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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 61 83
Rank change year-on-year -24 +22 -33
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 10 5 14
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.69% 0.70% 0.92%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.17% 3.11% 4.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
South East median daily rate £600 £375 £210
% change year-on-year +60.00% +78.57% -6.67%

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 240 161 320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 16.63% 22.61% 21.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 118 148
10th Percentile £290 £344 £200
25th Percentile £472 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -3.45% +1.29%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £675
90th Percentile £726 £675 £825
South East median daily rate £463 £465 £438
% change year-on-year -0.54% +6.29% -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 25
10th Percentile £15.62 £56.61 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £61.56 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.76% - +92.31%
75th Percentile £48.75 £69.69 £75.00
90th Percentile £51.81 £80.25 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.75 £54.56
% change year-on-year -64.00% +5.85% +88.14%

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 3 March 2026. 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 - 10 £600 -
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 10 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 10 (100.00%) PKI
1 10 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 10 (100.00%) Open Source
1 10 (100.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (100.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) VMware