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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 434 503
Rank change year-on-year -29 +69 -178
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2012 505 711 1,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.72% 0.71%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.61% 4.46% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 413 571 957
10th Percentile £24,900 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £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% +5.26%

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 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 18 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 18 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 -5 475 £40,000 - 89
UK excluding London -54 414 £36,500 -2.67% 72
Work from Home +11 167 £42,500 - 31
South East -36 107 £48,500 +53.97% 26
North of England -5 95 £40,000 - 22
London +6 85 £60,000 +13.96% 20
South West +16 78 £30,000 -31.43% 11
Midlands +5 77 £29,250 -19.86% 5
West Midlands +34 67 £28,500 -20.83% 3
Yorkshire +49 39 £46,000 +22.67% 16
North West -34 39 £32,000 -24.71% 6
East of England -14 33 £33,000 -16.46% 8
North East +2 17 £30,000 -48.94%
Wales +5 11 £25,000 -21.88% 1
Scotland -78 10 £32,000 -20.00% 2
East Midlands -17 9 £34,000 -6.85% 2
Northern Ireland +21 3 £40,000 +23.08%

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
1 116 (22.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 67 (13.27%) SharePoint
3 32 (6.34%) Exchange Server 2013
4 25 (4.95%) Exchange Server 2010
5 18 (3.56%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (1.98%) IIS
7 6 (1.19%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.59%) SAS
9 2 (0.40%) Confluence
10 1 (0.20%) Apache
10 1 (0.20%) Site Server
10 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 81 (16.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.59%) SPSS
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.20%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.40%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 254 (50.30%) Microsoft 365
2 244 (48.32%) Azure
3 117 (23.17%) Entra ID
4 32 (6.34%) AWS
5 31 (6.14%) SaaS
6 22 (4.36%) OneDrive
7 16 (3.17%) IaaS
8 13 (2.57%) PaaS
9 12 (2.38%) Mimecast
9 12 (2.38%) OCI
10 11 (2.18%) Google Workspace
11 8 (1.58%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.39%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.99%) WhatsApp
14 4 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (0.79%) Dropbox
14 4 (0.79%) GitHub
15 3 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
15 3 (0.59%) Azure Storage
15 3 (0.59%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 182 (36.04%) Firewall
2 173 (34.26%) DNS
3 132 (26.14%) DHCP
4 83 (16.44%) TCP/IP
5 68 (13.47%) VPN
6 62 (12.28%) SAN
7 54 (10.69%) LAN
8 50 (9.90%) WAN
9 49 (9.70%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (7.92%) VLAN
11 26 (5.15%) Wireless
12 25 (4.95%) VoIP
13 21 (4.16%) Internet
13 21 (4.16%) NAS
14 16 (3.17%) PBX
15 15 (2.97%) Remote Desktop
16 13 (2.57%) Network Security
17 10 (1.98%) iSCSI
18 6 (1.19%) IPsec
18 6 (1.19%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (10.30%) SQL Server
2 32 (6.34%) MongoDB
3 25 (4.95%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.58%) MySQL
5 6 (1.19%) InfluxDB
5 6 (1.19%) MariaDB
5 6 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.79%) DB2
7 3 (0.59%) Big Data
7 3 (0.59%) EDRMS
8 2 (0.40%) MS Access
8 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.20%) NonStop SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Power BI
9 1 (0.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (1.58%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.19%) Eclipse
2 6 (1.19%) Git
3 4 (0.79%) JIRA
4 2 (0.40%) Hudson
4 2 (0.40%) MSI
4 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.20%) GitLab
5 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 191 (37.82%) Social Skills
2 100 (19.80%) Finance
3 44 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.36%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.37%) Retail
6 16 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (2.57%) Legal
8 13 (2.57%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.18%) Billing
10 10 (1.98%) Aviation
10 10 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (1.58%) Law
11 8 (1.58%) Public Sector
12 5 (0.99%) Banking
12 5 (0.99%) Military
13 4 (0.79%) Automotive
13 4 (0.79%) Avionics
13 4 (0.79%) Games
13 4 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 131 (25.94%) Support Engineer
2 117 (23.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 95 (18.81%) IT Engineer
4 75 (14.85%) IT Support
5 66 (13.07%) Senior
6 54 (10.69%) Administrator
7 52 (10.30%) IT Support Engineer
8 50 (9.90%) Analyst
9 41 (8.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 37 (7.33%) 2nd Line Support
11 34 (6.73%) DBA
11 34 (6.73%) Infrastructure Support
12 33 (6.53%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 33 (6.53%) IT Technician
13 29 (5.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 29 (5.74%) DV Cleared DBA
13 29 (5.74%) VMware Engineer
14 26 (5.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 23 (4.55%) Lead
