Windows 8 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows 8
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 419 425
Rank change year-on-year +27 +6 -48
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 5 25 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.10% 0.28%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.15% 0.54% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 53
10th Percentile - £158 £115
25th Percentile £100 £175 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £105 £190 £160
Median % change year-on-year -44.74% +18.75% +33.33%
75th Percentile £121 £421 £200
90th Percentile £133 £580 £236
UK median daily rate £140 £190 £160
% change year-on-year -26.32% +18.75% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - £13.50
25th Percentile £26.25 - £14.50
Median hourly rate £27.50 - £17.25
75th Percentile £28.75 - £19.00
90th Percentile - - £19.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.50
% change year-on-year - - -13.33%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,285 4,628 5,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.83% 19.29% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,182 3,233 3,897
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £258 £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +7.59%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £675 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £468 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +0.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 337 465
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.57
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £30.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +50.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £60.75 £61.25 £48.74
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.25 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £39.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -43.59% +73.33% +25.80%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in the UK excluding London

Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Windows 8 in the UK excluding London

Windows 8
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 8 in the UK excluding London

Windows 8
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
East of England - 3 £100 - 1
North of England +22 1 - - 3
North West +21 1 - - 2
South East +15 1 £140 -20.00% 1
Windows 8
UK

Windows 8
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (20.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (40.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Deskside Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Employee Productivity
4 1 (20.00%) Break/Fix
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) MCSA
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Apple
2 1 (20.00%) Ivanti