Windows 8 Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Windows 8
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 205 219
Rank change year-on-year +22 +14 -35
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 1 8 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.021% 0.14% 0.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.14% 0.89% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 19
10th Percentile - - £121
25th Percentile - - £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £190 £161
Median % change year-on-year - +18.38% +45.91%
75th Percentile - £568 £175
90th Percentile - £575 £192
England median daily rate £140 £190 £160
% change year-on-year -26.32% +18.56% -8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £15.25
25th Percentile £26.25 - £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £17.50
75th Percentile £28.75 - £19.13
90th Percentile - - £19.25
England median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.38
% change year-on-year - - -20.14%

All Operating Systems
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 702 899 1,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.96% 15.75% 18.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 638 962
10th Percentile £165 £167 £150
25th Percentile £275 £256 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £475 £420
Median % change year-on-year -11.05% +13.10% +12.00%
75th Percentile £523 £588 £538
90th Percentile £650 £688 £638
England median daily rate £467 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.98% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 59 76
10th Percentile - £13.80 £12.26
25th Percentile £10.95 £17.61 £14.88
Median hourly rate £16.00 £26.50 £17.57
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% +50.83% +8.26%
75th Percentile £19.81 £43.75 £20.25
90th Percentile £34.53 £49.52 £41.85
England median hourly rate £22.00 £37.42 £22.00
% change year-on-year -41.21% +70.09% +23.80%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in the North of England

Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 8 in the North of England

Windows 8
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 8 in the North of England

Windows 8
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +19 1 - - 1
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft