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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 464 368
Rank change year-on-year -70 -96 +22
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 45 70 238
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.22% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.97% 1.57% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 41 154
10th Percentile £126 £156 £137
25th Percentile £143 £220 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £194 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year -26.29% +25.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £447 £500 £230
90th Percentile £600 £523 £343
UK excluding London median daily rate £173 £263 £210
% change year-on-year -34.10% +25.00% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 32
10th Percentile £15.11 £18.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.13 £22.50 £17.49
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £18.33
Median % change year-on-year -20.01% +28.73% -0.95%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £23.78
90th Percentile - - £24.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £18.86
% change year-on-year -20.01% +25.08% +4.14%

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 4,663 4,465 6,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 13.98% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,070 2,785 4,291
10th Percentile £175 £200 £180
25th Percentile £263 £317 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £425 £426
% change year-on-year -3.53% -0.18% -5.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 332 165 310
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.16 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +12.90% +24.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.60 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £31.08 £25.18
% change year-on-year -19.56% +23.43% +11.91%

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 9 January 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 13 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 9 January 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 -53 43 £194 -21.02% 13
UK excluding London -78 39 £173 -34.10% 13
South East -29 12 £600 +128.57% 3
East of England - 10 £127 - 3
Work from Home -11 9 £127 -27.71% 1
London -10 6 £275 +13.40% 1
North West -32 6 £595 +266.15% 4
Midlands -35 6 £194 -57.00% 1
North of England -50 6 £595 +266.15% 5
East Midlands -18 5 £200 - 1
South West -12 3 - -
Wales -2 2 - -
West Midlands -34 1 £188 -58.33%

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 9 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.11%) Skype for Business
3 3 (6.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.22%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.89%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (13.33%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.22%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.22%) Firewall
2 7 (15.56%) DHCP
2 7 (15.56%) DNS
3 6 (13.33%) LAN
3 6 (13.33%) WAN
4 5 (11.11%) Skype
4 5 (11.11%) VLAN
4 5 (11.11%) VPN
4 5 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (6.67%) PuTTY
5 3 (6.67%) SSH
5 3 (6.67%) Telnet
6 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (13.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.89%) Banking
2 4 (8.89%) French Language
2 4 (8.89%) Investment Banking
3 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Technical Support
2 13 (28.89%) Architect
3 10 (22.22%) Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
3 10 (22.22%) Technical Support Analyst
4 9 (20.00%) IT Support
4 9 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) IT Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) IT Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Desktop Support
7 3 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Technical Architect
8 2 (4.44%) Field Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Field Service Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Fat Client
1 10 (22.22%) PKI
1 10 (22.22%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.22%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.22%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (100.00%) Windows
2 31 (68.89%) Windows 10
3 11 (24.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (22.22%) AIX
4 10 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (13.33%) Windows 8
6 5 (11.11%) Linux
7 2 (4.44%) Unix
8 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
8 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) Agile
1 10 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
1 10 (22.22%) Open Source
1 10 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
1 10 (22.22%) Prototyping
2 8 (17.78%) Break/Fix
3 6 (13.33%) ITSM
4 5 (11.11%) Disk Encryption
4 5 (11.11%) Service Management
5 4 (8.89%) Asset Management
5 4 (8.89%) Incident Management
5 4 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.67%) Customer Experience
7 2 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.44%) Customer Service
7 2 (4.44%) Line Management
7 2 (4.44%) Logistics
7 2 (4.44%) Project Delivery
8 1 (2.22%) Ticket Management
8 1 (2.22%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) Python
2 5 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.11%) VB
2 5 (11.11%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) Security Cleared
2 15 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.89%) Azure Certification
4 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.22%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.78%) BitLocker
3 3 (6.67%) Firmware
4 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (28.89%) SCCM
2 10 (22.22%) WMI
Vendors
1 37 (82.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (26.67%) VMware
3 10 (22.22%) Citrix
3 10 (22.22%) Oracle
4 6 (13.33%) IBM
5 5 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 4 (8.89%) Dell
7 3 (6.67%) Cisco
7 3 (6.67%) Draytek
7 3 (6.67%) HP
7 3 (6.67%) McAfee
8 1 (2.22%) Bomgar
8 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds