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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 595 657 681
Rank change year-on-year +62 +24 -226
Permanent jobs citing Windows 7 330 365 618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.35% 0.39%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.35% 2.21% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 273 242 546
10th Percentile £23,500 £23,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.62% -10.77%
75th Percentile £38,750 £36,000 £37,258
90th Percentile £53,750 £43,250 £51,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% -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 14,068 16,540 29,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.28% 15.97% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 10,864 11,165 16,729
10th Percentile £25,760 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,250
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 £92,500 £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 4 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 4 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 +73 320 £30,000 -4.76% 40
UK excluding London -31 277 £30,000 -3.23% 43
South East +7 117 £34,500 +9.52% 9
Work from Home +112 94 £30,500 -6.15% 7
London +112 52 £38,000 +11.76% 7
Midlands +53 52 £26,500 -4.50% 1
West Midlands +47 43 £26,500 +3.92% 1
South West -20 39 £30,000 -14.29% 9
North of England +3 32 £24,500 +8.89% 6
East of England +14 28 £33,000 -3.65% 8
Yorkshire +74 20 £29,500 +47.50% 3
North East +1 10 £24,500 +13.95%
East Midlands -7 9 £28,165 -0.30%
Scotland -61 6 £33,000 +1.54% 9
Wales +7 3 £27,500 -8.33% 2
North West -9 2 £250,000 +941.67% 3

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
1 115 (34.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (11.21%) SharePoint
3 25 (7.58%) Skype for Business
4 20 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2010
5 17 (5.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 11 (3.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (1.52%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (1.52%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (1.21%) Confluence
8 4 (1.21%) IIS
8 4 (1.21%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.30%) JOnAS
Applications
1 125 (37.88%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.61%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.61%) Sage 50
2 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 198 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (10.61%) Azure
3 9 (2.73%) AWS
4 8 (2.42%) GCP
5 7 (2.12%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.82%) IaaS
6 6 (1.82%) Mimecast
6 6 (1.82%) OneDrive
6 6 (1.82%) PaaS
6 6 (1.82%) SaaS
7 5 (1.52%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 41 (12.42%) LAN
2 37 (11.21%) DNS
3 32 (9.70%) WAN
4 29 (8.79%) Skype
4 29 (8.79%) TCP/IP
5 27 (8.18%) Cisco IOS
6 26 (7.88%) Firewall
7 25 (7.58%) Telepresence
8 22 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (6.36%) VPN
10 18 (5.45%) SAN
10 18 (5.45%) VoIP
10 18 (5.45%) Wireless
11 16 (4.85%) DHCP
12 12 (3.64%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (2.12%) VLAN
13 7 (2.12%) WLAN
14 6 (1.82%) Internet
15 5 (1.52%) PSTN
16 3 (0.91%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.33%) MySQL
3 4 (1.21%) Metabase
4 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.61%) MS Access
5 1 (0.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.52%) JIRA
2 4 (1.21%) AdminStudio
2 4 (1.21%) InstallShield
2 4 (1.21%) MSI
2 4 (1.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 121 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 68 (20.61%) Organisational Skills
3 61 (18.48%) Finance
4 32 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (8.79%) Telecoms
6 25 (7.58%) Automotive
6 25 (7.58%) Pharmaceutical
7 15 (4.55%) Back Office
8 14 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (3.94%) Retail
10 8 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.12%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.21%) Advertising
14 3 (0.91%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.61%) Fire and Rescue
15 2 (0.61%) Games
15 2 (0.61%) Local Government
15 2 (0.61%) Military
Job Titles
1 87 (26.36%) Support Engineer
2 56 (16.97%) IT Support
3 42 (12.73%) Analyst
4 41 (12.42%) 2nd Line Support
5 38 (11.52%) IT Engineer
6 31 (9.39%) Desktop Support
7 30 (9.09%) 1st Line Support
7 30 (9.09%) Desktop Engineer
7 30 (9.09%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 30 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
