Windows 8 Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Windows 8
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Windows 8 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 121 144
Rank change year-on-year -4 +23 +29
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.23% 0.042% 0.035%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.81% 0.35% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
England median daily rate £150 £185 £180
% change year-on-year -18.92% +2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
England median hourly rate - £27.50 -

All Operating Systems
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 277 284 392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.68% 11.83% 13.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 181 261
10th Percentile £185 £193 £185
25th Percentile £268 £300 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £444 £420
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% +5.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £492 £588 £553
90th Percentile £625 £825 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 24 39
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.54 £15.40
25th Percentile £14.53 £15.91 £17.36
Median hourly rate £17.44 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -19.57% -3.81%
75th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £46.88
90th Percentile £19.89 £45.45 £66.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £47.83
% change year-on-year -56.26% +20.22% +100.04%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in the North West

Windows 8
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows 8.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows 8

Windows 8
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows 8.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Windows 8

Windows 8
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Lancashire +5 5 £175 - 1
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (80.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (80.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Desktop Support
1 4 (80.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (80.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (80.00%) Business Case
1 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (80.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (80.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Analysis
1 4 (80.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Canon
3 1 (20.00%) VMware