15 23 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.99%) LDAP
2 2 (0.40%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.40%) WSH
2 2 (0.40%) XML
2 2 (0.40%) YAML
3 1 (0.20%) .NET
3 1 (0.20%) Kafka
3 1 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (10.30%) Replication
2 48 (9.50%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (8.71%) Driving Licence
4 41 (8.12%) Data Centre
5 26 (5.15%) Clustering
5 26 (5.15%) PKI
6 17 (3.37%) Onboarding
7 13 (2.57%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.38%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.19%) Handset
9 6 (1.19%) Xbox
10 5 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.99%) iPhone
10 5 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.79%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.59%) Cybercrime
12 3 (0.59%) Fat Client
12 3 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.59%) Thin Client
13 2 (0.40%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 505 (100.00%) Windows
2 379 (75.05%) Windows Server
3 285 (56.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 241 (47.72%) Windows Server 2019
5 201 (39.80%) Windows 10
6 125 (24.75%) Linux
7 80 (15.84%) Windows Server 2008
8 66 (13.07%) Windows 7
9 42 (8.32%) CentOS
10 37 (7.33%) Windows 8
11 16 (3.17%) Windows XP
12 15 (2.97%) Windows NT
13 14 (2.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 14 (2.77%) SUSE
14 13 (2.57%) Mac OS
15 11 (2.18%) Ubuntu
16 9 (1.78%) Apple iOS
17 6 (1.19%) VMS
18 4 (0.79%) Android
18 4 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (30.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 141 (27.92%) Problem-Solving
3 119 (23.56%) ITIL
4 84 (16.63%) Customer Service
5 63 (12.48%) Mentoring
6 49 (9.70%) Performance Monitoring
6 49 (9.70%) Storage Management
7 48 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (8.32%) Capacity Management
9 40 (7.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (7.13%) Time Management
11 34 (6.73%) Asset Management
11 34 (6.73%) User Experience
12 32 (6.34%) Database Tuning
12 32 (6.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (6.34%) Problem Management
13 31 (6.14%) Service Delivery
14 30 (5.94%) Project Delivery
15 28 (5.54%) Customer Experience
16 27 (5.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 162 (32.08%) PowerShell
2 74 (14.65%) SQL
3 41 (8.12%) Bash
4 16 (3.17%) VB
5 13 (2.57%) VBScript
6 11 (2.18%) ActionScript
7 7 (1.39%) Python
8 6 (1.19%) Perl
9 3 (0.59%) C#
9 3 (0.59%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.20%) C++
10 1 (0.20%) Java
10 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.20%) VBA
Qualifications
1 97 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 84 (16.63%) Degree
3 57 (11.29%) DV Cleared
4 55 (10.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (6.34%) SC Cleared
6 30 (5.94%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (5.54%) DBS Check
8 27 (5.35%) MCSE
9 26 (5.15%) CCNA
10 21 (4.16%) MCSA
11 18 (3.56%) Azure Certification
12 17 (3.37%) HNC
13 14 (2.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 12 (2.38%) CCNP
15 8 (1.58%) Network+ Certification
16 5 (0.99%) A+ Certification
16 5 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
17 4 (0.79%) Master's Degree
17 4 (0.79%) MCTS
18 3 (0.59%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.91%) SLA
2 9 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.20%) GDPR
5 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) PMO
5 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 359 (71.09%) Active Directory
2 202 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 136 (26.93%) Hyper-V
4 73 (14.46%) VMware ESXi
5 48 (9.50%) vSphere
6 16 (3.17%) Firmware
7 13 (2.57%) XenApp
8 12 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
9 11 (2.18%) OpenSSH
9 11 (2.18%) Terminal Services
9 11 (2.18%) vCloud
10 6 (1.19%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 3 (0.59%) Docker
11 3 (0.59%) KVM
11 3 (0.59%) NFS
12 2 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (0.40%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.20%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 96 (19.01%) SCCM
2 84 (16.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 53 (10.50%) WSUS
4 43 (8.51%) vCenter Server
5 20 (3.96%) SCOM
6 19 (3.76%) NetBackup
7 15 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
8 12 (2.38%) EMC NetWorker
8 12 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
9 11 (2.18%) IBM BigFix
9 11 (2.18%) PowerCLI
9 11 (2.18%) Sysprep
10 10 (1.98%) Terraform
11 8 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (1.58%) Ansible
11 8 (1.58%) Autotask
12 6 (1.19%) Puppet
13 5 (0.99%) FortiGate
13 5 (0.99%) Nessus
13 5 (0.99%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 337 (66.73%) Microsoft
2 262 (51.88%) VMware
3 81 (16.04%) Cisco
4 78 (15.45%) Veeam
5 58 (11.49%) Citrix
6 50 (9.90%) Oracle
7 45 (8.91%) Red Hat
8 44 (8.71%) HP
9 32 (6.34%) Dell
10 26 (5.15%) Apple
11 22 (4.36%) Juniper
12 19 (3.76%) IBM
12 19 (3.76%) Sophos
13 17 (3.37%) Fortinet
14 16 (3.17%) 3PAR
15 15 (2.97%) Palo Alto
16 13 (2.57%) Avaya
16 13 (2.57%) Symantec
17 12 (2.38%) EMC
17 12 (2.38%) Extreme Networks