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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 462 341
Rank change year-on-year -87 -121 +42
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 53 67 270
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.60%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.10% 1.52% 4.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 173
10th Percentile £126 £156 £134
25th Percentile £161 £200 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +25.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £563 £500 £223
90th Percentile £626 £527 £329
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £263 £210
% change year-on-year -24.00% +25.00% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 38
10th Percentile £16.68 - £14.27
25th Percentile - £22.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.62
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +29.90% +0.62%
75th Percentile £22.25 - £23.44
90th Percentile £23.45 - £25.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £19.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% +27.26% +2.70%

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 4,803 4,403 6,227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.73% 14.33% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,177 2,792 4,174
10th Percentile £176 £200 £180
25th Percentile £268 £313 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £474 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +1.88% -9.71%
75th Percentile £569 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £693 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 151 389
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.49 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.62 £16.92
Median hourly rate £23.00 £29.00 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +14.85% -4.68%
75th Percentile £55.00 £64.38 £62.50
90th Percentile £69.99 £68.75 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £26.25 £25.22
% change year-on-year -14.29% +4.10% -4.81%

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 21 February 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 15 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 21 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
England -74 50 £200 -18.57% 13
UK excluding London -92 45 £200 -24.00% 11
East of England - 14 £150 - 5
South East -40 10 £600 +60.00% 2
North of England -59 10 £619 +281.08% 4
Work from Home -9 9 £127 -27.71% 2
North West -32 9 £626 +285.23% 4
London -43 8 £275 +57.14% 4
Midlands -52 6 £200 -0.25%
East Midlands -25 4 £200 -0.25%
Wales -3 2 £150 -36.84%
South West -20 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £188 -
Scotland -6 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £213 -

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 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (16.98%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (28.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.30%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (13.21%) Azure
3 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.89%) AWS
4 1 (1.89%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.64%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (20.75%) DHCP
2 11 (20.75%) DNS
2 11 (20.75%) LAN
3 10 (18.87%) Firewall
4 9 (16.98%) Skype
4 9 (16.98%) VLAN
4 9 (16.98%) VPN
4 9 (16.98%) WAN
5 3 (5.66%) TCP/IP
5 3 (5.66%) Wireless
6 2 (3.77%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (3.77%) RS-232
6 2 (3.77%) X.400
7 1 (1.89%) IPv4
7 1 (1.89%) VoIP
7 1 (1.89%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Oracle Database
1 7 (13.21%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (16.98%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Banking
3 4 (7.55%) French Language
3 4 (7.55%) Investment Banking
3 4 (7.55%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.89%) Front Office
4 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (32.08%) Architect
2 16 (30.19%) Technical Support
3 15 (28.30%) Analyst
4 14 (26.42%) Technical Analyst
5 12 (22.64%) Support Analyst
5 12 (22.64%) Technical Support Analyst
6 8 (15.09%) IT Support
6 8 (15.09%) Support Engineer
7 7 (13.21%) Technical Architect
8 6 (11.32%) Desktop Support
9 4 (7.55%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (7.55%) Deskside Support
9 4 (7.55%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (7.55%) Technical Support Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) IT Support Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) IT Support Technician
10 2 (3.77%) IT Technician
10 2 (3.77%) SCCM Architect
10 2 (3.77%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) X-Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Fat Client
1 10 (18.87%) PKI
1 10 (18.87%) Thin Client
2 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.89%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.89%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.89%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 53 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (69.81%) Windows 10
3 15 (28.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (22.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (16.98%) AIX
6 4 (7.55%) Windows 8
7 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.77%) Mac OS
7 2 (3.77%) Mac OS X
7 2 (3.77%) Windows Server
7 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.89%) Android
8 1 (1.89%) Linux
8 1 (1.89%) Unix
8 1 (1.89%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) Proactive Monitoring
2 11 (20.75%) Agile
2 11 (20.75%) ITSM
2 11 (20.75%) Service Management
3 10 (18.87%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (18.87%) Open Source
3 10 (18.87%) Prototyping
4 9 (16.98%) Disk Encryption
5 6 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (7.55%) Asset Management
6 4 (7.55%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (7.55%) Customer Service
6 4 (7.55%) Incident Management
6 4 (7.55%) Logistics
6 4 (7.55%) Project Delivery
7 3 (5.66%) Break/Fix
7 3 (5.66%) ITIL
8 2 (3.77%) Application Packaging
8 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (3.77%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.87%) PowerShell
1 10 (18.87%) Python
2 9 (16.98%) VB
2 9 (16.98%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (39.62%) Security Cleared
2 17 (32.08%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.21%) MCSE
3 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (13.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.43%) Degree
5 4 (7.55%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.77%) HNC
6 2 (3.77%) HND
7 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (41.51%) Active Directory
2 10 (18.87%) BitLocker
3 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (28.30%) SCCM
2 10 (18.87%) WMI
3 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.77%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.89%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 46 (86.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (22.64%) VMware
3 10 (18.87%) Citrix
4 9 (16.98%) Oracle
4 9 (16.98%) ServiceNow
5 7 (13.21%) IBM
6 4 (7.55%) HP
7 1 (1.89%) Apple
7 1 (1.89%) Bomgar
7 1 (1.89%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.89%) Dell
7 1 (1.89%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.89%) SolarWinds