Windows 7 Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows 7
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 146 115
Rank change year-on-year -33 -31 +24
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 13 23 96
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.30% 0.61% 1.91%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.77% 3.61% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 69
10th Percentile £364 £233 £184
25th Percentile £516 £245 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year +128.57% +25.00% -16.00%
75th Percentile - £500 £218
90th Percentile - £648 £230
England median daily rate £175 £263 £210
% change year-on-year -33.33% +25.00% -1.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £18.87 - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £16.19 £18.93
% change year-on-year +16.55% -14.47% +2.32%

All Operating Systems
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 735 637 989
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.82% 16.97% 19.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 440 660
10th Percentile £190 £200 £160
25th Percentile £238 £263 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £435 £400
Median % change year-on-year -0.57% +8.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £563
90th Percentile £624 £660 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 26 78
10th Percentile £12.50 £28.13 £17.03
25th Percentile £15.62 £39.75 £24.09
Median hourly rate £20.79 £58.88 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.69% +7.05% +197.30%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.69 £68.63
90th Percentile £79.50 £70.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £57.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year -56.07% +76.15% +30.00%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the South East

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 in the South East over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in the South East

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Hampshire -15 11 £600 +20.00% 1
Thames Valley -26 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £275 -
West Sussex - 1 £275 -
Windows 7
England

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Database
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Architect
2 1 (7.69%) Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support
2 1 (7.69%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Fat Client
1 10 (76.92%) PKI
1 10 (76.92%) Thin Client
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) VMS
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Agile
2 10 (76.92%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (76.92%) Open Source
2 10 (76.92%) Prototyping
3 2 (15.38%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.69%) Configuration Management
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.69%) Project Management
4 1 (7.69%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Ticket Management
4 1 (7.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 10 (76.92%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) RMADS
System Software
1 11 (84.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (76.92%) WMI
2 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft
1 11 (84.62%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle