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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 759 909 1091
Rank change year-on-year +150 +182 -298
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 137 61 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.058% 0.091%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.97% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 122 58 129
10th Percentile £22,750 £20,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,750 £26,450 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,625 £35,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £36,000 £46,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% +1.85%

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 14,079 16,671 29,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.36% 15.93% 18.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,884 11,238 16,744
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,398
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Top 14 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 27 April 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
UK excluding London +95 136 £30,000 -4.76% 9
England +187 133 £30,000 -4.76% 10
South East +63 67 £32,000 +1.59% 1
Work from Home +151 61 £30,000 -48.50% 4
Midlands - 24 £26,500 - 3
East of England +30 19 £33,000 +4.76% 1
North of England +54 18 £23,500 +17.50% 3
West Midlands - 18 £26,500 - 2
Yorkshire +92 11 £23,500 +17.50% 1
North West +16 7 £23,500 -2.08% 2
East Midlands - 6 £28,165 - 1
South West +2 4 £30,250 +0.83% 1
Scotland -60 4 £29,000 -
London +127 1 £25,000 -25.93% 1

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 78 (56.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (13.87%) SharePoint
3 15 (10.95%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (9.49%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (9.49%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.46%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 21 (15.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 118 (86.13%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (11.68%) Azure
3 5 (3.65%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.46%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 31 (22.63%) DNS
2 22 (16.06%) DHCP
3 18 (13.14%) TCP/IP
4 16 (11.68%) Firewall
5 11 (8.03%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (7.30%) VPN
7 8 (5.84%) VLAN
7 8 (5.84%) Wireless
8 6 (4.38%) LAN
8 6 (4.38%) WAN
9 3 (2.19%) VoIP
10 2 (1.46%) Internet
10 2 (1.46%) IPv4
10 2 (1.46%) IPv6
10 2 (1.46%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.73%) Network Security
11 1 (0.73%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.38%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 48 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 33 (24.09%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.14%) Finance
5 11 (8.03%) Retail
6 8 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.84%) Legal
7 6 (4.38%) Law
7 6 (4.38%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.46%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.46%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (18.25%) IT Support
2 24 (17.52%) IT Engineer
3 22 (16.06%) 1st Line Support
3 22 (16.06%) 3rd Line Support
4 21 (15.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 21 (15.33%) Support Engineer
5 19 (13.87%) Analyst
6 18 (13.14%) IT Technician
7 13 (9.49%) IT Support Engineer
8 11 (8.03%) Help Desk Analyst
9 8 (5.84%) Support Technician
10 6 (4.38%) IT Support Technician
11 5 (3.65%) Lead
12 4 (2.92%) Service Analyst
12 4 (2.92%) Service Desk Analyst
12 4 (2.92%) Service Desk Engineer
13 3 (2.19%) 1st Line Support Analyst
13 3 (2.19%) 1st Line Support Engineer
13 3 (2.19%) Junior
13 3 (2.19%) Junior Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.49%) Driving Licence
1 13 (9.49%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (5.84%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.92%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 137 (100.00%) Windows
2 102 (74.45%) Windows 10
2 102 (74.45%) Windows 7
3 93 (67.88%) Windows Server
4 38 (27.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (17.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (16.06%) Windows Server 2008
7 21 (15.33%) Apple iOS
8 11 (8.03%) Linux
9 6 (4.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (4.38%) Windows XP
10 4 (2.92%) Android
10 4 (2.92%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.46%) Windows 2000
11 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (38.69%) ITIL
2 31 (22.63%) Customer Service
3 30 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (16.79%) Migration
5 13 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (9.49%) Customer Experience
6 12 (8.76%) Asset Management
6 12 (8.76%) Email Migration
7 11 (8.03%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (8.03%) ERP
7 11 (8.03%) Hardware Maintenance
7 11 (8.03%) Time Management
8 8 (5.84%) Client Onboarding
8 8 (5.84%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (4.38%) Case Management
9 6 (4.38%) Service Delivery
9 6 (4.38%) Speech Recognition
10 5 (3.65%) High Availability
10 5 (3.65%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 4 (2.92%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 49 (35.77%) SQL
2 7 (5.11%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (13.87%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (6.57%) DBS Check
3 6 (4.38%) Degree
3 6 (4.38%) MCP
4 4 (2.92%) MCITP
5 2 (1.46%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.46%) CCENT
5 2 (1.46%) CCNA
5 2 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.46%) MCDST
5 2 (1.46%) MCSA
5 2 (1.46%) MCSE
5 2 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.46%) Server+ Certification
6 1 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.03%) SLA
2 2 (1.46%) GDPR
3 1 (0.73%) QA
System Software
1 88 (64.23%) Active Directory
2 65 (47.45%) Hyper-V
3 57 (41.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 49 (35.77%) XenApp
4 49 (35.77%) XenDesktop
5 47 (34.31%) VirtualBox
6 6 (4.38%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.73%) pfSense
8 1 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (8.76%) SCCM
2 11 (8.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.65%) SCOM
4 1 (0.73%) WMI
Vendors
1 97 (70.80%) Microsoft
2 59 (43.07%) VMware
3 55 (40.15%) Citrix
4 11 (8.03%) Apple
5 7 (5.11%) Cisco
5 7 (5.11%) SolarWinds
6 6 (4.38%) Avaya
6 6 (4.38%) Dell
7 5 (3.65%) Google
7 5 (3.65%) HP
7 5 (3.65%) Kaseya
8 2 (1.46%) ConnectWise
8 2 (1.46%) N-able
8 2 (1.46%) Sophos
8 2 (1.46%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.73%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.73%) Meraki
9 1 (0.73%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.73%) TP-LINK
9 1 (0.73%) Ubiquiti