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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 462 412
Rank change year-on-year -149 -50 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 41 91 172
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.077% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.80% 2.06% 2.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 29 90
10th Percentile £161 £153 £139
25th Percentile £163 £171 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £200 £210
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £344 £375 £240
90th Percentile £374 £516 £366
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £200 £214
% change year-on-year +37.50% -6.43% +6.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 37 41
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 - £24.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £18.87 £16.19
% change year-on-year +19.24% +16.55% -12.49%

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 5,110 4,423 5,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.65% 13.50% 13.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,246 2,851 3,815
10th Percentile £191 £200 £190
25th Percentile £319 £313 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 247 411
10th Percentile £15.78 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.40 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.44 £21.59 £31.25
% change year-on-year +22.46% -30.91% -

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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -169 36 £275 +37.50% 9
UK excluding London -143 33 £275 +37.50% 12
North of England -69 12 £344 +96.57% 2
North West -47 10 £344 +7.50% 2
London -87 8 £269 +7.50% 3
South East -73 6 £575 +130.00% 3
East of England -16 5 £173 +0.88% 1
Midlands -52 5 £250 +25.00% 1
West Midlands -60 4 £250 -51.17% 1
Scotland -16 3 £275 +36.65% 4
Yorkshire - 2 £186 -
Northern Ireland +3 1 £175 -
East Midlands -16 1 £200 -0.25%
Wales -16 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 17 (41.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (21.95%) Skype for Business
3 5 (12.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (36.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (53.66%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 5 (12.20%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.95%) Skype
1 9 (21.95%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (14.63%) LAN
3 5 (12.20%) DNS
4 4 (9.76%) DHCP
4 4 (9.76%) Wireless
5 3 (7.32%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.88%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (4.88%) RS-232
6 2 (4.88%) X.400
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (2.44%) IPv4
7 1 (2.44%) VLAN
7 1 (2.44%) VoIP
7 1 (2.44%) VPN
7 1 (2.44%) WAAS
7 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Banking
2 4 (9.76%) French Language
2 4 (9.76%) Front Office
2 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (9.76%) Investment Banking
3 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Support Engineer
2 12 (29.27%) Desktop Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Technical Support
4 6 (14.63%) Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Desktop Support
5 5 (12.20%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (12.20%) IT Support
5 5 (12.20%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Support Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) Technical Support Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Help Desk Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Help Desk Support
8 2 (4.88%) Help Desk Support Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.44%) XMPP
2 1 (2.44%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.76%) Smartphone
3 2 (4.88%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (2.44%) CCTV
4 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 41 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (68.29%) Windows 10
3 5 (12.20%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (7.32%) Android
4 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
4 3 (7.32%) Mac OS
4 3 (7.32%) Mac OS X
4 3 (7.32%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (7.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (7.32%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.88%) AIX
5 2 (4.88%) Linux
5 2 (4.88%) Ubuntu
6 1 (2.44%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Service Management
2 10 (24.39%) ITSM
3 9 (21.95%) Disk Encryption
4 7 (17.07%) Proactive Monitoring
4 7 (17.07%) User Experience
5 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
5 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.20%) Incident Management
7 4 (9.76%) Application Packaging
7 4 (9.76%) Customer Experience
7 4 (9.76%) Migration
8 3 (7.32%) Asset Management
8 3 (7.32%) Change Management
8 3 (7.32%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (4.88%) Computer Science
9 2 (4.88%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (4.88%) Proactive Maintenance
9 2 (4.88%) Problem Management
9 2 (4.88%) Release Management
9 2 (4.88%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) PowerShell
2 9 (21.95%) VBScript
3 8 (19.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) Degree
3 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (17.07%) SC Cleared
4 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 5 (12.20%) MCSE
6 4 (9.76%) Azure Certification
7 3 (7.32%) DBS Check
8 2 (4.88%) HNC
8 2 (4.88%) HND
9 1 (2.44%) A+ Certification
9 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (56.10%) Active Directory
2 10 (24.39%) BitLocker
3 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.44%) Firmware
4 1 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) SCCM
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (9.76%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.44%) AirWatch
4 1 (2.44%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (80.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (21.95%) ServiceNow
3 5 (12.20%) Meraki
4 4 (9.76%) Citrix
5 3 (7.32%) Apple
6 2 (4.88%) Oracle
6 2 (4.88%) VMware
7 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco
7 1 (2.44%) Google
7 1 (2.44%) HP
7 1 (2.44%) Juniper
7 1 (2.44%) MobileIron