Microsoft Windows 8
England > Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 7 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 138 | 148 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +10 | +48 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands | - | 0.035% | 0.19% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.21% | 1.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £133 | £225 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £135 | £250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -46.00% | +85.19% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £138 | £275 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £150 | £138 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -27.63% | +11.76% |
All Operating Systems
Midlands
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 the Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 291 | 468 | 527 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands | 13.78% | 16.36% | 16.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 207 | 296 | 346 |
| 10th Percentile | £150 | £150 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £200 | £200 | £250 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £400 | £444 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.86% | +14.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £550 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £647 | £694 |
| England median daily rate | £465 | £475 | £505 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.11% | -5.94% | +1.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 45 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.12 | £13.20 | £11.80 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.20 | £14.27 | £13.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.13 | £19.00 | £17.47 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.58% | +8.77% | +2.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.98 | £23.75 | £25.80 |
| 90th Percentile | £25.15 | £24.67 | £40.25 |
| England median hourly rate | £20.00 | £22.50 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.11% | -47.06% | +97.67% |
Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in the Midlands.
Windows 8
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in the Midlands.