Windows 7 Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 121 108
Rank change year-on-year -9 -13 +44
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 3 3 16
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.18% 0.78%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.08% 0.84% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £165 -
25th Percentile £263 £177 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £201 £213
Median % change year-on-year +36.65% -5.29% +32.81%
75th Percentile £288 £222 £240
90th Percentile - £233 -
UK median daily rate £275 £208 £210
% change year-on-year +32.53% -1.19% +5.00%

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 279 359 343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 12.35% 21.17% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 187 236
10th Percentile £156 £178 £174
25th Percentile £208 £371 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £465 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% +16.13% -11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £563
90th Percentile £665 £588 £731
UK median daily rate £465 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 17 19
10th Percentile £13.45 £19.25 £17.44
25th Percentile £13.70 - £18.13
Median hourly rate £15.81 £25.15 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +4.01% +26.07%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £60.75
90th Percentile £36.98 - £62.50
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £24.34
% change year-on-year +13.04% -5.51% -42.73%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in Scotland

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows 7

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Windows 7

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 17 July 2026. 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
West Lothian +1 3 £275 +69.23%
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 3 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Smartphone
2 2 (66.67%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Apple