Microsoft Windows 8
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Windows 8 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 719 648 792
Rank change year-on-year -71 +144 +46
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 12 8 114
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.013% 0.018% 0.11%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.21% 0.12% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 12 8 105
10th Percentile - £28,025 £22,750
25th Percentile £25,875 £37,063 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £40,000 £28,165
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +42.02% -10.59%
75th Percentile £34,500 - £34,500
90th Percentile - £42,625 £38,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,250 £40,000 £28,165
% change year-on-year -34.38% +42.02% -10.59%

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 5,673 6,575 14,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.07% 14.75% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,258 4,264 10,761
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -5.56%

Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows 8 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Windows 8 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows 8
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 8.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Windows 8

Windows 8
Top 5 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 17 June 2026. 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 -64 12 £26,250 -34.38% 5
UK excluding London -65 12 £26,250 -34.38% 5
North West 0 7 £26,250 -34.38%
North of England -31 7 £26,250 -34.38%
East of England - 5 £33,000 - 4

Windows 8
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 7 (58.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
1 7 (58.33%) SD-WAN
1 7 (58.33%) WAN
2 5 (41.67%) DNS
General
1 7 (58.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) IT Engineer
1 11 (91.67%) IT Support
1 11 (91.67%) IT Support Engineer
1 11 (91.67%) Support Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) 1st Line Engineer
2 7 (58.33%) 1st Line Support
2 7 (58.33%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 1 (8.33%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
1 12 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 7 (58.33%) Windows 10
2 7 (58.33%) Windows Server
3 5 (41.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) ITIL
1 7 (58.33%) Proactive Maintenance
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (58.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 7 (58.33%) Service Management
2 1 (8.33%) Migration
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
1 7 (58.33%) Hyper-V
1 7 (58.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (58.33%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) Autotask
1 7 (58.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) ESET
2 7 (58.33%) Google
2 7 (58.33%) VMware