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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 920 1065
Rank change year-on-year +154 +145 -262
Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 132 60 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.059% 0.086%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.94% 0.37% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 117 56 125
10th Percentile £22,750 £20,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £23,500 £26,275 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £31,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +14.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £35,000
90th Percentile £38,000 £36,000 £45,100
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £31,500 £27,250
% change year-on-year -7.94% +15.60% -9.17%

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 14,005 16,129 29,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.12% 15.97% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10,789 10,915 16,509
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
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 10 May 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 10 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 +66 131 £29,000 -7.94% 9
England +168 128 £29,083 -7.67% 10
South East +40 64 £31,000 -1.59% 2
Work from Home +122 59 £30,000 +13.21% 4
Midlands - 22 £26,500 - 1
East of England +36 19 £33,000 +32.00% 3
North of England +47 18 £23,500 +17.50% 2
West Midlands - 16 £26,500 -
Yorkshire +84 11 £23,500 +17.50% 1
North West +6 7 £23,500 -2.08% 1
East Midlands - 6 £28,165 - 1
South West -17 4 £30,250 +0.83% 1
Scotland -55 4 £29,000 -
London +112 1 £25,000 -18.03%

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 76 (57.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (13.64%) SharePoint
3 15 (11.36%) Exchange Server 2013
4 13 (9.85%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (9.85%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.52%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 21 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 113 (85.61%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (11.36%) Azure
3 5 (3.79%) Google Workspace
4 2 (1.52%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 30 (22.73%) DNS
2 21 (15.91%) DHCP
3 15 (11.36%) TCP/IP
4 14 (10.61%) Firewall
5 11 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (6.82%) VPN
7 8 (6.06%) Wireless
8 7 (5.30%) VLAN
9 6 (4.55%) LAN
9 6 (4.55%) WAN
10 3 (2.27%) VoIP
11 2 (1.52%) Internet
11 2 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.52%) SAN
12 1 (0.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.55%) Eclipse
2 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (34.09%) Social Skills
2 32 (24.24%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.64%) Finance
5 11 (8.33%) Retail
6 8 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.06%) Legal
7 6 (4.55%) Law
7 6 (4.55%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.52%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 25 (18.94%) IT Support
2 23 (17.42%) IT Engineer
3 22 (16.67%) 1st Line Support
4 21 (15.91%) 3rd Line Support
4 21 (15.91%) Support Engineer
5 20 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support
6 19 (14.39%) Analyst
7 18 (13.64%) IT Technician
8 13 (9.85%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (8.33%) Help Desk Analyst
10 8 (6.06%) Support Technician
11 6 (4.55%) IT Support Technician
12 5 (3.79%) Lead
13 4 (3.03%) Service Analyst
13 4 (3.03%) Service Desk Analyst
14 3 (2.27%) 1st Line Support Analyst
14 3 (2.27%) 1st Line Support Engineer
14 3 (2.27%) Junior
14 3 (2.27%) Junior Support Engineer
14 3 (2.27%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.85%) Driving Licence
1 13 (9.85%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.30%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.03%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 132 (100.00%) Windows
2 98 (74.24%) Windows 10
2 98 (74.24%) Windows 7
3 87 (65.91%) Windows Server
4 38 (28.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 18 (13.64%) Apple iOS
8 11 (8.33%) Linux
9 6 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (4.55%) Windows XP
10 4 (3.03%) Android
10 4 (3.03%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.52%) Windows 2000
11 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (38.64%) ITIL
2 30 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (21.97%) Customer Service
4 22 (16.67%) Migration
5 13 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (9.09%) Asset Management
6 12 (9.09%) Customer Experience
7 11 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
7 11 (8.33%) Email Migration
7 11 (8.33%) ERP
7 11 (8.33%) Hardware Maintenance
7 11 (8.33%) Time Management
8 7 (5.30%) Client Onboarding
8 7 (5.30%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (4.55%) Case Management
9 6 (4.55%) Speech Recognition
10 5 (3.79%) High Availability
10 5 (3.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 4 (3.03%) Agile
11 4 (3.03%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (35.61%) SQL
2 7 (5.30%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (6.82%) DBS Check
3 6 (4.55%) Degree
3 6 (4.55%) MCP
4 4 (3.03%) MCITP
5 2 (1.52%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.52%) CCENT
5 2 (1.52%) CCNA
5 2 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.52%) MCDST
5 2 (1.52%) MCSA
5 2 (1.52%) MCSE
5 2 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.52%) Server+ Certification
6 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.33%) SLA
2 2 (1.52%) GDPR
3 1 (0.76%) QA
System Software
1 84 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 61 (46.21%) Hyper-V
3 55 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 47 (35.61%) XenApp
4 47 (35.61%) XenDesktop
5 45 (34.09%) VirtualBox
6 6 (4.55%) Terminal Services
7 2 (1.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.76%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 12 (9.09%) SCCM
2 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.79%) SCOM
4 1 (0.76%) WMI
Vendors
1 93 (70.45%) Microsoft
2 57 (43.18%) VMware
3 53 (40.15%) Citrix
4 10 (7.58%) Apple
5 7 (5.30%) Cisco
5 7 (5.30%) SolarWinds
6 6 (4.55%) Avaya
7 5 (3.79%) Dell
7 5 (3.79%) Google
7 5 (3.79%) Kaseya
8 4 (3.03%) HP
9 2 (1.52%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.52%) N-able
9 2 (1.52%) Sophos
9 2 (1.52%) WatchGuard
10 1 (0.76%) Meraki
10 1 (0.76%) NETGEAR
10 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.76%) TP-LINK
10 1 (0.76%) Ubiquiti