Windows 7 Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Windows 7
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Windows 7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 453 398
Rank change year-on-year -142 -55 +21
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 51 79 191
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.26% 0.44%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.05% 1.87% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 25 103
10th Percentile £161 £147 £133
25th Percentile £172 £169 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £240 £210
Median % change year-on-year +11.98% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £344 £473 £239
90th Percentile £593 £519 £358
UK excluding London median daily rate £250 £200 £211
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.33% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 32 45
10th Percentile £20.95 £18.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.87 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.24% +11.00% -9.16%
75th Percentile £23.75 - £22.00
90th Percentile £24.05 - £24.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £18.87 £17.35
% change year-on-year +19.24% +8.76% -6.22%

All Operating Systems
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 4,853 4,219 5,910
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.52% 13.81% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,096 2,739 3,890
10th Percentile £190 £200 £190
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -2.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 216 436
10th Percentile £14.60 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.88 £17.41 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.83 £22.25 £24.93
Median % change year-on-year +20.58% -10.74% -41.35%
75th Percentile £63.75 £42.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.20 £66.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.44 £18.87 £31.25
% change year-on-year +40.12% -39.62% -6.72%

Windows 7
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Windows 7 job vacancy trend in the UK

Windows 7
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Windows 7
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows 7 over the 6 months to 28 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows 7 in the UK

Windows 7
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Windows 7
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 June 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
England -153 45 £275 +10.00% 7
UK excluding London -124 42 £250 +25.00% 7
North of England -59 15 £349 +21.43%
North West -41 13 £360 -22.67%
London -83 9 £275 +10.00% 1
East of England -20 8 £173 - 3
South East -61 7 £575 +130.00% 4
Midlands -60 6 £200 -0.25%
Scotland -5 4 £275 +36.65%
East Midlands -14 3 £200 -0.25%
West Midlands -59 3 £250 -51.17%
Yorkshire - 2 £186 -
Northern Ireland +1 1 £175 -
Wales -19 1 £150 -

Windows 7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 22 (43.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (23.53%) Skype for Business
3 6 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (37.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (17.65%) Azure
3 5 (9.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.53%) Skype
1 12 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (15.69%) LAN
3 7 (13.73%) DNS
4 6 (11.76%) DHCP
4 6 (11.76%) Wireless
5 4 (7.84%) VLAN
5 4 (7.84%) VPN
5 4 (7.84%) WAN
6 3 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (5.88%) TCP/IP
7 2 (3.92%) RS-232
7 2 (3.92%) X.400
8 1 (1.96%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.96%) Firewall
8 1 (1.96%) IPv4
8 1 (1.96%) VoIP
8 1 (1.96%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Banking
3 5 (9.80%) French Language
3 5 (9.80%) Investment Banking
4 4 (7.84%) Front Office
5 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.92%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (31.37%) Support Engineer
2 13 (25.49%) Desktop Engineer
3 11 (21.57%) Technical Support
4 9 (17.65%) Analyst
4 9 (17.65%) Desktop Support
5 8 (15.69%) Technical Analyst
6 7 (13.73%) IT Support
7 6 (11.76%) Support Analyst
7 6 (11.76%) Technical Support Analyst
8 5 (9.80%) 1st Line Support
8 5 (9.80%) Architect
8 5 (9.80%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (9.80%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 5 (9.80%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (9.80%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (7.84%) Technical Architect
10 3 (5.88%) Deskside Support
11 2 (3.92%) Help Desk Support Engineer
11 2 (3.92%) IT Engineer
11 2 (3.92%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Software Packaging
2 2 (3.92%) X-Windows
3 1 (1.96%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.84%) Smartphone
3 3 (5.88%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (5.88%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.96%) CCTV
5 1 (1.96%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.96%) PKI
5 1 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.96%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 51 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (74.51%) Windows 10
3 8 (15.69%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (7.84%) Android
5 4 (7.84%) Apple iOS
5 4 (7.84%) Mac OS X
5 4 (7.84%) Windows XP
6 3 (5.88%) AIX
6 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
6 3 (5.88%) Windows 8
6 3 (5.88%) Windows Server
6 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.92%) Linux
7 2 (3.92%) Ubuntu
7 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Service Management
2 13 (25.49%) ITSM
3 12 (23.53%) Disk Encryption
4 9 (17.65%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (11.76%) Customer Service
6 6 (11.76%) User Experience
7 5 (9.80%) Application Packaging
7 5 (9.80%) Incident Management
7 5 (9.80%) Migration
8 4 (7.84%) Asset Management
8 4 (7.84%) Change Management
8 4 (7.84%) Customer Experience
8 4 (7.84%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.88%) Logistics
9 3 (5.88%) Problem Management
9 3 (5.88%) Project Delivery
9 3 (5.88%) Release Management
10 2 (3.92%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.49%) PowerShell
2 12 (23.53%) VBScript
3 11 (21.57%) VB
4 1 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (31.37%) Security Cleared
2 10 (19.61%) SC Cleared
3 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 7 (13.73%) Degree
5 7 (13.73%) MCSE
6 5 (9.80%) Azure Certification
7 4 (7.84%) DV Cleared
8 3 (5.88%) DBS Check
9 2 (3.92%) HNC
9 2 (3.92%) HND
10 1 (1.96%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (50.98%) Active Directory
2 13 (25.49%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (31.37%) SCCM
2 8 (15.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.80%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.96%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.96%) SCOM
4 1 (1.96%) WMI
Vendors
1 41 (80.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (23.53%) ServiceNow
3 5 (9.80%) Meraki
4 4 (7.84%) Apple
4 4 (7.84%) Citrix
5 3 (5.88%) HP
5 3 (5.88%) Oracle
5 3 (5.88%) VMware
6 1 (1.96%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.96%) Cisco
6 1 (1.96%) IBM
6 1 (1.96%) Juniper
6 1 (1.96%) MobileIron