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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 370 349
Rank change year-on-year +1 -21 +90
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 16 16 71
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.10% 0.35%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.02% 0.82% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 45
10th Percentile £209 £199 £131
25th Percentile £225 £228 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £240 £190
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +26.32% -18.28%
75th Percentile £275 £255 £248
90th Percentile £425 £387 £445
England median daily rate £181 £255 £210
% change year-on-year -28.92% +21.43% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - £14.22
25th Percentile - - £14.27
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% +30.56% -17.80%
75th Percentile - - £18.93
90th Percentile - - £22.57
England median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% -4.22%

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 1,576 1,946 2,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.33% 12.39% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 1,267 2,140
10th Percentile £206 £225 £205
25th Percentile £356 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £614 £650
90th Percentile £738 £714 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 20 50
10th Percentile £18.90 £21.08 £18.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.84 £22.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £53.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.99% +52.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £26.75 £69.31 £60.00
90th Percentile £57.83 £101.20 £73.75
England median hourly rate £23.00 £57.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year -60.00% +48.39% +55.00%

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 7 November 2025.

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
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Central London - 3 £233 - 3
Windows 7
England

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) DHCP
1 6 (37.50%) DNS
1 6 (37.50%) IP Telephony
1 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (31.25%) VLAN
3 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (6.25%) Internet
4 1 (6.25%) Intranet
4 1 (6.25%) LAN
4 1 (6.25%) VPN
4 1 (6.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) French Language
2 2 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Support Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) IT Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Applications Support
5 2 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Support
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Applications Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Applications Support Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support
6 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Support
6 1 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Service Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (31.25%) iPad
2 5 (31.25%) iPhone
3 1 (6.25%) BYOD
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (87.50%) Windows 10
3 5 (31.25%) Android
3 5 (31.25%) Mac OS
4 3 (18.75%) Linux
4 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (12.50%) Unix
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (6.25%) Mac OS X
6 1 (6.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
6 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
2 3 (18.75%) Ticket Management
3 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
4 1 (6.25%) CRM
4 1 (6.25%) Customer Experience
4 1 (6.25%) DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) ETRM
4 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.25%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (6.25%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (6.25%) Risk Management
4 1 (6.25%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (6.25%) User Experience
4 1 (6.25%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (6.25%) MCSA
3 1 (6.25%) MCSE
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.25%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (6.25%) Apple
3 1 (6.25%) Avaya
3 1 (6.25%) Nexthink
3 1 (6.25%) Polycom
3 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds
3 1 (6.25%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) Wyse