Windows 7 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 229 172
Rank change year-on-year -15 -57 +24
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 143 251 447
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.07% 1.46%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.43% 5.54% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 156 254
10th Percentile £143 £135 £128
25th Percentile £168 £160 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £200 £189
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.96% +7.86%
75th Percentile £238 £286 £269
90th Percentile £358 £544 £408
UK median daily rate £210 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 22 60
10th Percentile £12.75 £16.23 £12.11
25th Percentile £13.87 £16.54 £13.87
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.50 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +14.76% +7.47%
75th Percentile £20.00 £19.44 £22.25
90th Percentile £23.52 £46.18 £24.03
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -4.22% +12.12% +8.34%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,231 4,532 5,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.74% 19.28% 19.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,147 3,149 3,853
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £256 £250 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £538
90th Percentile £675 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £468 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 336 459
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £12.58
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.29 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £29.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% +46.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £61.90 £60.64 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.49 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.76%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -18 68 £215 +2.38% 7
Midlands +40 35 £150 -31.82% 1
East Midlands +41 31 £150 -9.09%
North of England +17 15 £329 +73.03% 9
Yorkshire +26 11 £340 +87.59% 6
South West -1 11 £245 -30.00% 11
Scotland +26 9 £206 +28.91% 9
North West +16 4 £168 -16.25% 3
West Midlands +13 4 £225 -4.26% 1
East of England -8 4 £105 -44.00% 7
Northern Ireland -4 1 - -
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.10%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (2.10%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.10%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 65 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (22.38%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.20%) Azure
3 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 30 (20.98%) VPN
2 27 (18.88%) DHCP
3 26 (18.18%) DNS
4 16 (11.19%) LAN
5 14 (9.79%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (4.90%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (3.50%) Firewall
8 4 (2.80%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (2.10%) Network Security
10 2 (1.40%) NetScaler
10 2 (1.40%) Skype
10 2 (1.40%) VoIP
11 1 (0.70%) PBX
11 1 (0.70%) PSTN
11 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.70%) Telepresence
11 1 (0.70%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Hudson
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
1 1 (0.70%) MSI
General
1 74 (51.75%) Social Skills
2 33 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.79%) Public Sector
5 13 (9.09%) Finance
6 11 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 10 (6.99%) Banking
8 6 (4.20%) Retail
9 5 (3.50%) Electronics
9 5 (3.50%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.50%) Marketing
9 5 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (30.07%) Support Engineer
2 34 (23.78%) Desktop Engineer
3 32 (22.38%) Desktop Support
4 28 (19.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 20 (13.99%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
6 17 (11.89%) IT Engineer
7 16 (11.19%) Hardware Engineer
8 13 (9.09%) Analyst
8 13 (9.09%) IT Support
9 12 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (8.39%) IT Technician
10 9 (6.29%) Windows Engineer
11 8 (5.59%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (5.59%) Windows Support Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Data Centre Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Infrastructure Support
12 6 (4.20%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 6 (4.20%) Service Analyst
13 5 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
13 5 (3.50%) Break Fix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.40%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.38%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.99%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.90%) BYOD
4 6 (4.20%) CMDB
4 6 (4.20%) Digital Signage
4 6 (4.20%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.20%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.80%) Blackberry
5 4 (2.80%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.10%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.40%) iPad
7 2 (1.40%) iPhone
7 2 (1.40%) PDA
8 1 (0.70%) Clustering
8 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.70%) NHS
8 1 (0.70%) PKI
8 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 143 (100.00%) Windows
2 96 (67.13%) Windows 10
3 21 (14.69%) Windows Vista
4 10 (6.99%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (6.99%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (6.29%) Apple iOS
5 9 (6.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (4.90%) Windows Server
8 6 (4.20%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (2.80%) Mac OS X
9 4 (2.80%) Windows 8
10 2 (1.40%) Android
10 2 (1.40%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (48.25%) Customer Service
2 51 (35.66%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (32.87%) ITIL
4 27 (18.88%) Customer Requirements
5 26 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 17 (11.89%) Software Deployment
7 16 (11.19%) Hardware Maintenance
7 16 (11.19%) Software Testing
8 12 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (7.69%) Information Security
10 10 (6.99%) Migration
11 9 (6.29%) Break/Fix
12 8 (5.59%) Technical Leadership
13 7 (4.90%) Business Strategy
13 7 (4.90%) Computer Science
13 7 (4.90%) Network Monitoring
13 7 (4.90%) Runbook
14 6 (4.20%) CRM
14 6 (4.20%) Proactive Monitoring
15 5 (3.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.49%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.39%) SQL
3 4 (2.80%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 80 (55.94%) Security Cleared
2 44 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 39 (27.27%) DV Cleared
4 27 (18.88%) Degree
5 15 (10.49%) A+ Certification
6 8 (5.59%) CCNA
6 8 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (4.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.80%) CCNP
9 4 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (2.10%) MCSA
11 2 (1.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.59%) SLA
2 4 (2.80%) GDPR
2 4 (2.80%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 51 (35.66%) Active Directory
2 16 (11.19%) Firmware
3 10 (6.99%) XenApp
4 9 (6.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (5.59%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (4.90%) KVM
6 7 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (4.90%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (4.20%) XenDesktop
8 4 (2.80%) Hyper-V
9 3 (2.10%) BitLocker
10 2 (1.40%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.70%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 62 (43.36%) SCCM
2 7 (4.90%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.10%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.70%) SCOM
4 1 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 92 (64.34%) Microsoft
2 36 (25.17%) HP
3 13 (9.09%) Cisco
4 12 (8.39%) Citrix
5 9 (6.29%) VMware
6 6 (4.20%) Ivanti
7 5 (3.50%) Apple
7 5 (3.50%) Computacenter
7 5 (3.50%) SAP
7 5 (3.50%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.80%) Remedy
8 4 (2.80%) Symantec
9 2 (1.40%) Intel
10 1 (0.70%) Adobe
10 1 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.70%) Dell
10 1 (0.70%) FireEye
10 1 (0.70%) McAfee
10 1 (0.70%) Peregrine
10 1 (0.70%) Tanium