Windows 7 Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Windows 7
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 92 112
Rank change year-on-year -1 +20 +9
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 9 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.66% 0.069% 0.27%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.44% 0.37% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 4
10th Percentile £126 - £156
25th Percentile £148 - £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £350 £225
Median % change year-on-year -51.14% +55.56% +13.92%
75th Percentile £172 - £297
90th Percentile - - £314
England median daily rate £173 £245 £210
% change year-on-year -29.39% +16.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.33 - -
Median hourly rate £19.27 - £17.72
75th Percentile £21.21 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £24.15 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.86% +36.29% +4.64%

All Operating Systems
East of England

Windows 7 falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 262 267 333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 19.31% 18.49% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 125 228
10th Percentile £163 £213 £157
25th Percentile £200 £278 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -3.23% +22.37%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £631
90th Percentile - - £729
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 37 42
10th Percentile £14.76 £44.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £19.57 £55.65 £14.16
Median hourly rate £42.50 £65.00 £19.76
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +228.91% -38.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £71.88
90th Percentile £67.00 £66.00 £74.88
England median hourly rate £24.00 £60.72 £48.40
% change year-on-year -60.47% +25.44% +97.55%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Windows 7 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the East of England

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows 7.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows 7.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 13 October 2025. 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
Norfolk - 9 £171 - 2
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Database
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Analyst
2 7 (77.78%) Support Analyst
2 7 (77.78%) Technical Analyst
2 7 (77.78%) Technical Support
2 7 (77.78%) Technical Support Analyst
3 5 (55.56%) IT Analyst
3 5 (55.56%) IT Support
3 5 (55.56%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) ICT Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) ICT Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Service Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) AIX
2 7 (77.78%) Windows 10
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Citrix
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) IBM
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft