Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server 2012 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 434 476
Rank change year-on-year -29 +42 -164
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 518 738 1,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.71% 0.73%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.67% 4.47% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 429 589 971
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% -6.25% +1.91%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server 2012 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 14,103 16,511 29,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.28% 15.97% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,900 11,149 16,747
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -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 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server 2012 in the UK

Windows Server 2012
Top 17 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 6 May 2024. 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 +14 488 £40,000 - 86
UK excluding London -48 423 £36,500 -2.67% 72
Work from Home +20 178 £42,500 - 27
South East -27 108 £48,500 +53.97% 24
North of England -2 100 £40,000 - 16
London +21 89 £58,500 +11.11% 15
Midlands +30 81 £30,000 -17.81% 12
South West +9 77 £30,000 -29.41% 14
West Midlands +49 70 £28,500 -24.00% 9
North West -15 43 £32,000 -24.71% 8
Yorkshire +58 40 £46,000 +41.65% 7
East of England -5 33 £33,000 -14.29% 9
North East 0 17 £30,000 -47.83% 1
Wales +9 11 £25,000 -21.88% 2
East Midlands -22 10 £38,500 +5.48% 3
Scotland -78 10 £32,000 -20.00%
Northern Ireland +20 3 £40,000 +36.75%

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
1 126 (24.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (13.90%) SharePoint
3 34 (6.56%) Exchange Server 2013
4 29 (5.60%) Exchange Server 2010
5 18 (3.47%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (1.93%) IIS
7 6 (1.16%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.58%) SAS
9 1 (0.19%) Apache
9 1 (0.19%) Confluence
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) Site Server
9 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 79 (15.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.58%) SPSS
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.19%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.39%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.19%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 271 (52.32%) Microsoft 365
2 256 (49.42%) Azure
3 119 (22.97%) Entra ID
4 33 (6.37%) SaaS
5 32 (6.18%) AWS
6 22 (4.25%) OneDrive
7 17 (3.28%) IaaS
8 13 (2.51%) Mimecast
8 13 (2.51%) PaaS
9 12 (2.32%) OCI
10 11 (2.12%) Google Workspace
11 9 (1.74%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.54%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.97%) WhatsApp
14 4 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (0.77%) GitHub
15 3 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
15 3 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.58%) Dropbox
15 3 (0.58%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 193 (37.26%) Firewall
2 179 (34.56%) DNS
3 141 (27.22%) DHCP
4 82 (15.83%) TCP/IP
5 74 (14.29%) VPN
6 72 (13.90%) SAN
7 56 (10.81%) LAN
8 53 (10.23%) WAN
9 50 (9.65%) Wi-Fi
10 45 (8.69%) VLAN
11 30 (5.79%) Wireless
12 28 (5.41%) VoIP
13 26 (5.02%) NAS
14 20 (3.86%) Internet
15 17 (3.28%) Remote Desktop
16 16 (3.09%) Network Security
16 16 (3.09%) PBX
17 10 (1.93%) iSCSI
18 8 (1.54%) MPLS
19 6 (1.16%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.42%) SQL Server
2 31 (5.98%) MongoDB
3 26 (5.02%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (2.12%) MySQL
5 6 (1.16%) InfluxDB
5 6 (1.16%) MariaDB
5 6 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.77%) DB2
7 3 (0.58%) Big Data
7 3 (0.58%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.39%) MS Access
8 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.19%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.19%) Power BI
9 1 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.16%) Eclipse
2 6 (1.16%) Git
3 2 (0.39%) Hudson
3 2 (0.39%) JIRA
3 2 (0.39%) MSI
3 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.19%) GitLab
4 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 198 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 100 (19.31%) Finance
3 43 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.25%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.28%) Retail
6 16 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.51%) Billing
8 13 (2.51%) Legal
8 13 (2.51%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.93%) Aviation
9 10 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (1.74%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.54%) Law
12 7 (1.35%) Military
13 5 (0.97%) Banking
14 4 (0.77%) Automotive
14 4 (0.77%) Avionics
14 4 (0.77%) Games
14 4 (0.77%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 133 (25.68%) Support Engineer
2 123 (23.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 99 (19.11%) IT Engineer
4 78 (15.06%) IT Support
5 71 (13.71%) Senior
6 54 (10.42%) IT Support Engineer
7 53 (10.23%) Administrator
7 53 (10.23%) Analyst
8 44 (8.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 40 (7.72%) 2nd Line Support
10 35 (6.76%) Infrastructure Support
