Windows 7 Contracts

Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 355 371
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 -50
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 231 387 624
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.65% 0.70%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.98% 3.97% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 269 377
10th Percentile £126 £136 £130
25th Percentile £150 £160 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £200 £200
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £233 £275 £288
90th Percentile £368 £500 £475
UK excluding London median daily rate £211 £200 £190
% change year-on-year +5.63% +5.26% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 26 69
10th Percentile £12.75 £15.21 £12.04
25th Percentile £14.27 £16.54 £13.87
Median hourly rate £17.72 £18.50 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +12.12% +6.73%
75th Percentile £20.00 £19.25 £22.25
90th Percentile £22.93 £35.88 £25.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -4.22% +12.12% +3.13%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 5,803 9,755 13,418
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.32% 16.27% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,900 6,876 9,112
10th Percentile £185 £190 £174
25th Percentile £300 £330 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £590 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £718 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 430 639
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.24 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.38 £17.73 £15.81
Median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +72.80% +24.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -28.33% +50.00% +19.40%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 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
England +27 220 £210 +5.00% 31
UK excluding London -34 145 £211 +5.63% 34
London +88 80 £163 -14.47% 6
South East -8 72 £215 -4.44% 6
Work from Home +103 37 £288 -4.17% 8
Midlands +38 37 £150 -31.82% 2
East Midlands +44 32 £150 -9.09% 1
North of England +12 15 £329 +73.03% 8
South West -1 12 £423 +53.64% 3
Yorkshire +18 11 £340 +78.95% 2
West Midlands +19 5 £225 -4.26% 1
Scotland +12 4 £213 +32.81% 9
North West +10 4 £168 -16.25% 6
East of England -4 4 £105 -41.67% 4
Northern Ireland -3 1 - -

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 39 (16.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (8.66%) Exchange Server 2013
3 17 (7.36%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (6.49%) SharePoint
5 13 (5.63%) Skype for Business
6 6 (2.60%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (2.60%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.87%) Confluence
Applications
1 105 (45.45%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) SystmOne
2 1 (0.43%) Eikon
2 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.43%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.43%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 72 (31.17%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (8.23%) Azure
3 14 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 9 (3.90%) OneDrive
5 4 (1.73%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.43%) Google Sheets
6 1 (0.43%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 50 (21.65%) VPN
2 44 (19.05%) DNS
3 29 (12.55%) DHCP
4 20 (8.66%) LAN
5 19 (8.23%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (6.49%) Wireless
7 14 (6.06%) Cisco IOS
8 12 (5.19%) Skype
9 10 (4.33%) Firewall
10 8 (3.46%) Remote Desktop
11 4 (1.73%) VoIP
12 3 (1.30%) Network Security
12 3 (1.30%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.87%) NetScaler
13 2 (0.87%) SAN
13 2 (0.87%) Telepresence
13 2 (0.87%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.87%) WAN
14 1 (0.43%) VSAN
14 1 (0.43%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.87%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.43%) MS Access
3 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.30%) JIRA
2 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.43%) Hudson
2 1 (0.43%) MSI
General
1 104 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 41 (17.75%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (17.75%) Organisational Skills
3 35 (15.15%) Finance
4 19 (8.23%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.06%) Banking
5 14 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 12 (5.19%) Financial Institution
7 11 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.03%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.60%) Electronics
9 6 (2.60%) Marketing
9 6 (2.60%) Retail
10 2 (0.87%) Cantonese Language
10 2 (0.87%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.43%) Law
11 1 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 73 (31.60%) Support Engineer
