Microsoft Windows 8
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows 8 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 8 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 795 894 1104
Rank change year-on-year +99 +210 -319
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 119 58 133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.060% 0.080%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.85% 0.37% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 107 50 122
10th Percentile £22,750 £20,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,625 £24,438 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +14.55% -9.84%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,625 £35,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £36,000 £42,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £31,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year -7.94% +18.87% -14.52%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows 8 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 13,986 15,669 31,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 16.10% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 10,509 16,510
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
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 £92,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 8.

Salary trend for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 8 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
UK excluding London +44 119 £29,000 -7.94% 10
England +133 116 £29,083 -7.67% 11
South East +26 57 £30,000 -4.76% 1
Work from Home +117 54 £30,000 +22.45% 3
Midlands - 21 £26,500 - 2
East of England - 19 £33,000 - 4
North of England +44 15 £23,500 +17.50% 1
West Midlands - 15 £26,500 - 1
Yorkshire +73 9 £23,250 +16.25%
North West +8 6 £23,500 -2.08% 1
East Midlands - 6 £28,165 - 1
South West - 4 £30,250 - 1
Scotland -54 3 £29,000 - 1

Windows 8
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 68 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (13.45%) SharePoint
3 15 (12.61%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (10.92%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (10.92%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.68%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (15.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 101 (84.87%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.08%) Azure
3 5 (4.20%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 28 (23.53%) DNS
2 17 (14.29%) DHCP
3 12 (10.08%) Firewall
4 11 (9.24%) TCP/IP
4 11 (9.24%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (6.72%) Wireless
6 7 (5.88%) VPN
7 6 (5.04%) LAN
7 6 (5.04%) WAN
8 5 (4.20%) VLAN
9 2 (1.68%) Internet
9 2 (1.68%) VoIP
10 1 (0.84%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (33.61%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.21%) Organisational Skills
3 21 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (15.13%) Finance
5 11 (9.24%) Retail
6 8 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.72%) Legal
7 6 (5.04%) Law
7 6 (5.04%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.84%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 22 (18.49%) IT Support
2 21 (17.65%) IT Engineer
3 20 (16.81%) 3rd Line Support
4 19 (15.97%) Support Engineer
5 18 (15.13%) 2nd Line Support
5 18 (15.13%) IT Technician
6 16 (13.45%) 1st Line Support
7 15 (12.61%) Analyst
8 13 (10.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (9.24%) Help Desk Analyst
10 8 (6.72%) Support Technician
11 6 (5.04%) IT Support Technician
12 4 (3.36%) Lead
13 3 (2.52%) Junior
13 3 (2.52%) Junior Support Engineer
14 2 (1.68%) 1st Line Support Technician
14 2 (1.68%) IT Analyst
14 2 (1.68%) Service Analyst
14 2 (1.68%) Service Delivery Engineer
14 2 (1.68%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.92%) Driving Licence
2 12 (10.08%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.20%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.36%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 119 (100.00%) Windows
2 90 (75.63%) Windows 7
3 88 (73.95%) Windows 10
4 81 (68.07%) Windows Server
5 37 (31.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 22 (18.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (17.65%) Windows Server 2008
8 14 (11.76%) Apple iOS
9 11 (9.24%) Linux
10 6 (5.04%) Windows XP
11 5 (4.20%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (3.36%) Android
12 4 (3.36%) Mac OS X
13 2 (1.68%) Windows 2000
13 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (37.82%) ITIL
2 26 (21.85%) Customer Service
3 25 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (16.81%) Migration
5 13 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (10.08%) Asset Management
7 11 (9.24%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (9.24%) Customer Experience
7 11 (9.24%) ERP
7 11 (9.24%) Hardware Maintenance
7 11 (9.24%) Time Management
8 9 (7.56%) Email Migration
9 6 (5.04%) Case Management
9 6 (5.04%) Speech Recognition
10 5 (4.20%) Client Onboarding
10 5 (4.20%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (4.20%) High Availability
10 5 (4.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 3 (2.52%) Agile
11 3 (2.52%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (36.97%) SQL
2 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (10.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (7.56%) DBS Check
3 6 (5.04%) Degree
3 6 (5.04%) MCP
4 2 (1.68%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.68%) CCENT
4 2 (1.68%) CCNA
4 2 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (1.68%) MCDST
4 2 (1.68%) MCITP
4 2 (1.68%) MCSA
4 2 (1.68%) MCSE
4 2 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (1.68%) Server+ Certification
5 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (1.68%) GDPR
3 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 74 (62.18%) Active Directory
2 55 (46.22%) Hyper-V
3 49 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (36.97%) XenApp
4 44 (36.97%) XenDesktop
5 42 (35.29%) VirtualBox
6 6 (5.04%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.68%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.84%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 11 (9.24%) SCCM
2 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 84 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 51 (42.86%) VMware
3 50 (42.02%) Citrix
4 8 (6.72%) Apple
5 6 (5.04%) Avaya
5 6 (5.04%) Cisco
6 5 (4.20%) Google
6 5 (4.20%) Kaseya
6 5 (4.20%) SolarWinds
7 4 (3.36%) Dell
7 4 (3.36%) HP
8 2 (1.68%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.84%) Meraki
9 1 (0.84%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.84%) TP-LINK
9 1 (0.84%) Ubiquiti