Microsoft Windows 8
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 692 | 789 | 907 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +97 | +118 | +224 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 | 10 | 118 | 61 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.018% | 0.11% | 0.064% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.14% | 0.84% | 0.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 106 | 51 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,175 | £22,750 | £20,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,188 | £23,563 | £24,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £28,583 | £31,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.95% | -9.26% | +14.55% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £34,500 | £33,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £48,750 | £38,000 | £36,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £28,583 | £31,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.95% | -9.26% | +18.98% |
All Operating Systems
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 7,159 | 14,054 | 15,540 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 12.82% | 13.56% | 16.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,235 | 10,700 | 10,440 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,250 | £26,000 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.29% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £66,250 | £62,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £80,000 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -5.56% | - |
Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Windows 8 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows 8
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 8.
Windows 8
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 8 over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Windows 8
Top 8 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 31 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +75 | 10 | £40,000 | +39.95% | 6 |
| England | +65 | 9 | £40,000 | +42.02% | 6 |
| North of England | +28 | 5 | £40,000 | +70.21% | 3 |
| North West | +1 | 5 | £40,000 | +70.21% | 1 |
| South West | +110 | 2 | £38,750 | +28.10% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +70 | 2 | £38,500 | +28.33% | 1 |
| South East | +24 | 2 | £29,500 | -1.67% | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £47,500 | - |
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: