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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 454 362
Rank change year-on-year -76 -92 +18
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 54 65 249
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.21% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.13% 1.46% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 38 159
10th Percentile £126 £156 £132
25th Percentile £161 £220 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £212 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +25.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £229
90th Percentile £623 £527 £310
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £295 £210
% change year-on-year -32.37% +40.48% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 33
10th Percentile £16.31 - £14.62
25th Percentile £17.96 £22.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +27.73% +2.32%
75th Percentile £20.22 - £23.88
90th Percentile £22.64 - £25.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% +20.90% +8.11%

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 4,770 4,441 6,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.55% 14.05% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,160 2,764 4,284
10th Percentile £173 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £319 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.77%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £695 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.53% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 161 356
10th Percentile £14.60 £16.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £63.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £32.50 £25.25
% change year-on-year -27.69% +28.71% +6.14%

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 24 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 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 24 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 -51 52 £212 -15.22% 8
UK excluding London -70 47 £200 -32.37% 9
East of England - 13 £149 - 2
South East -34 12 £600 +128.57% 1
North of England -58 10 £619 +281.08% 3
Work from Home -19 9 £127 -27.71%
North West -29 9 £626 +285.23% 3
Midlands -39 8 £200 - 1
London -14 7 £275 +13.40% 1
East Midlands -21 6 £200 -
South West -16 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £188 - 1
Wales -8 1 - - 1
Scotland -11 1 - - 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 13 (24.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (16.67%) Skype for Business
3 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.85%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (14.81%) Azure
3 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.85%) AWS
4 1 (1.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.37%) DHCP
1 11 (20.37%) DNS
1 11 (20.37%) Firewall
2 10 (18.52%) LAN
2 10 (18.52%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (16.67%) Skype
3 9 (16.67%) VLAN
3 9 (16.67%) VPN
3 9 (16.67%) WAN
4 3 (5.56%) PuTTY
4 3 (5.56%) SSH
4 3 (5.56%) Telnet
5 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.70%) Wireless
6 1 (1.85%) IPv4
6 1 (1.85%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.85%) RS-232
6 1 (1.85%) WAAS
6 1 (1.85%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (12.96%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (9.26%) Banking
2 5 (9.26%) French Language
2 5 (9.26%) Investment Banking
3 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.70%) Finance
5 1 (1.85%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 18 (33.33%) Architect
2 17 (31.48%) Technical Support
3 13 (24.07%) Analyst
3 13 (24.07%) Technical Analyst
4 12 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 12 (22.22%) Technical Support Analyst
5 10 (18.52%) Support Engineer
6 8 (14.81%) IT Support
7 7 (12.96%) Technical Architect
8 6 (11.11%) Desktop Support
9 5 (9.26%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (9.26%) Technical Engineer
9 5 (9.26%) Technical Support Engineer
10 3 (5.56%) Deskside Support
11 2 (3.70%) Break Fix Engineer
11 2 (3.70%) IT Analyst
11 2 (3.70%) IT Engineer
11 2 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
11 2 (3.70%) SCCM Architect
11 2 (3.70%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.85%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Fat Client
1 11 (20.37%) PKI
1 11 (20.37%) Thin Client
2 1 (1.85%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.85%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.85%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.85%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 38 (70.37%) Windows 10
3 14 (25.93%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (18.52%) AIX
6 6 (11.11%) Windows 8
7 4 (7.41%) Linux
8 2 (3.70%) Apple iOS
8 2 (3.70%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.85%) Android
9 1 (1.85%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.85%) Unix
9 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
9 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.07%) Proactive Monitoring
2 12 (22.22%) Agile
3 11 (20.37%) Collaborative Working
3 11 (20.37%) Open Source
3 11 (20.37%) Prototyping
4 10 (18.52%) ITSM
4 10 (18.52%) Service Management
5 9 (16.67%) Disk Encryption
6 6 (11.11%) Break/Fix
7 5 (9.26%) Incident Management
7 5 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.41%) Asset Management
9 3 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.56%) Customer Experience
9 3 (5.56%) Customer Service
9 3 (5.56%) Logistics
9 3 (5.56%) Project Delivery
10 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 2 (3.70%) Line Management
10 2 (3.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) Python
2 10 (18.52%) PowerShell
3 9 (16.67%) VB
3 9 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.26%) Azure Certification
5 4 (7.41%) Degree
5 4 (7.41%) MCP
5 4 (7.41%) MCSE
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.85%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.85%) HNC
6 1 (1.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (42.59%) Active Directory
2 13 (24.07%) BitLocker
3 3 (5.56%) Firmware
4 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (33.33%) SCCM
2 11 (20.37%) WMI
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.85%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 46 (85.19%) Microsoft
2 13 (24.07%) VMware
3 10 (18.52%) Citrix
3 10 (18.52%) Oracle
4 9 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 7 (12.96%) IBM
6 4 (7.41%) Dell
7 3 (5.56%) Cisco
7 3 (5.56%) Draytek
7 3 (5.56%) HP
7 3 (5.56%) McAfee
8 1 (1.85%) Apple
8 1 (1.85%) Bomgar
8 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.85%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds