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

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 899 1098
Rank change year-on-year +141 +199 -302
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 125 60 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.060% 0.084%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.89% 0.38% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 111 54 124
10th Percentile £22,750 £20,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,500 £26,450 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,165 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +14.55% -12.70%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £36,000 £43,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,165 £31,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year -10.59% +16.67% -14.29%

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 13,969 15,950 30,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.00% 16.07% 18.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10,730 10,731 16,507
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 17 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 17 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 +54 125 £28,165 -10.59% 9
England +162 122 £28,165 -10.59% 10
South East +24 59 £30,000 -4.76% 2
Work from Home +121 55 £30,000 +13.21% 5
Midlands - 22 £26,500 - 1
East of England - 19 £33,000 - 4
North of England +45 18 £23,500 +17.50% 2
West Midlands - 16 £26,500 -
Yorkshire +69 11 £23,500 +17.50% 1
North West -1 7 £23,500 -2.08% 1
East Midlands - 6 £28,165 - 1
South West -14 4 £30,250 +0.83%
Scotland -54 3 £29,000 -

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 71 (56.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (13.60%) SharePoint
3 15 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (10.40%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (10.40%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.60%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (14.40%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 106 (84.80%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (10.40%) Azure
3 5 (4.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (23.20%) DNS
2 18 (14.40%) DHCP
3 13 (10.40%) Firewall
4 12 (9.60%) TCP/IP
5 11 (8.80%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (6.40%) VPN
6 8 (6.40%) Wireless
7 6 (4.80%) LAN
7 6 (4.80%) VLAN
7 6 (4.80%) WAN
8 2 (1.60%) Internet
8 2 (1.60%) VoIP
9 1 (0.80%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (34.40%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.80%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (19.20%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (14.40%) Finance
5 11 (8.80%) Retail
6 8 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.40%) Legal
7 6 (4.80%) Law
7 6 (4.80%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.60%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 24 (19.20%) IT Support
2 22 (17.60%) IT Engineer
3 20 (16.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 19 (15.20%) 1st Line Support
4 19 (15.20%) Support Engineer
5 18 (14.40%) 2nd Line Support
5 18 (14.40%) IT Technician
6 15 (12.00%) Analyst
7 13 (10.40%) IT Support Engineer
8 11 (8.80%) Help Desk Analyst
9 8 (6.40%) Support Technician
10 6 (4.80%) IT Support Technician
11 5 (4.00%) Lead
12 3 (2.40%) Junior
12 3 (2.40%) Junior Support Engineer
13 2 (1.60%) 1st Line Support Technician
13 2 (1.60%) First Line Help Desk Support
13 2 (1.60%) Help Desk Support
13 2 (1.60%) IT Analyst
13 2 (1.60%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.40%) Driving Licence
1 13 (10.40%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.20%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 125 (100.00%) Windows
2 95 (76.00%) Windows 7
3 93 (74.40%) Windows 10
4 83 (66.40%) Windows Server
5 37 (29.60%) Windows Server 2012
6 22 (17.60%) Windows Server 2016
7 21 (16.80%) Windows Server 2008
8 17 (13.60%) Apple iOS
9 11 (8.80%) Linux
10 6 (4.80%) Windows XP
11 5 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (3.20%) Android
12 4 (3.20%) Mac OS X
13 2 (1.60%) Windows 2000
13 2 (1.60%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.80%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (39.20%) ITIL
2 29 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (22.40%) Customer Service
4 21 (16.80%) Migration
5 13 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (9.60%) Asset Management
7 11 (8.80%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (8.80%) Customer Experience
7 11 (8.80%) ERP
7 11 (8.80%) Hardware Maintenance
7 11 (8.80%) Time Management
8 10 (8.00%) Email Migration
9 6 (4.80%) Case Management
9 6 (4.80%) Client Onboarding
9 6 (4.80%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (4.80%) Speech Recognition
10 5 (4.00%) High Availability
10 5 (4.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 4 (3.20%) Agile
11 4 (3.20%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (36.00%) SQL
2 7 (5.60%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.80%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (7.20%) DBS Check
3 6 (4.80%) Degree
3 6 (4.80%) MCP
4 2 (1.60%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.60%) CCENT
4 2 (1.60%) CCNA
4 2 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.60%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (1.60%) MCDST
4 2 (1.60%) MCITP
4 2 (1.60%) MCSA
4 2 (1.60%) MCSE
4 2 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (1.60%) Server+ Certification
5 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.20%) SLA
2 2 (1.60%) GDPR
3 1 (0.80%) QA
System Software
1 78 (62.40%) Active Directory
2 57 (45.60%) Hyper-V
3 50 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 45 (36.00%) XenApp
4 45 (36.00%) XenDesktop
5 43 (34.40%) VirtualBox
6 6 (4.80%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.80%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 12 (9.60%) SCCM
2 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.00%) SCOM
4 1 (0.80%) WMI
Vendors
1 89 (71.20%) Microsoft
2 52 (41.60%) VMware
3 51 (40.80%) Citrix
4 8 (6.40%) Apple
5 6 (4.80%) Avaya
5 6 (4.80%) Cisco
6 5 (4.00%) Google
6 5 (4.00%) Kaseya
6 5 (4.00%) SolarWinds
7 4 (3.20%) Dell
7 4 (3.20%) HP
8 2 (1.60%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.80%) Meraki
9 1 (0.80%) NETGEAR
9 1 (0.80%) Remedy
9 1 (0.80%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.80%) TP-LINK
9 1 (0.80%) Ubiquiti