Windows 8 Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Windows 8
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Windows 8 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 - 248
Rank change year-on-year - - +170
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 4 0 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.038% - 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.57% - 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 15
10th Percentile - - £21,300
25th Percentile £25,875 - £21,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 - £23,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.84%
75th Percentile £29,469 - £31,500
90th Percentile £34,588 - £36,050
England median annual salary £33,500 £47,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -29.47% +50.79% -

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 697 1,185 1,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.65% 12.48% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 562 613 957
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,130
25th Percentile £29,250 £32,000 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £42,500 £44,263
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.98% +2.94%
75th Percentile £54,688 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,991 £75,000
England median annual salary £43,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.00% - -4.76%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Windows 8 job vacancy trend in the North of England

Windows 8
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows 8.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Windows 8

Windows 8
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West - 4 £26,250 -
Windows 8
England

Windows 8
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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