Windows 8 Jobs

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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 786 824 1152
Rank change year-on-year +38 +328 -305
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 56 63 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.078% 0.070%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.48% 0.46% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 54 44 115
10th Percentile £22,750 £20,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,688 £22,125 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.55% -12.70%
75th Percentile £35,250 £34,063 £33,750
90th Percentile £38,000 £36,750 £41,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,500 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -15.87% +14.55% -12.70%

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 11,570 13,584 30,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 16.83% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 8,403 9,692 16,343
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £87,500
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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +30 56 £27,000 -14.29% 7
UK excluding London -34 53 £26,500 -15.87% 8
Work from Home +64 26 £26,500 +11.58% 4
South East +1 21 £32,500 +3.17% 5
Midlands - 11 £26,500 -
West Midlands - 11 £26,500 -
North of England -13 7 £23,500 +17.50% 2
East of England - 7 £27,500 -
South West - 7 £33,000 -
Yorkshire +38 4 £23,250 +16.25%
London +78 3 £36,000 +15.20%
North West -10 3 £23,500 -37.33% 2

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 24 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 5 (8.93%) Exchange Server 2013
4 3 (5.36%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (5.36%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 48 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (16.07%) Azure
3 3 (5.36%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.79%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (19.64%) DNS
2 11 (19.64%) Firewall
3 7 (12.50%) DHCP
4 4 (7.14%) Wireless
5 3 (5.36%) LAN
5 3 (5.36%) SAN
5 3 (5.36%) TCP/IP
5 3 (5.36%) VoIP
5 3 (5.36%) WAN
6 2 (3.57%) Internet
6 2 (3.57%) VLAN
6 2 (3.57%) VPN
7 1 (1.79%) Gigabit Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Eclipse
2 2 (3.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 14 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (23.21%) Finance
4 11 (19.64%) Retail
5 10 (17.86%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (8.93%) Legal
7 4 (7.14%) Telecoms
8 3 (5.36%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (21.43%) Analyst
2 11 (19.64%) Help Desk Analyst
3 10 (17.86%) IT Engineer
3 10 (17.86%) IT Support
4 8 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 7 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
5 7 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (10.71%) IT Technician
6 6 (10.71%) Service Desk Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Support Technician
8 3 (5.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 2 (3.57%) 1st Line Support Technician
9 2 (3.57%) Service Delivery Engineer
10 1 (1.79%) 1st Line Support Engineer
10 1 (1.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 1 (1.79%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 1 (1.79%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.86%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 56 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (78.57%) Windows 10
3 41 (73.21%) Windows 7
4 40 (71.43%) Windows Server
5 28 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (26.79%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (19.64%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (10.71%) Apple iOS
8 6 (10.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (7.14%) Windows XP
10 3 (5.36%) Linux
10 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (3.57%) Android
11 2 (3.57%) Mac OS X
11 2 (3.57%) Windows 2000
12 1 (1.79%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.71%) Customer Service
2 16 (28.57%) ITIL
2 16 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (21.43%) Asset Management
4 11 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (19.64%) ERP
4 11 (19.64%) Hardware Maintenance
5 7 (12.50%) Migration
5 7 (12.50%) Time Management
6 3 (5.36%) Case Management
6 3 (5.36%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (5.36%) Email Migration
6 3 (5.36%) ITSM
6 3 (5.36%) Mathematics
6 3 (5.36%) Presales
6 3 (5.36%) Proactive Maintenance
6 3 (5.36%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (5.36%) Speech Recognition
7 2 (3.57%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (3.57%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.79%) SQL
2 6 (10.71%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) Degree
1 4 (7.14%) MCP
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (5.36%) CCNA
2 3 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.36%) DBS Check
2 3 (5.36%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (5.36%) MCSA
3 2 (3.57%) A+ Certification
3 2 (3.57%) CCENT
3 2 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (3.57%) MCDST
3 2 (3.57%) MCITP
3 2 (3.57%) MCSE
3 2 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (3.57%) Server+ Certification
4 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) SLA
2 2 (3.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 32 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 22 (39.29%) Hyper-V
3 21 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (23.21%) VirtualBox
4 13 (23.21%) XenApp
4 13 (23.21%) XenDesktop
5 3 (5.36%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.57%) SCCM
3 1 (1.79%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.79%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 43 (76.79%) Microsoft
2 21 (37.50%) VMware
3 17 (30.36%) Citrix
4 7 (12.50%) Apple
5 4 (7.14%) Cisco
5 4 (7.14%) Dell
6 3 (5.36%) Avaya
6 3 (5.36%) Google
7 2 (3.57%) HP
8 1 (1.79%) Meraki
8 1 (1.79%) NETGEAR
8 1 (1.79%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (1.79%) Veeam
8 1 (1.79%) WatchGuard