Windows 7 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Windows 7 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 7 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 372 325
Rank change year-on-year +47 -47 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 220 318 588
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.63% 0.83%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.36% 3.85% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 219 359
10th Percentile £126 £136 £129
25th Percentile £150 £160 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £221 £253 £288
90th Percentile £360 £450 £475
UK median daily rate £210 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 19 65
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £11.70
25th Percentile £14.27 £16.54 £14.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +7.25% +1.47%
75th Percentile £20.00 £19.09 £22.25
90th Percentile £22.93 £20.20 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -4.22% +12.12% +6.73%

All Operating Systems
England

Windows 7 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,045 8,260 11,221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.65% 16.34% 15.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,433 5,890 7,674
10th Percentile £181 £190 £170
25th Percentile £285 £325 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £470 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -6.93% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 390 559
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £14.95 £17.73 £15.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £37.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.33% +74.42% +19.44%
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.75 £22.28
% change year-on-year -43.23% +73.92% +23.78%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in England

Windows 7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in England.

Daily rate trend for Windows 7 in England

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in England

Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 7 in England

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 7 in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 7 in England

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 7 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +81 80 £163 -14.47% 6
South East -4 72 £215 - 6
Midlands +33 37 £150 -31.82% 2
East Midlands +40 32 £150 -9.09% 1
North of England +18 15 £329 +73.03% 7
South West -2 12 £423 +53.64% 3
Yorkshire +18 11 £340 +78.95% 2
West Midlands +18 5 £225 -4.26% 1
North West +6 4 £168 -16.25% 5
East of England 0 4 £105 -41.67% 4
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 38 (17.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (9.09%) Exchange Server 2013
3 17 (7.73%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (5.91%) SharePoint
5 12 (5.45%) Skype for Business
6 6 (2.73%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (2.73%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 98 (44.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.91%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.45%) Eikon
2 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.45%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.45%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.45%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 69 (31.36%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (8.18%) Azure
3 13 (5.91%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.64%) OneDrive
5 4 (1.82%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.45%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 47 (21.36%) VPN
2 41 (18.64%) DNS
3 26 (11.82%) DHCP
4 20 (9.09%) LAN
5 19 (8.64%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (6.82%) Wireless
7 13 (5.91%) Cisco IOS
8 11 (5.00%) Skype
9 10 (4.55%) Firewall
10 8 (3.64%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.82%) VoIP
12 3 (1.36%) Network Security
12 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.91%) NetScaler
13 2 (0.91%) SAN
13 2 (0.91%) Telepresence
13 2 (0.91%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.91%) WAN
14 1 (0.45%) PBX
14 1 (0.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.91%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.45%) MS Access
3 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.36%) JIRA
2 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.45%) Hudson
2 1 (0.45%) MSI
General
1 102 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.64%) Organisational Skills
3 40 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (15.91%) Finance
5 18 (8.18%) Public Sector
6 14 (6.36%) Banking
7 12 (5.45%) Financial Institution
7 12 (5.45%) Telecoms
8 11 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (3.18%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.73%) Electronics
10 6 (2.73%) Marketing
10 6 (2.73%) Retail
11 2 (0.91%) Cantonese Language
11 2 (0.91%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 73 (33.18%) Support Engineer
2 47 (21.36%) Desktop Support
3 46 (20.91%) Desktop Engineer
4 45 (20.45%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 28 (12.73%) IT Engineer
6 27 (12.27%) IT Support
7 22 (10.00%) Analyst
7 22 (10.00%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
7 22 (10.00%) Windows Engineer
8 20 (9.09%) Hardware Engineer
9 18 (8.18%) Windows Support Engineer
10 17 (7.73%) 1st Line Support
11 16 (7.27%) Administrator
11 16 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (7.27%) Systems Administrator
12 15 (6.82%) Service Analyst
12 15 (6.82%) Service Desk Analyst
13 12 (5.45%) IT Technician
14 10 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
15 9 (4.09%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.55%) XMPP
2 1 (0.45%) .NET
2 1 (0.45%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.45%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.36%) Driving Licence
2 14 (6.36%) BYOD
3 11 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.55%) Blackberry
5 9 (4.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.09%) Hedge funds
5 9 (4.09%) Video Conferencing
6 8 (3.64%) iPad
6 8 (3.64%) iPhone
7 6 (2.73%) CMDB
7 6 (2.73%) Digital Signage
8 5 (2.27%) Smartphone
9 4 (1.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (1.36%) NHS
11 2 (0.91%) Animation
11 2 (0.91%) PACS
11 2 (0.91%) PKI
11 2 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.91%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 220 (100.00%) Windows
2 131 (59.55%) Windows 10
3 29 (13.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 27 (12.27%) Windows Server
4 27 (12.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 22 (10.00%) Android
5 22 (10.00%) Windows Vista
6 18 (8.18%) Mac OS X
7 10 (4.55%) Windows 8
8 9 (4.09%) Apple iOS
8 9 (4.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (4.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.27%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.82%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.91%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.45%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 89 (40.45%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (26.82%) ITIL
4 32 (14.55%) Customer Requirements
5 29 (13.18%) Service Delivery
6 19 (8.64%) Software Deployment
7 18 (8.18%) Hardware Maintenance
7 18 (8.18%) Software Testing
8 15 (6.82%) Information Security
9 14 (6.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (5.45%) Incident Management
10 12 (5.45%) Proactive Monitoring
11 11 (5.00%) ITSM
11 11 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (4.55%) Migration
13 9 (4.09%) Project Delivery
14 8 (3.64%) Business Strategy
14 8 (3.64%) Customer Experience
14 8 (3.64%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 8 (3.64%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.27%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.82%) SQL
3 4 (1.82%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 108 (49.09%) Security Cleared
2 51 (23.18%) DV Cleared
3 49 (22.27%) SC Cleared
4 38 (17.27%) Degree
5 10 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.09%) CCNA
6 9 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (3.64%) A+ Certification
7 8 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (2.27%) CCNP
10 4 (1.82%) MCSA
10 4 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.91%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (16.36%) SLA
2 4 (1.82%) GDPR
2 4 (1.82%) QA
3 2 (0.91%) PMO
4 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 87 (39.55%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (8.18%) Firmware
4 10 (4.55%) XenApp
5 9 (4.09%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (3.18%) KVM
6 7 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (3.18%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (2.73%) XenDesktop
8 5 (2.27%) Hyper-V
9 4 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.36%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.91%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.45%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 71 (32.27%) SCCM
2 8 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.64%) vCenter Server
3 4 (1.82%) AirWatch
4 3 (1.36%) WSUS
5 1 (0.45%) Ansible
5 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.45%) Puppet
5 1 (0.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 128 (58.18%) Microsoft
2 43 (19.55%) HP
3 29 (13.18%) VMware
4 23 (10.45%) Citrix
5 22 (10.00%) ServiceNow
6 21 (9.55%) Apple
7 16 (7.27%) Cisco
8 11 (5.00%) Ivanti
9 7 (3.18%) Computacenter
9 7 (3.18%) Mitel
9 7 (3.18%) Progress
10 6 (2.73%) Adobe
10 6 (2.73%) SAP
11 5 (2.27%) Remedy
11 5 (2.27%) Veeam
12 4 (1.82%) Symantec
13 3 (1.36%) Dell
13 3 (1.36%) Polycom
14 2 (0.91%) Atlassian
14 2 (0.91%) SolarWinds