11 34 (6.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 33 (6.37%) DBA
12 33 (6.37%) IT Technician
13 30 (5.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 28 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 28 (5.41%) DV Cleared DBA
14 28 (5.41%) VMware Engineer
15 22 (4.25%) Infrastructure Specialist
15 22 (4.25%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.16%) LDAP
2 2 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.39%) WSH
2 2 (0.39%) XML
2 2 (0.39%) YAML
3 1 (0.19%) .NET
3 1 (0.19%) EDI
3 1 (0.19%) Kafka
3 1 (0.19%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.23%) Replication
2 50 (9.65%) Self-Motivation
3 45 (8.69%) Driving Licence
4 42 (8.11%) Data Centre
5 31 (5.98%) Clustering
6 25 (4.83%) PKI
7 19 (3.67%) Onboarding
8 15 (2.90%) Management Information System
9 14 (2.70%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.16%) Fat Client
10 6 (1.16%) Handset
10 6 (1.16%) Thin Client
10 6 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
10 6 (1.16%) Xbox
11 5 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (0.97%) iPhone
12 4 (0.77%) Educational Technology
13 3 (0.58%) CCTV
13 3 (0.58%) Cybercrime
13 3 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 518 (100.00%) Windows
2 392 (75.68%) Windows Server
3 292 (56.37%) Windows Server 2016
4 248 (47.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 202 (39.00%) Windows 10
6 128 (24.71%) Linux
7 86 (16.60%) Windows Server 2008
8 65 (12.55%) Windows 7
9 41 (7.92%) CentOS
10 38 (7.34%) Windows 8
11 17 (3.28%) Windows NT
12 16 (3.09%) Windows XP
13 15 (2.90%) Mac OS
13 15 (2.90%) SUSE
14 14 (2.70%) Ubuntu
15 13 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (1.93%) Apple iOS
17 6 (1.16%) Android
17 6 (1.16%) VMS
18 4 (0.77%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (31.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 145 (27.99%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (23.17%) ITIL
4 84 (16.22%) Customer Service
5 63 (12.16%) Mentoring
6 49 (9.46%) Performance Monitoring
7 48 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
7 48 (9.27%) Storage Management
8 44 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (7.92%) Capacity Management
10 37 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
11 36 (6.95%) Asset Management
12 34 (6.56%) Time Management
13 33 (6.37%) User Experience
14 32 (6.18%) Project Delivery
15 31 (5.98%) Database Tuning
15 31 (5.98%) Problem Management
15 31 (5.98%) Service Delivery
16 30 (5.79%) Actionable Insight
17 29 (5.60%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 162 (31.27%) PowerShell
2 79 (15.25%) SQL
3 40 (7.72%) Bash
4 15 (2.90%) VB
5 12 (2.32%) VBScript
6 10 (1.93%) ActionScript
7 7 (1.35%) Python
8 6 (1.16%) Perl
9 3 (0.58%) C#
9 3 (0.58%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.19%) C++
10 1 (0.19%) Java
10 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 97 (18.73%) Security Cleared
2 83 (16.02%) Degree
3 61 (11.78%) DV Cleared
4 54 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (5.79%) SC Cleared
7 29 (5.60%) DBS Check
8 27 (5.21%) CCNA
9 26 (5.02%) MCSE
10 23 (4.44%) MCSA
11 20 (3.86%) Azure Certification
12 16 (3.09%) HNC
12 16 (3.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (2.32%) CCNP
14 8 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (0.97%) A+ Certification
17 4 (0.77%) Master's Degree
17 4 (0.77%) MCTS
18 3 (0.58%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (9.46%) SLA
2 9 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.39%) NIST
5 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.19%) PMO
5 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 373 (72.01%) Active Directory
2 215 (41.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 145 (27.99%) Hyper-V
4 71 (13.71%) VMware ESXi
5 50 (9.65%) vSphere
6 20 (3.86%) Firmware
7 14 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (2.51%) vCloud
9 12 (2.32%) XenApp
10 11 (2.12%) Terminal Services
11 10 (1.93%) OpenSSH
12 6 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 4 (0.77%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.58%) Docker
14 3 (0.58%) KVM
15 2 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.39%) NFS
15 2 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.39%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 99 (19.11%) SCCM
2 88 (16.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 57 (11.00%) WSUS
4 40 (7.72%) vCenter Server
5 21 (4.05%) SCOM
6 19 (3.67%) NetBackup
7 18 (3.47%) Failover Clustering
8 16 (3.09%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (2.51%) Sysprep
10 12 (2.32%) EMC NetWorker
11 10 (1.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.93%) IBM BigFix
11 10 (1.93%) PowerCLI
11 10 (1.93%) Terraform
12 8 (1.54%) Ansible
12 8 (1.54%) Autotask
12 8 (1.54%) FortiGate
12 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 6 (1.16%) Puppet
14 5 (0.97%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 352 (67.95%) Microsoft
2 273 (52.70%) VMware
3 87 (16.80%) Cisco
4 82 (15.83%) Veeam
5 58 (11.20%) Citrix
6 49 (9.46%) HP
6 49 (9.46%) Oracle
7 44 (8.49%) Red Hat
8 34 (6.56%) Dell
9 28 (5.41%) Apple
10 22 (4.25%) Juniper
11 20 (3.86%) Sophos
12 18 (3.47%) IBM
13 17 (3.28%) Fortinet
14 16 (3.09%) 3PAR
14 16 (3.09%) Palo Alto
15 13 (2.51%) Avaya
15 13 (2.51%) Fujitsu
15 13 (2.51%) Symantec
16 12 (2.32%) EMC