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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 544 | 568 | 657 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | +89 | +118 |
| Contract jobs citing Windows 8 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.028% | 0.028% | 0.050% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.21% | 0.21% | 0.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £100 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £145 | £105 | £158 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £163 | £138 | £180 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.18% | -23.61% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £194 | £140 | £194 |
| 90th Percentile | £228 | £270 | £270 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £213 | £105 | £185 |
| % change year-on-year | +102.38% | -43.24% | +10.45% |
| 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 | 4,388 | 5,800 | 8,810 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.47% | 13.74% | 15.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,830 | 3,790 | 6,092 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £190 | £188 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £319 | £331 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.63% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £588 | £630 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £468 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.76% | +3.91% | +3.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 244 | 422 | 394 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £12.75 | £14.61 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.10 | £16.25 | £18.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.00 | £24.34 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.51% | -42.73% | +88.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £54.81 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.70 | £70.00 | £75.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.90 | £31.13 | £29.65 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.64% | +4.97% | +48.25% |
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 17 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 | +55 | 9 | £163 | +16.07% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +25 | 7 | £213 | +102.38% | 9 |
| North of England | +10 | 6 | £175 | - | 4 |
| North West | +9 | 6 | £175 | - | 3 |
| London | +29 | 2 | £150 | +7.14% | 1 |
| South East | - | 1 | £250 | - | 2 |
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: