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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 146 112
Rank change year-on-year -27 -34 +20
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 12 23 96
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.27% 0.65% 1.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.67% 3.83% 9.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 69
10th Percentile £364 £233 £186
25th Percentile £516 £245 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year +128.57% +25.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £500 £218
90th Percentile - £648 -
England median daily rate £181 £245 £210
% change year-on-year -26.02% +16.67% -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 719 601 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.39% 17.02% 19.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 411 660
10th Percentile £190 £200 £162
25th Percentile £250 £270 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £430 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.95% +7.50% -15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £572 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £639
England median daily rate £450 £470 £475
% change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% -6.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 26 73
10th Percentile £12.50 £22.50 £19.40
25th Percentile £15.62 £33.50 £30.00
Median hourly rate £20.79 £57.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.52% -0.87% +210.81%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.20 £73.13 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% +53.85% +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 2 January 2026.

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 2 January 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
Hampshire -8 11 £600 +20.00% 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 (8.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) DHCP
2 1 (8.33%) DNS
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support
2 1 (8.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Fat Client
1 10 (83.33%) PKI
1 10 (83.33%) Thin Client
2 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
1 10 (83.33%) Collaborative Working
1 10 (83.33%) Open Source
1 10 (83.33%) Prototyping
2 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (8.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (8.33%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) DV Cleared
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (91.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (83.33%) WMI
2 1 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (83.33%) VMware