Microsoft Windows 8
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 542 | 561 | 650 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +19 | +89 | +118 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 8 | 8 | 13 | 29 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.030% | 0.051% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.18% | 0.22% | 0.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £100 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £145 | £103 | £158 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £150 | £135 | £180 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -25.00% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £203 | £140 | £190 |
| 90th Percentile | £231 | £270 | £268 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £250 | £105 | £180 |
| % change year-on-year | +138.10% | -41.67% | +9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £27.50 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £27.50 | - |
All Operating Systems
UK
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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 4,354 | 5,927 | 8,994 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.69% | 13.67% | 15.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,818 | 3,888 | 6,226 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £190 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £313 | £340 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.16% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £588 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £700 | £719 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £463 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.70% | - | +8.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 224 | 435 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £12.75 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.44 | £16.25 | £18.28 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.78 | £25.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.88% | -41.18% | +88.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.56 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.93 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £19.07 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -45.51% | +16.67% | +50.00% |
Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 8.
Windows 8
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 8.
Windows 8
Top 6 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +49 | 8 | £150 | +9.09% | 26 |
| UK excluding London | +43 | 6 | £250 | +138.10% | 24 |
| North of England | +9 | 5 | - | - | 10 |
| North West | +8 | 5 | - | - | 2 |
| London | +40 | 2 | £150 | +7.14% | 3 |
| South East | - | 1 | £250 | - | 6 |
Windows 8
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: