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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 694 | 766 | 921 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +72 | +155 | +144 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 | 12 | 132 | 60 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.022% | 0.13% | 0.059% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | 0.18% | 0.94% | 0.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 117 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £22,750 | £20,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £23,500 | £26,275 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £29,000 | £31,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +37.93% | -7.94% | +14.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | £34,500 | £32,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £38,000 | £36,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,000 | £29,000 | £31,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +37.93% | -7.94% | +15.60% |
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 | 6,800 | 14,005 | 16,129 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 12.43% | 14.12% | 15.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,527 | 10,789 | 10,915 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £26,000 | £27,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,750 | £31,250 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £46,500 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -14.29% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,500 | £71,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,750 | £80,000 | £92,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £40,101 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.65% | -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 11 May 2025.
Windows 8
Top 10 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 11 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 | +67 | 12 | £40,000 | +37.93% | 7 |
| England | +42 | 11 | £40,000 | +37.54% | 8 |
| North of England | +50 | 5 | £40,000 | +70.21% | 6 |
| North West | 0 | 5 | £40,000 | +70.21% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +101 | 4 | £47,500 | +58.33% | 5 |
| South West | +106 | 3 | £47,500 | +57.02% | |
| South East | +40 | 2 | £29,500 | -4.84% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Midlands | +44 | 1 | - | - | |
| 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: