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 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 630 511 576
Rank change year-on-year -119 +65 +80
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 4 8 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.027% 0.030%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.084% 0.19% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 11
10th Percentile - - £100
25th Percentile £199 £145 £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £150 £135
Median % change year-on-year +33.00% +11.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile £200 £203 £140
90th Percentile - £231 £270
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £250 £105
% change year-on-year -20.20% +138.10% -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 4,782 4,144 5,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.52% 13.99% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,050 2,701 3,844
10th Percentile £189 £200 £188
25th Percentile £315 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.08% -2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 206 420
10th Percentile £14.70 £15.28 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.44 £15.85
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £23.98
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.24% -49.53%
75th Percentile £63.75 £41.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.14 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.69 £18.87 £25.25
% change year-on-year +46.74% -25.27% -40.59%

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 June 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 -107 4 £200 -20.20% 5
England -119 4 £200 +33.00% 5
East Midlands - 4 £200 -
Midlands - 4 £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 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Deskside Support
1 4 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Logistics
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft