Microsoft Windows 8
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Windows 8 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows 8 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 479 | 528 | 618 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +49 | +90 | +65 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 8 | 6 | 14 | 35 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 0.025% | 0.038% | 0.069% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.18% | 0.28% | 0.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £100 | £139 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £105 | £141 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £140 | £183 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -23.29% | +14.06% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £205 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £269 | £327 |
| UK median daily rate | - | £140 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -26.32% | +18.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £27.50 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | - | £27.50 | - |
All Operating Systems
England
Windows 8 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 3,414 | 5,072 | 8,228 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 14.02% | 13.64% | 16.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,320 | 3,461 | 5,863 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £181 | £193 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £289 | £325 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £463 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.70% | -9.76% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £700 | £725 |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £469 | £505 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.28% | -7.13% | +1.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 151 | 369 | 384 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.26 | £12.75 | £13.97 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £15.17 | £17.74 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.18 | £22.00 | £38.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.91% | -42.11% | +76.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.38 | £60.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.00 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £24.18 | £22.00 | £39.30 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.91% | -44.02% | +74.67% |
Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 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.
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 1 May 2025. 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 of England | +23 | 5 | - | - | 2 |
| North West | +21 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| London | +30 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Windows 8 UK |
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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: