Microsoft Windows 8
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows 8 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 8 over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 651 969 899
Rank change year-on-year +318 -70 -252
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 85 105 210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.085% 0.16%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.92% 0.51% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 66 102 165
10th Percentile £22,125 £23,775 £22,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £26,463 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% +5.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £37,875 £36,125 £34,500
90th Percentile £39,988 £38,750 £46,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.59% +14.55% +8.91%

All Operating Systems
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 9,240 20,510 22,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.29% 16.52% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,192 13,757 16,011
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 8 over the 6 months to 5 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 8 within the UK over the 6 months to 5 December 2023. 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
England +316 80 £32,000 +1.59% 31
UK excluding London +219 73 £32,000 +1.59% 27
South East +126 33 £34,000 +7.94% 13
North of England +165 30 £29,000 +11.54% 7
Work from Home +262 27 £32,000 -8.57% 9
Yorkshire +118 21 £22,500 -14.93% 3
London +240 11 £30,000 -12.41% 1
North West +128 9 £31,500 +21.15% 3
Midlands +135 6 £30,000 +15.38% 3
West Midlands +131 6 £30,000 +30.43% 2
Scotland +58 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland +38 1 £35,000 -6.67%

Windows 8
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 21 (24.71%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.24%) MS Exchange
3 4 (4.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (4.71%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 41 (48.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 78 (91.76%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (36.47%) Azure
3 12 (14.12%) Mimecast
4 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (35.29%) TCP/IP
2 27 (31.76%) DHCP
3 19 (22.35%) Firewall
4 15 (17.65%) DNS
5 12 (14.12%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (9.41%) Internet
6 8 (9.41%) Network Security
6 8 (9.41%) VLAN
7 7 (8.24%) VPN
8 4 (4.71%) IPv4
8 4 (4.71%) IPv6
8 4 (4.71%) VoIP
9 3 (3.53%) LAN
10 2 (2.35%) SAN
10 2 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (2.35%) WLAN
11 1 (1.18%) WAN
11 1 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) JIRA
General
1 44 (51.76%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.53%) Finance
3 5 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.35%) Fire and Rescue
5 2 (2.35%) Local Government
6 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.18%) Retail
6 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (43.53%) Support Engineer
2 23 (27.06%) Analyst
3 17 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 17 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
4 14 (16.47%) 1st Line Support
5 13 (15.29%) IT Engineer
5 13 (15.29%) Service Desk Engineer
6 12 (14.12%) IT Analyst
7 11 (12.94%) 1st Line Support Analyst
7 11 (12.94%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (12.94%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (11.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (11.76%) IT Support
9 9 (10.59%) 1st Line Engineer
9 9 (10.59%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (10.59%) 1st Line Support Engineer
9 9 (10.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 9 (10.59%) Service Desk Support
9 9 (10.59%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.94%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (9.41%) Data Centre
3 7 (8.24%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.24%) Onboarding
3 7 (8.24%) Replication
4 4 (4.71%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.35%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.18%) EPoS
6 1 (1.18%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 85 (100.00%) Windows
2 64 (75.29%) Windows 10
3 51 (60.00%) Windows 7
4 43 (50.59%) Windows Server
5 15 (17.65%) Apple iOS
6 9 (10.59%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (9.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (3.53%) Mac OS X
11 2 (2.35%) Android
12 1 (1.18%) Mac OS
12 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (1.18%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (44.71%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (24.71%) Customer Experience
3 20 (23.53%) ITIL
4 19 (22.35%) Customer Service
5 12 (14.12%) Service Delivery
5 12 (14.12%) Service Management
6 11 (12.94%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 10 (11.76%) Data Protection
7 10 (11.76%) Data Security
7 10 (11.76%) High Availability
7 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (10.59%) Proactive Monitoring
8 9 (10.59%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (8.24%) Business Continuity
9 7 (8.24%) Client Onboarding
9 7 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (8.24%) Email Migration
9 7 (8.24%) Migration
9 7 (8.24%) Mobile Device Management
10 6 (7.06%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.06%) SQL
2 5 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 42 (49.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (16.47%) Degree
3 13 (15.29%) MCITP
4 7 (8.24%) MCP
5 3 (3.53%) MCSA
6 2 (2.35%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.35%) MCSE
7 1 (1.18%) CCENT
7 1 (1.18%) CCNA
7 1 (1.18%) CCNP
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.18%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.18%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (48.24%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (87.06%) Active Directory
2 34 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (30.59%) Hyper-V
4 7 (8.24%) Firmware
4 7 (8.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (8.24%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (7.06%) VirtualBox
5 6 (7.06%) XenApp
5 6 (7.06%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (14.12%) SCCM
3 10 (11.76%) SCOM
4 2 (2.35%) Backup Exec
4 2 (2.35%) WSUS
5 1 (1.18%) WMI
Vendors
1 58 (68.24%) Microsoft
2 41 (48.24%) VMware
3 22 (25.88%) SolarWinds
4 13 (15.29%) Citrix
5 12 (14.12%) Apple
5 12 (14.12%) ConnectWise
5 12 (14.12%) N-able
6 10 (11.76%) Kaseya
7 9 (10.59%) Sophos
8 8 (9.41%) Snow
9 5 (5.88%) Cisco
9 5 (5.88%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (4.71%) Dell
11 3 (3.53%) Veeam
12 2 (2.35%) CA
12 2 (2.35%) Remedy
13 1 (1.18%) BMC
13 1 (1.18%) CheckPoint
13 1 (1.18%) HP
13 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow