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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 348 386
Rank change year-on-year -76 +38 -44
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 51 197 284
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.54% 0.59%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.48% 3.98% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 118 197
10th Percentile £147 £130 £133
25th Percentile £169 £150 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £210 £200
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £473 £218 £260
90th Percentile £519 £336 £480
UK median daily rate £220 £210 £200
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 46 15
10th Percentile - £12.75 £16.24
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.27 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.51 £17.71 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.52% -4.27% +9.63%
75th Percentile - £20.00 £19.09
90th Percentile £18.87 £22.55 £21.60
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £17.71 £18.50
% change year-on-year +4.52% -4.27% +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 3,440 4,944 7,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.06% 13.59% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,339 3,374 5,533
10th Percentile £200 £185 £193
25th Percentile £313 £300 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £471 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -8.10% +2.50%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £638
90th Percentile £699 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £467 £469 £500
% change year-on-year -0.53% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 362 370
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.75 £13.89
25th Percentile £17.41 £14.83 £17.73
Median hourly rate £21.59 £22.00 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% -42.11% +72.73%
75th Percentile £59.09 £61.60 £64.88
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £22.53 £22.08 £39.05
% change year-on-year +2.06% -43.47% +69.78%

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 17 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 17 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 +49 17 £130 -46.94% 9
London -25 11 £250 +42.86% 9
South East -12 9 £263 +22.09% 5
Midlands -9 7 £200 +33.33% 3
North of England +15 6 £163 -43.23% 5
North West +18 5 £314 +87.31% 5
East Midlands -15 4 £200 +33.33% 3
West Midlands +6 3 £512 +127.56%
North East - 1 £110 -
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 1 (1.96%) IIS
3 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.96%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (17.65%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) 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%) VLAN
2 6 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (9.80%) Skype
4 4 (7.84%) Firewall
4 4 (7.84%) LAN
4 4 (7.84%) VPN
4 4 (7.84%) WAN
5 1 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.96%) FTP
5 1 (1.96%) HTTP
5 1 (1.96%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.96%) SSL
5 1 (1.96%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (9.80%) MSI
2 1 (1.96%) Hudson
General
1 6 (11.76%) Public Sector
2 5 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (7.84%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.88%) Finance
5 2 (3.92%) French Language
6 1 (1.96%) Banking
6 1 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 15 (29.41%) Support Engineer
2 11 (21.57%) IT Engineer
3 10 (19.61%) 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%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 1st Line Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Applications Packager
6 3 (5.88%) Deployment Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Field Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Support
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Windows Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Windows Support Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared Application Packager
7 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) Driving Licence
1 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.92%) Clustering
2 2 (3.92%) Fat Client
2 2 (3.92%) Thin Client
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 2008
6 1 (1.96%) Android
6 1 (1.96%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.96%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.96%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (35.29%) Break/Fix
2 5 (9.80%) ITSM
3 4 (7.84%) Disk Encryption
3 4 (7.84%) Service Management
3 4 (7.84%) User Experience
4 3 (5.88%) Application Virtualisation
4 3 (5.88%) Change Control
4 3 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (5.88%) Incident Management
4 3 (5.88%) Proactive Maintenance
4 3 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (3.92%) Application Packaging
5 2 (3.92%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (3.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (3.92%) ITIL
5 2 (3.92%) Process Improvement
5 2 (3.92%) Test Automation
5 2 (3.92%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.57%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.84%) VB
2 4 (7.84%) VBScript
3 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (43.14%) Security Cleared
2 13 (25.49%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.84%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.92%) Degree
5 1 (1.96%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.96%) MCP
5 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 15 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (9.80%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (7.84%) BitLocker
5 2 (3.92%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.96%) XenApp
6 1 (1.96%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (29.41%) SCCM
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.92%) Proxmox
3 2 (3.92%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.96%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (1.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) Citrix
3 5 (9.80%) VMware
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco
4 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.96%) Apple
5 1 (1.96%) Bomgar
5 1 (1.96%) Mitel
5 1 (1.96%) Progress