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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 462 375
Rank change year-on-year -108 -87 +2
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 50 66 231
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.22% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.06% 1.62% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 32 143
10th Percentile £150 £148 £126
25th Percentile £161 £161 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £206 £220 £210
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £444 £481 £233
90th Percentile £626 £514 £368
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £211
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.33% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 48
10th Percentile £20.95 £18.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.22 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.51 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +21.56% +4.46% -4.22%
75th Percentile £23.75 £22.34 £20.00
90th Percentile £24.05 £24.18 £22.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £18.51 £17.72
% change year-on-year +21.56% +4.46% -4.22%

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 4,698 4,086 5,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.00% 13.92% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,054 2,704 3,885
10th Percentile £185 £200 £184
25th Percentile £313 £319 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% -6.93%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £591
90th Percentile £658 £699 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 179 394
10th Percentile £15.96 £16.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £19.54 £18.13 £15.31
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.18 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +73.45% +9.91% -43.23%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £59.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.22 £23.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +83.57% +9.52% -32.80%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -102 47 £212 +6.12% 14
UK excluding London -111 39 £200 -0.25% 13
London -63 11 £275 +10.00% 1
North of England -74 11 £613 +276.92% 5
East of England - 10 £173 - 6
North West -33 9 £626 +270.96% 5
South East -61 9 - - 2
Midlands -67 6 £200 -0.25%
Work from Home -30 5 £500 +53.85% 3
East Midlands -36 4 £200 -0.25%
West Midlands -61 2 £250 -51.17%
Yorkshire - 2 £186 -
Northern Ireland -2 1 £175 +18.24%
Scotland -5 1 - -
Wales -13 1 £150 -

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 18 (36.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (18.00%) Skype for Business
3 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (36.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (42.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (18.00%) Azure
3 5 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.00%) Wi-Fi
2 12 (24.00%) LAN
3 11 (22.00%) DHCP
3 11 (22.00%) DNS
4 9 (18.00%) Skype
4 9 (18.00%) VLAN
4 9 (18.00%) VPN
4 9 (18.00%) WAN
5 5 (10.00%) Firewall
6 3 (6.00%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (6.00%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.00%) Wireless
7 2 (4.00%) RS-232
7 2 (4.00%) X.400
8 1 (2.00%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.00%) IPv4
8 1 (2.00%) VoIP
8 1 (2.00%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Database
1 3 (6.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (14.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Banking
2 6 (12.00%) French Language
2 6 (12.00%) Investment Banking
3 4 (8.00%) Front Office
4 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (28.00%) Technical Support
2 12 (24.00%) Architect
2 12 (24.00%) Support Engineer
3 11 (22.00%) Analyst
4 10 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
5 8 (16.00%) Support Analyst
5 8 (16.00%) Technical Support Analyst
6 7 (14.00%) Desktop Support
6 7 (14.00%) IT Support
6 7 (14.00%) Technical Architect
7 6 (12.00%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (12.00%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (12.00%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) 1st Line Support
8 4 (8.00%) Deskside Support
9 2 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Help Desk Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Help Desk Support Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) IT Support Technician
9 2 (4.00%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) X-Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Fat Client
1 5 (10.00%) PKI
1 5 (10.00%) Thin Client
2 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.00%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.00%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 50 (100.00%) Windows
2 37 (74.00%) Windows 10
3 11 (22.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (16.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (10.00%) AIX
6 4 (8.00%) Mac OS X
6 4 (8.00%) Windows 8
7 2 (4.00%) Android
7 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.00%) Linux
7 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
7 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
7 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.00%) Ubuntu
8 1 (2.00%) Unix
8 1 (2.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 11 (22.00%) Service Management
2 10 (20.00%) ITSM
3 9 (18.00%) Disk Encryption
4 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.00%) Agile
5 6 (12.00%) Incident Management
6 5 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 5 (10.00%) Open Source
6 5 (10.00%) Prototyping
7 4 (8.00%) Asset Management
7 4 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.00%) Customer Experience
7 4 (8.00%) Logistics
7 4 (8.00%) Project Delivery
8 2 (4.00%) Application Packaging
8 2 (4.00%) Computer Science
8 2 (4.00%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (4.00%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (18.00%) VB
2 9 (18.00%) VBScript
3 5 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.00%) DV Cleared
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 7 (14.00%) MCSE
5 6 (12.00%) Azure Certification
5 6 (12.00%) Degree
5 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.00%) HNC
6 2 (4.00%) HND
7 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (54.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.00%) BitLocker
3 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 15 (30.00%) SCCM
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (10.00%) WMI
4 2 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 42 (84.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (14.00%) VMware
4 6 (12.00%) Citrix
5 5 (10.00%) Oracle
6 4 (8.00%) HP
6 4 (8.00%) Meraki
7 3 (6.00%) IBM
8 2 (4.00%) Apple
9 1 (2.00%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.00%) Cisco
9 1 (2.00%) MobileIron
9 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds