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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 541 452 358
Rank change year-on-year -89 -94 +28
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 54 68 256
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.22% 0.58%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.13% 1.52% 4.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 39 162
10th Percentile £126 £156 £133
25th Percentile £161 £197 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £206 £263 £210
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +25.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £230
90th Percentile £625 £525 £300
UK excluding London median daily rate £200 £295 £210
% change year-on-year -32.37% +40.48% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 36
10th Percentile £16.31 - £14.27
25th Percentile £17.96 £22.50 £17.49
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £18.62
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +29.90% +0.62%
75th Percentile £20.22 - £23.78
90th Percentile £22.64 - £25.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £20.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% +20.90% +8.11%

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 4,798 4,480 6,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.41% 14.24% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,181 2,787 4,272
10th Percentile £175 £200 £181
25th Percentile £263 £319 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £475 £472
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +0.74% -8.45%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £694 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £403 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.29% - -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 160 368
10th Percentile £14.60 £16.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.00 £17.16
Median hourly rate £24.00 £33.25 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.82% +31.68% -1.06%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £62.61
90th Percentile £70.00 £68.88 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.58 £30.78 £25.06
% change year-on-year -26.66% +22.84% +5.17%

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 30 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 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 30 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 -62 52 £206 -16.03% 13
UK excluding London -69 46 £200 -32.37% 11
East of England - 12 £127 - 3
South East -36 11 £600 +128.57% 1
North of England -59 10 £619 +281.08% 5
Work from Home -3 9 £127 -27.71% 1
North West -20 9 £626 +285.23% 5
Midlands -43 9 £200 - 1
London -30 8 £275 +19.57% 3
East Midlands -21 7 £200 -
South West -19 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 £188 - 1
Wales -4 1 - -
Scotland -6 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £213 -

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 13 (24.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (16.67%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (31.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.78%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (14.81%) Azure
3 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.85%) AWS
4 1 (1.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (20.37%) Firewall
1 11 (20.37%) Wi-Fi
2 10 (18.52%) DHCP
2 10 (18.52%) DNS
2 10 (18.52%) LAN
3 9 (16.67%) Skype
3 9 (16.67%) VLAN
3 9 (16.67%) VPN
3 9 (16.67%) WAN
4 3 (5.56%) PuTTY
4 3 (5.56%) SSH
4 3 (5.56%) Telnet
4 3 (5.56%) Wireless
5 2 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.85%) IPv4
6 1 (1.85%) RS-232
6 1 (1.85%) WAAS
6 1 (1.85%) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (14.81%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (12.96%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Banking
3 5 (9.26%) French Language
3 5 (9.26%) Investment Banking
4 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.70%) Finance
6 1 (1.85%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 18 (33.33%) Architect
2 16 (29.63%) Technical Support
3 12 (22.22%) Analyst
3 12 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
4 11 (20.37%) Support Analyst
4 11 (20.37%) Technical Support Analyst
5 9 (16.67%) IT Support
5 9 (16.67%) Support Engineer
6 7 (12.96%) Technical Architect
7 6 (11.11%) Desktop Support
8 5 (9.26%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (9.26%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (9.26%) Technical Support Engineer
9 4 (7.41%) Deskside Support
10 2 (3.70%) Break Fix Engineer
10 2 (3.70%) IT Engineer
10 2 (3.70%) IT Support Engineer
10 2 (3.70%) IT Support Technician
10 2 (3.70%) IT Technician
10 2 (3.70%) SCCM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) X-Windows
2 1 (1.85%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Fat Client
1 11 (20.37%) PKI
1 11 (20.37%) Thin Client
2 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.85%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.85%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (72.22%) Windows 10
3 13 (24.07%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (20.37%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (16.67%) AIX
6 7 (12.96%) Windows 8
7 4 (7.41%) Linux
8 2 (3.70%) Apple iOS
8 2 (3.70%) Mac OS
8 2 (3.70%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.85%) Android
9 1 (1.85%) Unix
9 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
9 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (22.22%) Agile
1 12 (22.22%) Proactive Monitoring
2 11 (20.37%) Collaborative Working
2 11 (20.37%) Open Source
2 11 (20.37%) Prototyping
3 10 (18.52%) ITSM
3 10 (18.52%) Service Management
4 9 (16.67%) Disk Encryption
5 6 (11.11%) Break/Fix
5 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (9.26%) Incident Management
7 4 (7.41%) Asset Management
7 4 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (7.41%) Logistics
7 4 (7.41%) Project Delivery
8 3 (5.56%) Customer Experience
8 3 (5.56%) Customer Service
9 2 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 2 (3.70%) Migration
9 2 (3.70%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.37%) Python
2 10 (18.52%) PowerShell
3 9 (16.67%) VB
3 9 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 7 (12.96%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.26%) Azure Certification
5 4 (7.41%) Degree
5 4 (7.41%) MCSE
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (1.85%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.85%) HNC
6 1 (1.85%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 13 (24.07%) BitLocker
3 3 (5.56%) Firmware
4 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (33.33%) SCCM
2 11 (20.37%) WMI
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.85%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 46 (85.19%) Microsoft
2 13 (24.07%) VMware
3 9 (16.67%) Citrix
3 9 (16.67%) Oracle
3 9 (16.67%) ServiceNow
4 7 (12.96%) IBM
5 4 (7.41%) Dell
5 4 (7.41%) HP
6 3 (5.56%) Cisco
6 3 (5.56%) Draytek
6 3 (5.56%) McAfee
7 1 (1.85%) Apple
7 1 (1.85%) Bomgar
7 1 (1.85%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.85%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.85%) SolarWinds