Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows 7 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 7 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 611 638 727
Rank change year-on-year +27 +89 -253
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 315 337 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.35% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.25% 2.15% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 261 219 515
10th Percentile £24,250 £22,490 £21,350
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,933 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.62% -9.38%
75th Percentile £38,750 £36,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £42,650 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% -5.17%

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows 7 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 13,986 15,669 31,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 16.10% 18.82%
Number of salaries quoted 10,693 10,509 16,510
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,250
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 £92,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows 7.

Salary trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +60 305 £30,000 -4.76% 54
UK excluding London -16 266 £30,000 -4.76% 56
South East -12 108 £34,500 +9.52% 6
Work from Home +101 85 £30,500 -6.15% 11
London +132 48 £36,000 +4.35% 7
Midlands +28 47 £26,500 +17.78% 7
South West -13 44 £30,000 -14.29% 12
West Midlands +37 38 £26,500 +26.19% 5
North of England +19 31 £25,000 +16.28% 13
East of England -6 27 £33,000 -3.65% 6
Yorkshire +65 19 £29,500 +47.50% 8
North East 0 11 £24,500 +16.67%
East Midlands -9 9 £28,165 -1.18% 2
Scotland -53 6 £29,000 -10.77% 11
Wales -2 3 £27,500 -11.29% 1
North West -15 1 £250,000 +941.67% 5

