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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 462 428
Rank change year-on-year -164 -34 -1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 39 90 153
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.073% 0.27% 0.38%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.76% 2.03% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 28 80
10th Percentile £152 £151 £139
25th Percentile £162 £171 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £208 £210
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -1.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £340 £399 £240
90th Percentile £369 £517 £366
UK excluding London median daily rate £310 £200 £213
% change year-on-year +55.00% -5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 37 41
10th Percentile - £18.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £21.50 £18.87 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% +11.00% -8.11%
75th Percentile £22.25 - £22.00
90th Percentile - - £24.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £18.87 £16.19
% change year-on-year +13.94% +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 5,115 4,426 5,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.64% 13.44% 13.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,248 2,856 3,718
10th Percentile £193 £200 £193
25th Percentile £319 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.41% -2.63% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £465
% change year-on-year - -3.25% +3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 250 384
10th Percentile £15.63 £15.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.68 £18.11 £16.30
Median hourly rate £26.00 £23.00 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.88% -43.11%
75th Percentile £63.75 £54.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.11 £67.10 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.47 £21.59 £31.00
% change year-on-year +22.60% -30.35% +3.33%

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 26 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 26 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
UK excluding London -141 32 £310 +55.00% 3
England -162 30 £310 +49.40% 5
North of England -75 10 £344 +96.57%
North West -45 9 £344 +7.50%
Scotland -9 7 £213 +5.59% 1
London -84 7 £269 +7.50% 2
South East -80 6 £575 +130.00%
East of England -27 3 £173 +0.88% 1
West Midlands -53 3 £250 -51.17% 1
Midlands -54 3 £250 +25.00% 1
Northern Ireland +2 1 £175 -
Wales -18 1 £150 -
South West -64 1 £331 +154.62%
Yorkshire - 1 £160 -

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 16 (41.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (23.08%) Skype for Business
3 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.38%) Azure
3 3 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.08%) Skype
2 8 (20.51%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (15.38%) LAN
4 4 (10.26%) DNS
5 3 (7.69%) DHCP
5 3 (7.69%) Wireless
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.56%) RS-232
6 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.56%) VoIP
6 1 (2.56%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Banking
4 3 (7.69%) French Language
4 3 (7.69%) Front Office
4 3 (7.69%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (43.59%) Support Engineer
2 12 (30.77%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (12.82%) 1st Line Support
3 5 (12.82%) Technical Support
4 4 (10.26%) Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Desktop Support
4 4 (10.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) IT Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) IT Support
4 4 (10.26%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Field Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (5.13%) Junior
6 2 (5.13%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.56%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Smartphone
2 6 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.69%) Fat Client
3 3 (7.69%) Thin Client
3 3 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (5.13%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (5.13%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (2.56%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (7.69%) Android
4 3 (7.69%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (7.69%) Windows XP
5 2 (5.13%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.13%) Linux
5 2 (5.13%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.13%) Mac OS X
5 2 (5.13%) Ubuntu
5 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
5 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.56%) AIX
6 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Service Management
2 10 (25.64%) ITSM
3 9 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 9 (23.08%) Disk Encryption
3 9 (23.08%) User Experience
4 8 (20.51%) Incident Management
5 6 (15.38%) Asset Management
5 6 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
6 5 (12.82%) Capacity Planning
6 5 (12.82%) Cost Optimisation
6 5 (12.82%) Service Catalogue
6 5 (12.82%) Validation
7 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.69%) Application Packaging
8 3 (7.69%) Change Management
8 3 (7.69%) Customer Experience
8 3 (7.69%) Migration
8 3 (7.69%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (7.69%) Proactive Maintenance
9 2 (5.13%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) PowerShell
1 9 (23.08%) VBScript
2 8 (20.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.95%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.38%) Degree
4 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
6 3 (7.69%) MCSE
7 1 (2.56%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) HNC
7 1 (2.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 9 (23.08%) BitLocker
3 5 (12.82%) Firmware
3 5 (12.82%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (23.08%) SCCM
2 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 31 (79.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (23.08%) ServiceNow
3 5 (12.82%) Meraki
4 4 (10.26%) Citrix
5 3 (7.69%) Apple
5 3 (7.69%) Google
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco
6 1 (2.56%) Juniper
6 1 (2.56%) Oracle
6 1 (2.56%) VMware