Windows 7 Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Microsoft Windows 7
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 82 67
Rank change year-on-year +6 -15 -8
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 5 7 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.52% 0.51% 2.22%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.40% 2.17% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £520 - £235
25th Percentile £550 £173 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £175 £240
Median % change year-on-year +242.86% -27.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £178 £270
90th Percentile - - £285
South East median daily rate £275 £230 £210
% change year-on-year +19.57% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £16.19 -
% change year-on-year +16.55% - -

All Operating Systems
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 208 322 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 21.49% 23.56% 26.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 196 174
10th Percentile £369 £350 £190
25th Percentile £463 £425 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £506
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +6.72% +1.25%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £600
90th Percentile £650 £672 £650
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £413
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 19 52
10th Percentile £18.87 £21.34 £15.87
25th Percentile £19.00 £40.44 £35.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £58.55
Median % change year-on-year -64.07% +19.57% +166.11%
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile £58.38 £70.75 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £56.75 £56.00
% change year-on-year -66.75% +1.33% +229.41%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in Hampshire

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Windows 7.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Windows 7.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Basingstoke +7 2 £600 -
Portsmouth - 1 - -
Aldershot - 1 - -
Windows 7
South East

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (20.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (20.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Fat Client
1 2 (40.00%) PKI
1 2 (40.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) WMI
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) VMware