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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 775 892 1105
Rank change year-on-year +117 +213 -305
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 120 60 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.061% 0.082%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.86% 0.38% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 107 52 123
10th Percentile £22,750 £20,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,625 £26,275 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +14.55% -12.70%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,375 £35,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £36,000 £43,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £31,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year -7.94% +18.87% -15.87%

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 13,934 15,823 30,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.81% 16.06% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 10,696 10,615 16,434
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
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 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 8 in the UK

Windows 8
Top 13 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 23 May 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 +73 120 £29,000 -7.94% 11
England +156 117 £29,083 -7.67% 12
South East +34 57 £30,000 -4.76% 1
Work from Home +113 54 £30,000 +13.21% 4
Midlands - 21 £26,500 - 3
East of England - 19 £33,000 - 4
North of England +35 16 £23,500 +17.50% 1
West Midlands - 15 £26,500 - 3
Yorkshire +75 9 £23,250 +16.25%
North West +3 7 £23,500 -2.08% 1
East Midlands - 6 £28,165 -
South West -12 4 £30,250 +0.83% 1
Scotland -55 3 £29,000 - 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 68 (56.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 15 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (10.83%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (10.83%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 101 (84.17%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.00%) Azure
3 5 (4.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 28 (23.33%) DNS
2 17 (14.17%) DHCP
3 12 (10.00%) Firewall
4 11 (9.17%) TCP/IP
4 11 (9.17%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (6.67%) Wireless
6 7 (5.83%) VPN
7 6 (5.00%) LAN
7 6 (5.00%) WAN
8 5 (4.17%) VLAN
9 2 (1.67%) Internet
9 2 (1.67%) VoIP
10 1 (0.83%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 40 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 30 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 22 (18.33%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (15.00%) Finance
5 11 (9.17%) Retail
6 8 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.67%) Legal
7 6 (5.00%) Law
7 6 (5.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.83%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 22 (18.33%) IT Support
2 21 (17.50%) IT Engineer
3 20 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 19 (15.83%) Support Engineer
5 18 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support
5 18 (15.00%) IT Technician
6 16 (13.33%) 1st Line Support
7 15 (12.50%) Analyst
8 13 (10.83%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (9.17%) Help Desk Analyst
10 8 (6.67%) Support Technician
11 6 (5.00%) IT Support Technician
12 4 (3.33%) Lead
13 3 (2.50%) Junior
13 3 (2.50%) Junior Support Engineer
14 2 (1.67%) 1st Line Support Technician
14 2 (1.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 2 (1.67%) IT Analyst
14 2 (1.67%) Service Analyst
14 2 (1.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.83%) Driving Licence
2 12 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 120 (100.00%) Windows
2 91 (75.83%) Windows 7
3 89 (74.17%) Windows 10
4 81 (67.50%) Windows Server
5 37 (30.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 22 (18.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (17.50%) Windows Server 2008
8 14 (11.67%) Apple iOS
9 11 (9.17%) Linux
10 6 (5.00%) Windows XP
11 5 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (3.33%) Android
12 4 (3.33%) Mac OS X
13 2 (1.67%) Windows 2000
13 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (37.50%) ITIL
2 26 (21.67%) Customer Service
2 26 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (16.67%) Migration
4 13 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 11 (9.17%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (9.17%) Customer Experience
6 11 (9.17%) ERP
6 11 (9.17%) Hardware Maintenance
6 11 (9.17%) Time Management
7 9 (7.50%) Email Migration
8 6 (5.00%) Case Management
8 6 (5.00%) Speech Recognition
9 5 (4.17%) Client Onboarding
9 5 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (4.17%) High Availability
9 5 (4.17%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 3 (2.50%) Agile
10 3 (2.50%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (36.67%) SQL
2 7 (5.83%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (7.50%) DBS Check
3 6 (5.00%) Degree
3 6 (5.00%) MCP
4 2 (1.67%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.67%) CCENT
4 2 (1.67%) CCNA
4 2 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (1.67%) MCDST
4 2 (1.67%) MCITP
4 2 (1.67%) MCSA
4 2 (1.67%) MCSE
4 2 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (1.67%) Server+ Certification
5 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.83%) SLA
2 2 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 75 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 55 (45.83%) Hyper-V
3 49 (40.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 44 (36.67%) XenApp
4 44 (36.67%) XenDesktop
5 42 (35.00%) VirtualBox
6 6 (5.00%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.67%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.83%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 12 (10.00%) SCCM
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.17%) SCOM
4 1 (0.83%) WMI
Vendors
1 85 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 51 (42.50%) VMware
3 50 (41.67%) Citrix
4 8 (6.67%) Apple
5 6 (5.00%) Avaya
5 6 (5.00%) Cisco
6 5 (4.17%) Google
6 5 (4.17%) Kaseya
6 5 (4.17%) SolarWinds
7 4 (3.33%) Dell
7 4 (3.33%) HP
8 2 (1.67%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.83%) Meraki
9 1 (0.83%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.83%) Remedy
9 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.83%) TP-LINK
9 1 (0.83%) Ubiquiti