Hybrid/Remote Windows Server 2012 Job Trends

Microsoft Windows Server 2012
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Windows Server 2012 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 396 414
Rank change year-on-year +22 +18 +7
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 29 25 171
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.16% 0.17% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.09% 1.26% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 24 25 145
10th Percentile £21,250 £25,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £40,688 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.18% -
75th Percentile - £76,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £56,250 - £55,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -2.50%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,388 1,988 4,449
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 7.57% 13.83% 13.68%
Number of salaries quoted 954 1,372 3,625
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,783 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +0.54% -4.55%
75th Percentile £74,987 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -14.29%

Windows Server 2012
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows Server 2012 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows Server 2012 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Windows Server 2012
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Server 2012.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Server 2012 over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Windows Server 2012 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Windows Server 2012
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 22 (75.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (31.03%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (31.03%) Exchange Server 2010
2 9 (31.03%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (72.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (79.31%) Azure
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (51.72%) Google Workspace
3 14 (48.28%) AWS
4 9 (31.03%) Entra ID
5 5 (17.24%) SaaS
6 4 (13.79%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 27 (93.10%) DHCP
1 27 (93.10%) DNS
2 23 (79.31%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (48.28%) LAN
3 14 (48.28%) TCP/IP
3 14 (48.28%) WAN
4 13 (44.83%) VoIP
5 5 (17.24%) Firewall
5 5 (17.24%) VPN
6 4 (13.79%) SAN
7 1 (3.45%) BGP
General
1 9 (31.03%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (79.31%) IT Support
1 23 (79.31%) Support Engineer
2 22 (75.86%) IT Engineer
2 22 (75.86%) IT Support Engineer
3 14 (48.28%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 14 (48.28%) 2nd Line Support
3 14 (48.28%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Junior
4 5 (17.24%) Junior IT Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Junior IT Support
4 5 (17.24%) Junior Support Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Remote Support Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (13.79%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) IT Support Technician
6 1 (3.45%) IT Technician
6 1 (3.45%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (3.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Windows
1 29 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 23 (79.31%) Windows Server 2016
3 17 (58.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (51.72%) Windows 10
5 13 (44.83%) Mac OS
6 10 (34.48%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (3.45%) Linux
7 1 (3.45%) Mac OS X
7 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (93.10%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (31.03%) Server Virtualisation
3 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (13.79%) DevOps
4 4 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (13.79%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (13.79%) Security Operations
5 2 (6.90%) Customer Service
6 1 (3.45%) Line Management
6 1 (3.45%) Low Latency
6 1 (3.45%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (96.55%) Active Directory
2 14 (48.28%) Hyper-V
3 4 (13.79%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.45%) iptables
Systems Management
1 14 (48.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (13.79%) SCCM
3 4 (13.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (89.66%) Microsoft
2 14 (48.28%) Google
3 9 (31.03%) Dell
3 9 (31.03%) HP
4 4 (13.79%) 3PAR
4 4 (13.79%) NetApp
4 4 (13.79%) SolarWinds
4 4 (13.79%) Veeam
4 4 (13.79%) VMware
5 1 (3.45%) Arista
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco
5 1 (3.45%) Juniper