Windows 7 Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Windows 7 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows 7 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 329 370
Rank change year-on-year -105 +41 -42
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 51 219 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.59% 0.62%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.49% 4.32% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 134 214
10th Percentile £150 £126 £135
25th Percentile £163 £150 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £210 £200
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £486 £223 £254
90th Percentile £518 £360 £450
UK median daily rate £220 £210 £200
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 48 19
10th Percentile - £12.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.27 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.51 £17.72 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.46% -4.22% +7.25%
75th Percentile - £20.00 £19.09
90th Percentile - £22.93 £20.20
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £17.72 £18.50
% change year-on-year +4.46% -4.22% +12.12%

All Operating Systems
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,414 5,072 8,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.02% 13.64% 16.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,320 3,461 5,863
10th Percentile £200 £181 £193
25th Percentile £313 £289 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 369 384
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.75 £13.97
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.17 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%
75th Percentile £64.38 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

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 1 May 2025.

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
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 1 May 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
South West +48 14 £130 -69.23% 8
London -31 11 £250 +53.85% 8
North of England +14 10 £163 -50.57% 7
North West +22 9 £169 +0.75% 6
South East -17 8 £350 +62.79% 5
Midlands -8 7 £200 +33.33% 2
East Midlands -18 4 £200 +33.33%
West Midlands +12 3 £512 +127.56% 1
North East - 1 £110 - 1
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 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.80%) Skype for Business
3 2 (3.92%) IIS
4 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.98%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (17.65%) Azure
3 4 (7.84%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.73%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (11.76%) DHCP
2 6 (11.76%) DNS
2 6 (11.76%) Firewall
2 6 (11.76%) VLAN
2 6 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (9.80%) Skype
4 4 (7.84%) LAN
4 4 (7.84%) VPN
4 4 (7.84%) WAN
5 2 (3.92%) HTTP
5 2 (3.92%) HTTPS
5 2 (3.92%) SSL
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.96%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) MSI
2 3 (5.88%) Hudson
General
1 6 (11.76%) Public Sector
2 5 (9.80%) Finance
2 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.88%) Banking
3 3 (5.88%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.92%) French Language
5 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 9 (17.65%) IT Engineer
3 8 (15.69%) IT Support
4 6 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Desktop Support
5 5 (9.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Windows Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Windows Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 1st Line Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 1st Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Active Directory Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Active Directory Support
6 3 (5.88%) Active Directory Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.92%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.96%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 51 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (62.75%) Windows 10
3 4 (7.84%) Windows Vista
4 3 (5.88%) Windows XP
5 2 (3.92%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.96%) Android
6 1 (1.96%) Linux
6 1 (1.96%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Break/Fix
2 5 (9.80%) ITSM
2 5 (9.80%) Proactive Maintenance
3 4 (7.84%) Disk Encryption
3 4 (7.84%) ITIL
3 4 (7.84%) Service Management
3 4 (7.84%) User Experience
4 3 (5.88%) Application Packaging
4 3 (5.88%) Application Virtualisation
4 3 (5.88%) Change Control
4 3 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (3.92%) Configuration Management
5 2 (3.92%) Incident Management
5 2 (3.92%) Process Improvement
5 2 (3.92%) Software Deployment
5 2 (3.92%) Software Distribution
5 2 (3.92%) Test Automation
5 2 (3.92%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.84%) VB
2 4 (7.84%) VBScript
3 2 (3.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (45.10%) Security Cleared
2 13 (25.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.92%) Degree
6 1 (1.96%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 18 (35.29%) Active Directory
2 8 (15.69%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (9.80%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (7.84%) BitLocker
5 3 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (37.25%) SCCM
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.92%) Proxmox
3 2 (3.92%) WSUS
4 1 (1.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 40 (78.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) Citrix
3 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.88%) Cisco
4 3 (5.88%) VMware
5 1 (1.96%) Apple
5 1 (1.96%) Bomgar
5 1 (1.96%) Mitel
5 1 (1.96%) Progress