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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 461 376
Rank change year-on-year -70 -85 +12
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 52 65 243
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.21% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.09% 1.47% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 38 157
10th Percentile £126 £156 £135
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 £228
90th Percentile £626 £527 £300
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 34
10th Percentile £16.31 - £14.26
25th Percentile £17.96 £22.50 £17.71
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +27.73% +2.32%
75th Percentile £20.22 - £23.84
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 4,772 4,425 6,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.67% 14.05% 14.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,172 2,753 4,256
10th Percentile £175 £200 £181
25th Percentile £268 £313 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £696 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 166 345
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.59 £21.10 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.00 £36.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +20.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £60.19 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.50 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.54 £32.50 £25.22
% change year-on-year -27.58% +28.89% +8.94%

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 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 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 21 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 -55 50 £212 -15.22% 11
UK excluding London -78 45 £200 -32.37% 10
South East -35 12 £600 +128.57% 2
East of England - 12 £127 - 3
Work from Home -10 9 £127 -27.71% 1
North West -31 9 £626 +285.23% 3
North of England -48 9 £626 +285.23% 3
Midlands -39 8 £200 - 1
London -25 7 £275 +13.40% 2
East Midlands -24 6 £200 - 1
South West -13 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £188 -
Scotland -2 1 - - 1
Wales -3 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 13 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (17.31%) Skype for Business
3 2 (3.85%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.92%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (15.38%) Azure
3 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.92%) AWS
4 1 (1.92%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.15%) Firewall
2 10 (19.23%) DHCP
2 10 (19.23%) DNS
2 10 (19.23%) LAN
2 10 (19.23%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (17.31%) Skype
3 9 (17.31%) VLAN
3 9 (17.31%) VPN
3 9 (17.31%) WAN
4 3 (5.77%) PuTTY
4 3 (5.77%) SSH
4 3 (5.77%) Telnet
5 2 (3.85%) Wireless
6 1 (1.92%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.92%) RS-232
6 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.92%) WAAS
6 1 (1.92%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.31%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (13.46%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.62%) Banking
2 5 (9.62%) French Language
2 5 (9.62%) Investment Banking
3 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.85%) Finance
5 1 (1.92%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 18 (34.62%) Architect
2 16 (30.77%) Technical Support
3 12 (23.08%) Analyst
3 12 (23.08%) Technical Analyst
4 11 (21.15%) Support Analyst
4 11 (21.15%) Technical Support Analyst
5 10 (19.23%) Support Engineer
6 8 (15.38%) IT Support
7 7 (13.46%) Technical Architect
8 5 (9.62%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (9.62%) Desktop Support
8 5 (9.62%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (9.62%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (5.77%) Deskside Support
10 2 (3.85%) Break Fix Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) IT Analyst
10 2 (3.85%) IT Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) SCCM Architect
10 2 (3.85%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) Software Packaging
1 1 (1.92%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Fat Client
1 11 (21.15%) PKI
1 11 (21.15%) Thin Client
2 1 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.92%) Smartphone
2 1 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (71.15%) Windows 10
3 13 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (21.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (19.23%) AIX
6 6 (11.54%) Windows 8
7 4 (7.69%) Linux
8 2 (3.85%) Apple iOS
8 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.92%) Android
9 1 (1.92%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.92%) Unix
9 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
9 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.92%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) Agile
1 12 (23.08%) Proactive Monitoring
2 11 (21.15%) Collaborative Working
2 11 (21.15%) Open Source
2 11 (21.15%) Prototyping
3 10 (19.23%) ITSM
3 10 (19.23%) Service Management
4 9 (17.31%) Disk Encryption
5 6 (11.54%) Break/Fix
6 5 (9.62%) Incident Management
6 5 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (7.69%) Asset Management
8 3 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (5.77%) Customer Experience
8 3 (5.77%) Logistics
8 3 (5.77%) Project Delivery
9 2 (3.85%) Customer Service
9 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (3.85%) Line Management
9 2 (3.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) Python
2 10 (19.23%) PowerShell
3 9 (17.31%) VB
3 9 (17.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (42.31%) Security Cleared
2 18 (34.62%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.46%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.62%) Azure Certification
5 3 (5.77%) Degree
5 3 (5.77%) MCP
5 3 (5.77%) MCSE
5 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.92%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.92%) HNC
6 1 (1.92%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.77%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (42.31%) Active Directory
2 13 (25.00%) BitLocker
3 3 (5.77%) Firmware
4 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.92%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (34.62%) SCCM
2 11 (21.15%) WMI
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.92%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 44 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (25.00%) VMware
3 10 (19.23%) Citrix
3 10 (19.23%) Oracle
4 9 (17.31%) ServiceNow
5 7 (13.46%) IBM
6 4 (7.69%) Dell
7 3 (5.77%) Cisco
7 3 (5.77%) Draytek
7 3 (5.77%) HP
7 3 (5.77%) McAfee
8 1 (1.92%) Apple
8 1 (1.92%) Bomgar
8 1 (1.92%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.92%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.92%) SolarWinds