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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 771 912 1092
Rank change year-on-year +141 +180 -296
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 131 60 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.059% 0.087%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.93% 0.37% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 116 56 126
10th Percentile £22,750 £20,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,500 £26,450 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,583 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +14.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,375 £35,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £36,000 £44,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -7.94% +14.55% -8.33%

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 14,033 16,182 29,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.16% 15.97% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 10,810 10,929 16,503
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
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 £92,500 £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 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Top 14 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 9 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 +78 130 £29,000 -7.94% 9
England +168 127 £28,165 -10.59% 10
South East +30 63 £30,000 -4.76% 2
Work from Home +129 59 £30,000 +13.21% 4
Midlands - 22 £26,500 - 1
East of England +37 19 £33,000 +4.76% 3
North of England +54 18 £23,500 +17.50% 2
West Midlands - 16 £26,500 -
Yorkshire +87 11 £23,500 +17.50% 1
North West +17 7 £23,500 -2.08% 1
East Midlands - 6 £28,165 - 1
South West -18 4 £30,250 +0.83% 1
Scotland -62 4 £29,000 -
London +102 1 £25,000 -18.03%

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 76 (58.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (13.74%) SharePoint
3 15 (11.45%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (9.92%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (9.92%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.53%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 21 (16.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 112 (85.50%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (10.69%) Azure
3 5 (3.82%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.53%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.90%) DNS
2 21 (16.03%) DHCP
3 15 (11.45%) TCP/IP
4 14 (10.69%) Firewall
5 11 (8.40%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (6.87%) VPN
7 8 (6.11%) Wireless
8 7 (5.34%) VLAN
9 6 (4.58%) LAN
9 6 (4.58%) WAN
10 3 (2.29%) VoIP
11 2 (1.53%) Internet
11 2 (1.53%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.76%) Network Security
12 1 (0.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.58%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (34.35%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.43%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (18.32%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.74%) Finance
5 11 (8.40%) Retail
6 8 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.11%) Legal
7 6 (4.58%) Law
7 6 (4.58%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.53%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (19.08%) IT Support
2 23 (17.56%) IT Engineer
3 22 (16.79%) 1st Line Support
4 21 (16.03%) 3rd Line Support
4 21 (16.03%) Support Engineer
5 20 (15.27%) 2nd Line Support
6 19 (14.50%) Analyst
7 18 (13.74%) IT Technician
8 13 (9.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (8.40%) Help Desk Analyst
10 8 (6.11%) Support Technician
11 6 (4.58%) IT Support Technician
12 5 (3.82%) Lead
13 4 (3.05%) Service Analyst
13 4 (3.05%) Service Desk Analyst
14 3 (2.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
14 3 (2.29%) 1st Line Support Engineer
14 3 (2.29%) IT Analyst
14 3 (2.29%) Junior
14 3 (2.29%) Junior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.92%) Driving Licence
1 13 (9.92%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.34%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.05%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 131 (100.00%) Windows
2 98 (74.81%) Windows 10
2 98 (74.81%) Windows 7
3 87 (66.41%) Windows Server
4 38 (29.01%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (18.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (16.79%) Windows Server 2008
7 18 (13.74%) Apple iOS
8 11 (8.40%) Linux
9 6 (4.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (4.58%) Windows XP
10 4 (3.05%) Android
10 4 (3.05%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.53%) Windows 2000
11 2 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (38.93%) ITIL
2 30 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (22.14%) Customer Service
4 22 (16.79%) Migration
5 13 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (9.16%) Asset Management
6 12 (9.16%) Customer Experience
7 11 (8.40%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (8.40%) Email Migration
7 11 (8.40%) ERP
7 11 (8.40%) Hardware Maintenance
7 11 (8.40%) Time Management
8 7 (5.34%) Client Onboarding
8 7 (5.34%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (4.58%) Case Management
9 6 (4.58%) Speech Recognition
10 5 (3.82%) High Availability
10 5 (3.82%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 4 (3.05%) Agile
11 4 (3.05%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (35.88%) SQL
2 7 (5.34%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (13.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (6.87%) DBS Check
3 6 (4.58%) Degree
3 6 (4.58%) MCP
4 4 (3.05%) MCITP
5 2 (1.53%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.53%) CCENT
5 2 (1.53%) CCNA
5 2 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.53%) MCDST
5 2 (1.53%) MCSA
5 2 (1.53%) MCSE
5 2 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.53%) Server+ Certification
6 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.40%) SLA
2 2 (1.53%) GDPR
3 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 83 (63.36%) Active Directory
2 61 (46.56%) Hyper-V
3 54 (41.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 47 (35.88%) XenApp
4 47 (35.88%) XenDesktop
5 45 (34.35%) VirtualBox
6 6 (4.58%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.53%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.76%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 12 (9.16%) SCCM
2 10 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.82%) SCOM
4 1 (0.76%) WMI
Vendors
1 92 (70.23%) Microsoft
2 56 (42.75%) VMware
3 53 (40.46%) Citrix
4 9 (6.87%) Apple
5 7 (5.34%) Cisco
5 7 (5.34%) SolarWinds
6 6 (4.58%) Avaya
7 5 (3.82%) Dell
7 5 (3.82%) Google
7 5 (3.82%) Kaseya
8 4 (3.05%) HP
9 2 (1.53%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.53%) N-able
9 2 (1.53%) Sophos
9 2 (1.53%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.76%) Meraki
10 1 (0.76%) NETGEAR
10 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.76%) TP-LINK
10 1 (0.76%) Ubiquiti