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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 77 75
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -21
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 8 8 22
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.76% 0.69% 1.65%
As % of the Operating Systems category 3.46% 2.79% 6.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 6
10th Percentile - - £190
25th Percentile - - £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £255
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +96.08% +13.33%
75th Percentile - - £270
90th Percentile - - £279
South East median daily rate £275 £245 £210
% change year-on-year +12.24% +16.67% -42.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £16.19 £24.00
% change year-on-year +16.55% -32.54% +29.73%

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 231 287 328
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 21.94% 24.59% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 175 158
10th Percentile £200 £341 £202
25th Percentile £418 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £626 £630
90th Percentile £638 £675 £655
South East median daily rate £435 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -3.33% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 38
10th Percentile £15.62 £26.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £62.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -71.43% +21.74% +139.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £68.13
90th Percentile - £75.00 £72.40
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -69.81% +13.64% +223.53%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend 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 29 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
Basingstoke +7 6 £600 - 1
Portsmouth - 1 - -
Aldershot - 1 - -
Windows 7
South East

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Fat Client
1 6 (75.00%) PKI
1 6 (75.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (75.00%) Open Source
1 6 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (25.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (75.00%) VMware