Windows 8 Job Trends in Lancashire

Microsoft Windows 8
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Windows 8 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.36% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 6.78% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 - -
75th Percentile £29,469 - -
90th Percentile £34,588 - -
North West median annual salary £26,250 - £31,000
% change year-on-year - - +29.17%

All Operating Systems
Lancashire

Windows 8 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring operating system skills in Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 59 74 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 5.27% 8.95% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 54 45 35
10th Percentile £23,413 £37,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £40,620 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% - +13.92%
75th Percentile £44,938 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £49,175 £67,781 £55,500
North West median annual salary £40,500 £44,274 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.52% -1.61% +4.65%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Windows 8 job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Windows 8
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Windows 8.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Windows 8

Windows 8
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chorley - 4 £26,250 -
Windows 8
North West

Windows 8
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support
1 4 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 1st Line Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (75.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 3 (75.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Autotask
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) ESET
1 4 (100.00%) Google
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet