Windows 8 Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Windows 8
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Windows 8 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 8 over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 455 608
Rank change year-on-year - +153 -139
Contract jobs citing Windows 8 0 11 14
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.044% 0.032%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 0.32% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 6
10th Percentile - £175 £131
25th Percentile - £176 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £363 £180
Median % change year-on-year - +101.39% -9.43%
75th Percentile - £577 £200
90th Percentile - £615 £280
UK median daily rate £140 £190 £161
% change year-on-year -26.32% +18.38% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 - £14.50
% change year-on-year - - -6.21%

All Operating Systems
Work from Home

Windows 8 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,560 3,429 5,346
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.37% 13.68% 12.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,096 2,415 3,769
10th Percentile £225 £245 £298
25th Percentile £350 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £606
90th Percentile £685 £725 £677
UK median daily rate £468 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.43% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 102 160
10th Percentile £12.80 £19.00 £14.95
25th Percentile £14.27 £35.88 £19.63
Median hourly rate £17.69 £55.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.84% +22.22% +21.62%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.00 £60.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £68.62
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% +67.39% +29.50%

Windows 8
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Windows 8 trend for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 8
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 8.

Windows 8 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Windows 8
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Windows 8.

Windows 8 hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option