Windows 8 Contracts in England

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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 533 599
Rank change year-on-year +26 +66 +119
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 9 10 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.029% 0.054%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.24% 0.20% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 22
10th Percentile - £104 -
25th Percentile £145 £126 £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £140 £180
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -22.22% +2.86%
75th Percentile £194 £173 £190
90th Percentile £228 £270 £269
UK median daily rate £163 £140 £180
% change year-on-year +16.07% -22.22% +5.88%
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 3,754 4,883 7,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.59% 14.21% 15.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,508 3,249 5,119
10th Percentile £200 £200 £190
25th Percentile £313 £325 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £588 £638
90th Percentile £688 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 333 347
10th Percentile £15.50 £12.55 £14.41
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.32 £18.54
Median hourly rate £23.00 £27.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% -36.47% +88.89%
75th Percentile £57.50 £66.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% -41.18% +88.89%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in England

Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 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.

Hourly rate trend for 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 27 July 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 +4 6 £175 - 4
North West -2 6 £175 - 3
London +9 2 £150 +7.14% 1
South East - 1 £250 - 2
Windows 8
UK

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (55.56%) MS Visio
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Google Workspace
3 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) LAN
2 5 (55.56%) VPN
3 3 (33.33%) DHCP
3 3 (33.33%) DNS
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
5 1 (11.11%) FTP
5 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
5 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 7 (77.78%) Manufacturing
3 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Electronics
4 2 (22.22%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Support Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 7 (77.78%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (77.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Desktop Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Desktop Support
2 7 (77.78%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (22.22%) Mac OS X
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ITIL
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Asset Management
2 5 (55.56%) Business Case
2 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 5 (55.56%) Proactive Maintenance
2 5 (55.56%) Project Delivery
2 5 (55.56%) Technical Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Time Management
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) Server Management
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCP
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) XenApp
3 2 (22.22%) vSphere
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (22.22%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Canon
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Adobe
3 2 (22.22%) Barracuda Networks
3 2 (22.22%) Dell
3 2 (22.22%) Draytek
3 2 (22.22%) Google
3 2 (22.22%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) Kaspersky
3 2 (22.22%) NETGEAR
3 2 (22.22%) Panasonic
3 2 (22.22%) Sage
3 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
3 2 (22.22%) Toshiba
3 2 (22.22%) WatchGuard
3 2 (22.22%) Webroot
3 2 (22.22%) Wyse