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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 465 436
Rank change year-on-year +49 -29 +77
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 307 510 693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.49% 0.72%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.29% 3.63% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 83 411 554
10th Percentile £29,500 £24,875 £26,575
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,561 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £40,150
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -2.86% -5.53%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £59,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year +2.74% -5.19% -3.75%

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 7,159 14,054 15,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 13.56% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,235 10,700 10,440
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% -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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Top 16 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 31 May 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 +33 304 £42,500 +6.25% 42
Work from Home +171 241 £41,250 -2.94% 23
London +136 112 £52,500 -19.23% 15
UK excluding London -69 112 £37,500 +2.74% 31
South East +10 41 £37,500 -22.68% 6
East of England +45 31 £62,500 +89.39% 5
North of England -41 17 £32,500 -18.75% 10
South West +41 10 £46,250 +54.17% 5
Midlands 0 10 £49,844 +74.89% 2
Yorkshire +24 8 £32,500 -29.35% 2
North West -29 8 £31,000 -3.13% 8
West Midlands -3 7 £53,688 +88.38% 2
East Midlands +38 3 £46,000 +16.46%
Northern Ireland +41 2 £52,500 +31.25% 1
North East +34 1 - -
Wales +31 1 £34,000 +36.00% 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 43 (14.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (4.89%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (0.98%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 68 (22.15%) Azure
2 62 (20.20%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (9.45%) AWS
4 18 (5.86%) Entra ID
5 15 (4.89%) Nutanix
6 6 (1.95%) OneDrive
7 5 (1.63%) GCP
7 5 (1.63%) IaaS
7 5 (1.63%) Rubrik
7 5 (1.63%) SaaS
8 4 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.30%) PaaS
9 2 (0.65%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 215 (70.03%) Broadband
2 31 (10.10%) DNS
3 30 (9.77%) DHCP
4 27 (8.79%) LAN
5 25 (8.14%) WAN
6 22 (7.17%) TCP/IP
7 14 (4.56%) Firewall
8 12 (3.91%) VoIP
9 11 (3.58%) VLAN
10 7 (2.28%) Network Security
10 7 (2.28%) SAN
11 6 (1.95%) Multicast
12 4 (1.30%) VPN
13 3 (0.98%) DMZ
13 3 (0.98%) Wireless
13 3 (0.98%) Wireshark
14 2 (0.65%) Internet
14 2 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
15 1 (0.33%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.95%) DB2
3 3 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 250 (81.43%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.14%) Finance
3 11 (3.58%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (3.58%) Banking
4 7 (2.28%) Law
5 6 (1.95%) Legal
6 4 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.30%) Public Sector
7 3 (0.98%) Retail
8 1 (0.33%) Automotive
8 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 235 (76.55%) Support Engineer
2 19 (6.19%) Analyst
3 13 (4.23%) IT Support
4 11 (3.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (3.58%) Support Analyst
4 11 (3.58%) Wintel Engineer
5 10 (3.26%) Windows Engineer
6 9 (2.93%) IT Engineer
7 7 (2.28%) IT Technician
8 6 (1.95%) Cloud Engineer
8 6 (1.95%) Help Desk Technician
8 6 (1.95%) IT Support Engineer
8 6 (1.95%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (1.63%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (1.63%) 3rd Line Support
9 5 (1.63%) IT Analyst
9 5 (1.63%) Senior
9 5 (1.63%) Server Engineer
9 5 (1.63%) Windows Server Engineer
10 4 (1.30%) PowerShell Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.26%) Replication
2 8 (2.61%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (1.95%) Clustering
3 6 (1.95%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.63%) Driving Licence
4 5 (1.63%) Hedge funds
5 3 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (0.98%) EPoS
5 3 (0.98%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 307 (100.00%) Windows
2 66 (21.50%) Windows Server
3 41 (13.36%) Windows 10
3 41 (13.36%) Windows Server 2019
4 38 (12.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (4.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (3.26%) Linux
7 6 (1.95%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.30%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.98%) Debian
9 3 (0.98%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (71.34%) Proactive Monitoring
2 216 (70.36%) Coaching
3 215 (70.03%) Broadcast Engineering
3 215 (70.03%) Post-Production
3 215 (70.03%) Proactive Maintenance
3 215 (70.03%) Procure-to-Pay
4 28 (9.12%) ITIL
5 15 (4.89%) Incident Management
5 15 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (4.56%) Batch Scripting
6 14 (4.56%) Collaborative Working
6 14 (4.56%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (4.56%) Patch Management
6 14 (4.56%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (4.23%) ITSM
8 11 (3.58%) Artificial Intelligence
8 11 (3.58%) Customer Service
8 11 (3.58%) DevOps
8 11 (3.58%) Process Improvement
8 11 (3.58%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 39 (12.70%) PowerShell
2 16 (5.21%) SQL
3 3 (0.98%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.33%) Python
4 1 (0.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 234 (76.22%) Degree
2 17 (5.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (4.23%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.93%) MCSE
4 9 (2.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (1.30%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.98%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.98%) CCNA
6 3 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.98%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.98%) MCP
6 3 (0.98%) MCSA
7 2 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.86%) SLA
2 2 (0.65%) ISO 22301
2 2 (0.65%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
2 2 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 273 (88.93%) Active Directory
2 41 (13.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (10.10%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (9.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.21%) NetBackup
3 15 (4.89%) SCCM
4 11 (3.58%) SCOM
5 6 (1.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.30%) Ansible
7 3 (0.98%) Iperf
7 3 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.33%) WMI
Vendors
1 292 (95.11%) Microsoft
2 215 (70.03%) Sun
3 47 (15.31%) VMware
4 21 (6.84%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.56%) Veeam
6 12 (3.91%) SolarWinds
7 9 (2.93%) Cisco
8 7 (2.28%) Citrix
9 6 (1.95%) IBM
10 5 (1.63%) Commvault
10 5 (1.63%) Zerto
11 4 (1.30%) EMC
11 4 (1.30%) Oracle
11 4 (1.30%) TOWER Software
12 3 (0.98%) Dell
12 3 (0.98%) iManage
12 3 (0.98%) MobileIron
12 3 (0.98%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.98%) Riverbed
12 3 (0.98%) Ruckus Wireless