2 49 (21.21%) Desktop Support
3 48 (20.78%) Desktop Engineer
4 45 (19.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 29 (12.55%) IT Support
6 28 (12.12%) IT Engineer
7 25 (10.82%) Analyst
8 22 (9.52%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
8 22 (9.52%) Windows Engineer
9 20 (8.66%) Hardware Engineer
10 18 (7.79%) Windows Support Engineer
11 17 (7.36%) 1st Line Support
12 16 (6.93%) Administrator
12 16 (6.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (6.93%) Service Analyst
12 16 (6.93%) Systems Administrator
13 15 (6.49%) Service Desk Analyst
14 12 (5.19%) IT Technician
15 10 (4.33%) IT Support Engineer
16 9 (3.90%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.33%) XMPP
2 1 (0.43%) .NET
2 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.43%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.58%) Driving Licence
2 15 (6.49%) BYOD
3 12 (5.19%) Data Centre
4 11 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 10 (4.33%) Blackberry
5 10 (4.33%) iPhone
5 10 (4.33%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (3.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (3.90%) Hedge funds
6 9 (3.90%) iPad
7 6 (2.60%) CMDB
7 6 (2.60%) Digital Signage
7 6 (2.60%) Smartphone
8 4 (1.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 3 (1.30%) NHS
9 3 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.87%) Animation
10 2 (0.87%) PACS
10 2 (0.87%) PDA
10 2 (0.87%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 231 (100.00%) Windows
2 137 (59.31%) Windows 10
3 32 (13.85%) Windows Server 2008
4 29 (12.55%) Windows Server
5 28 (12.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (9.96%) Android
7 22 (9.52%) Windows Vista
8 19 (8.23%) Mac OS X
9 11 (4.76%) Windows 8
10 10 (4.33%) Apple iOS
11 9 (3.90%) Windows Server 2016
11 9 (3.90%) Windows Server 2019
12 6 (2.60%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (2.16%) Windows XP
14 2 (0.87%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.43%) OpenVMS
15 1 (0.43%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (49.78%) Customer Service
2 93 (40.26%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (26.84%) ITIL
4 32 (13.85%) Customer Requirements
4 32 (13.85%) Service Delivery
5 19 (8.23%) Software Deployment
6 18 (7.79%) Hardware Maintenance
6 18 (7.79%) Software Testing
7 15 (6.49%) Information Security
8 14 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (5.19%) Incident Management
9 12 (5.19%) Proactive Monitoring
10 11 (4.76%) ITSM
10 11 (4.76%) Migration
10 11 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (3.90%) Break/Fix
11 9 (3.90%) Computer Science
11 9 (3.90%) Mobile Device Management
11 9 (3.90%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 9 (3.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.93%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.49%) SQL
3 4 (1.73%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 114 (49.35%) Security Cleared
2 54 (23.38%) SC Cleared
3 51 (22.08%) DV Cleared
4 39 (16.88%) Degree
5 12 (5.19%) A+ Certification
6 11 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.33%) CCNA
7 10 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (2.60%) CCNP
11 5 (2.16%) MCSA
12 4 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (1.30%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
15 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
15 1 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (15.58%) SLA
2 4 (1.73%) GDPR
2 4 (1.73%) QA
3 2 (0.87%) PMO
4 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
System Software
1 93 (40.26%) Active Directory
2 29 (12.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.79%) Firmware
4 10 (4.33%) XenApp
5 9 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (3.03%) KVM
6 7 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (3.03%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (2.60%) XenDesktop
8 5 (2.16%) Hyper-V
9 4 (1.73%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.30%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.87%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.43%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 75 (32.47%) SCCM
2 9 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (3.46%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.73%) AirWatch
5 3 (1.30%) WSUS
6 1 (0.43%) Ansible
6 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.43%) Puppet
6 1 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 136 (58.87%) Microsoft
2 43 (18.61%) HP
3 29 (12.55%) VMware
4 25 (10.82%) Citrix
5 22 (9.52%) Apple
5 22 (9.52%) ServiceNow
6 20 (8.66%) Cisco
7 11 (4.76%) Ivanti
8 8 (3.46%) Mitel
8 8 (3.46%) Progress
9 7 (3.03%) Computacenter
10 6 (2.60%) Adobe
10 6 (2.60%) SAP
11 5 (2.16%) Remedy
11 5 (2.16%) Veeam
12 4 (1.73%) Symantec
13 3 (1.30%) Dell
13 3 (1.30%) Polycom
14 2 (0.87%) Cerner
14 2 (0.87%) Intel