8 26 (7.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (7.27%) IT Technician
10 22 (6.67%) 3rd Line Support
10 22 (6.67%) Senior
11 20 (6.06%) Support Analyst
12 17 (5.15%) Administrator
12 17 (5.15%) Systems Administrator
13 16 (4.85%) Support Technician
14 14 (4.24%) IT Analyst
14 14 (4.24%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.12%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.45%) Driving Licence
2 33 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
3 24 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 11 (3.33%) Smartphone
6 8 (2.42%) VAX
7 7 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.82%) Blackberry
9 5 (1.52%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.52%) Thin Client
10 4 (1.21%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.21%) Shadow IT
11 3 (0.91%) CCTV
12 2 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.61%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.61%) NHS
13 1 (0.30%) CMDB
13 1 (0.30%) Data Centre
13 1 (0.30%) Mobile App
13 1 (0.30%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 330 (100.00%) Windows
2 270 (81.82%) Windows 10
3 130 (39.39%) Windows Server
4 101 (30.61%) Windows 8
5 65 (19.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 49 (14.85%) Windows Server 2008
7 45 (13.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 32 (9.70%) Windows Server 2019
9 30 (9.09%) Linux
10 18 (5.45%) Apple iOS
11 16 (4.85%) Android
12 14 (4.24%) Mac OS X
13 7 (2.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (2.12%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (1.21%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.91%) Unix
15 3 (0.91%) VMS
16 2 (0.61%) Mac OS
16 2 (0.61%) OpenVMS
17 1 (0.30%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (47.88%) ITIL
2 109 (33.03%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (27.27%) Customer Service
4 32 (9.70%) Service Management
5 31 (9.39%) Asset Management
6 28 (8.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (8.48%) Service Delivery
7 26 (7.88%) Problem Management
8 25 (7.58%) Collaborative Working
9 24 (7.27%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (7.27%) Migration
10 23 (6.97%) Change Management
11 19 (5.76%) Customer Requirements
12 18 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (5.15%) Roadmaps
14 16 (4.85%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 16 (4.85%) Decision-Making
14 16 (4.85%) Software Deployment
15 15 (4.55%) Break/Fix
15 15 (4.55%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.03%) SQL
2 46 (13.94%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.03%) VB
4 4 (1.21%) C#
5 2 (0.61%) Python
6 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.30%) Swift
6 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (22.42%) Degree
2 63 (19.09%) Security Cleared
3 34 (10.30%) DV Cleared
4 31 (9.39%) SC Cleared
5 25 (7.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 25 (7.58%) Master's Degree
5 25 (7.58%) MBA
6 19 (5.76%) DBS Check
7 16 (4.85%) HNC
8 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.91%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.91%) MCSE
10 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.30%) MCP
11 1 (0.30%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.45%) SLA
2 2 (0.61%) GDPR
System Software
1 190 (57.58%) Active Directory
2 100 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 55 (16.67%) XenApp
4 47 (14.24%) VirtualBox
4 47 (14.24%) XenDesktop
5 15 (4.55%) KVM
6 13 (3.94%) vSphere
7 10 (3.03%) Firmware
8 7 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (1.21%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 68 (20.61%) SCCM
2 19 (5.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.73%) WSUS
4 8 (2.42%) EMC VPLEX
4 8 (2.42%) Nagios
5 7 (2.12%) AirWatch
6 6 (1.82%) NetCrunch
7 5 (1.52%) Backup Exec
7 5 (1.52%) SCOM
8 3 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.91%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.30%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.30%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.30%) WMI
Vendors
1 239 (72.42%) Microsoft
2 116 (35.15%) VMware
3 74 (22.42%) Citrix
4 52 (15.76%) Apple
5 41 (12.42%) Cisco
6 25 (7.58%) Polycom
7 19 (5.76%) Veeam
8 18 (5.45%) HP
9 16 (4.85%) ServiceNow
10 13 (3.94%) Symantec
11 11 (3.33%) Palo Alto
12 9 (2.73%) EMC
12 9 (2.73%) McAfee
13 8 (2.42%) Centreon
13 8 (2.42%) MobileIron
13 8 (2.42%) Sybase
14 7 (2.12%) Dell
14 7 (2.12%) Meraki
14 7 (2.12%) Red Hat
14 7 (2.12%) Toshiba