Windows 8 Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Windows 8
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 113 125
Rank change year-on-year - +12 +46
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 0 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands - 0.049% 0.044%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.34% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £135 -
England median daily rate £150 £138 £180
% change year-on-year +9.09% -23.61% +4.35%

All Operating Systems
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 215 294 352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.34% 14.35% 15.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 188 229
10th Percentile £150 £178 £173
25th Percentile £210 £272 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £444 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +4.35% -2.19%
75th Percentile £500 £571 £575
90th Percentile £630 £675 £700
England median daily rate £463 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -2.58% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 17 13
10th Percentile £15.90 £14.99 £13.58
25th Percentile £16.67 £18.50 £16.23
Median hourly rate £17.83 £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.74% +12.50% +23.46%
75th Percentile £23.12 £23.75 £28.75
90th Percentile £24.83 £72.50 -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £24.86 £42.50
% change year-on-year -9.47% -41.52% +88.89%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in the West Midlands

Windows 8
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Windows 8 in the West Midlands

Windows 8
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 8 in the West Midlands