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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 458 373
Rank change year-on-year -108 -85 +1
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 52 65 232
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.22% 0.53%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.11% 1.58% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 31 142
10th Percentile £151 £148 £125
25th Percentile £161 £159 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £212 £240 £210
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £328 £488 £235
90th Percentile £625 £514 £369
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £200 £210
% change year-on-year -0.25% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 49
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 £23.78
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 4,695 4,102 5,818
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.92% 13.99% 13.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,052 2,700 3,920
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £320 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.50% -7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £589 £588
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 323 181 400
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.10 £12.75
25th Percentile £20.41 £18.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £42.71 £24.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.94% +9.09% -43.59%
75th Percentile £67.54 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £22.69 £22.00
% change year-on-year +109.37% +3.13% -26.67%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -104 49 £231 +2.78% 13
UK excluding London -113 42 £200 -0.25% 12
North of England -55 14 £468 +188.15% 5
North West -34 12 £603 +270.77% 5
London -68 10 £275 +10.00% 1
East of England - 10 £173 - 5
South East -54 9 - - 1
Midlands -70 6 £200 -0.25% 1
East Midlands -35 4 £200 -0.25%
Work from Home -42 3 £127 -73.37% 1
West Midlands -62 2 £250 -51.17% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £186 -
Scotland -2 1 - -
Northern Ireland -3 1 £175 +18.24%
Wales -9 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 20 (38.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (21.15%) Skype for Business
3 3 (5.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (36.54%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (42.31%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (15.38%) Azure
3 5 (9.62%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.92%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (21.15%) Skype
3 10 (19.23%) LAN
4 9 (17.31%) DHCP
4 9 (17.31%) DNS
5 7 (13.46%) VLAN
5 7 (13.46%) VPN
5 7 (13.46%) WAN
6 5 (9.62%) Firewall
7 3 (5.77%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (5.77%) TCP/IP
7 3 (5.77%) Wireless
8 2 (3.85%) RS-232
8 2 (3.85%) X.400
9 1 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.92%) IPv4
9 1 (1.92%) VoIP
9 1 (1.92%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) Oracle Database
1 3 (5.77%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (17.31%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (11.54%) Banking
2 6 (11.54%) French Language
2 6 (11.54%) Investment Banking
3 4 (7.69%) Front Office
4 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (26.92%) Technical Support
2 13 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 12 (23.08%) Architect
4 11 (21.15%) Analyst
5 10 (19.23%) Technical Analyst
6 8 (15.38%) IT Support
6 8 (15.38%) Support Analyst
6 8 (15.38%) Technical Support Analyst
7 7 (13.46%) Desktop Support
7 7 (13.46%) Technical Architect
8 6 (11.54%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (11.54%) Desktop Engineer
8 6 (11.54%) Technical Engineer
8 6 (11.54%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (7.69%) 1st Line Support
9 4 (7.69%) Deskside Support
10 2 (3.85%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) Help Desk Support
10 2 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
10 2 (3.85%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) X-Windows
2 1 (1.92%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.92%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Fat Client
1 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
1 5 (9.62%) PKI
1 5 (9.62%) Thin Client
2 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.92%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.92%) CCTV
3 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.92%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.92%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 52 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 10 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (15.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (9.62%) AIX
6 4 (7.69%) Mac OS X
6 4 (7.69%) Windows 8
7 2 (3.85%) Android
7 2 (3.85%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
7 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
7 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.92%) Linux
8 1 (1.92%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.92%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (23.08%) ITSM
1 12 (23.08%) Service Management
2 11 (21.15%) Disk Encryption
2 11 (21.15%) Proactive Monitoring
3 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (11.54%) Agile
4 6 (11.54%) Customer Service
4 6 (11.54%) Incident Management
5 5 (9.62%) Asset Management
5 5 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (9.62%) Open Source
5 5 (9.62%) Prototyping
6 4 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (7.69%) Customer Experience
6 4 (7.69%) Logistics
6 4 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 2 (3.85%) Change Management
7 2 (3.85%) Kalman Filter
7 2 (3.85%) Migration
7 2 (3.85%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 11 (21.15%) VBScript
3 10 (19.23%) VB
4 5 (9.62%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (32.69%) Security Cleared
2 10 (19.23%) DV Cleared
3 9 (17.31%) SC Cleared
4 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (15.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 7 (13.46%) Degree
5 7 (13.46%) MCSE
6 6 (11.54%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.85%) HNC
7 2 (3.85%) HND
8 1 (1.92%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (51.92%) Active Directory
2 12 (23.08%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (30.77%) SCCM
2 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.62%) WMI
4 2 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.92%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 45 (86.54%) Microsoft
2 11 (21.15%) ServiceNow
3 6 (11.54%) Citrix
3 6 (11.54%) VMware
4 5 (9.62%) Oracle
5 4 (7.69%) HP
5 4 (7.69%) Meraki
6 3 (5.77%) IBM
7 2 (3.85%) Apple
8 1 (1.92%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.92%) Cisco
8 1 (1.92%) MobileIron