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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 465 409
Rank change year-on-year -35 -56 -7
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 70 86 225
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.23% 0.48%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.45% 1.66% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 147
10th Percentile £126 £163 £136
25th Percentile £145 £226 £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £313 £210
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +48.81% -
75th Percentile £394 £500 £246
90th Percentile £600 £544 £380
UK excluding London median daily rate £171 £326 £210
% change year-on-year -47.59% +55.36% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 6 25
10th Percentile £17.33 £15.22 £14.21
25th Percentile - £17.46 £16.85
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% -
75th Percentile - - £24.00
90th Percentile - - £28.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -21.96% +36.46% -

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 4,811 5,168 7,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.55% 14.11% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,097 3,173 4,847
10th Percentile £185 £200 £181
25th Percentile £270 £325 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.04% -5.78%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £613
90th Percentile £654 £688 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £450 £442
% change year-on-year -8.89% +1.75% -1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 365 219 357
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.86
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.45 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% +50.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £43.75 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.56 £52.50 £28.75
% change year-on-year -57.03% +82.61% +27.78%

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 15 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 15 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 -25 67 £181 -26.02% 23
UK excluding London -48 54 £171 -47.59% 17
London +4 16 £250 +4.17% 10
South West +11 14 - - 5
East of England -8 13 £127 -63.86% 2
South East -7 12 £600 +93.55% 7
Work from Home +15 11 £127 -27.71% 3
North West -18 8 £595 +252.59% 2
North of England -39 8 £595 +252.59% 2
Midlands -36 4 £161 -64.28%
East Midlands -16 3 £134 -
Wales -2 2 - -
Scotland -19 1 £163 -67.50% 1
West Midlands -30 1 £188 -58.33%

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 10 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.14%) Skype for Business
3 3 (4.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 13 (18.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (41.43%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (2.86%) AWS
3 2 (2.86%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.43%) IaaS
4 1 (1.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.57%) DHCP
1 13 (18.57%) DNS
2 10 (14.29%) VLAN
3 8 (11.43%) TCP/IP
4 7 (10.00%) Firewall
4 7 (10.00%) LAN
4 7 (10.00%) WAN
4 7 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (8.57%) IP Telephony
5 6 (8.57%) VPN
6 5 (7.14%) Skype
7 3 (4.29%) PuTTY
7 3 (4.29%) SSH
7 3 (4.29%) Telnet
8 1 (1.43%) Internet
8 1 (1.43%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (17.14%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (10.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.86%) Banking
3 2 (2.86%) Finance
3 2 (2.86%) French Language
3 2 (2.86%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (27.14%) Analyst
2 16 (22.86%) Support Analyst
3 14 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 13 (18.57%) Technical Support
5 11 (15.71%) Technical Analyst
5 11 (15.71%) Technical Support Analyst
6 10 (14.29%) Architect
7 9 (12.86%) IT Support
7 9 (12.86%) Support Engineer
8 5 (7.14%) IT Analyst
8 5 (7.14%) IT Support Analyst
9 4 (5.71%) IT Support Engineer
10 3 (4.29%) Field Engineer
10 3 (4.29%) Service Analyst
10 3 (4.29%) Service Desk Analyst
10 3 (4.29%) Technical Architect
11 2 (2.86%) Applications Support
11 2 (2.86%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 2 (2.86%) Field Service Engineer
11 2 (2.86%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Fat Client
1 7 (10.00%) PKI
1 7 (10.00%) Thin Client
1 7 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (7.14%) iPad
2 5 (7.14%) iPhone
3 2 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.43%) BYOD
4 1 (1.43%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.43%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (100.00%) Windows
2 44 (62.86%) Windows 10
3 13 (18.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (17.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 11 (15.71%) AIX
6 6 (8.57%) Linux
6 6 (8.57%) Mac OS
7 5 (7.14%) Android
7 5 (7.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (5.71%) Windows 8
9 3 (4.29%) Windows Server
10 2 (2.86%) Unix
10 2 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (1.43%) Mac OS X
11 1 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (1.43%) VMS
11 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.71%) Break/Fix
2 12 (17.14%) Proactive Monitoring
3 10 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 9 (12.86%) Ticket Management
5 8 (11.43%) Agile
6 7 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 7 (10.00%) Open Source
6 7 (10.00%) Prototyping
7 6 (8.57%) ITSM
7 6 (8.57%) Service Management
8 5 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (7.14%) Disk Encryption
8 5 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (5.71%) Customer Experience
10 3 (4.29%) ITIL
11 2 (2.86%) Incident Management
11 2 (2.86%) Line Management
11 2 (2.86%) Risk Management
12 1 (1.43%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.00%) Python
2 5 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.14%) VB
2 5 (7.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (31.43%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.57%) DV Cleared
3 12 (17.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.86%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.86%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.43%) Degree
5 1 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.43%) MCSA
5 1 (1.43%) MCSE
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.43%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.29%) SLA
3 1 (1.43%) RMADS
System Software
1 22 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.43%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.29%) Firmware
4 2 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (18.57%) SCCM
2 7 (10.00%) WMI
3 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.43%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 49 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.57%) Citrix
3 12 (17.14%) Oracle
4 10 (14.29%) VMware
5 6 (8.57%) IBM
6 5 (7.14%) ServiceNow
7 4 (5.71%) Dell
8 3 (4.29%) Cisco
8 3 (4.29%) Draytek
8 3 (4.29%) McAfee
9 1 (1.43%) Apple
9 1 (1.43%) Avaya
9 1 (1.43%) Bomgar
9 1 (1.43%) HP
9 1 (1.43%) Nexthink
9 1 (1.43%) Polycom
9 1 (1.43%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.43%) Wyse