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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 362 327
Rank change year-on-year -9 -35 +99
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 7 11 78
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.049% 0.073% 0.42%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.46% 0.60% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 46
10th Percentile £255 £230 £131
25th Percentile £263 £233 £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £248 £185
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +33.78% -17.78%
75th Percentile £400 £310 £230
90th Percentile £475 £409 £298
England median daily rate £175 £259 £210
% change year-on-year -32.37% +23.21% -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £14.23
25th Percentile - - £15.56
Median hourly rate - - £18.93
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £21.36
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.19 £18.93
% change year-on-year +16.55% -14.47% +2.32%

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 1,510 1,822 2,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.55% 12.14% 14.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 1,206 1,977
10th Percentile £204 £225 £200
25th Percentile £359 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 17 45
10th Percentile £20.84 £16.15 £18.37
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £27.63 £68.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £58.98 £104.80 £70.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £55.33 £32.50
% change year-on-year -54.54% +70.23% +30.00%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 - 1 - - 1
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 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (14.29%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) IP Telephony
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) French Language
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Applications Support
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Support
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) iPad
1 2 (28.57%) iPhone
1 2 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Android
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
3 2 (28.57%) Unix
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) ETRM
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Kanban
2 1 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
2 1 (14.29%) VMware