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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 468 365
Rank change year-on-year -72 -103 +36
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 48 74 242
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.01% 1.59% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 43 156
10th Percentile £126 £156 £136
25th Percentile £143 £220 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £181 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year -30.95% +25.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £447 £500 £230
90th Percentile £600 £523 £341
UK excluding London median daily rate £171 £295 £210
% change year-on-year -42.03% +40.48% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 30
10th Percentile £15.15 £18.86 £14.24
25th Percentile £17.96 £22.50 £17.71
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -20.01% +24.62% +2.32%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £23.84
90th Percentile - - £25.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £20.00
% change year-on-year -20.01% +17.95% +10.44%

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 4,755 4,645 6,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.82% 14.00% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,116 2,893 4,352
10th Percentile £175 £200 £180
25th Percentile £267 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £561 £588 £600
90th Percentile £669 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £425 £430
% change year-on-year -3.53% -1.16% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 175 313
10th Percentile £15.22 £16.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.94 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.20 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £29.89 £27.50
% change year-on-year -15.86% +8.69% +25.00%

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 1 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 1 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 -46 46 £181 -26.02% 18
UK excluding London -71 41 £171 -42.03% 19
South East -21 12 £600 +128.57% 3
East of England -6 11 £127 -63.86% 5
Work from Home +2 9 £127 -27.71% 2
London -19 7 £275 +14.58% 2
North West -28 6 £595 +266.15% 5
North of England -57 6 £595 +266.15% 6
South West -7 5 - - 1
Midlands -33 5 £188 -58.33% 1
East Midlands -15 4 £167 - 1
Wales -3 2 - -
West Midlands -30 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 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (10.42%) Skype for Business
3 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.08%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.83%) Firewall
2 8 (16.67%) DHCP
2 8 (16.67%) DNS
3 6 (12.50%) LAN
3 6 (12.50%) VLAN
3 6 (12.50%) WAN
4 5 (10.42%) Skype
4 5 (10.42%) VPN
4 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (6.25%) PuTTY
5 3 (6.25%) SSH
5 3 (6.25%) Telnet
6 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.08%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (12.50%) Oracle Database
General
1 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.33%) Banking
2 4 (8.33%) French Language
2 4 (8.33%) Investment Banking
3 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (31.25%) Technical Support
2 13 (27.08%) Architect
3 12 (25.00%) Analyst
3 12 (25.00%) Support Analyst
4 11 (22.92%) Technical Analyst
4 11 (22.92%) Technical Support Analyst
5 9 (18.75%) IT Support
5 9 (18.75%) Support Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) IT Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) IT Engineer
6 5 (10.42%) IT Support Analyst
7 4 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Technical Architect
9 2 (4.17%) Break Fix Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Desktop Support
9 2 (4.17%) Field Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Field Service Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.83%) Fat Client
1 10 (20.83%) PKI
1 10 (20.83%) Thin Client
2 2 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.08%) iPad
3 1 (2.08%) iPhone
3 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 48 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 12 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (22.92%) AIX
4 11 (22.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (10.42%) Linux
5 5 (10.42%) Windows 8
6 2 (4.17%) Mac OS
6 2 (4.17%) Unix
7 1 (2.08%) Android
7 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
7 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.92%) Proactive Monitoring
2 10 (20.83%) Agile
2 10 (20.83%) Break/Fix
2 10 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (20.83%) Open Source
2 10 (20.83%) Prototyping
3 6 (12.50%) ITSM
4 5 (10.42%) Disk Encryption
4 5 (10.42%) Service Management
5 4 (8.33%) Incident Management
6 3 (6.25%) Asset Management
6 3 (6.25%) Customer Experience
6 3 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (4.17%) Customer Service
7 2 (4.17%) Line Management
8 1 (2.08%) Kanban
8 1 (2.08%) Network Virtualisation
8 1 (2.08%) Ticket Management
8 1 (2.08%) Time Management
8 1 (2.08%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.83%) Python
2 5 (10.42%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.42%) VB
2 5 (10.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 15 (31.25%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.08%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) SLA
2 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 18 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 8 (16.67%) BitLocker
3 3 (6.25%) Firmware
4 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.08%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (25.00%) SCCM
2 10 (20.83%) WMI
Vendors
1 39 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (25.00%) VMware
3 11 (22.92%) Citrix
3 11 (22.92%) Oracle
4 6 (12.50%) IBM
5 5 (10.42%) ServiceNow
6 4 (8.33%) Dell
7 3 (6.25%) Cisco
7 3 (6.25%) Draytek
7 3 (6.25%) McAfee
8 2 (4.17%) HP
9 1 (2.08%) Bomgar
9 1 (2.08%) SolarWinds