Windows 8 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Windows 8
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Windows 8 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 528 579
Rank change year-on-year -121 +51 +76
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 2 9 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.028% 0.030%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.039% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 11
10th Percentile - - £100
25th Percentile £199 £145 £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £163 £135
Median % change year-on-year +22.77% +20.37% -25.00%
75th Percentile £200 £194 £140
90th Percentile - £228 £270
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £213 £105
% change year-on-year -6.12% +102.38% -43.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
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 5,070 4,389 5,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.63% 13.51% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,235 2,824 3,818
10th Percentile £191 £200 £190
25th Percentile £319 £313 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.27% -2.37% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 244 435
10th Percentile £15.73 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -6.12% -42.35%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.81 £64.38
90th Percentile £70.02 £67.70 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.44 £21.90 £30.50
% change year-on-year +20.73% -28.20% +4.10%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 8 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Windows 8 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows 8
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Windows 8
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Windows 8
Top 4 Contract Job 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 16 July 2026. 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
UK excluding London -109 2 £200 -6.12% 1
England -116 2 £200 +22.77% 1
East Midlands - 2 £200 -
Midlands - 2 £200 -

Windows 8
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Deskside Support
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft