Microsoft Windows 8
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Windows 8 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 194 | 205 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +11 | +81 |
| Permanent jobs citing Windows 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | - | 0.026% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | 0.14% | 1.80% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £23,750 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £25,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £27,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £31,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £26,875 | £47,500 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -43.42% | +58.33% | -4.76% |
All Operating Systems
West Midlands
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 in the West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 307 | 701 | 724 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 5.21% | 17.95% | 13.43% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 240 | 250 | 642 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,375 | £30,725 | £25,525 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,900 | £32,625 | £29,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,000 | £47,500 | £42,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.89% | +13.10% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £47,625 | £59,750 | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | £72,500 | £66,000 |
| England median annual salary | £45,000 | £52,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | +10.53% | -9.52% |
Windows 8
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Windows 8 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Windows 8
Salary Trend in the West Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Windows 8.
