Microsoft Windows 8
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Windows 8 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Windows 8 over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 285 | 223 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | -62 | +21 |
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | - | 0.060% | 0.022% |
As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.50% | 0.13% |
Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £29,000 | - |
UK median annual salary | £40,000 | £28,583 | £31,500 |
% change year-on-year | +39.95% | -9.26% | +14.55% |
All Operating Systems
Scotland
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 Scotland.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 195 | 803 | 752 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 6.63% | 11.98% | 16.26% |
Number of salaries quoted | 157 | 417 | 424 |
10th Percentile | £35,600 | £26,150 | £27,750 |
25th Percentile | £46,250 | £30,000 | £33,750 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
Median % change year-on-year | +13.00% | - | -1.48% |
75th Percentile | £69,000 | £61,250 | £65,000 |
90th Percentile | £93,778 | £77,500 | £75,000 |
UK median annual salary | £46,500 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
% change year-on-year | +3.33% | -14.29% | - |
Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Windows 8
Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 8 in Scotland.