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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 452 363
Rank change year-on-year -81 -89 +37
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 48 68 239
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.22% 0.56%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.03% 1.55% 3.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 39 154
10th Percentile £126 £156 £137
25th Percentile £148 £219 £157
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +25.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £394 £500 £226
90th Percentile £600 £525 £340
UK excluding London median daily rate £175 £263 £210
% change year-on-year -33.33% +25.00% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 33
10th Percentile £15.11 £18.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.13 £22.50 £17.70
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.59 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year -20.01% +24.62% +2.32%
75th Percentile - £24.18 £23.88
90th Percentile - - £25.00
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 4,642 4,391 6,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.69% 14.00% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,060 2,736 4,335
10th Percentile £175 £200 £180
25th Percentile £264 £317 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -7.32%
75th Percentile £560 £588 £600
90th Percentile £670 £689 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £411 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.29% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 164 313
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.25 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.36% +10.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.70 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £25.18
% change year-on-year -18.78% +22.24% +11.91%

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 13 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 13 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 -71 45 £200 -18.57% 17
UK excluding London -65 42 £175 -33.33% 17
South East -28 13 £600 +128.57% 3
East of England - 11 £127 - 5
Work from Home -2 9 £127 -27.71% 2
North West -26 6 £595 +266.15% 6
London -36 6 £275 +13.40% 2
Midlands -39 6 £194 - 1
North of England -58 6 £595 +266.15% 6
East Midlands -14 5 £200 - 1
South West -19 3 - -
Wales -5 2 - - 1
Scotland -8 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £188 -

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 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (10.42%) Skype for Business
3 4 (8.33%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.17%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (14.58%) 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 11 (22.92%) Firewall
2 7 (14.58%) DHCP
2 7 (14.58%) DNS
3 6 (12.50%) LAN
3 6 (12.50%) WAN
4 5 (10.42%) Skype
4 5 (10.42%) VLAN
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 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.83%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (14.58%) 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
2 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (31.25%) Technical Support
2 14 (29.17%) Architect
3 11 (22.92%) Analyst
3 11 (22.92%) Support Analyst
3 11 (22.92%) Technical Analyst
3 11 (22.92%) Technical Support Analyst
4 10 (20.83%) Support Engineer
5 8 (16.67%) IT Support
6 5 (10.42%) IT Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Desktop Support
7 4 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) IT Analyst
8 3 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
8 3 (6.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Technical Architect
9 2 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Field Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Fat Client
1 11 (22.92%) PKI
1 11 (22.92%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
2 1 (2.08%) Smartphone
2 1 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 48 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 12 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (22.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (20.83%) AIX
6 6 (12.50%) Windows 8
7 5 (10.42%) Linux
8 2 (4.17%) Unix
9 1 (2.08%) Android
9 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
9 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
9 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
9 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (2.08%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.92%) Agile
1 11 (22.92%) Collaborative Working
1 11 (22.92%) Open Source
1 11 (22.92%) Proactive Monitoring
1 11 (22.92%) Prototyping
2 8 (16.67%) Break/Fix
3 6 (12.50%) ITSM
3 6 (12.50%) Service Management
4 5 (10.42%) Disk Encryption
5 4 (8.33%) Asset Management
5 4 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (6.25%) Customer Experience
7 2 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.17%) Customer Service
7 2 (4.17%) Line Management
7 2 (4.17%) Logistics
7 2 (4.17%) Project Delivery
8 1 (2.08%) DevOps
8 1 (2.08%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.92%) Python
2 5 (10.42%) PowerShell
2 5 (10.42%) VB
2 5 (10.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 16 (33.33%) 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
5 1 (2.08%) MCP
5 1 (2.08%) MCSE
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (41.67%) 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 13 (27.08%) SCCM
2 11 (22.92%) WMI
3 1 (2.08%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 40 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (27.08%) VMware
3 10 (20.83%) Citrix
3 10 (20.83%) Oracle
4 7 (14.58%) 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%) HP
7 3 (6.25%) McAfee
8 1 (2.08%) Apple
8 1 (2.08%) Bomgar
8 1 (2.08%) SolarWinds