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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 355 396
Rank change year-on-year +11 +41 +54
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 17 25 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.12% 1.22% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 51
10th Percentile £211 £103 £133
25th Percentile £231 £140 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £180 £220
Median % change year-on-year +45.83% -18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £279 £229 £326
90th Percentile £418 £245 £450
England median daily rate £201 £220 £210
% change year-on-year -8.52% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - - £14.71
25th Percentile - - £15.52
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year -14.23% +30.56% +5.31%
75th Percentile - £23.08 £17.89
90th Percentile - £23.72 £18.51
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.19 £17.72
% change year-on-year +16.55% -8.63% +12.51%

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 1,518 2,057 3,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 11.46% 12.79% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 998 1,380 2,377
10th Percentile £225 £231 £210
25th Percentile £361 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.25% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £663
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 32 57
10th Percentile £18.87 £20.05 £18.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £22.00 £22.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.63 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.54% -33.44% +67.29%
75th Percentile £25.25 £52.44 £60.00
90th Percentile £58.90 £64.19 £84.42
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £47.67
% change year-on-year -56.07% +20.11% +99.35%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 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 15 September 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 15 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
Central London +4 3 £233 +66.07%
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (29.41%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) IaaS
3 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) DHCP
1 6 (35.29%) DNS
1 6 (35.29%) IP Telephony
1 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
2 5 (29.41%) VLAN
3 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (5.88%) Firewall
4 1 (5.88%) Internet
4 1 (5.88%) Intranet
4 1 (5.88%) LAN
4 1 (5.88%) Skype
4 1 (5.88%) VPN
4 1 (5.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) French Language
2 2 (11.76%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Support Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Support Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) IT Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Support
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Applications Support
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Applications Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Applications Support Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Team Leader
5 1 (5.88%) Support Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) iPhone
1 6 (35.29%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (29.41%) iPad
3 1 (5.88%) BYOD
3 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 14 (82.35%) Windows 10
3 6 (35.29%) Android
4 5 (29.41%) Mac OS
5 2 (11.76%) Linux
5 2 (11.76%) Mac OS X
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (5.88%) Unix
6 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
6 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (17.65%) Asset Management
2 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (17.65%) Ticket Management
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL
4 1 (5.88%) Application Virtualisation
4 1 (5.88%) Containerisation
4 1 (5.88%) CRM
4 1 (5.88%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) ETRM
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (5.88%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (5.88%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (5.88%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (5.88%) Service Management
4 1 (5.88%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
3 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) A+ Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (5.88%) MCSA
4 1 (5.88%) MCSE
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.88%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Citrix
3 2 (11.76%) Apple
4 1 (5.88%) Avaya
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco
4 1 (5.88%) Mitel
4 1 (5.88%) Nexthink
4 1 (5.88%) Polycom
4 1 (5.88%) Progress
4 1 (5.88%) Wyse