Microsoft Windows 8
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 29 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | - | 0.53% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | - | 2.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £176 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £178 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £179 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £150 | £138 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -27.63% | +15.15% |
All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 29 | 20 | 45 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 15.59% | 12.74% | 23.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| 10th Percentile | £156 | £168 | £156 |
| 25th Percentile | £189 | £193 | £173 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | £450 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.78% | +12.50% | -3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £363 | £575 | £413 |
| 90th Percentile | £410 | £615 | £635 |
| UK median daily rate | £468 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.58% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £14.15 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.50 | - | £14.74 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.00 | £12.25 | £17.61 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +87.76% | -30.44% | +22.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.50 | £31.88 | £20.37 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £20.90 |
| UK median hourly rate | £22.25 | £22.50 | £43.93 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.11% | -48.78% | +99.68% |
Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in Northern Ireland.