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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 460 371
Rank change year-on-year -125 -89 +17
Contract jobs citing Windows 7 48 65 225
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.22% 0.52%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.02% 1.58% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 31 136
10th Percentile £161 £148 £135
25th Percentile £162 £158 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £231 £200 £210
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £323 £424 £238
90th Percentile £602 £514 £358
UK excluding London median daily rate £212 £200 £211
% change year-on-year +5.98% -5.33% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 19 46
10th Percentile £20.95 £18.13 £12.75
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.32 £14.27
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.51 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year +21.56% +4.52% -4.27%
75th Percentile £23.75 £21.19 £20.00
90th Percentile £24.05 £24.18 £23.17
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 4,699 4,113 5,729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.83% 14.00% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,044 2,701 3,874
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £313 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.50% -8.24%
75th Percentile £570 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £694 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -4.44% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 182 390
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.41 £12.73
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £15.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £23.40 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +102.99% +6.36% -42.86%
75th Percentile £67.25 £61.16 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £22.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +111.11% - -23.21%

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 10 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 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 10 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 -124 45 £250 +11.11% 13
UK excluding London -111 38 £212 +5.98% 12
North of England -56 12 £344 +111.69% 6
North West -35 10 £365 +116.30% 6
London -56 10 £275 +10.00% 1
South East -66 8 - - 1
East of England - 8 £173 - 5
Midlands -65 7 £200 -0.25%
East Midlands -34 4 £200 -0.25%
West Midlands -58 3 £250 -51.17%
Yorkshire - 2 £186 -
Scotland +1 1 - -
Northern Ireland -5 1 £175 +18.24%
Wales -12 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 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (18.75%) Skype for Business
3 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (35.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (16.67%) Azure
3 5 (10.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.92%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (18.75%) Skype
3 8 (16.67%) LAN
4 6 (12.50%) DHCP
4 6 (12.50%) DNS
5 4 (8.33%) Firewall
5 4 (8.33%) VLAN
5 4 (8.33%) VPN
5 4 (8.33%) WAN
6 3 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.25%) Wireless
7 2 (4.17%) RS-232
7 2 (4.17%) X.400
8 1 (2.08%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (2.08%) IPv4
8 1 (2.08%) VoIP
8 1 (2.08%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle Reports
General
1 8 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (12.50%) Banking
2 6 (12.50%) French Language
2 6 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 4 (8.33%) Front Office
4 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) Support Engineer
2 12 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 9 (18.75%) Analyst
4 8 (16.67%) Architect
4 8 (16.67%) IT Support
4 8 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
5 7 (14.58%) Desktop Engineer
5 7 (14.58%) Desktop Support
6 6 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (12.50%) Support Analyst
6 6 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (12.50%) Technical Support Analyst
6 6 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
7 4 (8.33%) Deskside Support
7 4 (8.33%) Technical Architect
8 2 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Help Desk Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Help Desk Support
8 2 (4.17%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) X-Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.08%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.33%) Fat Client
2 4 (8.33%) PKI
2 4 (8.33%) Thin Client
3 2 (4.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.08%) CCTV
4 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.08%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 48 (100.00%) Windows
2 36 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 8 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (8.33%) Mac OS X
5 4 (8.33%) Windows 8
6 3 (6.25%) AIX
6 3 (6.25%) Mac OS
7 2 (4.17%) Android
7 2 (4.17%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.17%) Linux
7 2 (4.17%) Ubuntu
7 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
7 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (2.08%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.83%) ITSM
1 10 (20.83%) Service Management
2 9 (18.75%) Disk Encryption
2 9 (18.75%) Proactive Monitoring
3 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 6 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 5 (10.42%) Agile
5 5 (10.42%) Asset Management
6 4 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.33%) Customer Experience
6 4 (8.33%) Logistics
6 4 (8.33%) Open Source
6 4 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 4 (8.33%) Prototyping
7 3 (6.25%) User Experience
8 2 (4.17%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (4.17%) Mobile Device Management
8 2 (4.17%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.83%) PowerShell
2 9 (18.75%) VBScript
3 8 (16.67%) VB
4 4 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 8 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 7 (14.58%) Degree
3 7 (14.58%) MCSE
4 6 (12.50%) Azure Certification
4 6 (12.50%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.17%) HNC
5 2 (4.17%) HND
6 1 (2.08%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (54.17%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.83%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (29.17%) SCCM
2 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (8.33%) WMI
4 2 (4.17%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (2.08%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 41 (85.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 5 (10.42%) VMware
4 4 (8.33%) Citrix
4 4 (8.33%) HP
4 4 (8.33%) Meraki
5 3 (6.25%) Oracle
6 2 (4.17%) Apple
7 1 (2.08%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.08%) Cisco
7 1 (2.08%) IBM
7 1 (2.08%) MobileIron