Microsoft Windows 8
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 170 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -11 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | - | - | 0.072% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | - | 0.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £550 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +336.36% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £150 | £140 | £190 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -26.32% | +18.38% |
All Operating Systems
Scotland
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 Scotland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 334 | 360 | 518 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 20.99% | 16.54% | 18.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 171 | 239 | 361 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £181 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £313 | £260 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £467 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.54% | -1.68% | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £580 | £740 | £723 |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £468 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.50% | -8.24% | +2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 18 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.33 | £17.61 | £15.79 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.94 | £18.17 | £17.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £39.25 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.95% | -25.24% | +177.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.50 | £60.75 | £58.89 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.43 | £62.50 | £64.16 |
| UK median hourly rate | £23.40 | £22.00 | £38.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.36% | -42.86% | +67.39% |
Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in Scotland.
Windows 8
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in Scotland.