Windows 7
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
1 105 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (10.79%) SharePoint
3 25 (7.94%) Skype for Business
4 19 (6.03%) Exchange Server 2010
5 16 (5.08%) Exchange Server 2013
6 11 (3.49%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (1.59%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.59%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (1.27%) Confluence
8 4 (1.27%) IIS
8 4 (1.27%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.32%) JOnAS
Applications
1 121 (38.41%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.63%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 187 (59.37%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (10.16%) Azure
3 10 (3.17%) AWS
4 8 (2.54%) GCP
5 6 (1.90%) IaaS
5 6 (1.90%) Mimecast
5 6 (1.90%) OneDrive
5 6 (1.90%) PaaS
5 6 (1.90%) SaaS
6 5 (1.59%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.59%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 37 (11.75%) DNS
1 37 (11.75%) LAN
2 30 (9.52%) WAN
3 29 (9.21%) Skype
4 28 (8.89%) Firewall
5 26 (8.25%) TCP/IP
6 25 (7.94%) Cisco IOS
6 25 (7.94%) Telepresence
7 23 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (5.71%) SAN
8 18 (5.71%) VPN
8 18 (5.71%) Wireless
9 17 (5.40%) DHCP
10 16 (5.08%) VoIP
11 12 (3.81%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (2.22%) VLAN
12 7 (2.22%) WLAN
13 5 (1.59%) Internet
13 5 (1.59%) PSTN
14 3 (0.95%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.49%) MySQL
3 4 (1.27%) Metabase
4 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.63%) MS Access
5 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.90%) AdminStudio
1 6 (1.90%) InstallShield
1 6 (1.90%) JIRA
1 6 (1.90%) MSI
2 4 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 110 (34.92%) Social Skills
2 65 (20.63%) Organisational Skills
3 62 (19.68%) Finance
4 29 (9.21%) Telecoms
5 28 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (7.94%) Automotive
6 25 (7.94%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (4.76%) Retail
8 14 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (3.81%) Back Office
10 10 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.22%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.59%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.27%) Advertising
14 3 (0.95%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.63%) Games
15 2 (0.63%) Military
16 1 (0.32%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.32%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 85 (26.98%) Support Engineer
2 55 (17.46%) IT Support
3 42 (13.33%) Analyst
4 37 (11.75%) IT Engineer
5 32 (10.16%) 2nd Line Support
6 30 (9.52%) Desktop Support
7 29 (9.21%) Desktop Engineer
7 29 (9.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 29 (9.21%) IT Support Engineer
8 26 (8.25%) 1st Line Support
8 26 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (7.62%) IT Technician
10 23 (7.30%) Senior
11 20 (6.35%) 3rd Line Support
12 19 (6.03%) Support Analyst
13 18 (5.71%) Administrator
13 18 (5.71%) Systems Administrator
14 16 (5.08%) IT Analyst
14 16 (5.08%) Support Technician
15 14 (4.44%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.22%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.19%) Driving Licence
2 31 (9.84%) Video Conferencing
3 25 (7.94%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (4.76%) Smartphone
5 12 (3.81%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.54%) VAX
7 7 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.90%) Blackberry
8 6 (1.90%) Shadow IT
9 5 (1.59%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.59%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.27%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (0.95%) CCTV
12 2 (0.63%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.63%) NHS
12 2 (0.63%) Replication
13 1 (0.32%) CMDB
13 1 (0.32%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.32%) Hedge funds
13 1 (0.32%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 315 (100.00%) Windows
2 259 (82.22%) Windows 10
3 123 (39.05%) Windows Server
4 90 (28.57%) Windows 8
5 68 (21.59%) Windows Server 2012
6 48 (15.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 47 (14.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 34 (10.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (9.52%) Linux
10 15 (4.76%) Apple iOS
11 14 (4.44%) Android
12 13 (4.13%) Mac OS X
13 7 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (2.22%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.95%) Unix
14 3 (0.95%) VMS
14 3 (0.95%) Windows XP
15 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.63%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (46.35%) ITIL
2 100 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (25.40%) Customer Service
4 32 (10.16%) Service Management
5 28 (8.89%) Asset Management
5 28 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (8.25%) Collaborative Working
7 25 (7.94%) Change Management
7 25 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (7.62%) Migration
8 24 (7.62%) Problem Management
9 22 (6.98%) Service Delivery
10 18 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (5.71%) Roadmaps
11 17 (5.40%) Break/Fix
11 17 (5.40%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 17 (5.40%) Decision-Making
12 15 (4.76%) Customer Requirements
12 15 (4.76%) Time Management
13 14 (4.44%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 71 (22.54%) SQL
2 47 (14.92%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.49%) VB
4 6 (1.90%) C#
5 2 (0.63%) Python
6 1 (0.32%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.32%) Swift
6 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (23.49%) Degree
2 63 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 30 (9.52%) DV Cleared
3 30 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 25 (7.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 25 (7.94%) Master's Degree
4 25 (7.94%) MBA
5 19 (6.03%) DBS Check
6 17 (5.40%) HNC
7 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.95%) A+ Certification
8 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.95%) MCSE
9 1 (0.32%) MCP
9 1 (0.32%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.44%) SLA
2 2 (0.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 185 (58.73%) Active Directory
2 98 (31.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (15.87%) Hyper-V
3 50 (15.87%) XenApp
4 42 (13.33%) VirtualBox
4 42 (13.33%) XenDesktop
5 13 (4.13%) vSphere
6 12 (3.81%) KVM
7 7 (2.22%) Firmware
8 6 (1.90%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 67 (21.27%) SCCM
2 14 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (3.49%) WSUS
4 8 (2.54%) EMC VPLEX
4 8 (2.54%) Nagios
5 6 (1.90%) NetCrunch
6 5 (1.59%) AirWatch
6 5 (1.59%) Backup Exec
6 5 (1.59%) SCOM
7 3 (0.95%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (0.95%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.32%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.32%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.32%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 227 (72.06%) Microsoft
2 112 (35.56%) VMware
3 69 (21.90%) Citrix
4 46 (14.60%) Apple
5 39 (12.38%) Cisco
6 25 (7.94%) Polycom
7 20 (6.35%) Veeam
8 13 (4.13%) McAfee
9 12 (3.81%) HP
9 12 (3.81%) MobileIron
9 12 (3.81%) ServiceNow
10 11 (3.49%) Palo Alto
10 11 (3.49%) Symantec
11 9 (2.86%) EMC
12 8 (2.54%) Centreon
12 8 (2.54%) Sybase
13 7 (2.22%) Ivanti
13 7 (2.22%) Meraki
13 7 (2.22%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.90%) Splunk