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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 497 467 416
Rank change year-on-year -30 -51 +10
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 73 91 219
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.25% 0.47%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.54% 1.77% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 47 144
10th Percentile £126 £192 £137
25th Percentile £158 £223 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £255 £210
Median % change year-on-year -31.37% +21.43% -
75th Percentile £288 £500 £248
90th Percentile £600 £542 £325
UK excluding London median daily rate £171 £300 £210
% change year-on-year -43.00% +42.86% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 7 23
10th Percentile £17.33 £15.22 £13.36
25th Percentile - £18.61 £15.39
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% +1.45%
75th Percentile - - £24.00
90th Percentile - - £29.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% +1.45%

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 4,735 5,146 7,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.70% 14.09% 15.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,045 3,166 4,802
10th Percentile £185 £200 £181
25th Percentile £270 £325 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% -4.41%
75th Percentile £572 £576 £613
90th Percentile £653 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -8.89% +2.27% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 220 352
10th Percentile £15.47 £16.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.95 £18.19
Median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +54.41% +36.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.58 £52.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -57.00% +90.91% +22.22%

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 2025. 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 +2 70 £181 -27.50% 30
UK excluding London -51 57 £171 -43.00% 29
South West +21 16 - - 2
London +12 16 £250 +4.17% 10
South East -12 14 £275 +12.24% 9
East of England -3 12 £149 -57.50% 6
Work from Home +6 10 £171 -52.90% 7
North West -24 8 £595 +252.59% 3
North of England -40 8 £595 +252.59% 3
Midlands -27 4 £161 -64.28% 4
East Midlands -18 3 £134 - 2
Wales -1 2 - - 1
Scotland -19 1 £163 -63.89% 3
West Midlands -20 1 £188 -58.33% 2

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 12 (16.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.85%) Skype for Business
3 3 (4.11%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (46.58%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (9.59%) Azure
3 2 (2.74%) AWS
3 2 (2.74%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.37%) IaaS
4 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.81%) DHCP
1 13 (17.81%) DNS
2 10 (13.70%) VLAN
3 8 (10.96%) TCP/IP
4 7 (9.59%) LAN
4 7 (9.59%) WAN
4 7 (9.59%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (8.22%) Firewall
5 6 (8.22%) IP Telephony
5 6 (8.22%) VPN
6 5 (6.85%) Skype
7 3 (4.11%) PuTTY
7 3 (4.11%) SSH
7 3 (4.11%) Telnet
8 1 (1.37%) FTP
8 1 (1.37%) Internet
8 1 (1.37%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.07%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (8.22%) Oracle Database
3 3 (4.11%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.74%) Banking
3 2 (2.74%) Finance
3 2 (2.74%) French Language
3 2 (2.74%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 18 (24.66%) Analyst
2 16 (21.92%) IT Engineer
3 15 (20.55%) Support Analyst
4 12 (16.44%) Technical Support
5 11 (15.07%) IT Support
5 11 (15.07%) Support Engineer
6 10 (13.70%) Technical Analyst
6 10 (13.70%) Technical Support Analyst
7 9 (12.33%) Architect
8 6 (8.22%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) IT Analyst
9 5 (6.85%) IT Support Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Field Engineer
10 3 (4.11%) Service Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Service Desk Analyst
10 3 (4.11%) Technical Architect
11 2 (2.74%) Applications Support
11 2 (2.74%) Desktop Engineer
11 2 (2.74%) Desktop Support
11 2 (2.74%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Fat Client
1 8 (10.96%) Thin Client
2 7 (9.59%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (8.22%) PKI
4 5 (6.85%) iPad
4 5 (6.85%) iPhone
5 2 (2.74%) Clustering
5 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.37%) BYOD
6 1 (1.37%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.37%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 73 (100.00%) Windows
2 47 (64.38%) Windows 10
3 12 (16.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (15.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (13.70%) AIX
6 6 (8.22%) Linux
6 6 (8.22%) Mac OS
7 5 (6.85%) Android
7 5 (6.85%) Windows 8
7 5 (6.85%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (4.11%) Windows Server
9 2 (2.74%) Unix
9 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.37%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.37%) VMS
10 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (27.40%) Break/Fix
2 11 (15.07%) Proactive Monitoring
3 10 (13.70%) Asset Management
4 9 (12.33%) Ticket Management
5 8 (10.96%) Customer Service
6 7 (9.59%) Agile
6 7 (9.59%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.22%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (8.22%) ITSM
7 6 (8.22%) Open Source
7 6 (8.22%) Prototyping
7 6 (8.22%) Service Management
8 5 (6.85%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (6.85%) Disk Encryption
9 4 (5.48%) Customer Experience
9 4 (5.48%) ITIL
10 3 (4.11%) Incident Management
11 2 (2.74%) Line Management
11 2 (2.74%) Risk Management
12 1 (1.37%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.22%) Python
2 5 (6.85%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.85%) VB
2 5 (6.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (28.77%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.44%) DV Cleared
2 12 (16.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.37%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.37%) Degree
5 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.37%) MCP
5 1 (1.37%) MCSA
5 1 (1.37%) MCSE
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.37%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.11%) SLA
3 1 (1.37%) RMADS
System Software
1 24 (32.88%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.96%) BitLocker
3 4 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.11%) Firmware
4 3 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.74%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.37%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.37%) XenApp
6 1 (1.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (17.81%) SCCM
2 6 (8.22%) WMI
3 2 (2.74%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.37%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 52 (71.23%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.81%) Citrix
3 11 (15.07%) Oracle
3 11 (15.07%) VMware
4 5 (6.85%) IBM
4 5 (6.85%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.48%) Cisco
5 4 (5.48%) Dell
6 3 (4.11%) Draytek
6 3 (4.11%) McAfee
7 1 (1.37%) Apple
7 1 (1.37%) Avaya
7 1 (1.37%) Bomgar
7 1 (1.37%) HP
7 1 (1.37%) Nexthink
7 1 (1.37%) Polycom
7 1 (1.37%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.37%) Wyse