Windows 7 Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Windows 7
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Windows 7 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Windows 7 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 170 190
Rank change year-on-year +14 +20 -36
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 10 15 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.30% 0.31% 0.51%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.80% 2.07% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 25
10th Percentile £136 £160 £121
25th Percentile £156 £185 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £329 £190
Median % change year-on-year -50.57% +73.03% +8.57%
75th Percentile £188 £360 £219
90th Percentile £302 £391 £278
England median daily rate £200 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.67
Median hourly rate - £13.87 £13.30
Median % change year-on-year - +4.32% -42.33%
75th Percentile - - £13.92
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.51 £17.72 £18.50
% change year-on-year +4.46% -4.22% +7.25%

All Operating Systems
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 557 725 911
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 16.90% 15.21% 15.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 495 652
10th Percentile £163 £167 £165
25th Percentile £210 £275 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £538 £531 £575
90th Percentile £635 £650 £675
England median daily rate £475 £463 £513
% change year-on-year +2.70% -9.76% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 80 57
10th Percentile £13.00 - £13.98
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.95 £17.75
Median hourly rate £18.00 £16.00 £28.70
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -44.25% +63.35%
75th Percentile £19.75 £19.44 £43.75
90th Percentile £41.50 £30.68 £49.52
England median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.91% -42.11% +76.74%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in the North of England

Windows 7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Windows 7 in the North of England

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in the North of England

Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 7 in the North of England

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +22 9 £169 +0.75% 6
North East - 1 £110 - 1
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (40.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DHCP
1 4 (40.00%) DNS
1 4 (40.00%) LAN
1 4 (40.00%) Skype
1 4 (40.00%) VLAN
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
1 4 (40.00%) WAN
1 4 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (10.00%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Hudson
General
1 2 (20.00%) Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) 1st Line Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) 1st Line Support
2 3 (30.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Support
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITSM
2 4 (40.00%) Disk Encryption
2 4 (40.00%) Service Management
3 3 (30.00%) Proactive Maintenance
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (40.00%) VB
1 4 (40.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) Bomgar