Windows 8 Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Windows 8
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 133 152 166
Rank change year-on-year +19 +14 -28
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 1 6 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.037% 0.19% 0.32%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.30% 1.17% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 6
10th Percentile - £257 £126
25th Percentile - £356 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £545 £170
Median % change year-on-year - +220.59% +54.55%
75th Percentile - £574 £216
90th Percentile - £578 £234
England median daily rate £140 £190 £160
% change year-on-year -26.32% +18.56% -8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £16.50
75th Percentile £28.75 - £18.88
90th Percentile - - £19.10
England median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.38
% change year-on-year - - -20.14%

All Operating Systems
North West

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 West with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 334 514 768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.42% 16.47% 19.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 353 541
10th Percentile £172 £175 £158
25th Percentile £270 £313 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% +21.79%
75th Percentile £582 £580 £588
90th Percentile £825 £650 £650
England median daily rate £467 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -8.98% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 46 37
10th Percentile - £15.37 £14.05
25th Percentile £10.95 £19.72 £15.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £29.30 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.39% +62.78% +8.34%
75th Percentile £18.94 £43.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £46.08 £49.52 £45.68
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in the North West

Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 8 in the North West

Windows 8
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 8 in the North West

Windows 8
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Lancashire - 1 - -
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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