Windows 7 Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 112 123 138
Rank change year-on-year +11 +15 +22
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 4 6 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 0.27% 0.87%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.17% 1.67% 4.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 20
10th Percentile £277 - £140
25th Percentile £333 £200 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £206 £160
Median % change year-on-year +118.18% +28.91% -22.89%
75th Percentile £488 £224 -
90th Percentile £495 £234 £388
UK median daily rate £220 £210 £200
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £17.72
UK median hourly rate £18.51 £17.72 £18.50
% change year-on-year +4.46% -4.22% +12.12%

All Operating Systems
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 341 359 535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.98% 16.19% 18.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 235 377
10th Percentile £191 £184 £160
25th Percentile £407 £324 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £479
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +4.38% +6.44%
75th Percentile £550 £626 £600
90th Percentile £581 £745 £727
UK median daily rate £475 £469 £505
% change year-on-year +1.28% -7.13% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 13
10th Percentile £16.33 £17.23 £17.72
25th Percentile £20.94 £18.27 £20.79
Median hourly rate £22.00 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -58.10% - +162.50%
75th Percentile £23.50 £60.75 £59.03
90th Percentile £24.43 £62.50 £65.36
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in Scotland

Windows 7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Windows 7 in Scotland

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in Scotland

Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows 7 in Scotland

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +3 1 £450 -
Edinburgh +1 1 £240 +16.36%
Renfrewshire - 1 £500 -
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (50.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) HTTP
1 2 (50.00%) HTTPS
1 2 (50.00%) SSL
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) Software Distribution
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Break/Fix
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) WSUS
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) CyberArk