Windows 7 Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Microsoft Windows 7
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 125 113
Rank change year-on-year -27 -12 +56
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 4 8 25
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.31% 0.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.87% 2.08% 5.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 10
10th Percentile £137 £220 £120
25th Percentile £143 £352 £123
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £161 £450 £163
Median % change year-on-year -64.28% +176.92% -18.75%
75th Percentile £188 £494 £178
90th Percentile £199 £528 £265
England median daily rate £181 £255 £210
% change year-on-year -28.92% +21.43% -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £10.77
25th Percentile - - £15.99
Median hourly rate - £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +36.46% +31.26%
75th Percentile - - £18.86
90th Percentile - - £20.00
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.19 £18.93
% change year-on-year +16.55% -14.47% +2.32%

All Operating Systems
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 459 385 454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.99% 14.71% 16.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 227 300
10th Percentile £154 £182 £158
25th Percentile £216 £250 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +13.33% -19.35%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £520
90th Percentile £600 £611 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £480
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 14 38
10th Percentile £17.14 £13.86 £13.04
25th Percentile £20.07 £15.67 £16.54
Median hourly rate £25.08 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +16.14% +21.84% +7.85%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.02 £23.17
90th Percentile £25.49 £51.25 £28.75
England median hourly rate £23.25 £60.25 £34.50
% change year-on-year -61.41% +74.64% +38.00%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
East Midlands -12 3 £134 -
West Midlands -39 1 £188 -58.33% 1
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) PuTTY
1 3 (75.00%) SSH
1 3 (75.00%) Telnet
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Break Fix Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support
1 2 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Service Desk Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) BitLocker
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Dell
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Draytek
2 3 (75.00%) McAfee
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Bomgar