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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 144 105
Rank change year-on-year -38 -39 +15
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 10 20 107
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.64% 1.94%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.35% 3.64% 10.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 76
10th Percentile - £245 £204
25th Percentile - £251 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 £210
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +78.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £500 £218
90th Percentile - £685 £275
England median daily rate £200 £245 £210
% change year-on-year -18.57% +16.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - - £21.38
Median hourly rate - - £23.88
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - £30.00
England median hourly rate £20.19 - £18.00
% change year-on-year - - -2.70%

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 743 549 1,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.53% 17.51% 18.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 368 668
10th Percentile £191 £200 £175
25th Percentile £263 £271 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £431
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -13.75%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £575
90th Percentile £640 £650 £638
England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 24 84
10th Percentile £12.50 £21.40 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.44 £23.91
Median hourly rate £20.79 £59.13 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -64.84% +8.43% +88.36%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.81 £69.06
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.88 £76.53
England median hourly rate £22.50 £41.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -45.12% +64.00% -9.09%

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
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 23 February 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 -24 10 £600 +20.00%
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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 10 (100.00%) PKI
1 10 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 10 (100.00%) Open Source
1 10 (100.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (100.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) VMware