Windows 7 Contracts in Northern Ireland

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 24 23 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 8 1 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.03% 0.67% 5.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 28.57% 4.17% 27.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £156
25th Percentile - - £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £148 - £163
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.17%
75th Percentile - - £209
90th Percentile - - £230
UK median daily rate £220 £210 £200
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - £13.75
Median hourly rate £24.18 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £21.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £17.72 £18.50
% change year-on-year +4.46% -4.22% +12.12%

All Operating Systems
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 28 24 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 17.61% 16.11% 21.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 24
10th Percentile £150 £181 £156
25th Percentile £163 £245 £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £469 £400
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +17.19% -3.03%
75th Percentile £325 £530 £413
90th Percentile £410 £575 £635
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile - - £14.15
25th Percentile £22.50 - £14.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £12.25 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year +97.39% -30.44% +29.30%
75th Percentile - £31.88 £20.37
90th Percentile - - £20.90
UK median hourly rate £24.18 £22.00 £39.30
% change year-on-year +9.91% -44.02% +74.67%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in Northern Ireland

Windows 7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Windows 7 in Northern Ireland

Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 7 in Northern Ireland

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -3 8 £148 -
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 2 (25.00%) Electronics
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Customer-Facing Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Deskside Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support
3 1 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Computacenter
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft