9 £65,000 +40.54% 3
Scotland - 7 £22,500 -
North of England -26 5 £33,500 +3.08% 1
Midlands -33 4 £53,094 +6.19% 3
West Midlands -20 3 £53,688 +3.56% 1
Yorkshire -34 3 £33,500 +3.08% 1
North West -17 2 £60,000 +93.55%
East Midlands -28 1 £52,500 +14.13% 2
Wales -46 1 £34,000 - 2

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 32 (49.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (18.46%) SharePoint
3 9 (13.85%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (13.85%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (13.85%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.54%) IIS
Applications
1 20 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Alphatax
2 1 (1.54%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 47 (72.31%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (47.69%) Azure
3 17 (26.15%) Entra ID
4 14 (21.54%) AWS
5 11 (16.92%) Google Workspace
6 10 (15.38%) OneDrive
6 10 (15.38%) SaaS
7 3 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.62%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.54%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 29 (44.62%) DNS
2 28 (43.08%) DHCP
3 23 (35.38%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (26.15%) LAN
4 17 (26.15%) WAN
5 16 (24.62%) Firewall
6 9 (13.85%) TCP/IP
6 9 (13.85%) VoIP
7 8 (12.31%) VLAN
8 7 (10.77%) VPN
9 6 (9.23%) Broadband
10 5 (7.69%) Network Security
11 4 (6.15%) DMZ
11 4 (6.15%) Wireshark
12 3 (4.62%) Mobile Broadband
12 3 (4.62%) Softphone
13 1 (1.54%) Cisco IOS
13 1 (1.54%) Cisco Wireless
13 1 (1.54%) VSAN
13 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.31%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.77%) MySQL
2 7 (10.77%) Oracle Database
2 7 (10.77%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.62%) Power BI
4 1 (1.54%) Relational Database
General
1 14 (21.54%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (4.62%) Finance
3 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Law
5 1 (1.54%) Marketing
5 1 (1.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (53.85%) IT Support
2 30 (46.15%) Support Engineer
3 28 (43.08%) IT Engineer
4 27 (41.54%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (26.15%) 2nd Line Support
6 13 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 13 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
6 13 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 11 (16.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 11 (16.92%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (10.77%) DBA
8 7 (10.77%) MySQL DBA
8 7 (10.77%) Oracle DBA
8 7 (10.77%) Support Technician
9 6 (9.23%) Wintel Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Junior
10 5 (7.69%) Junior IT Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Junior IT Support
10 5 (7.69%) Junior Support Engineer
10 5 (7.69%) Remote Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.15%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.62%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.62%) iPhone
5 2 (3.08%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.08%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.54%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 65 (100.00%) Windows
2 50 (76.92%) Windows Server
3 44 (67.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 25 (38.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 24 (36.92%) Windows Server 2008
6 20 (30.77%) Windows 10
7 12 (18.46%) Mac OS
8 10 (15.38%) Linux
9 3 (4.62%) Apple iOS
10 2 (3.08%) Windows 7
11 1 (1.54%) Android
11 1 (1.54%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (26.15%) Customer Service
3 10 (15.38%) Agile
3 10 (15.38%) Server Virtualisation
4 9 (13.85%) ITIL
5 8 (12.31%) Change Management
6 7 (10.77%) CI/CD
7 5 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (7.69%) Network Management
7 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 5 (7.69%) Software License Management
8 4 (6.15%) Business Continuity
8 4 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (6.15%) IT Strategy
8 4 (6.15%) Mentoring
9 3 (4.62%) Creative Thinking
9 3 (4.62%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (4.62%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 5 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.15%) AWS Certification
3 4 (6.15%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.15%) CCNA
3 4 (6.15%) MCSA
3 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 1 (1.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) SLA
2 4 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 43 (66.15%) Active Directory
2 30 (46.15%) Hyper-V
3 20 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (9.23%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.62%) BitLocker
5 3 (4.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (15.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 7 (10.77%) Ansible
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (10.77%) Progress Chef
2 7 (10.77%) Puppet
3 6 (9.23%) SCCM
3 6 (9.23%) SCOM
4 5 (7.69%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Iperf
Vendors
1 48 (73.85%) Microsoft
2 21 (32.31%) VMware
3 17 (26.15%) Dell
4 16 (24.62%) HP
5 10 (15.38%) Google
6 7 (10.77%) Oracle
7 6 (9.23%) Cisco
7 6 (9.23%) IBM
7 6 (9.23%) McAfee
7 6 (9.23%) Veeam
8 4 (6.15%) Fortinet
8 4 (6.15%) Ruckus Wireless
8 4 (6.15%) SonicWALL
9 3 (4.62%) Acronis
9 3 (4.62%) Bomgar
9 3 (4.62%) iManage
9 3 (4.62%) Sophos
10 2 (3.08%) Citrix
10 2 (3.08%) Isilon
11 1 (1.54%) Meraki