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

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 450 359
Rank change year-on-year -116 -91 0
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 49 68 232
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.23% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.04% 1.66% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 34 144
10th Percentile £148 £148 £122
25th Percentile £161 £163 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £245 £210
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +16.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £444 £500 £228
90th Percentile £626 £514 £367
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £220 £210
% change year-on-year -9.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 50
10th Percentile £20.95 £18.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.32 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.51 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +21.56% +4.46% -4.22%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £24.05 £24.18 £23.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £18.51 £17.72
% change year-on-year +21.56% +4.46% -4.22%

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 4,690 4,102 5,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.13% 13.93% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,058 2,729 3,920
10th Percentile £182 £200 £183
25th Percentile £310 £320 £292
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% -9.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £592
90th Percentile £656 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £445
% change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 175 398
10th Percentile £15.55 £16.35 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.32 £18.13 £15.19
Median hourly rate £31.00 £24.66 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% +12.09% -37.19%
75th Percentile £67.25 £62.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £69.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.00 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year +40.61% +15.14% -28.33%

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 April 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 April 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 -112 46 £206 -8.56% 10
UK excluding London -119 38 £200 -9.32% 10
North of England -61 11 £613 +276.92%
London -62 11 £275 +10.00% 1
East of England - 11 £173 - 7
North West -47 9 £626 +270.96%
South East -56 8 - - 1
Work from Home -31 6 £313 -3.62% 2
Midlands -69 5 £200 -0.25% 1
East Midlands -35 4 £200 -0.25%
Yorkshire - 2 £186 -
Scotland -5 1 - -
Northern Ireland -5 1 £175 +18.24% 1
Wales -10 1 £150 -
West Midlands -63 1 - - 1

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 17 (34.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (18.37%) Skype for Business
3 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (36.73%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.82%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (18.37%) Azure
3 5 (10.20%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.04%) AWS
4 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.61%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (22.45%) DHCP
2 11 (22.45%) DNS
2 11 (22.45%) LAN
3 9 (18.37%) Skype
3 9 (18.37%) VLAN
3 9 (18.37%) VPN
3 9 (18.37%) WAN
4 5 (10.20%) Firewall
5 3 (6.12%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (6.12%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.12%) Wireless
6 2 (4.08%) RS-232
6 2 (4.08%) X.400
7 1 (2.04%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (2.04%) IPv4
7 1 (2.04%) VoIP
7 1 (2.04%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) Oracle Database
1 4 (8.16%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Banking
2 6 (12.24%) French Language
2 6 (12.24%) Investment Banking
3 4 (8.16%) Front Office
4 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Technical Support
2 12 (24.49%) Analyst
2 12 (24.49%) Architect
3 11 (22.45%) Support Engineer
3 11 (22.45%) Technical Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) Support Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) Technical Support Analyst
5 7 (14.29%) Desktop Support
5 7 (14.29%) IT Support
5 7 (14.29%) Technical Architect
6 6 (12.24%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (12.24%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (8.16%) Deskside Support
8 3 (6.12%) 1st Line Support
9 2 (4.08%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Field Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Field Service Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Help Desk Support
9 2 (4.08%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) X-Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.04%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Fat Client
1 5 (10.20%) PKI
1 5 (10.20%) Thin Client
2 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.04%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.04%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 49 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (75.51%) Windows 10
3 12 (24.49%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (12.24%) AIX
6 4 (8.16%) Mac OS X
6 4 (8.16%) Windows 8
7 2 (4.08%) Android
7 2 (4.08%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
7 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.04%) Linux
8 1 (2.04%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.04%) Unix
8 1 (2.04%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Proactive Monitoring
2 11 (22.45%) Service Management
3 10 (20.41%) ITSM
4 9 (18.37%) Disk Encryption
5 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (12.24%) Agile
6 6 (12.24%) Incident Management
7 5 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (10.20%) Customer Service
7 5 (10.20%) Open Source
7 5 (10.20%) Prototyping
8 4 (8.16%) Asset Management
8 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.16%) Customer Experience
8 4 (8.16%) Logistics
8 4 (8.16%) Project Delivery
9 2 (4.08%) Application Packaging
9 2 (4.08%) Computer Science
9 2 (4.08%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (4.08%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) PowerShell
2 9 (18.37%) VB
2 9 (18.37%) VBScript
3 5 (10.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (30.61%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.49%) DV Cleared
3 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 7 (14.29%) MCSE
5 6 (12.24%) Azure Certification
5 6 (12.24%) Degree
5 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.08%) HNC
6 2 (4.08%) HND
7 1 (2.04%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.08%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (53.06%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.41%) BitLocker
3 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (30.61%) SCCM
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (10.20%) WMI
4 2 (4.08%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.04%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 41 (83.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.37%) ServiceNow
3 7 (14.29%) Citrix
3 7 (14.29%) VMware
4 6 (12.24%) Oracle
5 4 (8.16%) HP
5 4 (8.16%) IBM
6 3 (6.12%) Meraki
7 2 (4.08%) Apple
8 1 (2.04%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.04%) Cisco
8 1 (2.04%) MobileIron
8 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds