Windows 7 Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Windows 7
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 344 297
Rank change year-on-year -45 -47 +104
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 8 8 91
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.050% 0.060% 0.50%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.54% 0.49% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 54
10th Percentile - £170 £116
25th Percentile - £172 £144
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £175 £175
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% - -7.89%
75th Percentile £400 £326 £210
90th Percentile £475 £415 £300
England median daily rate £200 £245 £210
% change year-on-year -18.57% +16.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £14.48
25th Percentile - - £15.62
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
75th Percentile - - £18.93
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.19 - £18.15
% change year-on-year - - -1.89%

All Operating Systems
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 1,484 1,622 2,368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.35% 12.08% 13.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 980 1,086 1,690
10th Percentile £204 £225 £200
25th Percentile £356 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £650
90th Percentile £719 £750 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 22 62
10th Percentile £20.69 £18.32 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.89 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.50 £26.54 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -11.44% +14.13% -9.20%
75th Percentile £25.15 £56.50 £46.86
90th Percentile £41.85 £107.90 £64.75
England median hourly rate £22.81 £42.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year -46.64% +71.00% -9.09%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in London

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 in London over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in London

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
General
1 4 (50.00%) Banking
1 4 (50.00%) French Language
1 4 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Front Office
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Support Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 4 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 3 (37.50%) IT Support
4 2 (25.00%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (25.00%) IT Technician
4 2 (25.00%) Support Technician
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 10
3 2 (25.00%) Mac OS X
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Unix
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (12.50%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (12.50%) User Experience
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
2 1 (12.50%) VMware