Windows 7 Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows 7
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Windows 7 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Windows 7 over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 223 177
Rank change year-on-year -22 -46 +29
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 142 246 443
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.05% 1.45%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.42% 5.45% 7.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 154 251
10th Percentile £143 £135 £130
25th Percentile £168 £160 £146
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £200 £190
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £238 £298 £275
90th Percentile £353 £546 £411
UK median daily rate £210 £200 £200
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 54
10th Percentile £12.75 £14.00 £11.54
25th Percentile £13.87 £16.51 £13.87
Median hourly rate £17.71 £18.50 £16.12
Median % change year-on-year -4.27% +14.76% +4.47%
75th Percentile £20.00 £19.44 £22.25
90th Percentile £22.57 £46.18 £23.68
UK median hourly rate £17.71 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -4.27% +12.12% +6.73%

All Operating Systems
UK excluding London

Windows 7 is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for operating system skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 3,211 4,515 5,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.77% 19.21% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,140 3,128 3,852
10th Percentile £175 £163 £150
25th Percentile £258 £250 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £540
90th Percentile £672 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £465 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -7.92% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 337 457
10th Percentile £12.25 £13.29 £13.00
25th Percentile £14.24 £17.47 £15.04
Median hourly rate £22.25 £29.30 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.06% +46.50% +21.21%
75th Percentile £62.13 £60.70 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £38.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.86% +71.11% +26.62%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Windows 7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows 7 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK excluding London

Windows 7
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
South East -8 69 £215 +5.39% 9
Midlands +43 34 £150 -31.82% 2
East Midlands +46 30 £150 -9.09% 1
North of England +8 13 £320 +68.42% 9
South West -5 11 £245 -30.00% 13
Scotland +34 10 £213 +32.81% 7
Yorkshire +17 9 £340 +87.59% 5
North West +16 4 £168 -16.25% 3
West Midlands +11 4 £225 -4.26% 1
East of England -4 4 £105 -50.59% 9
Northern Ireland -4 1 - -
Windows 7
UK

Windows 7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (7.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (2.11%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.11%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.70%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 66 (46.48%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 33 (23.24%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (4.23%) Azure
3 3 (2.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 31 (21.83%) VPN
2 27 (19.01%) DHCP
3 26 (18.31%) DNS
4 16 (11.27%) LAN
5 14 (9.86%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (4.23%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (3.52%) Firewall
8 4 (2.82%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (2.11%) Network Security
10 2 (1.41%) NetScaler
10 2 (1.41%) Skype
10 2 (1.41%) VoIP
11 1 (0.70%) PBX
11 1 (0.70%) PSTN
11 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.70%) Telepresence
11 1 (0.70%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Hudson
1 1 (0.70%) JIRA
1 1 (0.70%) MSI
General
1 73 (51.41%) Social Skills
2 33 (23.24%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 13 (9.15%) Finance
6 11 (7.75%) Telecoms
7 9 (6.34%) Banking
8 7 (4.93%) Retail
9 5 (3.52%) Electronics
9 5 (3.52%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.52%) Marketing
9 5 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (30.28%) Support Engineer
2 35 (24.65%) Desktop Engineer
3 32 (22.54%) Desktop Support
4 28 (19.72%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 20 (14.08%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
6 16 (11.27%) Hardware Engineer
6 16 (11.27%) IT Engineer
7 14 (9.86%) IT Support
8 12 (8.45%) Analyst
8 12 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (7.75%) IT Technician
10 9 (6.34%) Windows Engineer
11 8 (5.63%) Windows Support Engineer
12 7 (4.93%) 1st Line Support
13 6 (4.23%) Data Centre Engineer
13 6 (4.23%) Infrastructure Support
13 6 (4.23%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 6 (4.23%) Service Analyst
14 5 (3.52%) Break Fix Engineer
14 5 (3.52%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.41%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.54%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.34%) Data Centre
3 7 (4.93%) BYOD
3 7 (4.93%) Digital Signage
4 6 (4.23%) CMDB
4 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.82%) Blackberry
5 4 (2.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.11%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.41%) iPad
7 2 (1.41%) iPhone
7 2 (1.41%) PDA
8 1 (0.70%) Clustering
8 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.70%) NHS
8 1 (0.70%) PKI
8 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 142 (100.00%) Windows
2 96 (67.61%) Windows 10
3 20 (14.08%) Windows Vista
4 10 (7.04%) Apple iOS
4 10 (7.04%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (7.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (6.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (5.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (4.93%) Windows Server
8 6 (4.23%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (2.82%) Mac OS X
9 4 (2.82%) Windows 8
10 2 (1.41%) Android
10 2 (1.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (48.59%) Customer Service
2 50 (35.21%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (33.80%) ITIL
4 27 (19.01%) Customer Requirements
4 27 (19.01%) Service Delivery
5 17 (11.97%) Software Deployment
6 16 (11.27%) Hardware Maintenance
6 16 (11.27%) Software Testing
7 12 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (7.75%) Information Security
9 10 (7.04%) Break/Fix
10 9 (6.34%) Migration
11 8 (5.63%) Technical Leadership
12 7 (4.93%) Business Strategy
12 7 (4.93%) Computer Science
12 7 (4.93%) CRM
12 7 (4.93%) Proactive Monitoring
13 6 (4.23%) Network Monitoring
13 6 (4.23%) Runbook
14 5 (3.52%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.56%) PowerShell
2 13 (9.15%) SQL
3 4 (2.82%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 80 (56.34%) Security Cleared
2 44 (30.99%) SC Cleared
3 39 (27.46%) DV Cleared
4 27 (19.01%) Degree
5 16 (11.27%) A+ Certification
6 8 (5.63%) CCNA
6 8 (5.63%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (4.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (4.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (2.82%) CCNP
9 4 (2.82%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (2.11%) MCSA
11 2 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.70%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.38%) SLA
2 4 (2.82%) GDPR
2 4 (2.82%) QA
3 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 52 (36.62%) Active Directory
2 16 (11.27%) Firmware
3 10 (7.04%) XenApp
4 8 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (4.93%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (4.23%) KVM
6 6 (4.23%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (4.23%) VMware Workstation
6 6 (4.23%) XenDesktop
7 4 (2.82%) Hyper-V
8 3 (2.11%) BitLocker
9 2 (1.41%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.70%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 63 (44.37%) SCCM
2 6 (4.23%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.11%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.70%) SCOM
4 1 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 92 (64.79%) Microsoft
2 36 (25.35%) HP
3 14 (9.86%) Cisco
4 11 (7.75%) Citrix
5 8 (5.63%) VMware
6 6 (4.23%) Ivanti
7 5 (3.52%) Apple
7 5 (3.52%) Computacenter
7 5 (3.52%) SAP
7 5 (3.52%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.82%) Remedy
8 4 (2.82%) Symantec
9 2 (1.41%) Intel
10 1 (0.70%) Adobe
10 1 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.70%) Dell
10 1 (0.70%) FireEye
10 1 (0.70%) McAfee
10 1 (0.70%) Peregrine
10 1 (0.70%) Tanium