Windows 8 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows 8
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Windows 8 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 8 over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 615 672
Rank change year-on-year +90 +57 -98
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 14 30 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.061% 0.13%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.28% 0.38% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 56
10th Percentile £100 £137 £123
25th Percentile £104 £162 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £185 £168
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +10.45% -4.29%
75th Percentile - £190 £207
90th Percentile £257 £363 £318
UK median daily rate £140 £190 £163
% change year-on-year -26.32% +16.74% +13.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - £13.63
25th Percentile £26.25 - £13.88
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.38
75th Percentile £28.75 - £18.66
90th Percentile - - £19.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.50
% change year-on-year - - -6.21%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows 8 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,014 7,988 10,989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.64% 16.34% 15.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,433 5,654 7,526
10th Percentile £185 £194 £175
25th Percentile £300 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £468 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.43% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 386 537
10th Percentile £12.75 £13.62 £13.45
25th Percentile £14.83 £17.72 £15.93
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.42 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.21% +70.09% +23.80%
75th Percentile £61.20 £64.88 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in England

Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in England.

Daily rate trend for Windows 8 in England

Windows 8
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 8 in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 8 in England

Windows 8
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 8 in England

Windows 8
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +99 9 £140 -20.00%
East of England - 3 £100 - 4
North of England +27 1 - - 2
South East +14 1 £140 -20.00% 2
North West +12 1 - - 1
Windows 8
UK

Windows 8
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (42.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
2 1 (7.14%) VLAN
2 1 (7.14%) VoIP
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Desktop Engineer
1 9 (64.29%) Desktop Support
1 9 (64.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 9 (64.29%) Support Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Deskside Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Blackberry
2 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (78.57%) Windows 7
3 9 (64.29%) Windows 10
4 6 (42.86%) Android
4 6 (42.86%) Mac OS X
5 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (7.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (71.43%) Customer Service
3 6 (42.86%) Break/Fix
4 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 4 (28.57%) Employee Productivity
5 2 (14.29%) Business Case
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
6 1 (7.14%) Desktop Virtualisation
6 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (28.57%) A+ Certification
3 4 (28.57%) CCNA
3 4 (28.57%) CCNP
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (28.57%) MCSA
4 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Adobe
2 6 (42.86%) Apple
2 6 (42.86%) Ivanti
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco
3 1 (7.14%) VMware